[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18857-18858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07359]
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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 the LIHEAP grantees submit to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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 federal fiscal year, e.g.,
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 federal 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
clearance by OMB for the LIHEAP leveraging report information
collection which has received OMB approval in the past. 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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington DC
20201. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email address:
[email protected]. 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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-07359 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
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