DICKEY AND EMMONS COUNTIES ADDED TO DISASTER DECLARATION
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/dickey-and-emmons-counties-added-disaster-declaration]


Release Date: 
April 27, 2020 

_Federal Resources available for emergency work, infrastructure
repairs_

BISMARCK, N.D. – Dickey and Emmons counties were added to the
federal disaster declaration issued by President Trump on January 21,
2020 in response to North Dakota flooding from October 9 to October
26, 2019.

As a result of the declaration, federal funding is available to state
and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit
organizations for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by flooding. The federal cost share is no less that
75 percent, with the state and local applicant responsible for
remaining costs.

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

Areas already included in the disaster declaration were: Barnes, Eddy,
Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Mountrail,
Nelson, Sargent, Sheridan, Stutsman, Traill, Walsh, and Wells
Counties.