99-21092. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44528-44529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21092]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Project:
    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 nonfederal home energy resources for low 
income households. The LIHEAP leveraging report is the application for 
leveraging incentive funds that these LIHEAP grantees submit to HHS for 
each fiscal year in which they leverage countable resources. 
Participation in the leveraging incentive program is voluntary.
    The 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 
countability and valuation of grantees' leveraged nonfederal home 
energy resources, and to determine grantees' shares of leveraging 
incentive funds. HHS proposes to request a 3-year extension of OMB 
approval for the currently approved LIHEAP leveraging report 
information collection.
    Respondents: State and Tribal Governments.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per      Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIHEAP Leveraging Report....................              70                1               38            2,660
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 
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.


[[Page 44529]]


    Dated: August 10, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-21092 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-M