Federal Register Notice

Billing Code 6718-02P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1503-DR]

Virgin Islands; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for Virgin Islands, (FEMA-1503-DR), dated December 9, 2003, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 10, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that special conditions are warranted regarding the cost-sharing arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5206 (Stafford Act). Therefore, consistent with the Insular Areas Act, 48 U.S.C. § 1469a(d), and the President’s declaration letter dated December 9, 2003, Federal funding for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is authorized at 100 percent of total eligible costs for the Virgin Islands. This cost share is effective as of the date of the President’s major disaster declaration.

(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.)

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Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary,
Emergency Preparedness and Response,
Department of Homeland Security.