Local government could receive reimbursement for 75% of their eligible storm-related expenses.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn hopes counties will get some federal help to recover from Winter Storm 2011.
He sent a formal request to President Barack Obama asking that 60 counties be declared federal disaster areas.
That would help local governments recover from the major blizzard and winter storm that impacted much of Illinois earlier this month.
State and local government expenses related to storm response and recovery are estimated to be more than $64 million.
If approved, local government entities could receive reimbursement for 75% of their eligible storm-related expenses.
Counties included in this portion of the request include:
Adams
Bond
Boone
Brown
Bureau
Calhoun
Carroll
Cass
Christian
Clark
Clay
Coles
Cook
Crawford
Cumberland
DeKalb
Douglas
DuPage
Edgar
Effingham
Fayette
Ford
Fulton
Hancock
Henderson
Henry
Jasper
Jo Daviess
Kane
Knox
Lake
LaSalle
Lee
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mason
McDonough
McHenry
Menard
Mercer
Morgan
Moultrie
Ogle
Peoria
Pike
Putnam
Richland
Rock Island
Schuyler
Scott
Shelby
Stark
Tazewell
Warren
Washington
Whiteside
Will
Winnebago
Woodford
Governor Quinn also requested a snow storm declaration for 43 counties that experienced a one, two or three-day record or near-record snow fall. A snow storm declaration would enable the counties to recoup 75 percent of extraordinary snow removal costs for a 48-hour period. Those counties include:
Adams
Boone
Brown
Bureau
Calhoun
Carroll
Cass
Cook
DeKalb
DuPage
Ford
Fulton
Hancock
Henderson
Henry
Jo Daviess
Kane
Knox
Lake
LaSalle
Lee
Logan
Marshall
Mason
McDonough
McHenry
Menard
Mercer
Morgan
Ogle
Peoria
Pike
Putnam
Rock Island
Schuyler
Scott
Stark
Tazewell
Warren
Whiteside
Will
Winnebago
Woodford
Additionally, nine of the counties included in the snow storm request experienced snowfall that exceeded their record snowfall by at least 50 percent. Those counties include Adams, Boone, Brown, Ford, Henderson, Knox, McHenry, Menard and Scott. For those counties, Governor Quinn requested a 24-hour extension of the 48-hour period for snow removal, which, if approved, would allow those counties to receive 75 percent reimbursement for snow removal costs during a continuous 72-hour period.
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