[Federal Register: October 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 198)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 
Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice of an increase of the maximum amount for 
Small Project Grants to State and local governments and private 
nonprofit facilities for disasters declared on or after October 1, 
2008.

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2008, and applies to major disasters 
declared on or after October 1, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Walke, Disaster Assistance 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3834.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207, 
prescribes that FEMA must annually adjust the maximum grant amount made 
under section 422, Small Project Grants, Simplified Procedure, relating 
to the Public Assistance program, to reflect changes in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of 
Labor.
    FEMA gives notice of an increase of the maximum amount of any Small 
Project Grant made to the State, local government, or to the owner or 
operator of an eligible private nonprofit facility, under section 422 
of the Stafford Act, to $64,200 for all disasters declared on or after 
October 1, 2008.
    FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers of 5.4 percent for the 12-month period 
ended in August 2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. 
Department of Labor released the information on September 16, 2008.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Public Assistance 
Grants.

R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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