[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18857-18858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07359]


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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) 
Leveraging Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0121.
    Description: The LIHEAP leveraging incentive program rewards LIHEAP 
grantees that have leveraged non-federal home energy resources for low-
income households. The LIHEAP leveraging report is the application for 
leveraging incentive funds that the LIHEAP grantees submit to the U.S. 
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 federal fiscal year, e.g., 
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 federal statutory 
requirements for administering the LIHEAP leveraging incentive program, 
to determine accountability and valuation of grantees' leveraged non-
federal home energy resources, and to determine grantees' shares of 
leveraging incentive funds. HHS proposes to request a three-year 
clearance by OMB for the LIHEAP leveraging report information 
collection which has received OMB approval in the past. Respondents: 
State, Local or Tribal Governments.

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                                             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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LIHEAP Leveraging Report....................              70                1               38            2,660
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,660.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington DC 
20201. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-07359 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P