SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES ON VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MONUMENT GRANTS

IN THE REGULATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs proposes to change regulations on Veterans Memorial and Monument Grants.

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs proposes to adopt regulation changes in 10 AAC 30.010 – 30.900 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with Veterans Memorial and Monument Grants, including the following:

     (1)        10 AAC 30.010 – 30.900 is proposed to be changed as follows: proposed amendment to simplify regulations regarding grants to more closely align with the requirements of AS 37.14.730.

This supplemental notice is to allow additional opportunity for comment.  If you have already commented, you need not do so again.  You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Ms. Mercedes Angerman at 4600 Debarr Rd., Ste. 180, Anchorage, AK  99508.  Additionally, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will accept comments by facsimile at 907-334-0869 and by electronic mail at alaska.veterans@alaska.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System, by accessing this notice on the system and using the comment link.  The comments must be received not later than 4:00 p.m. on February 3, 2017.

You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Ms. Mercedes Angerman at 4600 Debarr Rd., Ste. 180, Anchorage, AK  99508 or alaska.veterans@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System.

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Ms. Mercedes Angerman at alaska.veterans@alaska.gov or 907-334-0871 no later than January 27, 2017 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Ms. Mercedes Angerman at alaska.veterans@alaska.gov or 907-334-0871.

After the public comment period ends, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected.

Statutory authority: AS 37.14.730

Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific: AS 37.14.730

Fiscal information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.

Date:   20 JAN 2017                                                          /S/                                                       

                                                                        Mercedes Angerman, Program Coordinator II

                                                                        Office of Veterans Affairs

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))

1. Adopting agency:   Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

2. General subject of regulation: Veterans Memorial and Monument Grants

3. Citation of regulation (may be grouped): 10 AAC 30.010 – 10 AAC 30.900

4. Department of Law file number, if any: JU2013200776

5. Reason for the proposed action:

      (   ) compliance with federal law
      (   ) compliance with new or changed state statute
      (   ) compliance with court order
      (   ) development of program standards
      ( X )  other: To simplify regulations regarding grants to more closely align with AS 37.14.730. 

6. Appropriation/Allocation:  NA

7. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):

8. The name of the contact person for the regulations:

Name  Mercedes Angerman                                                
Title  Program Coordinator II                                                       
Address  4600 Debarr Rd., Ste. 180                                             
               Anchorage, AK  99508  
Telephone  907-334-0871                                                   
E-mail address  mercedes.angerman@alaska.gov                            

9.The origin of the proposed action:

              x    staff of state agency
                    federal government
                    general public
                    petition for regulation change
                    other (please list)                                                                                                 

10. Date: 20 JAN 2017 Prepared by:             /S/                                                       
                                    Name (printed) Mercedes Angerman
                                    Title (printed) Program Coordinator II
                                    Telephone:  907-334-0871