Federal Register Notice

Billing Code 9110-10-P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1771-DR]

Illinois Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY:  Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:  Notice.

SUMMARY:  This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Illinois (FEMA-1771-DR), dated June 24, 2008, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 2008.

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:  The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Illinois is hereby amended to include Individual Assistance and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program in the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of June 24, 2008.

Douglas, Edgar, Lake, and Winnebago Counties for Individual Assistance.

Adams, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Hancock, Henderson, Jasper, Lawrence, and Mercer Counties for Individual Assistance (already designated for emergency protective measures [Category B], limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program.)

All counties in the State of Illinois are eligible to apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

(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 Presidential Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance - Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050 Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households - Other Needs, 97.036, Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.)

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R. David Paulison,
Administrator,
Federal Emergency Management Agency.