[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14180]


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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) Carryover 
and Reallotment Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0106.
    Description: The LIHEAP statute and regulations require LIHEAP 
grantees to report certain information to HHS concerning funds 
forwarded and funds subject to reallotment. The 1994 reauthorization of 
the LIHEAP statute, the Human Service Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-
252), requires that the carryover and reallotment report for one fiscal 
year be submitted to HHS by the grantee before the Allotment for the 
next fiscal year may be awarded.
    We are requesting changes in the collection of data by adding a 
form, the Carryover and Reallotment Report For FY 20____, for the 
collection of data previously requested by the Simplified Instructions 
for Timely Obligations of FY 20____ LIHEAP Funds and Reporting Funds 
for Carryover and Reallotment. The addition of the form will clarify 
the information being requested and ensure the submission of all the 
required information. Use of the form will be voluntary. It is being 
added in response to numerous queries each year concerning how to 
provide information. It will not add any additional burden on grantees. 
Grantees would have the option to use another format.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                                             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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Carryover and Reallotment.......................             177               1               3             531
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............             531
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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 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) 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: May 31, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-14180 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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