[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23336]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 
Leveraging Report.
    OMB.: 0970-0121.
    Description: The LIHEAP leveraging incentive program rewards LIHEAP 
grantees that have leveraged nonfederal home energy resources for low 
income households. The LIHEAP leveraging report is the application for 
leveraging incentive funds that these LIHEAP grantees submit to the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for each fiscal year in 
which they leverage countable resources. Participation in the 
leveraging incentive program is voluntary and is described at 45 CFR 
96.87.
    The LIHEAP leveraging report obtains information on the resources 
leveraged by LIHEAP grantees each fiscal year (as cash, discounts, 
waivers, and in-kind); the benefits provided to low income households 
by these resources (for example, as fuel and payments for fuel, as home 
heating and cooling equipment, and as weatherization materials and 
installation); and the fair market value of these resources/benefits. 
HHS needs this information in order to carry out statutory requirements 
for administering the LIHEAP leveraging incentive program, to determine 
countability and valuation of grantees' leveraged nonfederal home 
energy resources, and to determine grantees' shares of leveraging 
incentive funds. HHS proposes to request a 3-year extension of OMB 
approval for the currently approved LIHEAP leveraging report 
information collection.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Governments.

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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Detailed Model Plan.........................              70                1               38            2,660
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ...............  ...............  ...............           2,660
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Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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. E-mail address: [email protected].

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer 
for ACF. E-mail address [email protected].

    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-23336 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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