Amendment No. 8

Billing Code 9111-23-P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1792-DR]

Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018

Louisiana; Amendment No. 8 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY:? Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION:? Notice.

SUMMARY:? This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1792-DR), dated September 13, 2008, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE:? June 24, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:? Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency Manage?ment Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:? Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, P.L. 111-32, FEMA is amending the cost-sharing arrangement concerning Federal funds provided under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5172, and 5173 for the major disaster declared on September 13, 2008, for the State of Louisiana due to the damage resulting from Hurricane Ike.? The Louisiana major disaster declaration is amended as follows:?

Federal funds for (Categories C-G) under the Public Assistance program (Section 406) are authorized at 90 percent of total eligible costs and Federal funds for debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A and B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program (Sections 403 and 407) are authorized at 100 percent of total eligible costs.

This cost share shall apply to disaster assistance provided before, on, or after June 24, 2009.

(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.

/s/
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W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator,
Federal Emergency Management Agency.