[Federal Register: February 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 35)]
[Notices]
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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 leveraged
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 accountability 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.
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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 506(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
Administration, 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: February 19, 2009.
Janean Chambers,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3859 Filed 2-23-09; 8:45 am]
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