[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19680]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Community Services
Potential Reallotment of Funds for FY 1994 Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
agency: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, (ACF), DHHS.
action: Preliminary Determination Concerning Funds Available for
Reallotment.
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summary: Notice is hereby given that a preliminary determination has
been made that FY 1994 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) funds are available for reallotment. Section 2607(b)(1) of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8261 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 allotted to a grantee for any fiscal year will not be used by
that 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. It has been determined that a total of $81,829 of FY
1994 funds may be available for reallotment. This determination is
based on reports from the State of Alaska and the Seldovia Village
Tribe (Alaska) which were submitted to the Office of Community Services
as required by 45 CFR 96.81.
The statute allows grantees who have funds unobligated at the end
of a fiscal year 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 HHS and are subject to reallotment to
other grantees under section 2607(b)(1) of the LIHEAP statute. All of
the amounts described in this notice were reported as unobligated FY
1994 funds in excess of the amount that the State and tribe named above
could carry over to FY 1995.
The State of Alaska was notified by certified mail that $80,766 of
its FY 1994 LIHEAP funds may be reallotted. The Seldovia Village Tribe
was notified by certified mail that $1,063 of its FY 1994 LIHEAP funds
may be reallotted. In accordance with section 2607(b)(3), the Chief
Executive Officers of the State and tribe have 30 days from the date of
the letters to submit comments to: Donald Sykes, Director, Office of
Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20447.
That 30 day period will expire on September 8, 1995. After
considering any comments submitted, the Chief Executive Officer will be
notified of the decision, and the decision will also be published in
the Federal Register. If funds are reallotted, they will be allocated
in accordance with section 2604 and must be treated by LIHEAP grantees
receiving them as an amount appropriated for FY 1995. As FY 1994 funds,
they will be subject to all of the requirements of the LIHEAP statute,
including Section 2607(b)(2), which requires that a grantee must
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, 1995 for these funds.
for further information contact: Janet M. Fox, Director, Division of
Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447; telephone (202) 401-9351.
Dated: August 2, 1995.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 95-19680 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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