Federal Funds will help Communities Recover from November Floods
The President's declaration makes the following counties eligible for assistance for emergency work and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities: Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming.
In addition, all counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are eligible to apply for federal assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, a program whose goal is to prevent or reduce long term risk to life and property from natural hazards.
On February 1, 2007 Senators Specter and Casey and Congressmen Paul Kanjorski, Tim Holden and Christopher Carney wrote to President Bush urging him to provide federal assistance for Northeast Pennsylvania counties that were devastated by the severe storms and flooding.
A copy of the February 1st letter is attached.