[Federal Register: September 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 180)]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3140-EM]

 
California; Emergency 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 an 
emergency for the State of California (FEMA-3140-EM), dated September 
1, 1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated September 1, 1999, the President declared an emergency 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 emergency conditions in certain areas 
of the State of California, resulting from severe fires on August 
24, 1999, and continuing are of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as 
amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare that such an 
emergency exists in the State of California.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency protective measures, including the limited 
removal of debris which poses a health and safety hazard to the 
general public, as authorized under Title V. This assistance 
excludes regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees. Other 
forms of assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act may be 
provided, as you may deem appropriate.
    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 emergency assistance and 
administrative expenses.
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance be 
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act will 
be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible costs.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    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 Mark Ghilarducci 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 
California to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    Emergency protective measures, including the limited removal of 
debris which poses a health and safety hazard to the general public, 
as authorized under Title V. This assistance excludes regular time 
costs for subgrantees regular employees for Butte, Shasta, Tehama, 
and Tuolome Counties.

(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. 99-24289 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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