(a) BIA will accept IRRHPP applications until December 31 each year for projects during the following year. BIA processes IRRHPP applications as shown in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) January 31......................... Notify all applicants and
Regions in writing of
acceptance of applications.(2) March 31........................... Coordinate with FLH to rank all
accepted applications in
accordance with Appendix A to
Subpart C, develop the FPL,
and return unaccepted
applications to the applicant
with an explanation of the
deficiencies.(3) April 15........................... Notify all accepted applicants
of the projects included on
the FPL.(4) May 15............................. Distribute funds to BIA Regions
or in accordance with
procedures of the Office of
Self-Governance for selected
IRRHPP.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) If total funding for accepted projects does not equal the total funds available for IRRHPP, the remaining funds will be redistributed by the Relative Need Distribution Factor in accordance with Appendix C to subpart C.
(c) All IRRHPP funds must be obligated on or before August 15. If it is anticipated that these funds cannot be obligated by the end of the fiscal year, IRRHPP funds assigned to an approved project must be returned to FHWA by August 1. BIA will redistribute these funds the following fiscal year to those approved projects. (See Sec. 170.213.)