[Federal Register: February 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 25)]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1265-DR]

 
Mississippi; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major 
disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-1265-DR), dated January 25, 
1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 1999

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 January 25, 1999, the President declared a major disaster under 
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Mississippi, resulting from severe winter storms, ice, and 
freezing rain on December 22-26, 1998, is of sufficient severity and 
magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-
288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that 
such a major disaster exists in the State of Mississippi.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes, such 
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and 
administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Public Assistance and Hazard 
Mitigation in the designated areas and any other forms of assistance 
under the Stafford Act you may deem appropriate. Consistent with the 
requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal 
funds provided under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance or 
Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the authority vested in the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Executive 
Order 12148, I hereby appoint Michael J. Polny of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 
declared disaster.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of 
Mississippi to have been affected adversely by this declared major 
disaster:

    Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, 
Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Kemper, Leake, Lee, 
Leflore, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, 
Prentiss, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tishomingo, Union, 
Warren, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha, and Yazoo Counties 
for Public Assistance.

    All counties within the State of Mississippi 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: 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. 99-2959 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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