AGENCY:
Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
FEMA gives notice that the statewide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2016, will be increased.
DATES:
Effective Date: October 1, 2016, and applies to major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Logan, Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
44 CFR 206.48 provides that FEMA will adjust the statewide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor.
FEMA gives notice that the statewide per capita impact indicator will be increased to $1.43 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 2016.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.1 percent for the 12-month period that ended in August 2016. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the information on September 16, 2016.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Disaster Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters).
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-24634 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
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