Governor Baker Appeals for Broader Scope of FEMA Disaster Declaration
Appeal seeks to extend designated 48-hour disaster period to 72-hours
BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker today filed a formal appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to widen the scope of the Major Disaster Declaration issued by President Obama on April 13th from 48 hours to 72 hours of snow assistance for eligible state agencies, municipalities, and private non-profit organizations.
“The historic impacts of this winter’s record snowfall and freezing temperatures over the course of 28 days burdened state agencies, municipalities, non-profits and transit systems with continuing financial burdens and presented serious challenges to their ability to conduct cleanup, response and recovery efforts and to carry out their daily activities,” said Governor Baker. “While the disaster declaration issued in April was limited to the first storm, the Vice President and federal officials have pledged that FEMA will be flexible in its eligibility and assistance determinations. Consistent with these discussions, today we are asking FEMA to increase the period of time for eligible snow removal costs to seventy-two hours in order to increase the amount of much needed disaster assistance to the Commonwealth.”
The disaster declaration, issued in April, allowed eligible entities to submit for 75% reimbursement of snow removal costs within any 48-hour window throughout the course of this unprecedented winter period and approximately 250 cities and towns, state agencies and private non-profit organizations across nine counties are eligible to receive this disaster assistance. The Governor’s appeal cites FEMA’s authority to extend the period of snow assistance up to 72-hours under the type of extraordinary circumstances the Commonwealth experienced during a four week period of record-setting snowfall.
Governor Baker filed the original request for a major disaster declaration on March 27th, requesting Public Assistance (PA) for ten counties and snow assistance for nine counties, citing nearly $400 million in costs for snow removal, emergency protective measures, and repairs to damaged public facilities over a 28-day period between January 26 and February 22.
|
人生一定要有的八個朋友: 推手(Builder)、 支柱(Champion)、 同好(Collaborator)、 夥伴(Companion)、 中介(Connector)、 開心果(Energizer)、 開路者(Mind Opener)、 導師(Navigator)。 chutze@bostonorange.com ******************* All rights of articles and photos on this website are reserved.
網頁
- 大波士頓時事新聞
- 波士頓亞美電影節/ Boston International Kids Film Festival
- 波士頓華埠社區中心/華美福利會/華埠社區聯盟/ 華人醫務中心/ 亞美社區發展協會/ 華夏文化協會
- AAC TAP CACAB NAAAP AARW AAWPI ASPIRE AWH WANG YMCA QARI
- 音樂 - 中華表演藝術基金會 4/13 廖國偉
- 波士頓移民進步辦公室通訊/ Office of Women's Advancement/ Community Preservation Act
- 商會 - ACE Nextgen, 128 Cute, OCEAN, TCCNE, TCCYNE,波克萊台商會,波士頓華商會,波士頓亞裔房東會
- 創業 - Startup Boston now available on web
- Plays - Huntington, Boston Lyric, Company One
- 包氏文藝中心通訊 Nov.
- 博物館 - Guggenheim Presents Wu Tsang: Anthem, Opening July 23
- Mass Innovation Nights March 2024 / Innovation Women
- 生物醫藥 - BTBA Mentor/Mentee 招募 開跑
- Mass Life Science Center 10/4
- Greentown Labs newsletter /MIT ClimateTech
- BIOVision/ Boston MedTech / Mass Life Sciences
- Mass BIO / LaunchBIO
- 麻州州長動態 - Nominates Rachel Hershfang as Associate Justice of the Appeals Court and Asha White as Circuit Justice of the District Court
- 波士頓市、昆士市,摩頓市、羅爾市
- Elections
- Boston City Councilor's updates
- BCA - Brooke Stewart Constructs a Love Letter to Boston Artists 4/29
- MIPIM 2021 - International investors return to Cannes for MIPIM September Edition
- 大學沙龍 第204期 王寅麗——阿倫特和波考克關於美國革命的共和論論述
- 朱学渊 - 為中國史學的實證化而努力
星期四, 5月 07, 2015
Governor Baker Appeals for Broader Scope of FEMA Disaster Declaration
訂閱:
發佈留言 (Atom)
沒有留言:
發佈留言