Federal Register Notice

Billing Code 6718-02P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1407-DR]

Commonwealth of Kentucky; Major Disaster and Related 
Determinations

AGENCY:	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION:	Notice.

SUMMARY:	This is a notice of the Presidential declaration 
of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky 
(FEMA-1407-DR), dated April 4, 2002, and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE:  April 4, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:	Madge Dale, Readiness, 
Response and Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705 or 
madge.dale@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Notice is hereby given that, in 
a letter dated April 4, 2002, the President declared a major 
disaster under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. �� 5121-5206 
(the Stafford Act), as follows:

I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky, resulting from severe storms and 
flooding on March 17-21, 2002, is of sufficient severity and 
magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act, 42 U.S.C. �� 5121-5206 (Stafford Act).  I, therefore, 
declare that such a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky.

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 Individual Assistance and Public 
Assistance in the designated areas, and Hazard Mitigation 
throughout the State. Consistent with the requirement that 
Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided 
under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, 
and the Individual and Family Grant program 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.


The time period prescribed for the implementation of section 
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility 
and Public Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a 
period not to exceed six months after the date of this declaration.

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 Bolch 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 Commonwealth 
of Kentucky to have been affected adversely by this declared 
major disaster: Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Carter, Clay, 
Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, 
Letcher, Leslie, Lewis, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, 
Nicholas, Perry, Rowan, and Whitley Counties for Individual 
Assistance.

Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Fleming, 
Greenup, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Leslie, McCreary, 
Magoffin, Perry, Rowan, Wayne and Whitley Counties for Public 
Assistance.

	
All counties within the Commonwealth of Kentucky 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.)



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Joe M. Allbaugh,
Director.