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Dated: August 21, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Assisted Household Report-Long Form ..........................................................
Assisted Household Report-Short Form ..........................................................
Applicant Household Report ............................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,636.
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 Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
rsargis@acf.hhs.gov. 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
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
1
1
1
35
1
13
52
140
52
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: August 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; The Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities Study (ARIC)
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish
periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
Proposed Collection:
Title: The Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities Study (ARIC).
Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection (OMB No. 0925–
0281).
Need and Use of Information
Collection: This project involves annual
Total burden
hours
1,820
140
676
follow-up by telephone of participants
in the ARIC study, review of their
medical records, and interviews with
doctors and family to identify disease
occurrence. Interviewers will contact
doctors and hospitals to ascertain
participants’ cardiovascular events.
Information gathered will be used to
further describe the risk factors,
occurrence rates, and consequences of
cardiovascular disease in middle aged
and older men and women.
Frequency of Response: The
participants will be contacted annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other for
profit; small businesses or
organizations.
Type of Respondents: Individuals or
households; doctors and staff of
hospitals and nursing homes.
The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12,845.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.0.
Average Burden Hours Per Response:
0.242.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 3,108.
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $60,525, assuming
respondents time at the rate of $16.5 per
hour and physician time at the rate of
$75 per hour. There are no Capital Costs
to report. There are no Operating or
Maintenance Costs to report.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN (2007–2010)
No. of respondents
Type of response
Frequency of
response
Average hours
per response
Annual hour
burden
Participant Follow-up .......................................................................................
Physician (or coroner)1 ....................................................................................
Participant’s next-of-kin1 ..................................................................................
11,500
945
450
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.2500
0.1667
0.1667
2,875
158
75
Total ..........................................................................................................
12,845
1.0
0.2420
3,108
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burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, and respondent relatives/informants through requests for information which will help in the
compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal events.
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
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performance of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
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estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
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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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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Assisted Household Report-Long Form............. 52 1 35 1,820
Assisted Household Report-Short Form............ 140 1 1 140
Applicant Household Report...................... 52 1 13 676
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,636.
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
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: rsargis@acf.hhs.gov. 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.
Dated: August 22, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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