Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 166 / Monday, August 28, 2006 / Notices 50923 

Dated: August 21, 2006. 

Joan F. Karr, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E6–14231 Filed 8–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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 non-federal 

home energy resources for low-income 

households. The LIHEAP leveraging 

report is the application for leveraging 

incentive funds that these LIHEAP 

grantees submit to the Department of 

Health and Human Services for each 

fiscal year in which they leverage 

countable resources. Participation in the 

leveraging incentive program is 

voluntary and is described at 45 CFR 

96.87. 

The LIHEAP leveraging report obtains 

information on the resources leveraged 

by LIHEAP grantees each fiscal year (as 

cash, discounts, wailers, 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 three-year extension of OMB 

approval for the currently approved 

LIHEAP leveraging report information 

collection. 

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

LIHEAP Leveraging Report ............................................................................. 70 1 38 2,660 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,660. 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may be obtained by 

writing to the Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of 

Administration, 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: 

infocolleciton@acf.hhs.gov. 

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, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk 

Officer for ACF, E-mail address: 

Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 22, 2006. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7189 Filed 8–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

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) 

Household Report. 

OMB No.: 0970–0060 

Description: This statistical report is 

an annual activity required by statute 

(42 U.S.C. 8629) and Federal regulations 

(45 CFR 96.92) for the Low Income 

Home Energy Assistance Program 

(LIHEAP). Submission of the completed 

report is one requirement for LIHEAP 

grantees applying for 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 applicants and assisted 

households, as well as the number of 

LIHEAP-assisted households with at 

least one member who is elderly, 

disabled, or a young child. 

The statistical report requires States, 

the District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to report 

on assisted households having at least 

one elderly person who is homebound; 

an unduplicated count of assisted 

households having at least one member 

who is elderly, disabled, or a young 

child; and an unduplicated count of 

assisted households receiving one or 

more types of LIHEAP assistance. 

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 provides 

information about the need for LIHEAP 

funds. Finally, the data are used in the 

calculation of LIHEAP performance 

measures under the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993. 

The additional data elements will 

improve the accuracy of measuring 

LIHEAP targeting performance and 

LIHEAP cost efficiency. 

Respondents: State Governments, 

Tribal Governments, Insular Areas, the 

District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

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