Document ID: FEMA-2010-0002-0003
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: American Samoa; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Posted Date: 2010-01-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 28, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 18)]
[Notices]               
[Page 4580]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1859-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018]

 
American Samoa; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster 
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the 
Territory of American Samoa (FEMA-1859-DR), dated September 29, 2009, 
and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: January 15, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated January 15, 2010, the President amended the cost-sharing 
arrangements regarding Federal funds provided under the authority of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''), and the Insular Areas Act, 
in particular, 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d), in a letter to W. Craig Fugate, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the 
Territory of American Samoa resulting from an earthquake, tsunami, 
and flooding during the period of September 29 to October 6, 2009, 
is of sufficient severity and magnitude that special cost-sharing 
arrangements are warranted regarding Federal funds provided under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act'') and the Insular Areas 
Act, in particular, 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d).
    Therefore, I amend my declaration of September 29, 2009, to 
authorize Federal funds for all categories of Public Assistance, 
Hazard Mitigation, and the Other Needs Assistance portion of the 
Individual Assistance Program at 90 percent of total eligible costs, 
and further authorize Public Assistance (Categories A and B), 
including direct Federal assistance, at 100 percent of total 
eligible costs for 30 consecutive days.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community 
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048, 
Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In 
Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially 
Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for 
Individuals and Households; 97.050 Presidentially Declared Disaster 
Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other Needs; 97.036, 
Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared 
Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-1702 Filed 1-27-10; 8:45 am]
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