1317 Availability of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; proposed State Plan and public hearing schedule

DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFARE

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

[44 Pa.B. 3821]
[Saturday, June 21, 2014]

 The Department of Public Welfare (Department) is making available for public review and comment the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15 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 2014-15 LIHEAP.

 The Department has made the proposed State Plan available to the public through the Department's web site at www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/heatingassistanceliheap. In addition, copies of the proposed State Plan are available upon written request to Director, Division of Federal Programs and Program Management, Department of Public Welfare, 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 7, 2014
 10 a.m.—1 p.m.
 Philadelphia County Assistance Office Headquarters
 Betsy Ross Conference Room 6069, 6th Floor
 801 Market Street
 Philadelphia, PA

 July 9, 2014
 9:30 a.m.—12 p.m.
 Health and Welfare Building
 Room 129, 1st Floor
 Commonwealth and Forster Streets
 Harrisburg, PA

 July 16, 2014
 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 Katherine Piccolo, 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 auxiliary aid or service may submit comments using the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone] (TDD users) or [phone] (voice users).

BEVERLY D. MACKERETH, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-1317. Filed for public inspection June 20, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]