97-11233. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11233]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: ACF Annual Grantee Survey of the Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0076.
    Description: ACF is required by law to provide Congress with fiscal 
and caseload estimates of the Grantee LIHEA Programs. The Secretary is 
also required to submit a report to Congress each fiscal year, for the 
prior fiscal year, containing a compilation to the data requirements 
under subsection (b) as follows: ``number and income levels of 
households assisted; number of households which received such 
assistance . . .; the impact of each State's program on recipient and 
eligible households, and any other information which the Secretary 
determines to be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this title.'' The data will be used to respond to inquiries from 
Congress, OMB, and the White House, displayed in tables in the 
Secretary's Annual LIHEA Report to Congress, and disseminated through 
information memoranda to grantees and other interested parties.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                                             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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Survey......................................              51                1             3.75           191.25 
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 191.25.                                                                    

    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, Division of Information Resource Management 
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: April 24, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-11233 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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