District of Columbia; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

• Published date: 26 May 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 31534
• Record Number: 2020-11172
• Section: Notices
• Court: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 101 (Tuesday, May 26, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 26, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 31534]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-11172]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
                Federal Emergency Management Agency
                [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4502-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2020-0001]
                District of Columbia; 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 District of Columbia (FEMA-4502-DR), dated March 29,
                2020, and related determinations.
                DATES: The declaration was issued March 29, 2020.
                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 March 29, 2020, 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 emergency conditions in the District
                of Columbia resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
                pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are 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 District of Columbia.
                 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 assistance for emergency
                protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal
                assistance, under the Public Assistance program throughout the
                District of Columbia. 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.
                 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, under
                Executive Order 12148, as amended, MaryAnn Tierney, of FEMA is
                appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major
                disaster.
                 The following areas of the District of Columbia have been
                designated as adversely affected by this major disaster:
                 Emergency protective measures (Category B) not authorized under
                other Federal statutes, including direct Federal assistance, under
                the Public Assistance program at 75 percent federal funding for all
                areas in the District of Columbia.
                 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,
                Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                [FR Doc. 2020-11172 Filed 5-22-20; 8:45 am]
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