
[Federal Register: July 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 132)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1768-DR]

 
Wisconsin; Amendment No. 9 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 
State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1768-DR), dated June 14, 2008, and related 
determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 2008.

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 June 30, 2008, the President amended the cost-sharing 
arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 
U.S.C. 5121-5206 (Stafford Act), in a letter to R. David Paulison, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of Wisconsin resulting from severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding 
beginning on June 5, 2008, 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. Sec. Sec.  
5121-5206 (the Stafford Act).
    Therefore, I amend my declaration of June 14, 2008, to authorize 
Federal funds for emergency protective measures, including direct 
Federal assistance, at 90 percent Federal funding of total eligible 
costs. This adjustment is effective until the respective date at 
which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National 
Weather Service River Forecast Center reports that the rivers in the 
State of Wisconsin, which have experienced historical flooding, fall 
below flood stage.
    This adjustment cost sharing applies only to Public Assistance 
costs and direct Federal assistance eligible for such adjustments 
under applicable law. The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance 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.
    This cost share is effective as of the date of the President's 
major disaster declaration.

(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 
Presidential Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential Declared 
Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and 
Households; 97.050, Presidential Declared

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Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other Needs; 
97.036, Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared 
Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.)

R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 [FR Doc. E8-15530 Filed 7-8-08; 8:45 am]

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