Federal Register Notice

Billing Code 6718-02P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3155-EM]

New York; 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 New York (FEMA-3155-EM),
		dated October 11, 2000, and
		related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 11, 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 October
		11, 2000, 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 certain areas of the State of New York, as a
result of the West Nile Virus on July 15, 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 U.S.C. � 5121 et seq.
(the Stafford Act).  I, therefore, declare that
such an emergency exists in the State of New York.

You are authorized 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 provide
emergency protective measures (Category B) at
75 percent Federal funding for eligible expenses
incurred by local governments. 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. However, pursuant to 42
U.S.C. � 5193 (b), Federal assistance under this
declaration will be limited to $5 million.  In
the event the assistance exceeds $5 million, you
shall report to Congress on the nature and extent
of emergency assistance and shall propose
additional legislation if necessary, in accordance
with 42 U.S.C. � 5193 (b)(3).

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 Michael Byrne 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 New York to have been affected
adversely by this declared emergency:
New York City and the counties of Albany,
Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung,
Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex,
Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton,
Herkimer, Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau,
Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Otsego,
Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence,
Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler,
Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga,
Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester, and
Yates for assistance as specified in the
declaration letter quoted above.
	
(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.