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Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for South Dakota
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For Immediate Release July 9, 2008

Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for South Dakota

ÿÿWhite House News


The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of South
Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery
efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the period
of June 2-12, 2008.

Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and
certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for
emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the
severe storms and flooding in the counties of Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule,
Buffalo, Butte, Charles Mix, Clay, Dewey, Douglas, Gregory, Haakon, Hand,
Hanson, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lawrence, Lyman, McCook, Meade,
Mellette, Moody, Perkins, Stanley, Tripp, Turner, and Ziebach and the
portions of the Cheyenne River Reservation, the Crow Creek Reservation, and
the Lower Brule Reservation that lie within the designated counties.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard
mitigation measures for all counties and Tribes within the State.

R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Tony Russell as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.

FEMA said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested
by the State and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FEMA (202) 646-4600.

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