[Federal Register: November 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 229)]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3151-EM]

 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 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 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-3151-EM), dated 
November 17, 1999, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 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 November 17, 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 the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, resulting from Hurricane Lenny on 
November 17, 1999, and continuing is of sufficient severity and 
magnitude to warrant an emergency 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 
an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    You are authorized to coordinate all disaster relief efforts 
which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering 
caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide 
appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized 
under Title V of the Stafford Act to save lives, protect property 
and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a 
catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, you are 
authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion, 
equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the 
emergency. I have further authorized direct Federal assistance at 75 
percent Federal funding. This assistance excludes regular time costs 
for subgrantees regular employees. In addition, you are authorized 
to provide such other forms of assistance under Title V of the 
Stafford Act, 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 disaster assistance and 
administrative expenses.
    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 Jose Bravo of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 
declared emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:
    All 78 municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 
assistance as follows:

    Appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, 
authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act to save lives, protect 
property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the 
threat of a catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, FEMA 
is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, 
equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the 
emergency. Direct Federal assistance at 75 percent Federal funding 
will be provided.

(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. 99-31089 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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