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State submits FEMA major-disaster request after December flooding; preliminary infrastructure damage set at $182.3 million
Summary
Speaker 4 said the state is submitting a FEMA request to declare a major disaster for December floods and to enroll in the Public Assistance program, reporting a preliminary public-infrastructure damage assessment of $182.3 million and noting the figure may rise as assessments continue.
Speaker 4 announced that the state is submitting a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency seeking a major-disaster declaration for December's historic flooding and approval for the Public Assistance program, which can reimburse up to 75% of qualifying infrastructure repairs.
"So today, we're submitting our request to FEMA to declare a major disaster as a result of December's historic flooding and approve our state for the public assistance program," Speaker 4 said,…
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