44 CFR § 296.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s296.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 296.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "296.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FIRE ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "296"
part_name: "HERMIT'S PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 117-180, 136 Stat. 2114, 2168; Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101"
regulatory_source: "88 FR 59777, Aug. 29, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "296"
---


# 296.1 Purpose.

This part implements the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (Act), Division G of Public Law 117-180, 136 Stat. 2114, 2168, which requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Office of Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Claims (“Claims Office”) to receive, evaluate, process, and pay actual compensatory damages for injuries resulting from the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.