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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 10, 2000

             PRESIDENT CLINTON DECLARES AN EMERGENCY EXISTS
                       IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of New Mexico and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe fire threats on May 10, 2000, and continuing.

The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the counties of Los Alamos, Sandoval and Santa Fe.

FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.

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