Comments on extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the LIHEAP Grantee
TO: LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP)
GRANTEES AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SUBJECT: Comments on extension of Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the LIHEAP Grantee
Survey
RELATED Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act, as amended
REFERENCES: (Title XXVI of Public Law 97-35, the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended).
PURPOSE: To request comments on the proposed renewal of the
LIHEAP Grantee Survey.
BACKGROUND: Section 2610 of the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Act, of 1981, Public Law 97-35, as
amended, requires the Department of Health and
Human services to submit annual LIHEAP report to
Congress.
We include in the report information on the sources
and uses of funds obligated by State grantees on
various LIHEAP activities. We collect this
information annually through the LIHEAP Grantee
Survey. This information will also be used to
provide information to Congressional Committees,
The Department, OMB, and the White House about the
program.
Under the terms of the Paperwork reduction Act of
1995, agencies must receive approval from OMB for
each information collection activity in which the
same question(s) is asked of 10 or more persons,
even though the activity may be required by statute.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 1995 Act also requires
that the public be given 60 days to comment on the
specific details of the information collection
activity. The current OMB approval for the LIHEAP
Grantee Survey will expire on February 28, 2011.
(OMB Control No. 0970-0076).
CONTENT: On March 29, 2010, an information collection notice
was published in the Federal Register (Vol. 75 FR
15438), requesting comments about the proposed
extension of OMB approval of the LIHEAP Grantee
Survey. The proposed LIHEAP Grantee Survey remains
essentially unchanged from the previous OMB
approval. A copy of the Federal Register Notice is
attached (See Attachment). LIHEAP Action
Transmittal 2010-2 dated 11/27/09 includes a copy
of the LIHEAP Grantee Survey form and the
instructions for completing them.
Comments must be received by May 29, 2010 (60 days
after publication of the notice. The proposed
LIHEAP Grantee Survey then will be submitted to OMB
for review, along with a summary of the comments
received and actions taken on them.
Submission of comments on this information
collection is voluntary. Comments should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. Any grantees or interested parties
that wish to comment on this information collection
collection should send their comments to:
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Administration
Office of Information Services
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, DC 20447
Attention: ACF Reports Clearance Officer
E-mail address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov
INQUIRIES: Katina Lawson, Program Analyst
Division of Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
Telephone: (202) 401-6527
Fax: (202) 401-5661
E-mail: Katina.lawson@acf.hhs.gov
ATTACHMENT: Federal Register Notice, Vol. 75, No. 59, Page
15438, published on Monday, March 29, 2010
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Nick St. Angelo
Director
Division of Energy Assistance
Office of Community Services