Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts, 53281-53282 [2018-22890]
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the time indicated, following the last
call for comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deana Platt, Designated Federal Officer,
Office of the National Advisory Council,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street SW, Washington,
DC 20472–3184, telephone (202) 646–
2700, Fax (540) 504–2331, and email
FEMA-NAC@fema.dhs.gov. The NAC
website is: www.fema.gov/nationaladvisory-council.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
Appendix.
The NAC advises the FEMA
Administrator on all aspects of
emergency management. The NAC
incorporates input from state, local,
tribal and territorial governments, and
the private sector in the development
and revision of FEMA plans and
strategies. The NAC includes a crosssection of officials, emergency
managers, and emergency response
providers from state, local, tribal, and
territorial governments, the private
sector, and nongovernmental
organizations.
Agenda: On Tuesday, November 6,
2018, the NAC will be briefed on
progress made on previous
recommendations from the relevant
FEMA program leadership and will also
hear about strategic priorities from the
FEMA Administrator.
On Wednesday, November 7, 2018,
the Integrated Public Alert and Warning
System Subcommittee will present its
recommendations to the full NAC for
consideration and, based on group
discussion, the NAC will vote to make
recommendations as appropriate to the
FEMA Administrator. Following this,
the three permanent and one ad-hoc
NAC subcommittees (Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Subcommittee,
Preparedness and Protection
Subcommittee, Response and Recovery
Subcommittee, and Tribal
Subcommittee) will discuss and
deliberate on their potential
recommendations and again, based on
group discussion, the NAC will vote to
make recommendations as appropriate
to the FEMA Administrator. Potential
recommendation topics include (1)
leveraging communities to build a
culture of preparedness, (2) engaging the
whole community in planning and
response, and (3) closing the insurance
gap.
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, the
NAC will review potential topics for
research before the next in-person
meeting, discuss recent disasters, review
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agreed upon recommendations, and
confirm charges for the subcommittees.
The full agenda and any related
documents for this meeting will be
posted by Friday, November 2, 2018, on
the NAC website at https://
www.fema.gov/national-advisorycouncil.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an
increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 2.7 percent
for the 12-month period, which ended
in August 2018. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on
September 13, 2018.
Dated: October 10, 2018.
William B. ‘‘Brock’’ Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.048, Federal Disaster 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).
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SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001]
Notice of Maximum Amount of
Assistance Under the Individuals and
Households Program
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
FEMA gives notice of the
maximum amount for assistance under
the Individuals and Households
Program for emergencies and major
disasters declared on or after October 1,
2018.
DATES: This adjustment applies to
emergencies and major disasters
declared on or after October 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher B. Smith, Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 212–1000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(the Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5174,
prescribes that FEMA must annually
adjust the maximum amount for
assistance provided under the
Individuals and Households Program
(IHP). FEMA gives notice that the
maximum amount of IHP financial
assistance provided to an individual or
household under section 408 of the
Stafford Act with respect to any single
emergency or major disaster is $34,900.
The increase in award amount as stated
above is for any single emergency or
major disaster declared on or after
October 1, 2018. In addition, in
accordance with 44 CFR 61.17(c), this
adjustment includes the maximum
amount of available coverage under any
Group Flood Insurance Policy (GFIP)
issued.
Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant
Amounts
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
FEMA gives notice of an
adjustment to the threshold for Small
Project subgrants made to state, tribal,
and local governments and private
nonprofit facilities for disasters declared
on or after October 1, 2018.
DATES: This adjustment applies to major
disasters and emergencies declared on
or after October 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hoyes, Recovery 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, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5207, as amended by the Sandy
Recovery Improvement Act, Public Law
113–2, provides that FEMA will
annually adjust the threshold for
assistance provided under section 422,
Simplified Procedures, 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 that $128,900 is
the threshold for any Small Project
subgrant made to state, tribal, and local
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governments or to the owner or operator
of an eligible private nonprofit facility
under section 422 of the Stafford Act for
all major disasters or emergencies
declared on or after October 1, 2018.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an
increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 2.7 percent
for the 12-month period that ended in
August 2018. This is based on
information released by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department
of Labor on September 13, 2018.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
97.036, Disaster Grants–Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters)
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3405–
EM; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001]
Florida; Emergency and Related
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of Florida
(FEMA–3405–EM), dated October 9,
2018, and related determinations.
DATES: The declaration was issued
October 9, 2018.
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
October 9, 2018, the President issued an
emergency declaration under the
authority of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207
(the Stafford Act), as follows:
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SUMMARY:
I have determined that the emergency
conditions in certain areas of the State of
Florida resulting from Hurricane Michael
beginning on October 7, 2018, and
continuing, are 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’’). Therefore, I declare that such an
emergency exists in the State of Florida.
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You are authorized to provide appropriate
assistance for required emergency measures,
authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act,
to save lives and to protect property and
public health and safety, and to lessen or
avert the threat of a catastrophe in the
designated areas. Specifically, you are
authorized to provide assistance for debris
removal and emergency protective measures
(Categories A and B), including direct
Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program in selected areas and
emergency protective measures (Category B),
limited to direct Federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program in selected
areas.
Consistent with the requirement that
Federal assistance be supplemental, any
Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Public Assistance will be limited to
75 percent of the total eligible costs. 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 emergency assistance
and administrative expenses.
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, Department of Homeland
Security, under Executive Order 12148,
as amended, Thomas J. McCool, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this declared
emergency.
The following areas of the State of
Florida have been designated as
adversely affected by this declared
emergency:
Debris removal and emergency protective
measures (Categories A and B), including
direct federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program for Bay, Calhoun,
Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson,
Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee,
Taylor, and Wakulla Counties.
Emergency protective measures (Category
B), limited to direct federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program for Alachua,
Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie,
Escambia, Gilchrist, Hernando, Hillsborough,
Holmes, Lafayette, Levy, Manatee, Okaloosa,
Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Union, Walton,
and Washington Counties.
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,
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Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6129–N–01]
Statutorily Mandated Designation of
Difficult Development Areas and
Qualified Census Tracts for 2019
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document designates
‘‘Difficult Development Areas’’ (DDAs)
and ‘‘Qualified Census Tracts’’ (QCTs)
for purposes of the Low-Income
Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 42,
as enacted by the Tax Reform Act of
1986. The United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
makes new DDA and QCT designations
annually.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on how areas are designated
and on geographic definitions, contact
Michael K. Hollar, Senior Economist,
Economic Development and Public
Finance Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street SW, Room 8216,
Washington, DC 20410–6000; telephone
number 202–402–5878, or send an email
to Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For
specific legal questions pertaining to
Section 42, contact Branch 5, Office of
the Associate Chief Counsel,
Passthroughs and Special Industries,
Internal Revenue Service, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20224; telephone number 202–317–
4137, fax number 202–317–6731. For
questions about the ‘‘HUBZone’’
program, contact Mariana Pardo,
Director, HUBZone Program, Office of
Government Contracting and Business
Development, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 Third Street, SW,
Suite 8800, Washington, DC 20416;
telephone number 202–205–2985, fax
number 202–481–6443, or send an email
to hubzone@sba.gov. (These are not tollfree telephone numbers.) A text
telephone is available for persons with
hearing or speech impairments at 800–
877–8339. Additional copies of this
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2018-0001]
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 adjustment to the threshold for Small
Project subgrants made to state, tribal, and local governments and
private nonprofit facilities for disasters declared on or after October
1, 2018.
DATES: This adjustment applies to major disasters and emergencies
declared on or after October 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hoyes, Recovery 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, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207, as amended by the Sandy
Recovery Improvement Act, Public Law 113-2, provides that FEMA will
annually adjust the threshold for assistance provided under section
422, Simplified Procedures, 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 that $128,900 is the threshold for any Small
Project subgrant made to state, tribal, and local
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governments or to the owner or operator of an eligible private
nonprofit facility under section 422 of the Stafford Act for all major
disasters or emergencies declared on or after October 1, 2018.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers of 2.7 percent for the 12-month period
that ended in August 2018. This is based on information released by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor on September
13, 2018.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Disaster Grants-
Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)
Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2018-22890 Filed 10-19-18; 8:45 am]
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