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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 29, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1862–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018]
Virginia; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the Commonwealth of
Virginia (FEMA–1862–DR), dated
December 9, 2009, and related
determinations.
DATES:
Effective Date: December 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
December 9, 2009, the President issued
a major disaster declaration under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the Commonwealth of
Virginia resulting from severe storms and
flooding associated with Tropical Depression
Ida and a nor’easter beginning on November
11, 2009, and continuing, 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’’). Therefore, I declare that such
a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
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 Public
Assistance in the designated areas and
Hazard Mitigation throughout the
Commonwealth. Consistent with the
requirement that Federal assistance is
supplemental, any Federal funds provided
under the Stafford Act for Public Assistance
and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make
changes to this declaration for the approved
assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
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12148, as amended, Donald L. Keldsen,
of FEMA is appointed to act as the
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
major disaster.
The following areas of the
Commonwealth of Virginia have been
designated as adversely affected by this
major disaster:
The counties of Halifax, Isle of Wight, King
and Queen, Northampton, and Surry and the
independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton,
Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson,
Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach for Public
Assistance.
All jurisdictions within the
Commonwealth of Virginia 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: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5374–N–03]
Buy American Exceptions under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–05, approved
February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and
implementing guidance of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), this
notice advises that certain individual
exceptions to the Buy American
requirement of the Recovery Act have
been determined applicable for work
using Capital Fund Recovery Formula
and Competition (CFRFC) grant funds.
Specifically, exceptions were granted to
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the Chicago Housing Authority for the
purchase and installation of a variable
refrigerant flow (VRF) system,
associated fan coils and rooftop units
(RTUs) in the Kenmore Apartments
project, and to the Metropolitan
Development and Housing Agency, in
Nashville, TN, for the purchase and
installation of a variable refrigerant
volume (VRV) Heating, Ventilation, and
Air Conditioning (HVAC) system at the
Edgefield Manor property.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Public Housing
Investments, Office of Public Housing
Investments, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 4210, Washington, DC,
20410–4000, telephone number 202–
402–8500 (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1605(a) of the Recovery Act imposes a
‘‘Buy American’’ requirement on
Recovery Act funds used for a project
for the construction, alteration,
maintenance, or repair of a public
building or public work unless all of the
iron, steel, and manufactured goods
used in the project are produced in the
United States. Section 1605(b) provides
that the Buy American requirement
shall not apply in any case or category
in which the head of a Federal
department or agency finds that: (1)
Applying the Buy American
requirement would be inconsistent with
the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and
the relevant manufactured goods are not
produced in the U.S. in sufficient and
reasonably available quantities or of
satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of
iron, steel, and manufactured goods will
increase the cost of the overall project
by more than 25 percent. Section
1605(c) provides that if the head of a
Federal department or agency makes a
determination pursuant to section
1605(b), the head of the department or
agency shall publish a detailed written
justification in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 1605(c) of
the Recovery Act and OMB’s
implementing guidance published on
April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice
advises the public that on the following
dates, HUD granted the following two
exceptions to the Buy American
requirement:
1. Metropolitan Development Housing
Agency. On December 10, 2009, upon
request of the Metropolitan
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1862-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018]
Virginia; Major Disaster and Related Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-1862-DR), dated
December 9, 2009, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: December 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated December 9, 2009, the President issued a major disaster
declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the
``Stafford Act''), as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the
Commonwealth of Virginia resulting from severe storms and flooding
associated with Tropical Depression Ida and a nor'easter beginning
on November 11, 2009, and continuing, 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''). Therefore, I declare that such
a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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 Public Assistance in the
designated areas and Hazard Mitigation throughout the Commonwealth.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs.
Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Donald L. Keldsen, of FEMA is
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major
disaster.
The following areas of the Commonwealth of Virginia have been
designated as adversely affected by this major disaster:
The counties of Halifax, Isle of Wight, King and Queen,
Northampton, and Surry and the independent cities of Chesapeake,
Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, and Virginia
Beach for Public Assistance.
All jurisdictions within the Commonwealth of Virginia 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: 97.030, Community
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048,
Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households In
Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for
Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster
Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared
Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-30728 Filed 12-28-09; 8:45 am]
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