[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3710-3711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1398]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects

    Title: LIHEAP Quarterly Allocation Estimates.
    OMB No.: 0970-0037.
    Description: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 
Quarterly Allocation Estimates Form-535 is a one-page form that is sent 
to 50 State grantees and the District of Columbia. It is also sent to 
tribal grantees that receive over $1 million annually and that directly 
administer the LIHEAP Program. Grantees are asked to complete and 
submit the form in the 4th quarter of every fiscal year. The data 
collected on the form are the grantee's estimates of obligations that 
they expect to make each quarter during the upcoming fiscal year. This 
is the only method used to request anticipate distribution of the 
grantee's LIHEAP funds for the program year. The information is used to 
disburse LIHEAP funds in accordance with grantee needs and to develop 
OMB apportionment requests.
    Respondents: State, local or tribal Government.

                                             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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Form ACF-535................................              55                1              .25            13.75
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13.75.
    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. E-mail: 
[email protected]. 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

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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 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: January 18, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-1398 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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