[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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