[Federal Register: October 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 195)]
[Notices]
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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) Household
Report.
OMB No.: 0970-0060.
Description: This statistical report is an annual activity required
by statute (42 U.S.C. 8629) and Federal regulations (45 CFR 96.92) for
the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Submission of the
completed report is one requirement for LIHEAP grantee applying for
Federal LIHEAP block grant funds. States, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are required to report statistics for
the previous Federal fiscal year on the number and income levels of
LIHEAP applicants and assisted households, as well as the number of
LIHEAP-assisted households with at least one member who is elderly,
disabled, or a young child.
The statistical report required States, the District of Columbia,
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to report on an unduplicated count
of assisted households having at least one member who is elderly,
disabled, or a young child, and an unduplicated count of assisted
households receiving one or more types of LIHEAP assistance. The
Administration deleted on the proposal to add the reporting requirement
of ``assisted households having at least one elderly person who is
homebound'' based on comments received in response to the first notice.
Insular areas receiving less than $200,000 annually in LIHEAP funds
and Indian Tribal Grantees are required to submit data 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 provides
information about the need for LIHEAP funds. Finally, the data are used
in the calculation of LIHEAP performance measures under the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993. The additional data elements will
improve the accuracy of measuring LIHEAP targeting performance and
LIHEAP cost efficiency.
The form will remain the same as in the past until Fiscal Year
2010. Start-up for the updated format will require significantly higher
burden hours per response. Therefore, the Annual Burden
Estimates below reflect an average of the first two years of this
renewal period before the burden changes with the third year of this
renewal period during the revisions.
Respondents: State Governments, Tribal Governments, Insular Areas,
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Assisted Household Report-Long Form............. 52 1 190 9,880
Assisted Household Report-Short Form............ 144 1 1 144
Applicant Household Report...................... 52 1 13 676
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Estimates..... .............. .............. .............. 10,700
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Aditional 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: infocollection@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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: October 2, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4968 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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