[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30523-30524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14480]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Reallotment of FY 1998 Funds for Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of determination concerning funds available for
reallotment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a preliminary determination has
been made that fiscal year (FY) 1998 Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) funds are available for reallotment to States,
territories, and Tribes and tribal organizations receiving FY 1999
direct LIHEAP funding. No subgrantees or other entities may apply for
the 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 determines
that, as of September 1 of any fiscal, 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 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 1999.) It has been determined that
$2,381,450.52 may be available for reallotment during FY 1999. This
determination is based on revised reports from the State of North
Carolina and the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma, 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
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of this amount must be returned to DHHS and are subject to reallotment
under section 2607(b)(1) of the Act. The amount described in this
notice was reported as unobligated FY 1998 funds in excess of the
amount that the State of North Carolina and the Delaware Tribe of
Oklahoma could carry over to FY 1999.
The State of North Carolina was notified by certified mail that
$2,375,000 of its FY 1998 funds may be reallotted. Additionally, the
Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma was notified by certified mail that
$6,450.52 of its FY 1998 funds may be reallotted. In accordance with
section 2607(b)(3), the Chief Executive Officers of the State of North
Carolina and of the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma have 30 days from the
date of the letter to submit comments to: Donald Sykes, Director,
Office of Community Services, 3701 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington,
DC 20047. The comment period expires July 8, 1999.
After considering any comments submitted, the Chief Executive
Officers will be notified of the decision, and the 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 FY 1999. As FY 1999 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% 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, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Fox, Director, Division of
Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447; telephone (202) 401-9351.
Dated: May 28, 1999.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 99-14480 Filed 6-7-99; 8:45 am]
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