President Barack Obama grants request for federal assistance to Virginia
By Executive Director
February 17, 2010
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced that President Barack Obama has granted a request for federal assistance to state and local governments in Virginia for recovery from the Severe Winter Storm that occurred December 18-20, 2009. The declaration makes FEMA's Public Assistance Program available to cover eligible government and certain nonprofit costs for snow removal, damage to critical infrastructure, debris removal and related emergency services. Eligible localities are the cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park, Staunton and Waynesboro and the counties of Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Caroline, Fairfax, Grayson, Greene, Hanover, Highland, Louisa, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rockbridge, Spotsylvania and Stafford. In addition, several localities were approved for damage to critical infrastructure, debris removal and related emergency services, but not snow removal. Those localities include the counties of Buchanan, Culpeper, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and Wise and the city of Norton.
