1130 Availability of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; proposed State Plan and public hearing schedule

Availability of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; Proposed State Plan and Public Hearing Schedule

[45 Pa.B. 2949]
[Saturday, June 13, 2015]

 The Department of Human Services (Department) is making available for public review and comment the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-2016 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) proposed State Plan. Comments on this notice and testimony received at public hearings will be used to formulate the Department's Final State Plan for using Federal funds for FY 2015-2016 LIHEAP.

 The Department has made the proposed State Plan available to the public through the Department's web site at www.dhs.state.pa.us/foradults/heatingassistanceliheap. In addition, copies of the proposed State Plan are available upon written request to the Director, Division of Federal Programs and Program Management, Department of Human Services, DGS Annex, Room 224, Willow Oak Building, 1006 Hemlock Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

 The Department will hold three public hearings throughout this Commonwealth to allow testimony on the proposed State Plan and to fulfill the Federal mandate for public input into the planning process. This mandate appears in Title XXVI (The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97-35) (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 8621—8629) as amended by the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1984 (Pub. L. No. 98-558), the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Pub. L. No. 99-425), the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-501), the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103-43), the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-252), the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 (Pub. L. No. 105-285) and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. No. 109-58).

Public Hearing Schedule

July 6, 2015
10 a.m.—1 p.m.
Philadelphia County Assistance Office Headquarters
Betsy Ross Conference Room, 6th Floor
801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA

July 8, 2015
9:30 a.m.—12 p.m.
Health and Welfare Building
Room 129, 1st Floor
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA

July 15, 2015
9 a.m.—12 p.m.
Allegheny County Courthouse
Gold Room, 4th Floor
436 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA

 This notice shall take effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

Public Comment

 Persons who wish to testify on the proposed State Plan at a public hearing should arrange a time by telephoning [phone]. Persons from outside the Harrisburg area should call [phone] or send a written request, including telephone number, to Jeremy Pahl, Federal Programs and Program Management, Room 224, Willow Oak Building No. 42, DGS Annex Complex, P. O. Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675.

 Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid or service may submit comments using the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone] (TDD users) or [phone] (voice users).

THEODORE DALLAS, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-1130. Filed for public inspection June 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]