[Federal Register: August 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 166)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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
leveraged by LIHEAP grantees each fiscal year (as cash, discounts,
wailers, 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 proposes 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.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Administration, 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
information collection. E-mail address: infocolleciton@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, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7189 Filed 8-25-06; 8:45 am]
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