FEMA Issues Public Notice on Assistance for Severe Winter Storms

PEARL, Miss. – A public notice is now available that addresses FEMA’s intention to reimburse eligible applicants in
31 counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for costs to repair or replace facilities damaged by the
Feb. 11-19 severe winter storms in Mississippi.
The notice is now posted on FEMA’s Mississippi disaster declaration website at https://www.fema.gov/disasterfederal-register-notice/dr-4598-ms-public-notice-001 and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency website
at https://www.msema.org/news/.
Under disaster declaration FEMA-4598-DR signed May 4 by the president, 31 counties and the Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians were designated as eligible to apply for FEMA’s Public Assistance program. The designated
counties are Adams, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Jasper, Jefferson,
Jefferson Davis, Kemper, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pike,
Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Winston and Yazoo.
The designated areas have until June 3 to apply for Public Assistance categories A, B, C, D, E, F and G. FEMA’s
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program will be available statewide. Additional designations may be made later if requested
by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments,
The public notice describes proposed activities that may affect historic properties and activities and critical
actions that may affect wetlands and floodplains.
For routine activities, this will be the only public notice provided. Interested persons may obtain information about
these actions or a specific project by writing to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency – Region IV – EHP, 3005 Chamblee Tucker Rd, Atlanta, GA 3034. They may also email
FEMA-R4EHP@fema.dhs.gov. Please include in the subject line of the email: “DR-4598-MS EHAD.” Comments
should be sent in writing at the above address within 15 days of the date of this notice.
FEMA is required by law to share this public notice of its intent to provide federal assistance and grant
opportunities through its Public Assistance program and its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
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