[Federal Register: April 5, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 66)]
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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) 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 report 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 submit data 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
beginning to be used in the calculation of LIHEAP performance
measures under the Government Performance Results Act of 1993.

    Respondents: State Governments, Tribal Governments and Territories.

                                  ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

     Instrument                       Number of    Number of    Average burden  Total
                                    respondents   responses per     hours       burden
                                                   respondent   per respondent  hours


Assisted Hhd. Report--LF...............  52            1             25          1300
Assisted Hhd. Report--SF............... 132            1              1           132
Applic. Hhd. Report....................  52            1             13           676

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: .......... ..........  .......... ......... 2108

    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, SW, Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comment 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 30, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-8296 Filed 4-4-00; 8:45 am]
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