[Federal Register: September 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 178)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: LIHEAP Household Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0060.
    Description: The report is an annual activity which is required by 
law of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grantees for 
receipt of federal LIHEAP block grant funds. States, the District of 
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are required to use the 
report's Long Format to provide statistics for the previous federal 
fiscal year on the number and income levels of LIHEAP applicant and 
assisted households, and the number of LIHEAP assisted households with 
at least one member who is elderly, disabled or a young child. Insular 
areas receiving less than $200,000 annually in LIHEAP funds and Indian 
Tribal Grantees are required to use the report's Short Format to 
provide statistics for the previous fiscal year only on the number of 
households receiving heating, cooling, energy crisis, or weatherization 
benefits. The information is being collected for the Department's 
annual LIHEAP report to Congress. The data also provide information 
about the need for LIHEAP funds. Finally, the data are being used in 
the calculation of LIHEAP performance measures under the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993.
    Respondents: State Governments, Tribal Governments and Territories.

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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Recommended Long Format for LIHEAP Assisted             52                    1         25             1,300
 Household.....................................
Recommended Short Format for LIHEAP Assisted           132                    1          1               132
 Household.....................................
Recommended Long Format for LIHEAP Applicant            52                    1         13               676
 Households....................................
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours........  ..............  ...............     2,108
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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. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the

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information collection: E-mail address: rsargis@acf.hhs.gov.
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: lauren_wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.
    Dated: September 4, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-23335 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]

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