[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42098-42099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14875]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Reallotment of FY 2006 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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    CFDA Number: 93.568
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a preliminary determination that 
funds from the fiscal year (FY) 2006 Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program (LIHEAP) are available for reallotment to States, Territories, 
and Tribes and Tribal Organizations that receive FY 2007 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 FY 2007.) It has been determined that 
$326,894 may be available for reallotment during FY 2007. This 
determination is based on revised Carryover and Reallotment Reports 
from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota and 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Colorado, 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 FY 2006 
funds in excess of the amount that the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
Indians could carry over to FY 2007. Additionally, an amount from 
Southern Ute Indian Tribe is excess funds for FY 2006 plus the 10 
percent carryover, since the tribe did not apply for FY 2007 LIHEAP 
funds.
    The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians was notified by 
certified mail that $297,492 of its FY 2006 funds may be reallotted. 
Additionally, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe was notified by certified 
mail that $29,402 of its FY 2006 funds may be reallotted. In accordance 
with section 2607(b)(3), the Chief Executive Officers of both the 
tribes have 30 days from the date of the letter to submit comments to: 
Josephine B. Robinson, Director, Office of Community Services, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447.
    The comment period expires August 31, 2007.
    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

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allocated in accordance with section 2604 of the Act and must be 
treated by LIHEAP grantees receiving them as an amount appropriated for 
FY 2007. As FY 2007 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, that is, by September 30, 2007.

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.

    Dated: July 26, 2007.
Yolanda J. Butler,
Deputy Director, Office of Community Services.
 [FR Doc. E7-14875 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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