Federal Register Notice

Billing Code 6718-02P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3159-EM]

Arkansas; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY:   Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION:   Notice.

SUMMARY:   This is a notice of the Presidential 
declaration of an emergency for the State of Arkansas 
(FEMA-3159-EM), dated December 28, 2000, and related 
determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  December 28, 2000

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 December 28, 2000, the President 
declared an emergency under the authority of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
42 USC 5121, et seq., as amended by the Disaster Mitigation 
Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390, 114 Stat. 1552 (2000), 
as follows:

	I have determined that the emergency conditions 
	in certain areas of the of Arkansas, resulting 
	from a severe winter ice storm beginning on 
	December 12, 2000, and continuing, is of sufficient 
	severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency 
	declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
	Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121, 
	et seq., as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act 
	of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-390, 114 Stat. 1552 (2000) 
	(the Stafford Act).  I, therefore, declare that 
	such an emergency exists in the State of Oklahoma.

	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.  You are further authorized to 
	identify, mobilize, and provide at your discretion, 
	equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the 
	impacts of the emergency and such other forms of 
	assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act, as you 
	may deem appropriate.  Specifically, you are 
	authorized to provide assistance for debris removal 
	(Category A) and emergency protective measures 
	(Category B) at 75 percent Federal funding.  This 
	assistance excludes regular time costs for subgrantees'
	regular employees.  

	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 C. 
Joe Bray 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 State of 
Arkansas to have been affected adversely by this declared
emergency:

	FEMA intends 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, 
	FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide 
	at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary 
	to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.  FEMA is 
	further authorized to provide debris removal 
	(Category A) and emergency protective measures 
	(Category B), at 75 percent Federal funding.  

	This assistance is for the counties of Arkansas, 
	Benton, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, 
	Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, 
	Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Howard, 
	Hempstead, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lee, 
	Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Miller, 
	Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, 
	Perry, Pike, Polk, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski, St. 
	Francis, Saline, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, Washington, 
	White, Woodruff, Union, and Yell.


(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.