[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33796-33797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11948]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Office of Community Services Data 
Collection for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Quarterly 
Performance and Management Reports (0970-0589)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), is requesting an extension of approval for an 
information request to collect data from Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grant recipients. This information 
collection was originally approved for 6 months as an emergency 
approval.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The proposed LIHEAP Quarterly Performance and 
Management Report will provide OCS information necessary to oversee 
recipients' performance in administering historic levels of LIHEAP 
funding and reaching the most vulnerable households. The report 
solicits data on total households assisted (and the total households 
assisted during the same quarter of the previous FY for comparison); 
the number of occurrences that LIHEAP prevented the loss of home 
energy/the number of occurrences that LIHEAP restored home energy; 
estimated use of LIHEAP funds by LIHEAP funding source; LIHEAP 
information (e.g., training and technical assistance needs, changes to 
program policies, collaboration with other federal utility assistance 
programs, etc.); and any explanation needed regarding the reliability 
and/or validity of the responses in prior sections. The quarterly 
report is not an abbreviated version of the LIHEAP Annual Report or

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Performance Data Form, it is a different form that was designed to 
focus on how states are leveraging LIHEAP to mitigate rising energy 
costs this winter and to track the spend down of LIHEAP supplemental 
funding. The currently approved versions of the LIHEAP Quarterly 
Performance and Management Reports can be found here https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202202-0970-003. This 
extension request includes minor revisions to the instructions 
regarding submission details and reporting deadlines in future fiscal 
years.
    Respondents: LIHEAP grant recipients.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number   Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Total annual
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response      burden hours
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Quarterly Performance and Management Report.....             206               3              12           7,416
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,416.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8621.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11948 Filed 6-2-22; 8:45 am]
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