Federal Register: October 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 192)

DOCID: fr06oc09-76 FR Doc E9-24071

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCID: fr06oc09-76

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Notice of Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2009, and applies to major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

FEMA gives notice that the countywide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009, will be decreased.

SUMMARY:

Adjustment of Countywide Per Capita Impact Indicator

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Response and Recovery Directorate Policy No. 9122.1 provides that FEMA will adjust the countywide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program to reflect annual changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor.

FEMA gives notice of a decrease in the countywide per capita impact indicator to $3.23 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009.

FEMA bases the adjustment on a decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.5 percent for the 12month period ended in August 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the information on September 16, 2009.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Public Assistance Grants.)
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

James A. Walke, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency
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Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646 3834.