[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48524-48525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19827]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Notice of Reallotment of Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 Funds for
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community
Services, Division of Energy Assistance, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of LIHEAP Funds Reallotment.
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CFDA NUMBER: 93.568.
Statutory Authority: 45 CFR 96.81 and 42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.
SUMMARY: This notice provides information on a preliminary
determination that funds from the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 Low
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Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are available for
reallotment to States, Territories, Tribes, and Tribal Organizations
that receive FFY 2012 direct LIHEAP grants. No subgrantees or other
entities may apply for these funds. Section 2607(b)(1) of the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Act (the Act), Title XXVI of the 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 (HHS) 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 realloted to LIHEAP grantees during the
following fiscal year. If reallotted, the LIHEAP block grant allocation
formula will be used to distribute the funds. (No funds may be allotted
to entities that are not direct LIHEAP grantees during FFY 2012.) It
has been determined that $3,089,920 may be available for reallotment
during FFY 2012. This determination is based on revised Carryover and
Reallotment Reports from the State of Delaware, State of Oklahoma,
Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona, Delaware Tribe of Indians in
Oklahoma, Redding Rancheria in California, and Tulalip Tribe in
Washington, which were 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 HHS and
are subject to reallotment under section 2607(b)(1) of the Act. The
amount described in this notice was reported as unobligated FFY 2011
funds in excess of the amount that the State of Delaware, State of
Oklahoma, Delaware Tribe of Indians, Colorado River Indian Tribes,
Redding Rancheria and Tulalip Tribe could carry over to FFY 2012.
Each of the grantees mentioned above were notified and confirmed to
OCS that the FFY 2011 amounts listed in the chart below may be
reallotted. In accordance with section 2607(b)(3), the Chief Executive
Officers of the grantees referenced in the chart below have 30 days
from the date of this publication to submit comments to: Jeannie L.
Chaffin, Director, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447.
The comment period expires September 13, 2012.
After considering any comments submitted, the Chief Executive
Officers will be notified of the final reallotment amount, and this
decision also will be published in the Federal Register. If funds are
reallotted, 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 FFY 2013. As FFY 2013 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 percent of its total
block grant allocation for a fiscal year by the end of the fiscal year
for which the funds are appropriated, or by September 30, 2013.
Estimated Reallotment Amounts of FFY 2011 LIHEAP Funds
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FFY 2011
Grantee name reallotment
amount
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State of Delaware......................................... $1,176,027
State of Oklahoma......................................... 1,738,022
Colorado River Indian Tribes.............................. 23,919
Delaware Tribe of Indians................................. 24,958
Redding Rancheria......................................... 26,967
Tulalip Tribe............................................. 100,027
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Total................................................... 3,089,920
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick St. Angelo, Director, Division of
Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone (202) 401-9351, Email:
[email protected].
Dated: July 20, 2012.
Jeannie L. Chaffin,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-19827 Filed 8-13-12; 8:45 am]
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