Notice2026-08831
Virginia; Emergency and Related Determinations
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Published
May 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-3631-EM), dated January 23, 2026, and related determinations.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08831]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-3631-EM; Docket ID FEMA-2026-0001]
Virginia; 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 Virginia (FEMA-3631-EM), dated
January 23, 2026, and related determinations.
DATES: The declaration was issued January 23, 2026.
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 January 23, 2026, 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 certain areas
of the Commonwealth of Virginia resulting from a severe winter storm
beginning on January 22, 2026, and continuing, 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 Virginia.
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, 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 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, Nancy M.
Casper, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer
for this declared emergency.
The following areas of the Commonwealth of Virginia have been
designated as adversely affected by this declared emergency:
Emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct
federal assistance under the Public Assistance program for the
entire Commonwealth of Virginia.
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.
Karen S. Evans,
Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2026-08831 Filed 5-5-26; 8:45 am]
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