FEMA Issues Public Notice for 29 Tennessee Counties

FEMA Issues Public Notice for 29 Tennessee Counties

The following press release was published by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency on May 25, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A public notice has been posted to the FEMA and Tennessee Emergency Management Agency websites describing available FEMA assistance and proposed FEMA-funded actions, including activities that may affect historic properties, threatened and endangered species, critical habitat, or wetlands and floodplains in Tennessee.

FEMA is required by law to provide public notice of its intent to provide federal assistance and grant opportunities via the Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant programs.

The public notice addresses FEMA’s intention to reimburse eligible applicants for costs to repair or replace facilities damaged by the Feb. 11 to 19 severe winter storms, in Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Moore, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Scott, Shelby, and Smith Counties.

The public notice also addresses FEMA’s intention to reimburse eligible applicants for costs to repair or replace facilities damaged by the Mar. 25 to Apr. 3 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Davidson, Decatur, Fentress, Grainger, Hardeman, Henderson, Hickman, Jackson, Madison, Maury, McNairy, Moore, Overton, Scott, Smith, Wayne, Williamson, and Wilson Counties.

The public notice is posted on FEMA’s disaster webpage (DR-4594-TN) at: https://www.fema.gov/disaster-federal-register-notice/dr-4594-tn-public-notice-001 as well as on the (DR-4601-TN) disaster webpage at: https://www.fema.gov/disaster-federal-register-notice/dr-4601-tn-001. In addition, the notice is posted on the Tennessee Emergency Management website at: https://www.tn.gov/tema/news/2021/5/24/public-notice.html

Source: Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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