Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration, 53514 [2017-24908]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 220 / Thursday, November 16, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4339–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001]
Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 5 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA–
4339–DR), dated September 20, 2017,
and related determinations.
DATES: This amendment was issued
November 2, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that, in a letter dated
November 2, 2017, the President
amended the cost-sharing arrangements
regarding Federal funds provided under
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), in a letter to Brock
Long, Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security, under Executive
Order 12148, as follows:
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SUMMARY:
I have determined that the damage in
certain areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico resulting from Hurricane Maria
beginning on September 17, 2017, and
continuing, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude that special cost-sharing
arrangements are warranted regarding
Federal funds provided under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the
‘‘Stafford Act’’).
Due to the extraordinary level of impact to
the Commonwealth’s infrastructure caused
by Hurricane Maria as well as a debt burden
of more than $120 billion subject to courtsupervised debt restructuring, and
recognizing the Commonwealth’s election on
October 30, 2017, to participate in alternative
procedures for all large project funding for
Public Assistance Categories C–G pursuant to
section 428 of the Stafford Act, I amend my
declarations of September 20, 2017 and
September 26, 2017, to authorize Federal
funds for all categories of Public Assistance
at 90 percent of total eligible costs, except for
assistance previously approved at 100
percent, subject to the following grant
conditions, which I direct you to reflect in
the agreement between the Commonwealth
and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA):
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1. The Commonwealth establish a
Commonwealth grant oversight authority,
supported by third-party experts, to perform
as the grant recipient for Public Assistance
and Hazard Mitigation funding to ensure
sound project management and enhanced,
centralized control and oversight over the
distribution of FEMA grant funds;
2. All large project funding for Public
Assistance Categories C–G be obligated by
FEMA only through alternative procedures as
FEMA shall establish under section 428 of
the Stafford Act, including third-party
independent expert validation of estimates
for projects exceeding a threshold FEMA
shall establish consistent with law; and
3. Hazard Mitigation grant funding
available under section 404 of the Stafford
Act be prioritized toward protecting Federal
investments in Puerto Rico’s public
infrastructure.
This adjustment to Commonwealth and
local cost sharing applies only to Public
Assistance costs and direct Federal assistance
eligible for such adjustments under the law.
The Stafford Act specifically prohibits a
similar adjustment for funds provided for
Other Needs Assistance (section 408) and the
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (section
404). These funds will continue to be
reimbursed at 75 percent of total eligible
costs.
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.
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017–24908 Filed 11–15–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of South Carolina (FEMA–4346–
DR), dated October 16, 2017, and related
determinations.
SUMMARY:
This amendment was issued
November 1, 2017.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of South Carolina is hereby
amended to include the following areas
among those areas determined to have
been adversely affected by the event
declared a major disaster by the
President in his declaration of October
16, 2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abbeville, Newberry, and Saluda Counties
for Public Assistance.
Aiken, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester,
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon,
Fairfield, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood,
Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lee,
Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg,
Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union,
Williamsburg, and York Counties and the
Catawba Indian Nation for emergency
protective measures [Category B] under the
Public Assistance 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.
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017–24909 Filed 11–15–17; 8:45 am]
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4346–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001]
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South Carolina; Amendment No. 1 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4339-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2017-0001]
Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-4339-DR), dated September 20, 2017,
and related determinations.
DATES: This amendment was issued November 2, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated November 2, 2017, the President amended the cost-sharing
arrangements regarding Federal funds provided under the authority of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''), in a letter to Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security, under Executive Order 12148, as follows:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico resulting from Hurricane Maria beginning
on September 17, 2017, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude that special cost-sharing arrangements are warranted
regarding Federal funds provided under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ``Stafford Act'').
Due to the extraordinary level of impact to the Commonwealth's
infrastructure caused by Hurricane Maria as well as a debt burden of
more than $120 billion subject to court-supervised debt
restructuring, and recognizing the Commonwealth's election on
October 30, 2017, to participate in alternative procedures for all
large project funding for Public Assistance Categories C-G pursuant
to section 428 of the Stafford Act, I amend my declarations of
September 20, 2017 and September 26, 2017, to authorize Federal
funds for all categories of Public Assistance at 90 percent of total
eligible costs, except for assistance previously approved at 100
percent, subject to the following grant conditions, which I direct
you to reflect in the agreement between the Commonwealth and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):
1. The Commonwealth establish a Commonwealth grant oversight
authority, supported by third-party experts, to perform as the grant
recipient for Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation funding to
ensure sound project management and enhanced, centralized control
and oversight over the distribution of FEMA grant funds;
2. All large project funding for Public Assistance Categories C-
G be obligated by FEMA only through alternative procedures as FEMA
shall establish under section 428 of the Stafford Act, including
third-party independent expert validation of estimates for projects
exceeding a threshold FEMA shall establish consistent with law; and
3. Hazard Mitigation grant funding available under section 404
of the Stafford Act be prioritized toward protecting Federal
investments in Puerto Rico's public infrastructure.
This adjustment to Commonwealth and local cost sharing applies
only to Public Assistance costs and direct Federal assistance
eligible for such adjustments under the law. The Stafford Act
specifically prohibits a similar adjustment for funds provided for
Other Needs Assistance (section 408) and the Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (section 404). These funds will continue to be reimbursed at
75 percent of total eligible costs.
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.
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-24908 Filed 11-15-17; 8:45 am]
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