[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27560-27561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11647]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Application Requirements for the LIHEAP and Detailed Model 
Plan.
    OMB No.: 0970-0075.
    Description: States, including the District of Columbia, Tribes, 
tribal organizations and territories applying for LIHEAP block grant 
funds must submit an annual application (Model Plan) that meets the 
LIHEAP statutory and regulatory requirements prior to receiving Federal 
funds. A detailed application must be submitted every 3 years. 
Abbreviated applications may be submitted in alternate years. There 
have been no changes in the Model Plan since the approval of the 
addition of the LIHEAP Program Integrity Assessment and Plan by the 
Office of Management and Budget earlier this year.
    Presidential Executive Order 13520, reducing Improper Payments and 
Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs, issued in November 2009, 
encourages Federal agencies to take deliberate and immediate action to 
eliminate fraud and improper payments. As part of the review of 
programs subsequent to this executive order, HHS has determined that 
additional information from each administering agency is necessary to 
assess grantee measures that are in place to prevent, detect or address 
waste, fraud and abuse in LIHEAP programs.
    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.............................              65               1            1              65
Abbreviated Model Plan..........................             115               1            0.33           37.95
LIHEAP Program Integrity Assessment and Plan....             180               1            1             180
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 282.95.
    In compliance with the requirements of section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and

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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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [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 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 11, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-11647 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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