81_FR_36417 81 FR 36309 - Reallotment of FY 2015 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

81 FR 36309 - Reallotment of FY 2015 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 108 (June 6, 2016)

Page Range36309-36310
FR Document2016-13217

Notice is hereby given of a preliminary determination that funds from the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) are available for reallotment to states, territories, tribes, and Tribal Organizations that received FY 2016 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 2016.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.568]


Reallotment of FY 2015 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 fiscal year (FY) 2015 Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program (LIHEAP) are available for reallotment to states, territories, 
tribes, and Tribal Organizations that received FY 2016 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 2016.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Jeannie L. Chaffin, Director, 
Office of Community Services, 330 C Street SW., 5th Floor, Mail Room 
5425, Washington, DC 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Christopher, Director, Division 
of Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 330 C Street SW.,

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5th Floor, Mail Room 5425, Washington, DC 20201; telephone (202) 401-
4870; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It has been determined that approximately 
$1,230,022 in LIHEAP funds may be available for reallotment during FY 
2016. This determination is based on FY 2015 Carryover and Reallotment 
Reports that showed that seven grantees reported reallotment funds 
(Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Eastern 
Shoshone Tribe, Passmaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, Poarch Band of 
Creek Indians, and The Klamath Tribes). Grantees submitted the FY 2015 
Carryover and Reallotment Reports to the Office of Community Services 
(OCS), as required by regulations applicable to LIHEAP at 45 CFR 96.82. 
This amount, however, may increase because, as of April 1, 2016, the 
report for 68 grantees remains pending.
    The statute allows grantees who have funds unobligated at the end 
of the federal 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 federal 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 2015 funds in excess of the amount that 
these grantees could carry over to FY 2016.
    OCS contacted each of the grantees to confirm that the FY 2015 
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 of this 
notice.
    After considering any comments submitted, the Chief Executive 
Officers of LIHEAP grantees 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 2016. As FY 
2016 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, 2016.

          Estimated Reallotment Amounts of FY 2015 LIHEAP Funds
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                                                               FY 2015
                        Grantee name                         reallotment
                                                                amount
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Tennessee..................................................     $271,910
Puerto Rico................................................      818,566
Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.........................        9,025
Eastern Shoshone Tribe.....................................       37,413
Passmaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point.......................       33,602
Poarch Band of Creek Indians...............................       50,978
The Klamath Tribes.........................................        8,528
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    Total..................................................    1,230,022
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    Statutory Authority:  42 U.S.C. 8626.

Mary M. Wayland,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-13217 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-80-P

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 108 / Monday, June 6, 2016 / Notices 36309 Dated: June 1, 2016. OMB No.: 0970–0148. programs for Head Start children and William N. Parham, III, Description: Please note that this families. The information collection Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office submission does not reflect proposed items included in the Performance of Strategic Operations and Regulatory changes in the Notice of Proposed Rule Standards are almost entirely record- Affairs. Making to update Head Start program keeping requirements for local Head [FR Doc. 2016–13289 Filed 6–3–16; 8:45 am] performance standards published on Start programs; these records are BILLING CODE 4120–01–P June 15, 2015. ACF is only requesting intended to act as a tool for grantees and for an extension without change of a delegate agencies to be used in their currently approved collection. day-to-day operations. Such records are DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Head Start Performance Standards are maintained by the grantees and delegate HUMAN SERVICES the result of a legislative mandate to agencies and are not part of a standard Administration for Children and administer a high quality information collection submitted to the Families comprehensive child development Federal government. Local programs are program that serves low-income monitored for overall compliance with Proposed Information Collection pregnant women, infants and toddlers, the Performance Standards, including Activity; Comment Request preschoolers and their families. The the record-keeping aspects. information collection aspects of the Proposed Projects Performance Standards are a part of the Respondents: Head Start and Early Title: Head Start Performance many actions that local agencies must Head Start program grant recipients. Standards. take to ensure they administer quality ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Number of Average Number of Total burden Instruments responses per burden hours respondents hours respondent per response Records ............................................................................................................ 2,865 16 41.9 1,920,696 Estimated Total Annual Burden the quality, utility, and clarity of the Program (LIHEAP) are available for Hours: 1,920,696. information to be collected; and (d) reallotment to states, territories, tribes, Cost per respondent is $10,290.64 ways to minimize the burden and Tribal Organizations that received estimated at 16 responses × 41.9 hours information to be collected; and (d) FY 2016 direct LIHEAP grants. No × $15.35 per hour. Monetary costs ways to minimize the burden of the subgrantees or other entities may apply associated with information collection collection of information on for these funds. requirements for Head Start are the respondents, including through the use Section 2607(b)(1) of the Low Income salaries of the staff performing the of automated collection techniques or Home Energy Assistance Act (the Act), duties. These costs are assumed by the other forms of information technology. (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(1)) requires that, if Federal Government through the Consideration will be given to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of provision of program operating costs. comments and suggestions submitted Health and Human Services (HHS) In compliance with the requirements within 60 days of this publication. determines that, as of September 1 of of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork any fiscal year, an amount in excess of Reduction Act of 1995, the Robert Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer. 10 percent of the amount awarded to a Administration for Children and grantee for that fiscal year (excluding Families is soliciting public comment [FR Doc. 2016–13172 Filed 6–3–16; 8:45 am] Leveraging, REACH, and reallotted on the specific aspects of the BILLING CODE 4184–01–P funds) will not be used by the grantee information collection described above. during that fiscal year, then the Copies of the proposed collection of Secretary must notify the grantee and information can be obtained and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES publish a notice in the Federal Register comments may be forwarded by writing that such funds may be reallotted to to the Administration for Children and LIHEAP grantees during the following Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research fiscal year. If reallotted, the LIHEAP Families and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant block grant allocation formula will be Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, [CFDA Number: 93.568] used to distribute the funds. No funds Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. may be allotted to entities that are not Email address: infocollection@ Reallotment of FY 2015 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance direct LIHEAP grantees during FY 2016. acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be Program (LIHEAP) DATES: Submit comments on or before identified by the title of the information July 6, 2016. collection. AGENCY: Office of Community Services, The Department specifically requests ADDRESSES: Comments may be ACF, HHS. comments on: (a) Whether the proposed submitted to: Jeannie L. Chaffin, sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Notice of determination collection of information is necessary Director, Office of Community Services, concerning funds available for 330 C Street SW., 5th Floor, Mail Room for the proper performance of the reallotment. functions of the agency, including 5425, Washington, DC 20201. whether the information shall have SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the preliminary determination that funds Lauren Christopher, Director, Division agency’s estimate of the burden of the from the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Low of Energy Assistance, Office of proposed collection of information; (c) Income Home Energy Assistance Community Services, 330 C Street SW., VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:36 Jun 03, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06JNN1.SGM 06JNN1

36310 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 108 / Monday, June 6, 2016 / Notices 5th Floor, Mail Room 5425, Washington, ESTIMATED REALLOTMENT AMOUNTS Evaluation and Research, Food and DC 20201; telephone (202) 401–4870; OF FY 2015 LIHEAP FUNDS Drug Administration, 10903 New email: lauren.christopher@acf.hhs.gov. Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 6366, FY 2015 Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It has been Grantee name reallotment 796–3601. determined that approximately amount $1,230,022 in LIHEAP funds may be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the available for reallotment during FY Tennessee .................................. $271,910 Federal Register of Tuesday, October 2016. This determination is based on FY Puerto Rico ................................. 818,566 13, 2015, appearing on page 61426 in FR 2015 Carryover and Reallotment Reports Coyote Valley Band of Pomo In- Doc. 2015–25922, the following dians ........................................ 9,025 correction is made: that showed that seven grantees Eastern Shoshone Tribe ............. 37,413 reported reallotment funds (Tennessee, On page 61426, in table 1, the entries Passmaquoddy Tribe at Pleas- for NDAs 016096 and 016097 are Puerto Rico, Coyote Valley Band of ant Point .................................. 33,602 Pomo Indians, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Poarch Band of Creek Indians ... 50,978 removed. Passmaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, The Klamath Tribes .................... 8,528 Dated: May 31, 2016. Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and The Leslie Kux, Total ..................................... 1,230,022 Klamath Tribes). Grantees submitted the Associate Commissioner for Policy. FY 2015 Carryover and Reallotment [FR Doc. 2016–13182 Filed 6–3–16; 8:45 am] Reports to the Office of Community Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8626. BILLING CODE 4164–01–P Services (OCS), as required by Mary M. Wayland, regulations applicable to LIHEAP at 45 Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of CFR 96.82. This amount, however, may Grants Policy, Office of Administration. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND increase because, as of April 1, 2016, the [FR Doc. 2016–13217 Filed 6–3–16; 8:45 am] HUMAN SERVICES report for 68 grantees remains pending. BILLING CODE 4184–80–P Food and Drug Administration The statute allows grantees who have funds unobligated at the end of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND [Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0797] federal fiscal year for which they are awarded to request that they be allowed HUMAN SERVICES Agency Information Collection to carry over up to 10 percent of their Activities; Proposed Collection; Food and Drug Administration allotments to the next federal fiscal year. Comment Request; Human Tissue Funds in excess of this amount must be [Docket No. FDA–2015–N–3432] Intended for Transplantation returned to HHS and are subject to reallotment under section 2607(b)(1) of Organon USA et al.; Withdrawal of AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, the Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(1)). The Approval of 67 New Drug Applications HHS. amount described in this notice was and 128 Abbreviated New Drug ACTION: Notice. reported as unobligated FY 2015 funds Applications; Correction in excess of the amount that these AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, SUMMARY: The Food and Drug grantees could carry over to FY 2016. HHS. Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the OCS contacted each of the grantees to ACTION: Notice; correction. proposed collection of certain confirm that the FY 2015 funds information by the Agency. Under the indicated in the chart may be reallotted. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the In accordance with section 2607(b)(3) of PRA), Federal Agencies are required to notice that appeared in the Federal the Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(3)), publish notice in the Federal Register Register of October 13, 2015 (80 FR comments will be accepted for a period concerning each proposed collection of 61426). The document announced the of 30 days from the date of publication information, including each proposed withdrawal of approval of 67 new drug of this notice. extension of an existing collection of applications (NDAs) and 128 After considering any comments abbreviated new drug applications from information, and to allow 60 days for submitted, the Chief Executive Officers multiple applicants, effective November public comment in response to the of LIHEAP grantees will be notified of 12, 2015. The document indicated that notice. This notice solicits comments on the final reallotment amount. This FDA was withdrawing approval of the the information collection requirements decision will be published in the following two NDAs after receiving a relating to FDA regulations for human Federal Register. request from the NDA holder, Merck tissue intended for transplantation. If funds are reallotted, they will be Sharp & Dohme Corp. (Merck), 1 Merck DATES: Submit either electronic or allocated in accordance with section Dr., P.O. Box 100, Whitehouse Station, written comments on the collection of 2604 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8623) and NJ 08889: NDA 016096, MINTEZOL information by August 5, 2016. must be treated by LIHEAP grantees (thiabendazole) Tablets, and NDA ADDRESSES: You may submit comments receiving them as an amount 016097, MINTEZOL (thiabendazole) as follows: appropriated for FY 2016. As FY 2016 Oral Suspension. Before withdrawal of funds, they will be subject to all these NDAs became effective, Merck Electronic Submissions requirements of the Act, including informed FDA that it did not want Submit electronic comments in the sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES section 2607(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)), approval of the NDAs withdrawn. following way: which requires that a grantee obligate at Because Merck timely requested that • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// least 90 percent of its total block grant approval of these NDAs not be www.regulations.gov. Follow the allocation for a fiscal year by the end of withdrawn, the approval of NDAs instructions for submitting comments. the fiscal year for which the funds are 016096 and 016097 is still in effect. Comments submitted electronically, appropriated, that is, by September 30, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: including attachments, to http://www. 2016. 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Document Created: 2016-06-04 00:16:29
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of determination concerning funds available for reallotment.
DatesSubmit comments on or before July 6, 2016.
ContactLauren Christopher, Director, Division of Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services, 330 C Street SW., 5th Floor, Mail Room 5425, Washington, DC 20201; telephone (202) 401- 4870; email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 36309 
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