[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21078]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Reallotment of FY 1997 Funds for Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of determination concerning funds available for
reallotment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a preliminary determination has
been made that fiscal year (FY) 1997 Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) funds are available for reallotment to States,
territories, and tribes and tribal organizations receiving FY 1998
direct LIHEAP funding Section 2607(b)(1) of Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Act (the Act), Title XXVI of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), as amended, requires that if the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services determines
that, as of September 1 of any fiscal year, an amount in excess of
certain levels allotted to a grantee for any fiscal year will not be
used by the grantee during the fiscal year, the Secretary must notify
the grantee and publish a notice in the Federal Register that such
funds may be reallotted to LIHEAP grantees during the following fiscal
year. (No funds may be alloted to entities that are not direct LIHEAP
grantees during FY 1998.) It has been determined that $82,025 may be
available for reallotment during FY 1997. This determination is based
on a revised report from the State of Alabama, which was submitted to
the Office of Community Services as required by 45 CFR 96.82.
The statute allows grantees who have funds unobligated at the end
of the fiscal year for which they are awarded to request that they be
allowed to carry over up to 10 percent of their allotments to the next
fiscal year. Funds in excess of this amount must be returned to DHHS
and are subject to reallotment under section 2607(b)(1) if the Act, The
amount described in this notice was reported as unobligated FY 1997
funds in excess of the amount that the State of Alabama could carry
over to FY 1998.
The State of Alabama was notified by certified mail that $82,025 of
its FY 1997 funds may be reallotted. In accordance with section
2607(b)(3), the Chief Executive Officer of the State of Alabama has 30
days from the date of the letter to submit comments to: Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW,
Washington, DC 20047. The comment period expires August 31, 1998.
After considering any comments submitted, the Chief Executive
Officer will be notified of the decision, and the decision also will be
published in the Federal Register. If funds are reallocated, they will
be allocated in accordance with section 2604 of the Act and must be
treated by LIHEAP grantees receiving them as an amount appropriated for
FY 1998. As FY 1998 funds, they will be subject to all requirements of
the Act, including section 2607(b)(2), which requires that a grantee
obligate at least 90% of its total block grant allocation for a fiscal
year by the end of the fiscal year for which the funds are
appropriated, that is, by September 30, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Fox, Director, Divison of Energy
Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW,
Washington, DC 20447; telephone (202) 401-9351.
Dated: July 29, 1998.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 98-21078 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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