Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; Request for Recommended Changes, 1819-1820 [2020-00320]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 2020 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal agencies to comment on the proposed and/or continuing information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points: (1) 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) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) suggestions to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The comments that are submitted will be summarized and included in the request for approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Overview of This Information Collection Title: Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement. OMB Number: 1651–0019. Form Number: CBP Form 1300. Current Actions: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a decrease to the burden hours due to updated agency estimates. There is no change to the information being collected. Type of Review: Extension (with change). Abstract: CBP Form 1300, Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, is used to collect essential commercial vessel data at time of formal entrance and clearance in U.S. ports. The form allows the master to attest to the truthfulness of all CBP forms associated with the manifest package, and collects information about the vessel, cargo, purpose of entrance, certificate numbers, and expiration for various certificates. It also serves as a record of fees and tonnage tax payments in order to prevent overpayments. CBP Form 1300 was developed through agreement by the United Nations Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) in conjunction with the United States and various other countries. This form is VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:32 Jan 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 authorized by 19 U.S.C. 1431, 1433, and 1434, and provided for by 19 CFR part 4, and accessible at https://www.cbp.gov/ newsroom/publications/ forms?title=1300. Affected Public: Businesses. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,624. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 72. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 188,928. Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 94,464. Dated: January 8, 2020. Seth D. Renkema, Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [FR Doc. 2020–00323 Filed 1–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–6194–N–01] Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; Request for Recommended Changes Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Consistent with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, this notice invites interested persons to submit proposed changes to update and revise HUD’s Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. These proposed changes will be submitted to the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) for review and consideration as part of its responsibility to provide periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, revise, and interpret the HUD standards. DATES: To ensure consideration, the deadline for submitting proposed changes from the public for the 2020– 2021 review period is June 30, 2020. Any Proposals received after June 30, 2020will be held until the 2022–2023 review period. ADDRESS: Proposed changes to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards are to be submitted using the following URL address: www.mhcc.homeinnovation.com or mailed to Home Innovation Research Labs, 400 Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, Attention: Kevin Kauffman. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1819 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Payne, Administrator and Designated Federal Official (DFO), Office of Manufactured Housing Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202–708–6423 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 8339 (this is a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 604(a) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) (the Act) establishes the MHCC. Among other things, the MHCC is responsible for providing periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, revise, and interpret the manufactured housing construction and safety standards. HUD’s Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards are codified at 24 CFR part 3280. According to Section 604(a)(4) of the Act, the MHCC is required to consider revisions not less than once during each 2-year period. Today’s notice requests that interested persons provide proposed changes for revising or updating HUD’s Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. Consistent with the Act, recommendations are requested that further HUD’s efforts to increase the quality, durability, safety and affordability of manufactured homes; facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and increase homeownership for all Americans; and encourage cost-effective and innovative construction techniques for manufactured homes. To permit the MHCC to fully consider the proposed changes, commenters are encouraged to provide at least the following information: • The specific section of the current Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards that require revision or update; or whether the recommendation would require a new standard; • Specific detail regarding the recommendation including a statement of the problem intended to be corrected or addressed by the recommendation, how the recommendation would resolve or address the problem, and the basis of the recommendation; and • Information regarding whether the recommendation would result in increased costs to manufacturers or consumers and the value of the benefits derived from HUD’s implementation of E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 1820 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 2020 / Notices the recommendation, should be provided and discussed to the extent feasible. The Act requires that an administering organization administer the process for the MHCC’s development and interpretation of the Federal Standards and Procedural and Enforcement Regulations. The administering organization that has been selected by HUD to administer this process is Home Innovation Research Labs Inc. This Notice requests that proposed revisions to the Federal standards be submitted to the MHCC for consideration through the administering organization, Home Innovation Research Labs. This organization will be responsible for ensuring delivery of all appropriately prepared proposed changes to the MHCC for its review and consideration. Dated: January 6, 2020. John L. Garvin, General Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing. [FR Doc. 2020–00320 Filed 1–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [FR–6193–N–01] Credit Watch Termination Initiative Termination of Direct Endorsement (DE) Approval Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice advises of the cause and effect of termination of Direct Endorsement (DE) approval taken by HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) against HUD-approved mortgagees through the FHA Credit Watch Termination Initiative. This notice includes a list of mortgagees that have had their DE Approval terminated. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Quality Assurance Division, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room B133–P3214, Washington, khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Mortgagee name CityWorth Mortgage LLC CityWorth Mortgage LLC CityWorth Mortgage LLC VerDate Sep<11>2014 DC 20410–8000; telephone (202) 708– 5997 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access that number through TTY by calling the Federal Relay at (800) 877–8339 (this is a tollfree number). HUD has the authority to address deficiencies in the performance of lenders’ loans as provided in HUD’s mortgagee approval regulations at 24 CFR 202.3. On May 17, 1999, HUD published a notice (64 FR 26769) on its procedures for terminating Origination Approval Agreements with FHA lenders and placement of FHA lenders on Credit Watch status (an evaluation period). In the notice, HUD advised that it would publish in the Federal Register a list of mortgagees that have had their Approval Agreements terminated. HUD Handbook 4000.1 section V.E.3.a.iii outlines current procedures for terminating Underwriting Authority of Direct Endorsement mortgagees. Termination of Direct Endorsement Approval: HUD approval of a DE mortgagee authorizes the mortgagee to underwrite single family mortgage loans and submit them to FHA for insurance endorsement. The approval may be terminated on the basis of poor performance of FHA-insured mortgage loans underwritten by the mortgagee. The termination of a mortgagee’s DE Approval is separate and apart from any action taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review Board under HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 25. Cause: HUD regulations permit HUD to terminate the DE Approval of any mortgagee having a default and claim rate for loans endorsed within the preceding 24 months that exceeds 200 percent of the default and claim rate within the geographic area served by a HUD field office, and that exceeds the national default and claim rate. Effect: Termination of DE Approval precludes the mortgagee from underwriting FHA-insured single-family mortgages within the HUD field office jurisdiction(s) listed in this notice. Mortgagees authorized to hold or service FHA-insured mortgages may continue to do so. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Loans that closed or were approved before the termination became effective may be submitted for insurance endorsement. Approved loans are those already underwritten and approved by a DE underwriter and cases covered by a firm commitment issued by HUD. Cases at earlier stages of processing cannot be submitted for insurance by the terminated mortgagee; however, the cases may be transferred for completion of processing and underwriting to another mortgagee with DE Approval in that geographic area. Mortgagees must continue to pay existing insurance premiums and meet all other obligations associated with insured mortgages. A terminated mortgagee may apply for reinstatement if their DE Approval in the affected area or areas has been terminated for at least six months and the mortgagee continues to be an approved mortgagee meeting the requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6, 202.7, 202.10 and 202.12. The mortgagee’s application for reinstatement must be in a format prescribed by the Secretary and signed by the mortgagee. In addition, the application must be accompanied by an independent analysis of the terminated office’s operations as well as its mortgage production, specifically including the FHA-insured mortgages cited in its termination notice. This independent analysis shall identify the underlying cause for the mortgagee’s high default and claim rate. The analysis must be prepared by an independent Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualified to perform audits under Government Auditing Standards as provided by the Government Accountability Office. The mortgagee must also submit a written corrective action plan to address each of the issues identified in the CPA’s report, along with evidence that the plan has been implemented. The application for reinstatement must be submitted through the Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP). The application must be accompanied by the CPA’s report and the corrective action plan. Action: The following mortgagees have had their DE Approval terminated by HUD: Termination effective date Homeownership center Mortgagee home office address HUD office jurisdiction 11781 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA 22033. 11781 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA 22033. 11781 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA 22033. Atlanta ............................. 12/5/19 Philadelphia. Greensboro ..................... 12/5/19 Philadelphia. Pittsburgh ........................ 12/5/19 Philadelphia. 16:32 Jan 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1819-1820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00320]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6194-N-01]


Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; Request for 
Recommended Changes

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, this notice invites 
interested persons to submit proposed changes to update and revise 
HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. These 
proposed changes will be submitted to the Manufactured Housing 
Consensus Committee (MHCC) for review and consideration as part of its 
responsibility to provide periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, 
revise, and interpret the HUD standards.

DATES: To ensure consideration, the deadline for submitting proposed 
changes from the public for the 2020-2021 review period is June 30, 
2020. Any Proposals received after June 30, 2020will be held until the 
2022-2023 review period.

ADDRESS: Proposed changes to the Manufactured Home Construction and 
Safety Standards are to be submitted using the following URL address: 
www.mhcc.homeinnovation.com or mailed to Home Innovation Research Labs, 
400 Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, Attention: Kevin 
Kauffman.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Payne, Administrator and 
Designated Federal Official (DFO), Office of Manufactured Housing 
Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-708-6423 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing 
or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay 
Service at 800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Section 604(a) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by the Manufactured 
Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) (the Act) 
establishes the MHCC. Among other things, the MHCC is responsible for 
providing periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, revise, and 
interpret the manufactured housing construction and safety standards. 
HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards are codified 
at 24 CFR part 3280. According to Section 604(a)(4) of the Act, the 
MHCC is required to consider revisions not less than once during each 
2-year period.
    Today's notice requests that interested persons provide proposed 
changes for revising or updating HUD's Manufactured Home Construction 
and Safety Standards. Consistent with the Act, recommendations are 
requested that further HUD's efforts to increase the quality, 
durability, safety and affordability of manufactured homes; facilitate 
the availability of affordable manufactured homes and increase 
homeownership for all Americans; and encourage cost-effective and 
innovative construction techniques for manufactured homes. To permit 
the MHCC to fully consider the proposed changes, commenters are 
encouraged to provide at least the following information:
     The specific section of the current Manufactured Home 
Construction and Safety Standards that require revision or update; or 
whether the recommendation would require a new standard;
     Specific detail regarding the recommendation including a 
statement of the problem intended to be corrected or addressed by the 
recommendation, how the recommendation would resolve or address the 
problem, and the basis of the recommendation; and
     Information regarding whether the recommendation would 
result in increased costs to manufacturers or consumers and the value 
of the benefits derived from HUD's implementation of

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the recommendation, should be provided and discussed to the extent 
feasible.
    The Act requires that an administering organization administer the 
process for the MHCC's development and interpretation of the Federal 
Standards and Procedural and Enforcement Regulations. The administering 
organization that has been selected by HUD to administer this process 
is Home Innovation Research Labs Inc. This Notice requests that 
proposed revisions to the Federal standards be submitted to the MHCC 
for consideration through the administering organization, Home 
Innovation Research Labs. This organization will be responsible for 
ensuring delivery of all appropriately prepared proposed changes to the 
MHCC for its review and consideration.

    Dated: January 6, 2020.
John L. Garvin,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing.
[FR Doc. 2020-00320 Filed 1-10-20; 8:45 am]
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