For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 8, 2003
Statement on Federal Assistance for South Carolina
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State
of South Carolina and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and
local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe ice storm on
December 4-6, 2002
Federal funding is available to the State and eligible local
governments in the counties of Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens,
Spartanburg, Union and York on a cost-sharing basis for costs
associated with debris removal and emergency protective measures and
for the repair or replacement of public utilities damaged by the
severe ice storm. Federal funding is also available on a cost
share basis for hazard mitigation measures.
Joe M. Allbaugh, Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), named Charles M. Butler as the Federal
Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected
area.
The Agency said that damage surveys are continuing in other
areas, and additional assistance and counties may be added after the
assessments are completed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FEMA (202) 646-4600.
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