Notice2023-23173
Massachusetts; Emergency and Related Determinations
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Published
October 20, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-3599-EM), dated September 15, 2023, and related determinations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 72511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23173]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3599-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2023-0001]
Massachusetts; 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-3599-EM), dated
September 15, 2023, and related determinations.
DATES: The declaration was issued September 15, 2023.
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 September 15, 2023, 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 the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts resulting from Hurricane Lee during
the period of September 15 to September 17, 2023, are 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 et seq. (``the Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare
that such an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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 emergency protective measures
(Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance and reimbursement
for mass care, including evacuation and sheltering support, under
the Public Assistance program.
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
for the approved assistance 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, E. Craig
Levy, Sr., of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating
Officer for this declared emergency.
The following areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have been
designated as adversely affected by this declared emergency:
Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden,
Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and
Worcester Counties for emergency protective measures (Category B),
limited to direct Federal assistance and reimbursement for mass
care, including evacuation and sheltering support, 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.
Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-23173 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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