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regarding this collection contact
Rebecca Bruno at 415–744–3677).
Title: ACF Grantee Survey of the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
OMB No.: 0970–0076.
Description: The LIHEAP Grantee
Survey is an annual data collection
activity, which is sent to grantees of the
50 states and the District of Columbia
administering the Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
The survey is mandatory in order that
national estimates of the sources and
uses of LIHEAP funds can be calculated
in a timely manner; a range can be
calculated of State average LIHEAP
benefits; and maximum income cutoffs
for four-person households can be
obtained for estimating the number of
low-income households that are income
eligible for LIHEAP under the State
income standards. The need for the
above information is to provide the
Administration and Congress with fiscal
Dated: January 22, 2014.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development
Group, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
estimates in time for hearings about
LIHEAP appropriations and program
performance. The information also is
included in the Departments annual
LIHEAP Report to Congress. The survey,
along with all other forms required of
LIHEAP grantees, will be available
electronically through the web-based
Online Data Collection (OLDC) system
to which all LIHEAP grantees currently
have access. By making the survey
available through OLDC, it will improve
the accuracy and efficiency of grantee
submissions by performing certain data
validation checks before grantees
complete their submission. It will also
allow grantees to track the progress of
ACF’s review of the survey, as well as
permit grantees to access archived
surveys in the future.
Respondents: 50 States and the
District of Columbia.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
LIHEAP Grantee Survey ..................................................................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 178.50.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(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 Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. Email address: infocollection@
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
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other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
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 Projects:
Title: Application Requirements for
the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Model
Plan and Program Integrity Assessment
OMB No.: 0970–0075
Description: States, including the
District of Columbia, tribes, tribal
organizations, and territories applying
for LIHEAP block grant funds must
submit an annual application (Model
Plan) that meets the LIHEAP statutory
and regulatory requirements prior to
receiving Federal funds. In prior years,
in addition to the Model Plan, each
grantee was also required to submit a
Program Integrity Assessment
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Supplement (PIAS) every year, as part of
their application. The proposed new
model plan will combine the content of
these two forms into one form,
eliminating duplicative questions and
streamlining the submission process.
The proposed new format of the model
plan is also a departure from the
previously-approved version. The new
model plan will become an electronic
form, to be submitted through the OnLine Data Collection System (OLDC),
which is already being used by all
LIHEAP grantees to submit other
required LIHEAP forms. The new model
plan will also provide grantees the
option to respond to many questions by
selecting one or more check-box
responses, rather than providing a freeform text response. Grantees will still
have the ability to enter free form text
if none of the provided options are
applicable. This new re-formatting will
reduce the time grantees will spend on
completing the form. It will also provide
the Office of Community Services (OCS)
with the ability to collect and analyze
consistent data across all grantees in a
streamlined manner. This will improve
the information provided by OCS in the
annual LIHEAP Report to Congress and
other related reports to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services and the Office of Management
and Budget.
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In order to ensure that data are
reported in a consistent format by all
grantees, OCS will now require that the
new version of the model plan be used
by all grantees. Grantees will no longer
have the option of submitting their
annual application using alternate
formats. Additionally, grantees will no
longer have the option to submit an
abbreviated model plan. All entries from
each grantee’s first submission of the
model plan in OLDC will be saved and
re-populated into the form for the
following fiscal year’s applications.
Thus, after the first year, grantees will
only need to make updates to the prior
year’s entries. Grantees will still be able
to submit attachments as needed.
Presidential Executive Order 13520,
reducing Improper Payments and
Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs,
issued in November 2009, encourages
Federal agencies to take deliberate and
immediate action to eliminate fraud and
improper payments. As part of the
review of programs subsequent to this
executive order, HHS has determined
that additional information from each
administering agency is necessary to
assess grantee measures that are in place
to prevent, detect or address waste,
fraud and abuse in LIHEAP programs.
The revised model plan can be
viewed on the OCS Web site at: https://
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/
programs/liheap.
Respondents: State, Tribal or Territory
Governments.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Detailed Model Plan. .......................................................................................
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210
1
2
420
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 420.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(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 Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. Email address: infocollection@
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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–1427]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Point Procedures
for the Safe and Sanitary Processing
and Importing of Juice
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the
collection of information by February
26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–0466. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA
PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard
Dr., PI50–400B, Rockville, MD 20850,
PRAStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
SUMMARY:
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In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP) Procedures for the Safe
and Sanitary Processing and Importing
of Juice—21 CFR Part 120 (OMB
Control Number 0910–0466)—Extension
FDA regulations in part 120 (21 CFR
part 120) mandate the application of
HACCP principles to the processing of
fruit and vegetable juices. HACCP is a
preventive system of hazard control
designed to help ensure the safety of
foods. The regulations were issued
under FDA’s statutory authority to
regulate food safety under section
402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C.
342(a)(4)). Under section 402(a)(4) of the
FD&C Act, a food is adulterated if it is
prepared, packed, or held under
insanitary conditions whereby it may
have been contaminated with filth or
rendered injurious to health. The
Agency also has authority under section
361 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 264) to issue and enforce
regulations to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of
communicable diseases from one State,
territory, or possession to another, or
from outside the United States into this
country. Under section 701(a) of the
FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 371(a)), FDA is
authorized to issue regulations for the
efficient enforcement of that act.
The rationale in establishing an
HACCP system of preventive controls is
to design and check the process so that
the final product is not contaminated—
not test for contamination after it may
have taken place. Under HACCP,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Application Requirements for the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Model Plan and Program Integrity Assessment
OMB No.: 0970-0075
Description: States, including the District of Columbia, tribes,
tribal organizations, and territories applying for LIHEAP block grant
funds must submit an annual application (Model Plan) that meets the
LIHEAP statutory and regulatory requirements prior to receiving Federal
funds. In prior years, in addition to the Model Plan, each grantee was
also required to submit a Program Integrity Assessment Supplement
(PIAS) every year, as part of their application. The proposed new model
plan will combine the content of these two forms into one form,
eliminating duplicative questions and streamlining the submission
process. The proposed new format of the model plan is also a departure
from the previously-approved version. The new model plan will become an
electronic form, to be submitted through the On-Line Data Collection
System (OLDC), which is already being used by all LIHEAP grantees to
submit other required LIHEAP forms. The new model plan will also
provide grantees the option to respond to many questions by selecting
one or more check-box responses, rather than providing a free-form text
response. Grantees will still have the ability to enter free form text
if none of the provided options are applicable. This new re-formatting
will reduce the time grantees will spend on completing the form. It
will also provide the Office of Community Services (OCS) with the
ability to collect and analyze consistent data across all grantees in a
streamlined manner. This will improve the information provided by OCS
in the annual LIHEAP Report to Congress and other related reports to
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of
Management and Budget.
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In order to ensure that data are reported in a consistent format by
all grantees, OCS will now require that the new version of the model
plan be used by all grantees. Grantees will no longer have the option
of submitting their annual application using alternate formats.
Additionally, grantees will no longer have the option to submit an
abbreviated model plan. All entries from each grantee's first
submission of the model plan in OLDC will be saved and re-populated
into the form for the following fiscal year's applications. Thus, after
the first year, grantees will only need to make updates to the prior
year's entries. Grantees will still be able to submit attachments as
needed.
Presidential Executive Order 13520, reducing Improper Payments and
Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs, issued in November 2009,
encourages Federal agencies to take deliberate and immediate action to
eliminate fraud and improper payments. As part of the review of
programs subsequent to this executive order, HHS has determined that
additional information from each administering agency is necessary to
assess grantee measures that are in place to prevent, detect or address
waste, fraud and abuse in LIHEAP programs.
The revised model plan can be viewed on the OCS Web site at: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/programs/liheap.
Respondents: State, Tribal or Territory Governments.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Detailed Model Plan......................... 210 1 2 420
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 420.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: infocollection@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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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