96-18521. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 141 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37904-37905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18521]


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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 Form.
    OMB No.: 0970-0121.
    Description: The report is an annual activity which LIHEAP grantees 
must submit if they wish to receive a share of leveraging incentive 
funds that are set aside for this purpose out of annual appropriations. 
The report provides us with data that allows us to determine whether 
grantees are carrying out leveraging activities that meet statutory and 
regulatory requirements for countability. The leveraging incentive and 
regulatory requirements for countability. The leveraging incentive 
funds are awarded based on the amount to countable activities carried 
out by each grantee, under a formula prescribed by regulation.
    Respondents: States, tribes/tribal organizations, and territories.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent    response      hours   
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LIHEAP Leveraging Rept......................................           70            1           38        2,660
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,660.
    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) ways to enhance 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: July 16, 1996.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-18521 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]
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