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a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico.
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 Individual
Assistance and assistance for debris removal
and emergency protective measures
(Categories A and B), including direct
Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program in the designated areas
any other forms of assistance under the
Stafford Act that you deem appropriate
subject to completion of Preliminary Damage
Assessments (PDAs).
Consistent with the requirement that
Federal assistance is supplemental, any
Federal funds provided under the Stafford
Act for Public Assistance and Other Needs
Assistance under section 408 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.
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The time period prescribed for the
implementation of section 310(a),
Priority to Certain Applications for
Public Facility and Public Housing
Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for
a period not to exceed six months after
the date of this declaration.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Alexis Amparo, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this major
disaster.
The following areas of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have
been designated as adversely affected by
this major disaster:
The municipalities of Gua´nica, Guayanilla,
Pen˜uelas, Ponce, Utuado, and Yauco for
Individual Assistance.
The municipalities of Gua´nica, Guayanilla,
Pen˜uelas, Ponce, San Germa´n, and Yauco for
debris removal and emergency protective
measures (Categories A and B), including
direct federal assistance, 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
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(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2020–0001]
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide per
Capita Indicator for Recommending a
Cost Share Adjustment
FEMA gives notice that the
statewide per capita indicator for
recommending cost share adjustments
for major disasters declared on or after
January 1, 2020, through December 31,
2020 is $149.
DATES: This notice applies to major
disasters declared on or after January 1,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tod
Wells, Recovery Directorate, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202)
646–3834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 44 CFR 206.47, the statewide per
capita indicator that is used to
recommend an increase of the Federal
cost share from seventy-five percent
(75%) to not more than ninety percent
(90%) of the eligible cost of permanent
work under section 406 and emergency
work under section 403 and section 407
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act is
adjusted annually. The adjustment to
the indicator is based on the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers
published annually by the U.S.
Department of Labor. For disasters
declared on January 1, 2020, through
December 31, 2020, the qualifying
indicator is $149 per capita of state or
tribal population.
This adjustment is based on an
increase of 2.3 percent in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
the 12-month period that ended
December 2019. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on
January 14, 2020.
SUMMARY:
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
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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.
Pete Gaynor,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3426–
EM; Docket ID FEMA–2020–0001]
Puerto Rico; 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 Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico (FEMA–3426–EM), dated
January 7, 2020, and related
determinations.
DATES: The declaration was issued
January 7, 2020.
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
January 7, 2020, 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:
SUMMARY:
I have determined that the emergency
conditions in the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico resulting from earthquakes beginning on
December 28, 2019, 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’’). Therefore, I declare that such
an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
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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
emergency protective measures (Category B),
limited to direct Federal assistance, under
the Public Assistance program.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
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, Alexis Amparo, of FEMA
is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this declared
emergency.
The following areas of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have
been designated as adversely affected by
this declared emergency:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4468–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2020–0001]
Florida; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of
a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4473–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2020–0001]
Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 1 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA–
4473–DR), dated January 16, 2020, and
related determinations.
DATES: This amendment was issued
January 22, 2020.
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: The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
Commonwealth of Puerto 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 January
16, 2020.
SUMMARY:
Notice.
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for State
of Florida (FEMA–4468–DR), dated
October 21, 2019, and related
determinations.
SUMMARY:
This change occurred on January
7, 2020.
DATES:
Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833.
The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order
12148, as amended, Gary R. Stanley, of
FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the
appointment of Thomas J. McCool as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this
disaster.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
All municipalities in the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico for emergency protective
measures (Category B), limited to direct
federal assistance, 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.
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.
The municipalities of Adjuntas, Cabo Rojo,
Corozal, Jayuya, Lajas, Lares, Maricao, San
Sebastia´n, and Villalba for Individual
Assistance.
The municipality of San Germa´n for
Individual Assistance (already designated for
debris removal and emergency protective
measures [Categories A and B], including
direct federal assistance, 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.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3426-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2020-0001]
Puerto Rico; Emergency 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 an
emergency for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-3426-EM), dated
January 7, 2020, and related determinations.
DATES: The declaration was issued January 7, 2020.
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 January 7, 2020, 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:
I have determined that the emergency conditions in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico resulting from earthquakes beginning on
December 28, 2019, 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''). Therefore, I declare that such
an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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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 emergency protective measures
(Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program.
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, Alexis
Amparo, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer
for this declared emergency.
The following areas of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have been
designated as adversely affected by this declared emergency:
All municipalities in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for
emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct
federal assistance, 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.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-02300 Filed 2-5-20; 8:45 am]
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