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(Disaster Letter-97-08) (Disaster Letter-97-08) Declared disaster areas for recent tornadoes in Arkansas, and flooding in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia

DCLPublicationDate: 3/1/97
DCLID: Disaster Letter-97-8
AwardYear:
Summary: Declared disaster areas for recent tornadoes in Arkansas, and flooding in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia


March 25, 1997


SUMMARY : Declared disaster areas for recent
tornadoes in Arkansas, and flooding in Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West
Virginia

Dear Guaranty Agency Director:

Earlier this month, we notified you that President
Clinton had declared 13 counties in Arkansas to be
disaster areas because of tornadoes that struck that
state on March 1. Many other counties in six other
states also have been declared disaster areas
because of severe flooding caused by heavy rains
that generally began in those areas on or about
February 28. Since the date of our latest
notification (March 10), additional counties in
Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as parts of
Illinois, have been declared to be disaster areas.
The following list of counties reflects the
information we have obtained from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as of the
date of this letter. The counties added in Illinois,
Kentucky, and Tennessee since our last notice to
you have been underlined (CAPITALIZED on the
BBS).

Arkansas: Clark, Cross, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Springs,
Jackson, Lonoke, Mississippi, Nevada, Poinsett, Pulaski, Saline,
and White.

Illinois: ALEXANDER, GALLATIN, HARDIN, MASSAC,
and POPE.

Indiana: Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd,
Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio, Perry, Posey, Spencer,
Switzerland, Vanderburgh, and Warrick.

Kentucky: ANDERSON, BATH, BOONE, Bourbon,
BOYD, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, BUTLER,
CALDWELL, Campbell, Carroll, CARTER, Christian,
CRITTENDEN, Daviess, ELLIOTT, FAYETTE,
FLEMING, FLOYD, Franklin, Gallatin, GRANT,
GREENUP, HANCOCK, Hardin, Harrison,
HENDERSON, Henry, HOPKINS, Jefferson,
JESSAMINE, Kenton, LARUE, LAWRENCE, Lewis,
LIVINGSTON, MASON, MCCRACKEN, McLean,

Meade, MENIFEE, MERCER, MONTGOMERY,
MORGAN, Nelson, NICHOLAS, OHIO, Oldham,
Owen, Pendleton, PIKE, Powell, ROBERTSON,
ROWAN, SCOTT, SHELBY, SPENCER, Trimble,
UNION, WASHINGTON, and WEBSTER.

Ohio: Adams, Athens, Brown, Clermont, Gallia,
Hamilton, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs,
Monroe, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, and
Washington.

Tennessee: Carroll, Cheatham, CHESTER,
DAVIDSON, DICKSON, Dyer, GIBSON, HOUSTON,
LAKE, LAUDERDALE, Madison, McNairy,
Montgomery, Obion, SHELBY, STEWART,
SUMNER, TIPTON, and WEAKLY.

West Virginia: Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay,
Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason,
Putnam, Roane, Tyler, Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt, and
Wood.

The list of designated disaster areas for
borrower-initiated 90-day forbearances under the
guidelines first outlined in the January 14, 1997
"Dear Guaranty Agency Director" letter is complete
as of the date of this letter. We will notify you if
additional areas are designated by the President or
FEMA. Lenders and guaranty agencies may contact
the Department's toll-free number at
1-800-433-7327, Monday through Friday from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST for further updates.
This letter has also been sent to each regional
office of the Department, plus the National Council
of Higher Education Loan Programs, Inc., the
Consumer Bankers Association, and the National
Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators.

Sincerely,


Pamela A. Moran
Chief, Loans Branch
Policy Development Division
Student Financial Assistance Programs