[Federal Register: May 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 94)]
[Notices]               
[Page 26756-26757]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3139-EM]

 
Florida; 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 Florida (FEMA-3139-EM), dated April 27, 
1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 1999.


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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 April 27, 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 Florida, resulting from fire hazards on April 15, 
1999, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant an emergency declaration under subsection 
501(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, 
therefore, declare that such an emergency exists in the State of 
Florida.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for 
required emergency protective measures as authorized under Title V, 
excluding regular time costs for subgrantees regular employees. The 
assistance provided under this declaration does not include debris 
removal assistance.
    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.
    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.
    You are further 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 Paul W. Fay 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 Florida 
to have been affected adversely by this declared an emergency:

    The counties of Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, 
Calhoun, Charlotte, Collier, Columbia, Dade, Desoto, Franklin, 
Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, 
Highlands, Hillsborough, Holms, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, 
Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Monroe, Okeechobee, 
Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, 
Seminole, St. Lucie, Swannee, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and 
Washington. FEMA will provide appropriate assistance for required 
emergency protective measures as authorized under Title V of the 
Stafford Act. The assistance provided under this declaration does 
not include debris removal assistance.

(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. 99-12346 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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