[Federal Register: March 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 55)]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-1192-DR]

 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment to Notice 
of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (FEMA-1192-DR), dated 
December 8, 1997, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that in a letter 
dated March 3, 1998, 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 et seq.), in a letter to James L. Witt, Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:

    I have determined that damage in certain areas of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), resulting from 
Super Typhoon Keith on November 2-3, 1997, is of sufficient severity 
and magnitude to warrant special cost sharing arrangements 
concerning Federal funds provided under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. 93-288, as 
amended (``the Stafford Act'').
    Therefore, I amend my previous declaration to authorize Federal 
funds for the Individual and Family Grant Program and the Public 
Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs at 90 percent of 
total eligible costs.
    Please notify the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands and the Federal Coordinating Officer of this 
amendment to my major disaster declaration.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community 
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis 
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-7439 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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