
[Federal Register: February 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 30)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3301-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018]


Arkansas; 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 State of Arkansas (FEMA-3301-EM), dated January 28,
2009, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: January 28, 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 January 28, 2009, 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 certain areas
of the State of Arkansas resulting from a severe winter storm
beginning on January 26, 2009, and continuing, 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. 5121-5207 (the Stafford Act). Therefore, I declare that such
an emergency exists in the State of Arkansas.
    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 (Category B), limited to direct Federal
assistance, under the Public Assistance program. This assistance
excludes regular time costs for subgrantees' regular employees. In
addition, you are authorized to provide such other forms of
assistance under Title V of the Stafford Act as you may deem
appropriate.
    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
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, W.
Michael Moore, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating
Officer for this declared emergency.
    The following areas of the State of Arkansas have been designated
as adversely affected by this declared emergency:

    Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway,
Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton,
Garland, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence,
Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery,
Newton, Perry, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, St.
Francis, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren,
Washington, White, Woodruff, and Yell Counties for emergency
protective measures (Category 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.)

Nancy Ward,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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