[Federal Register: October 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 202)]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1246-DR]

 
Louisiana; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster 
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the 
State of Louisiana (FEMA-1246-DR), dated September 23, 1998, and 
related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated September 28, 1998, the President amended his previous 
declaration of September 23, 1998 to include the provision of Direct 
Federal Assistance and the cost-sharing of Federal funds provided under 
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 51521 et seq.), in a letter to James L. Witt, 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Louisiana, resulting from Hurricane Georges on September 27, 1998 
and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant 
the expansion of the incident type and the scope of assistance in 
the major disaster declaration of September 23, 1998, to ensure 
public health and safety under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (``the Stafford Act'').
    Therefore, I amend my previous declaration of September 23, 1998 
to authorize direct Federal assistance at 100 percent Federal 
funding for the first 72 hours due to damage resulting from 
Hurricane Georges. You are further authorized to provide emergency 
protective measures (Category B) at 100 percent Federal funding (in 
areas that FEMA shall designate) for the first 72 hours due to 
damage resulting from Hurricane Georges. The time period may be 
extended, if warranted.
    Please notify the Governor of the State of Louisiana and the 
Federal Coordinating Officer of this amendment to my major disaster 
declaration.

    Emergency protective measures (Category B) at 100 percent Federal 
funding will be provided for a 72-hour period beginning at 1800 hours 
September 27, 1998, and ending September 30, 1998 at 1800 hours for the 
following parishes:

    Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, LaFourche, Livingston, 
Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, 
St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, 
Vermillion, and Washington.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community 
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis 
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-28097 Filed 10-19-98; 8:45 am]
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