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Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Expedited OMB Review: Low Income
Household Water Assistance Program
(LIHWAP) Plan (New Collection)
Office of Community Services,
Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Community
Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is requesting expedited
review of an information collection
request from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) of the Low Income
Household Water Assistance Program
(LIHWAP) Plan. OCS solicited
SUMMARY:
comments in the form of the LIHWAP
survey (approved under OMB #0970–
0531), which was available on the
LIWHAP webpage from Monday, April
19–Tuesday April 27. These comments
were due prior to submission of this
information collection request and have
been addressed in the submission
package to OMB. OCS will use
information from the LIHWAP Plan to
identify recipients, methods and
categories for grantee expenditures, as
well as to assess the effectiveness of
grantee planning and compliance to
terms and conditions for the LIHWAP.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
as soon as possible upon publication of
this notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF is requesting that
OMB grant a 180-day approval for this
request under procedures for expedited
processing. If OCS determines to need to
continue use of the LIHWAP plan
beyond this initial 180-day approval
period, a request for review under
normal procedures will be submitted
within 180 days of the approval for this
request.
The LIHWAP is an emergency
program intended to maintain
continuity in water services for
households with the lowest incomes
that pay a high proportion of income for
drinking water and waste water
services. LIHWAP grantees have the
flexibility to design certain policies and
procedures related to the
implementation of their LIHWAP
programs in order to target the specific
needs of their service population. The
LIHWAP Plan will collect information
related to each grantee’s program
design, including eligibility, benefit
amounts, outreach, fiscal monitoring,
etc. Grantees must report on program
design and be approved prior to making
payments on behalf of eligible
households.
Respondents: LIHWAP Grantees,
including States, Territories, and tribes
that received a Low Income Household
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
grant award for Fiscal Year 2021.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total
number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual
burden hours
LIHWAP Plan ...................................................................................................
206
1
2
412
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 412.
Grantees are required to submit one
Plan that will cover their FY 2021
funding (including the American Rescue
Plan funding) and covers the project
period funded through September 30,
2023. Grantees will submit revised
Plans if they make significant changes to
their program during that project period.
The two hour estimate includes
potential revision(s) which are
anticipated to be limited and quick in
nature.
Authority: Sec. 533, Public Law 116–260.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended, the HHS is updating an
existing system of records maintained
by HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce
(BHW), System No. 09–15–0037, HHS/
HRSA/BHW Scholarship and Loan
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In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
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applicable May 26, 2021, subject to a 30day period in which to comment on the
new and revised routine uses, described
below. Please submit any comments by
June 25, 2021.
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Rockville, MD 20857, or by using this
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Expedited OMB Review: Low Income Household Water Assistance
Program (LIHWAP) Plan (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is requesting expedited review of an information
collection request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of
the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Plan. OCS
solicited comments in the form of the LIHWAP survey (approved under OMB
#0970-0531), which was available on the LIWHAP webpage from Monday,
April 19-Tuesday April 27. These comments were due prior to submission
of this information collection request and have been addressed in the
submission package to OMB. OCS will use information from the LIHWAP
Plan to identify recipients, methods and categories for grantee
expenditures, as well as to assess the effectiveness of grantee
planning and compliance to terms and conditions for the LIHWAP.
DATES: Comments should be submitted as soon as possible upon
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180-day approval
for this request under procedures for expedited processing. If OCS
determines to need to continue use of the LIHWAP plan beyond this
initial 180-day approval period, a request for review under normal
procedures will be submitted within 180 days of the approval for this
request.
The LIHWAP is an emergency program intended to maintain continuity
in water services for households with the lowest incomes that pay a
high proportion of income for drinking water and waste water services.
LIHWAP grantees have the flexibility to design certain policies and
procedures related to the implementation of their LIHWAP programs in
order to target the specific needs of their service population. The
LIHWAP Plan will collect information related to each grantee's program
design, including eligibility, benefit amounts, outreach, fiscal
monitoring, etc. Grantees must report on program design and be approved
prior to making payments on behalf of eligible households.
Respondents: LIHWAP Grantees, including States, Territories, and
tribes that received a Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) grant award for Fiscal Year 2021.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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LIHWAP Plan................................. 206 1 2 412
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 412.
Grantees are required to submit one Plan that will cover their FY
2021 funding (including the American Rescue Plan funding) and covers
the project period funded through September 30, 2023. Grantees will
submit revised Plans if they make significant changes to their program
during that project period. The two hour estimate includes potential
revision(s) which are anticipated to be limited and quick in nature.
Authority: Sec. 533, Public Law 116-260.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-11162 Filed 5-21-21; 4:15 pm]
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