[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 96 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 29317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11943]


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DENALI COMMISSION


Fiscal Year 2011 Draft Work Plan

AGENCY: Denali Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Denali Commission (Commission) is an independent federal 
agency based on an innovative federal-state partnership designed to 
provide critical utilities, infrastructure and support for economic 
development and training in Alaska by delivering federal services in 
the most cost-effective manner possible. The Commission was created in 
1998 with passage of the October 21, 1998 Denali Commission Act (Act) 
(Title III of Pub. L. 105-277, 42 U.S.C. 3121). The Denali Commission 
Act requires that the Commission develop proposed work plans for future 
spending and that the annual Work Plan be published in the Federal 
Register, providing an opportunity for a 30-day period of public review 
and written comment.
    This Federal Register notice serves to announce the 30-day 
opportunity for public comment on the Denali Commission Draft Work Plan 
for Federal Fiscal Year 2011.

DATES: Comments and related material to be received by June 10, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Denali Commission, Attention: Sabrina 
Hoppas, 510 L Street, Suite 410, Anchorage, AK 99501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sabrina Hoppas, Denali Commission, 
510 L Street, Suite 410, Anchorage, AK 99501. Telephone: (907) 271-
1414. Email: [email protected].
    On June 17, 2011, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
a proposed FY 2011 Work Plan. The Commission met subsequently and 
recommended an amended FY 2011 Work Plan, as presented in this 
document.
    Several factors contributed to this amended FY 2011 Work Plan 
including continuing resolutions (CRs) passed by Congress late in the 
fiscal year resulting in latent consideration of the FY 2011 annual 
Work Plan by the Commissioners (Commissioners met on June 2, 2011 to 
consider the FY 2011 annual Work Plan). In addition, the final FY 2011 
budget included a rescission of $15,000,000 in prior year unobligated 
funds and uncertainty on how the rescission may impact the FY2011 Work 
Plan was not resolved until September 2011.
    With concurrence from the Office of Management and Budget and the 
Secretary of Commerce, the amended FY 2011 annual Work Plan will be 
processed concurrently with the FY 2012 Work Plan. The FY 2012 annual 
Work Plan is not included as part of this amended FY 2011 annual Work 
Plan document.
    Changes are as follows.
    Final FY 2011 funding received is provided in the table below.

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         Denali Commission FY 2011 funding table              Totals
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FY 2011 Energy & Water Appropriation....................     $10,678,600
FY 2011 USDA, Rural Utilities Service (RUS).............       5,775,000
FY 2011 Trans Alaska Pipeline Liability (TAPL) Trust....       7,010,000
FY 2011 Federal Transit Administration (FTA)............       5,000,000
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    Total FY 2011 Federal Program Available.............      28,463,600
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    Final FY 2011 obligations and expenditures are discussed below.
    Administrative Funds: Reduced from $2,558,250 to $2,000,000.
    Energy Program: The bulk fuel and rural power system upgrade 
programs are reduced from $3,770,350 to $1,828,600. Renewable energy 
planning and community technical assistance on heating, power and 
transportation energy use is unchanged ($300,000). The emerging energy 
technology fund is reduced from $2,400,000 to $1,700,000.
    Transportation Program: It is noted that the $14,025,000 shown in 
the FY 2011 Work Plan for FY 2011 Federal Highway Administration 
funding (FHWA) was not provided to the Commission, but was provided 
directly to the Alaska Department of Transportation.
    Health Program: Reduced from $700,000 to $0.
    Training Program: Reduced from $500,000 to $0.
    Development Program: Reduced from $250,000 to $0.
    Solid Waste Program: Reduced from $100,000 to $0.
    Sponsorship Program: Reduced from $100,000 to $0.
    The reductions noted above total $4,850,000 and were used to 
address the $15,000,000 rescission. Also, a total of $10,150,000 in 
prior year unobligated funding was used to address the $15,000,000 
rescission.

Joel Neimeyer,
Federal Co-Chair.
[FR Doc. 2012-11943 Filed 5-16-12; 8:45 am]
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