98-8758. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8758]


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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) Carryover 
and Reallotment Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0106.
    Description: The LIHEAP statute and regulations require LIHEAP 
grantees to report certain information to HHS concerning funds forward 
and funds subject to reallotment. The 1994 reauthorization of the 
LIHEAP statute, the Human Service Amendments of 1994 (Public Law 103-
252), requires that the carryover and reallotment report for one fiscal 
year be submitted to HHS by the grantee before the Allotment for the 
next fiscal year may be awarded.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                          Number of                             
                                                            Number of     responses      Average        Total   
                       Instrument                          respondents       per      burden hours     burden   
                                                                         respondent   per response      hours   
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Carryover & Reallotment.................................           177             1             3           531
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:................  ............  ............  ............           531
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    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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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: March 31, 1998.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-8758 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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