
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 61836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26173]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2015-0002]


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 increase of the maximum amount for 
Small Project Grants made to state, tribal, and local governments and 
private nonprofit facilities for disasters declared on or after October 
1, 2015.

DATES: Effective date: October 1, 2015, and applies to major disasters 
and emergencies declared on or after October 1, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Roche, 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 maximum grant amount made 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 of an increase to $121,800 in the maximum amount 
of any Small Project Grant made to state, tribal, and local 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, 2015.
    FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers of 0.2 percent for the 12-month period 
that ended in August 2015. This is based on information released by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor on September 
16, 2015.

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Disaster 
Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters).

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-26173 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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