81_FR_55655 81 FR 55494 - Notice of Instructions for Emergency Relief Grants

81 FR 55494 - Notice of Instructions for Emergency Relief Grants

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 161 (August 19, 2016)

Page Range55494-55495
FR Document2016-19801

Generally, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has funds available to help meet the special needs of LSC grantees in areas experiencing emergencies recognized through government declarations. This Notice sets forth instructions for current LSC grantees with such needs affecting their offices or parts of their service area who wish to apply for emergency relief funding when such funds are available. This information is also posted to the LSC Web site at www.lsc.gov.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 161 (Friday, August 19, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 161 (Friday, August 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55494-55495]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19801]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Instructions for Emergency Relief Grants

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation

ACTION: Notice--Instructions for emergency relief grants.

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SUMMARY: Generally, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has funds 
available to help meet the special needs of LSC grantees in areas 
experiencing emergencies recognized through government declarations. 
This Notice sets forth instructions for current LSC grantees with such 
needs affecting their offices or parts of their service area who wish 
to apply for emergency relief funding when such funds are available. 
This information is also posted to the LSC Web site at www.lsc.gov.

DATES: These instructions are effective September 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Disaster Grants Coordinator, Office of 
Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K St. NW., 
Washington, DC 20007, (202) 295-1500, [email protected] 
(preferred contact).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Emergency Relief Grants

A. Eligibility

    Generally, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has funds available 
to help meet the special needs of LSC grantees in areas experiencing 
emergencies recognized through government declarations. When funding is 
available, current LSC grantees are eligible to apply for such 
emergency funds only if they provide services or have an office located 
in an area subject to an emergency declaration or similar determination 
by a government entity or equivalent, at any level, including tribal 
governments regardless of federal recognition. Such determinations 
could address disasters, public health emergencies, droughts, or other 
circumstances warranting emergency-response actions and services. This 
policy supersedes LSC's prior policy that limited these grants to 
Federally declared disaster areas. Information regarding this grant 
program is available at www.lsc.gov in the ``Our Grant Programs'' 
section.

B. Applications

    Interested grantees should contact the LSC Office of Program 
Performance to discuss the application process, standards, and 
selection criteria. Information about the application forms and method 
of submission are available on www.lsc.gov in the ``Our Grant 
Programs'' section. Applications should, at minimum, address the 
following topics.
1. Resources, Needs, and Objectives
    a. A description of the damage sustained by applicant and/or the 
surge in demand for services as a result of the emergency.
    b. An estimate, in dollars, of lost property, including records, 
and equipment.
    c. The amount of emergency funds requested.
    d. A brief narrative stating the purpose of the requested funds.
    e. The grantee's current annual budget of revenue and expenses 
including both LSC funds and non-LSC funds.
2. Operational Procedures
    a. The anticipated length of time needed to restore operations from 
emergency status to normal and/or the anticipated length of time of the 
expected surge in demand.
    b. The anticipated term of the emergency grant (i.e., proposed 
beginning and termination dates).
    c. A description of the project, including criteria to be used for 
determining successful completion.
3. Budget--A Detailed Budget of Expenses for the Emergency Relief Grant

C. Approval Criteria

    Given the nature of these emergency situations, LSC will process 
requests for assistance on a priority basis. The primary emphasis will 
be on restoring or expanding, as quickly as possible, the program's 
capacity to serve eligible clients.

D. Accounting and Reporting

1. Accounting for the Grant
    The grant must be separately reported by natural line item in the 
grantee's annual audit(s). This reporting may be done either on the 
face of the financial statements, or in a schedule attached to the 
financial statements. The grant will provide additional instructions as 
needed.
2. Case Service Reporting
    In times of crisis, the immediate needs of victims supersede the 
need to adhere to the grantee's established priorities. Thus, grantees 
confronted by natural disasters or emergencies generally dispense with 
the stated priorities to respond to the most pressing needs of their 
clients. Depending on the extent of the disaster and the impact it has 
on case activities, the grantee may process a substantial

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number of cases outside of its normal priorities, which could 
significantly alter its case service reporting data. To avoid a 
distorted picture when disaster cases are reported in the regular CSRs, 
LSC may require separate case reporting for emergency-related cases 
that are outside of normal priorities and/or funded with an emergency 
relief grant.

    Dated: August 15, 2016.
Mark Freedman,
Senior Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-19801 Filed 8-18-16; 8:45 am]
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55494 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 161 / Friday, August 19, 2016 / Notices significantly while they are being move. LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION on www.lsc.gov in the ‘‘Our Grant Third, the portable refuge chambers Programs’’ section. Applications should, cannot simply be parked on the decline Notice of Instructions for Emergency at minimum, address the following because of their size, they would block Relief Grants topics. assess between the development drift AGENCY:Legal Services Corporation 1. Resources, Needs, and Objectives face and the escapeways. To allow for ACTION:Notice—Instructions for a. A description of the damage the decline to remain clear, a cutout into emergency relief grants. sustained by applicant and/or the surge the rib must be made to park the refuge chamber. Fourth, the refuge chambers SUMMARY: Generally, the Legal Services in demand for services as a result of the are not available for use while being Corporation (LSC) has funds available to emergency. moved (and air and water are being b. An estimate, in dollars, of lost help meet the special needs of LSC reconnected), meaning that Kensington property, including records, and grantees in areas experiencing risks non-compliance with § 5711010 equipment. emergencies recognized through each time it is attempting to comply c. The amount of emergency funds government declarations. This Notice requested. with MSHA’s directive to reposition the sets forth instructions for current LSC d. A brief narrative stating the refuge to remain within 1,000 feet of the grantees with such needs affecting their purpose of the requested funds. face. offices or parts of their service area who e. The grantee’s current annual budget Taken to its logical conclusion, to wish to apply for emergency relief of revenue and expenses including both ensure compliance, Kensington would funding when such funds are available. LSC funds and non-LSC funds. be forced to have two refuges in place, This information is also posted to the and ‘‘leapfrog’’ them during exploration LSC Web site at www.lsc.gov. 2. Operational Procedures and development. However, the spacing DATES: These instructions are effective a. The anticipated length of time and cost associated with that approach September 19, 2016. needed to restore operations from are untenable. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: emergency status to normal and/or the Disaster Grants Coordinator, Office of anticipated length of time of the Each refuge chamber is roughly 15 Program Performance, Legal Services expected surge in demand. feet long, and requires a cutout that is Corporation, 3333 K St. NW., b. The anticipated term of the 30 feet deep. The development costs at Washington, DC 20007, (202) 295–1500, emergency grant (i.e., proposed Kensington are approximately $1500 per emergencygrants@lsc.gov (preferred beginning and termination dates). foot, meaning that each 30-foot cutout c. A description of the project, contact). will cost $45,000 to create. Installing air, including criteria to be used for water and shotcrete will be in addition SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: determining successful completion. to the $45,000 figure. Moving the unit Emergency Relief Grants will take 2 miners approximately 12 3. Budget—A Detailed Budget of hours, at a labor cost of $1136. In total, A. Eligibility Expenses for the Emergency Relief Grant the average cost to relocate a portable Generally, the Legal Services C. Approval Criteria refuge one time is almost $50,000. Corporation (LSC) has funds available to Assuming Kensington positioned the help meet the special needs of LSC Given the nature of these emergency refuge at a distance that was 50 percent grantees in areas experiencing situations, LSC will process requests for of the stated requirement, so that emergencies recognized through assistance on a priority basis. The relocations were only required every ten government declarations. When funding primary emphasis will be on restoring is available, current LSC grantees are or expanding, as quickly as possible, the days, the resulting 36 relocations per eligible to apply for such emergency program’s capacity to serve eligible year will cost approximately $1.8 funds only if they provide services or clients. million for the 255 Decline alone. For these reasons, not only does have an office located in an area subject D. Accounting and Reporting MSHA’s current interpretation of 30 to an emergency declaration or similar determination by a government entity or 1. Accounting for the Grant CFR 57.11050 add a new requirement to equivalent, at any level, including tribal The grant must be separately reported the standard without undergoing the governments regardless of federal by natural line item in the grantee’s rulemaking process, the interpretation recognition. Such determinations could annual audit(s). This reporting may be will result in a diminution of safety to address disasters, public health done either on the face of the financial the miners at Kensington Mine. There is emergencies, droughts, or other statements, or in a schedule attached to no peer-reviewed empirical data to circumstances warranting emergency- the financial statements. The grant will support this additional requirement, response actions and services. This provide additional instructions as and the plain language of 30 CFR policy supersedes LSC’s prior policy needed. 57.11050 does not support the that limited these grants to Federally requirement either. 2. Case Service Reporting declared disaster areas. Information The petitioner asserts that the regarding this grant program is available In times of crisis, the immediate proposed alternative method will at www.lsc.gov in the ‘‘Our Grant needs of victims supersede the need to provide the same or greater measure of Programs’’ section. adhere to the grantee’s established safety as would be provided by priorities. Thus, grantees confronted by mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES application of the existing standard. B. Applications natural disasters or emergencies Interested grantees should contact the generally dispense with the stated Sheila McConnell, LSC Office of Program Performance to priorities to respond to the most Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, discuss the application process, pressing needs of their clients. and Variances. standards, and selection criteria. Depending on the extent of the disaster [FR Doc. 2016–19802 Filed 8–18–16; 8:45 am] Information about the application forms and the impact it has on case activities, BILLING CODE 4520–43–P and method of submission are available the grantee may process a substantial VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Aug 18, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 161 / Friday, August 19, 2016 / Notices 55495 number of cases outside of its normal NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Commission’s consideration concerning priorities, which could significantly negotiated service agreements. This alter its case service reporting data. To Advisory Committee for Integrative notice informs the public of the filing, avoid a distorted picture when disaster Activities; Notice of Meeting invites public comment, and takes other cases are reported in the regular CSRs, administrative steps. In accordance with the Federal LSC may require separate case reporting DATES: Comments are due: August 22, Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– for emergency-related cases that are 2016 (Comment due date applies to all 463, as amended), the National Science outside of normal priorities and/or Docket Nos. listed above) Foundation announces the following funded with an emergency relief grant. ADDRESSES: Submit comments meeting: Dated: August 15, 2016. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice--Instructions for emergency relief grants.
DatesThese instructions are effective September 19, 2016.
ContactDisaster Grants Coordinator, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K St. NW., Washington, DC 20007, (202) 295-1500, [email protected] (preferred contact).
FR Citation81 FR 55494 
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