82 FR 47554 - Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Impact Indicator

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 196 (October 12, 2017)

FEMA gives notice that the statewide per capita impact indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on or after October 1, 2017, will be increased.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22036]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2017-0001]


Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Impact Indicator

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice that the statewide per capita impact 
indicator under the Public Assistance program for disasters declared on 
or after October 1, 2017, will be increased.

DATES: This adjustment applies to major disasters declared on or after 
October 1, 2017.

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 $1.46 for all disasters declared on or after 
October 1, 2017.
    FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.9 percent for the 12-month period 
that ended in August 2017. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. 
Department of Labor released the information on September 14, 2017.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.036, Disaster Grants--
Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters).

Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-22036 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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