[Federal Register: September 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 178)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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