The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is required by law to provide public notice of its intent to provide federal assistance and grant opportunities via the Public Assistance (PA), Individual Assistance (IA) or Hazard Mitigation Grant (HMGP) programs.

This initial public notice addresses the agency’s intention to reimburse eligible applicants for costs to repair or replace facilities damaged by the June 24-July 1, 2021, by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding in Missouri.

This public notice concerns activities that may affect historic properties, activities that are located in or may affect wetland areas or the 100-year floodplain, and critical actions within the 500-year floodplain. The notice describes the agency’s legal requirement to include the public in its evaluation of proposed activities’ impact to or by floodplains and wetlands; and affects to historic resources.

A public notice for the current disaster-recovery mission is available at: <https://www.fema.gov/disaster-federal-register-notice/dr-4612-mo-public-notice-001>.