[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 140 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37751-37752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18377]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    OMB No: 0970-0060.
    Title: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Household 
Report.
    Description: The report is an annual activity which is required by 
law of LIHEAP grantees for receipt of federal LIHEAP block grant funds. 
Statistics are to be reported for the previous federal fiscal year on 
the number and income levels of LIHEAP applicants and assisted 
households, and the number of LIHEAP assisted households with at least 
one member who is elderly,

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disabled, or a young child. The information is being collected for the 
Department's annual LIHEAP report to Congress and is used to provide 
information about the need for and use of LIHEAP funds. The information 
may also may be used as performance measures under the Government 
Performance Results Act of 1993.
    Respondents: State Governments, Tribal Governments and Territories.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent    response      hours   
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Asst. Hhd. Report-LF........................................           52            1           25        1,300
Asst. Hhd. Report-SF........................................          128            1            1          128
Applic. Hhd. Report.........................................           51            1           13          663
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,091
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use 
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. Considerations will be given to comments and suggestions 
submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: July 15, 1996.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-18377 Filed 7-18-96; 8:45 am]
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