[Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)]
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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 these LIHEAP grantees submit to the
Department of Health and Human Services 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
by LIHEAP grantees each fiscal year (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 statutory requirements
for administering the LIHEAP leveraging incentive program, to determine
countability and valuation of grantees' leveraged non-federal home
energy resources, and to determine grantees' shares of leveraging
incentive funds. HHS proposed to request a three-year extension of OMB
approval for the currently approved LIHEAP leveraging report
information collection.
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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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 3506(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
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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: June 1, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5177 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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