[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36995-36996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15859]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.568]
Reallotment of Federal Fiscal Year 2014 Funds for the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of determination concerning funds available for
reallotment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a preliminary determination that
funds from the Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are available for reallotment to states,
territories, tribes, and tribal organizations that receive FY 2015
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), (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(1)) requires that, if the
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
determines that, as of September 1 of any fiscal year, an amount in
excess of 10 percent of the amount awarded to a grantee for that fiscal
year (excluding Leveraging, REACH, and reallotted funds) will not be
used by the grantee during that fiscal year, then 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. 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 FY 2015.
DATES: The comment period expires July 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Christopher, Director, Division
of Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447; telephone (202) 401-4870; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It has been determined that $4,352,881 may
be available for reallotment during FY 2015. This determination is
based on carryover and reallotment reports from West Virginia; Pueblo
of Laguna; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Colorado River Indian Tribes of
the Colorado River Indian Reservation; Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos,
Inc.; and Kodiak Area Native Association, which were submitted to the
Office of Community Services (OCS) as required by regulations
applicable to LIHEAP at 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 (42
U.S.C. 8626(b)(1)). The amount described in this notice was reported as
unobligated FY 2014 funds in excess of the amount that these grantees
could carry over to FY 2015.
OCS notified each of the grantees and confirmed that the FY 2014
funds indicated in the chart may be reallotted. In accordance with
section 2607(b)(3) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(3)), comments will be
accepted for a period of 30 days from the date of publication
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of this notice. Comments may be submitted to: Jeannie L. Chaffin,
Director, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 5th
Floor--West, Washington, DC 20447.
After considering any comments submitted, the Chief Executive
Officers will be notified of the final reallotment amount. This
decision will be published in the Federal Register.
If funds are reallotted, they will be allocated in accordance with
section 2604 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8623) and must be treated by LIHEAP
grantees receiving them as an amount appropriated for FY 2015. As FY
2015 funds, they will be subject to all requirements of the Act,
including section 2607(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 8626(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, that is, by September 30, 2015.
Estimated Reallotment Amounts of FY 2014 LIHEAP Funds
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FY 2014
Grantee name reallotment
amount
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Pueblo of Laguna.......................................... $27,708
Delaware Tribe of Indians................................. 8,841
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian 12,667
Reservation..............................................
Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc......................... 13,243
Kodiak Area Native Association............................ 1,070
West Virginia............................................. 4,289,352
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Total................................................... 4,352,881
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Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8626.
Mary M. Wayland,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration, Division of
Grants Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-15859 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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