Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; Correction

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title: "Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; Correction"
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section_name: "Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; Correction"
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document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2003-11-10"
agencies:
  - "Homeland Security Department"
  - "Federal Emergency Management Agency"
cfr_references:
  - "44 CFR Part 206"
rin: "RIN: 1660-AA17"
fr_citation: "68 FR 63738"
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effective_date: "2003-11-10"
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#  Project identification and selection criteria.

**AGENCY:**

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

**ACTION:**

Correcting amendment.

**SUMMARY:**

FEMA announces a technical correction to 44 CFR 206.435 which was amended in the *Federal Register* on August 30, 1990, at 55 FR 35532 and again amended on February 26, 2002, at 67 FR 8844. This document corrects a reference made in § 206.435 to the old § 206.434 (b), now paragraph (c).

**DATES:**

This document is effective November 10, 2003.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Margaret Lawless, Division Director, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 417, Washington, DC 20472; 202-646-3027.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**Background**

FEMA announces a technical correction to 44 CFR 206.435. The final rule entitled Disaster Assistance; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (Subpart N) was published on August 30, 1990, at 55 FR 35532. Changes to the rule at § 206.434 were subsequently published on February 26, 2002, at 67 FR 8844. These changes resulted in § 206.434 redesignating *Minimum project criteria* from paragraph (b) to (c). This correcting amendment changes a reference to the old paragraph (b), to paragraph (c) at § 206.435(b).

**Need for Correction**

As published, the final regulations contain an error which may prove misleading, and needs to be clarified.

**List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 206**

Administrative practice and procedure, Disaster assistance, Grant programs, Mitigation planning, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

**44 CFR Part 206**

Accordingly, 44 CFR part 206 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:

**PART 206—FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTERS DECLARED ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 23, 1988**

1. The authority citation for part 206 continues to read as follows:

**Authority:**

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5206; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 43 FR 41943, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376; E.O. 12148, 44 FR 43239, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 412; and E.O. 12673, 54 FR 12571, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 214.

**44 CFR Part 206**

2. Revise the inductory text of paragraph (b) of § 206.435 to read as follows:

§ 206.435

(b) *Selection.* The State will establish procedures and priorities for the selection of mitigation measures. At a minimum, the criteria must be consistent with the criteria stated in § 206.434(c) and include:

Dated: October 31, 2003.

Michael D. Brown,

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security.