Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: The Survey of Manufactured Housing Regulations, 21031 [06-3837]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 21031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3837]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5043-N-03]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: The 
Survey of Manufactured Housing Regulations

AGENCY: Office of the Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office 
of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edwin Stromberg, (202) 708-4370, 
extension 5727, for copies of the proposed forms and other available 
documents. (This is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond; including 
through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic submission 
of responses).
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Survey of Manufactured Housing Regulations.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
request is for the clearance of a survey instrument designed to measure 
the degree to which local and state regulations affect the placement of 
manufactured housing (HUD-code homes) in Community Development Block 
Grant (CDBG) eligible communities. The survey instrument or 
questionnaire will be mailed to local planning directors or building 
officials and is designed to be self-administered. The universe will 
consist of a random sample of CDBG eligible communities across the 
nation that are in the mid categories of the regulatory severity score 
(communities that can be considered in a grey-zone where there is 
greater latitude for interpretation of regulations). The questionnaire 
is designed to provide qualitative information on the implementation 
and interpretation of local manufactured housing regulations. The 
purpose of the survey is to: (1) Gauge an understanding of what extent 
and what metropolitan jurisdictions allowed manufactured homes in their 
communities; (2) ascertain how regulations and specific barriers affect 
the placement of manufactured housing; (3) identify the extent to which 
various regulations allow interpretation by the planning commission or 
the local board approving conditional use permits; and (4) determine 
what restrictions and/or design standards communities place on 
manufactured housing.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Agency form numbers: None.
    Members of the Affected Public: Planning directors or building 
officials.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: 250 planning directors or building 
officials will be surveyed through a mailed survey. Average time to 
complete the mailed survey will be 10 minutes. Respondents will be 
contacted a maximum of three times (an initial mailing, a follow up 
postcard reminder two weeks following the initial mailing, and a second 
mailing two weeks following the postcard reminder if no response has 
been received). Total burden hours are 42 for the initial mailed survey 
(no additional time will be required as a result of follow up 
measures).
    Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB 
approval.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: April 12, 2006.
Harold L. Bunce,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.
[FR Doc. 06-3837 Filed 4-21-06; 8:45 am]
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