[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8296]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Household 
Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0060.
    Description: The report is an annual activity which is required by 
law of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grantees for 
receipt of federal LIHEAP block grant funds. States, the District of 
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are required to report 
statistics for the previous federal fiscal year on the number and 
income levels of LIHEAP applicant and assisted households, and the 
number of LIHEAP assisted households with at least one member who is 
elderly, disabled or a young child. Insular areas receiving less than 
$200,000 annually in LIHEAP funds and Indian Tribal Grantees are 
required to submit data only on the number of households receiving 
heating, cooling, energy crisis, or weatherization benefits. The 
information is being collected for the Department's annual LIHEAP 
report to Congress. The data also provide information about the need 
for LIHEAP funds. Finally, the data are beginning to be used in the 
calculation of LIHEAP 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 burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Assisted Hhd. Report--LF........................              52               1              25            1300
Assisted Hhd. Report--SF........................             132               1               1             132
Applic. Hhd. Report.............................              52               1              13             676
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:............  ..............  ..............  ..............            2108
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    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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comment 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) 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. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: March 30, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-8296 Filed 4-4-00; 8:45 am]
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