Federal Register Notice

Billing Code 6718-02P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1348-DR]

Hawaii; 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 State of Hawaii (FEMA-1348-DR),
		dated November 9, 2000, and related
		determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 9, 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 November 9, 2000, 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 et seq.), as follows:

	I have determined that the damage in certain
	areas of the State of Hawaii, resulting from
	severe storms and flooding beginning on
	October 28, 2000 and continuing through
	November 2, 2000, 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 et seq. (the Stafford
	Act), as amended by Pub. L. 106-390,
	October 30, 2000.  I, therefore, declare
	that such a major disaster exists in the
	State of Hawaii.

	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, Public Assistance, and Hazard
	Mitigation in the designated areas.
	Consistent with the requirement that
	Federal assistance be supplemental, any
	Federal funds provided under the Stafford
	Act for Public Assistance or Hazard
	Mitigation 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 William L. Carwile
III of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to
act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared disaster.
	
I do hereby determine the following area of the
State of Hawaii to have been affected adversely
by this declared major disaster:

	Hawaii County for Individual and
	Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of Hawaii 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.)




_______________________________________
James L. Witt,
Director.