[Federal Register: September 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 185)]
[Notices]
[Page 56178-56179]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-3249-EM]

Wisconsin; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and
Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an
emergency for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-3249-EM), dated September
13, 2005, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective September 13, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated September 13, 2005, the President declared an emergency
declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206 (the Stafford
Act), as follows:

    I have determined that the emergency conditions in the State of
Wisconsin, resulting from the influx of evacuees from states
impacted by Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 29, 2005, and
continuing, is 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. 5121-5206 (the Stafford
Act). Therefore, I declare that such an emergency exists in the
State of Wisconsin.
    You are authorized to provide appropriate assistance for
required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the
Stafford Act to save lives and protect public health and safety, or
to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the designated
areas. Specifically, you are authorized to provide emergency
protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal
assistance, under the Public Assistance program, at 100 percent
Federal funding. 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.
    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 Acting Under Secretary for
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security,
under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Janet M. Odeshoo, of FEMA is
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this declared
emergency.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Wisconsin
to have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    All 72 counties in the State of Wisconsin for Public Assistance
Category B (emergency protective measures), including direct Federal
assistance, at 100 percent Federal funding.

(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 Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049,
Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050,
Individuals and Households Program-Other Needs; 97.036, Public
Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.)

R. David Paulison,
 Acting Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 05-19114 Filed 9-23-05; 8:45 am]

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