
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 30, 1993                   TAG: 9303300323
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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STATE, LOCALITIES TO GET BLIZZARD RELIEF

Some emergency federal funding will be granted to Virginia and its local governments to ease the cost of snow removal from the March 12-14 blizzard, Gov. Douglas Wilder announced Monday.

However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has limited its allocations to costs incurred from plowing principal and emergency-access roads. Funding has not been approved for costs related to sanding, salting, hauling and disposing of snow.

Wilder requested assistance in a March 17 letter to President Clinton, citing an estimated $16 million in storm costs. The state Department of Emergency Services estimated that cost at $18.7 million Monday, and expected additional tallies of costs.

If FEMA decides to make a major disaster declaration for Virginia, it could free up federal funds to cover 75 percent of the costs.

by CNB