[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32761-32762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14570]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4440-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2019-0001]


South Dakota; Major Disaster 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 a major 
disaster for the State of South Dakota (FEMA-4440-DR), dated June 7, 
2019, and related determinations.

DATES: The declaration was issued June 7, 2019.

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 June 7, 2019, the President issued a major disaster declaration 
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford 
Act''), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State 
of South Dakota resulting from a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and 
flooding during the period of March 13 to April 26, 2019, is of 
sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster 
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 a major disaster exists in 
the State of South Dakota.
    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 Public 
Assistance in the designated areas and Hazard Mitigation throughout 
the State. You are further authorized to provide snow assistance 
under the Public Assistance program for a limited period of time 
during or proximate to the incident period. Consistent with the 
requirement that Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal 
funds provided under the Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation and 
Other Needs Assistance will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs. Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for 
Public Assistance also will be limited to 75 percent of the total 
eligible costs, with the exception of projects that meet the 
eligibility criteria for a higher Federal cost-sharing percentage 
under the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Pilot

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Program for Debris Removal implemented pursuant to section 428 of 
the Stafford Act.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration 
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the 
Stafford Act. Quote Letter

    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, James R. Stephenson, of FEMA is 
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major 
disaster.
    The following areas of the State of South Dakota have been 
designated as adversely affected by this major disaster:

    Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Hutchinson, Minnehaha, and Yankton; the 
Pine Ridge Reservation to include the counties of Oglala Lakota, 
Jackson, and Bennett Counties; the Rosebud Reservation to include 
the counties of Mellette and Todd; and the Cheyenne River Sioux 
Reservation to include the counties of Dewey and Ziebach for 
Individual Assistance.
    Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, 
Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Davison, 
Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, 
Gregory, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, 
Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, 
McPherson, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, 
Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Sully, Todd, 
Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton, and Ziebach Counties; and 
the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, the Lake Traverse Reservation, 
and the Rosebud Reservation for Public Assistance.
    Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Edmunds, Hamlin, 
Hyde, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Mellette, and Potter for snow assistance 
under the Public Assistance program for any continuous 48-hour 
period during the proximate incident period.
    All areas within the State of South Dakota are eligible for 
assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant 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,
Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2019-14570 Filed 7-8-19; 8:45 am]
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