03-23335. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Title: LIHEAP Household Report.

OMB No.: 0970-0060.

Description: The report is an annual activity which is required by law of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) grantees for receipt of federal LIHEAP block grant funds. States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are required to use the report's Long Format to provide statistics for the previous federal fiscal year on the number and income levels of LIHEAP applicant and assisted households, and the number of LIHEAP assisted households with at least one member who is elderly, disabled or a young child. Insular areas receiving less than $200,000 annually in LIHEAP funds and Indian Tribal Grantees are required to use the report's Short Format to provide statistics for the previous fiscal year only on the number of households receiving heating, cooling, energy crisis, or weatherization benefits. The information is being collected for the Department's annual LIHEAP report to Congress. The data also provide information about the need for LIHEAP funds. Finally, the data are being used in the calculation of LIHEAP performance measures under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.

Respondents: State Governments, Tribal Governments and Territories.

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden hours per response	Total burden hours
Recommended Long Format for LIHEAP Assisted Household	52	1	25	1,300
Recommended Short Format for LIHEAP Assisted Household	132	1	1	132
Recommended Long Format for LIHEAP Applicant Households	52	1	13	676
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours			2,108

Additional Information

Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection: E-mail address: [e-mail].

OMB Comment

OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF, E-mail address: [e-mail].

Dated: September 4, 2003.

Robert Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.