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welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
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with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. Copies of available
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obtained from Ms. Pollard.
This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards Act Reporting
Requirements.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0253.
OMB Expiration Date: January 31,
2024.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: To carry
out its responsibilities under the
Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (the
Act), HUD issued the Federal
Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards (the Standards), 24
CFR 3280. The Department has also
issued the Manufactured Home
Procedural and Enforcement
Regulations (the Regulations), 24 CFR
3282, to enforce the Standards. OMB
Collection 2502–0253 covers the
majority of the information collection
and recordkeeping requirements for the
Standards and Regulations that support
the programs administered by HUD’s
Office of Manufactured Housing
Programs.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; State, Local or Tribal
Government; Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
196.
Estimated Number of Responses:
197,326.
Frequency of Response: 1,007.
Average Hours per Response: 1.21.
Total Estimated Burden: 239,537.
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
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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;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comments in response to these
questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. FR–6271–N–02]
RIN 2506–AC55
Adoption of Energy Efficiency
Standards for New Construction of
HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing:
Preliminary Determination and
Solicitation of Comment; Extension of
Comment Period
Department of Housing and
Urban Development and Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Preliminary
Determination; extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
On May 18, 2023, the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
published in the Federal Register a
notice of preliminary determination
entitled ‘‘Adoption of Energy Efficiency
Standards for New Construction of
HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing:
Preliminary Determination and of
Comment,’’ announcing the two
agencies’ joint preliminary
determination, as required under
section 481(d)(1) of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007
(EISA), that adoption of the 2021 IECC
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and ASHRAE 90.1–2019 code standards
will not negatively affect the
affordability and availability of housing
for new construction of HUD and USDA
housing covered by EISA and seeking
public comment on the preliminary
determination. The preliminary
determination is the first step to
ultimately requiring compliance with
these standards in HUD and USDA
housing covered by EISA. The notice
provided for a 60-day comment period,
which would have ended July 17, 2023.
HUD has determined that a 21-day
extension of the comment period, until
August 7, 2023, is appropriate. This
extension will allow interested persons
additional time to analyze the
preliminary determination and prepare
their comments.
The comment period for the
preliminary determination published on
May 18, 2023, at 88 FR 31773, is
extended. Comments should be received
on or before August 7, 2023.
DATES:
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications must refer to the above
docket number and title. There are two
methods for submitting public
comments. All submissions must refer
to the above docket number and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
Comments may be submitted by mail to
the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
2. Electronic Submission of
Comments. Interested persons may
submit comments electronically through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic
submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare
and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make them immediately available to the
public. Comments submitted
electronically through the
www.regulations.gov website can be
viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
ADDRESSES:
Note: To receive consideration as public
comments, comments must be submitted
through one of the two methods specified
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above. Again, all submissions must refer to
the docket number and title of the rule.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the
HUD Headquarters building, an advance
appointment to review the public
comments must be scheduled by calling
the Regulations Division at 202–402–
3055 (this is not a toll-free number).
HUD welcomes and is prepared to
receive calls from individuals who are
deaf or hard of hearing, as well as
individuals with communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. Copies of all comments
submitted are available for inspection
and downloading at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
HUD: Michael Freedberg, Office of
Environment and Energy, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 7282, Washington,
DC 20410; telephone number 202–402–
4366 (this is not a toll-free number).
USDA: Meghan Walsh, Rural Housing
Service, Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250; telephone
number (202) 573–3692 (this is not a
toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is
prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or communication disabilities.
To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit
www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/
telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (EISA) (Pub. L. 110–140)
establishes procedures for the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
adopt periodic revisions to the
International Energy Conservation Code
(IECC) and to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES
Standard 90.1: Energy Standard for
Buildings, Except Low-Rise Residential
Buildings (ASHRAE 90.1), subject to a
determination by HUD and USDA that
the revised codes do not negatively
affect the availability or affordability of
new construction of single and
multifamily housing covered by EISA.
On May 18, 2023, at 88 FR 31773, HUD
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and USDA published a notice of
preliminary determination entitled
‘‘Adoption of Energy Efficiency
Standards for New Construction of
HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing:
Preliminary Determination and
Solicitation of Comment,’’ announcing
the two agencies’ joint preliminary
determination that adoption of the 2021
IECC and ASHRAE 90.1–2019 code
standards will not negatively affect the
affordability and availability of housing
for new construction of HUD and USDA
housing covered by EISA and seeking
public comment on the preliminary
determination. In making the
preliminary determination, the first step
to ultimately requiring compliance with
these standards in HUD and USDA
housing covered by EISA, the notice
relies on several studies that show that
these codes are cost effective in that the
incremental cost of the additional
efficiency measures pays for themselves
with energy cost savings on a life-cycle
basis.
While the preliminary determination
provided a 60-day comment period,
HUD has received feedback from several
commenters requesting additional time
to review and provide comments on this
rule. Therefore, HUD is extending the
deadline for comments for an additional
21 days to August 7, 2023.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and
Regulations, HUD.
Cathy Glover,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service,
Rural Development, USDA.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7077–N–14]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Office of Housing, Single
Family Acquired Assets Management
Branch, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
Under the provision of the
rivacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), Office of Single
Family Acquired Assets Management
Branch, is modifying system of records
titled ’’ Single Family Acquired Assets
Management System (SAMS)’’. The
Single Family Acquired Assets
Management System (SAMS) handles
Management and accounting functions
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for HUD’s inventory of insured owned
single-family properties for sale, or
maintained as, Real Estate Owned (REO)
properties. This system of records is
being revised to make clarifying changes
within: System Location, System
Manager, Record Authority for
Maintenance of the System, Purpose of
the System, Categories of Individuals
Covered by the System, Categories of
Records in the System, Records Source
Categories, Routine Uses of Records
Maintained in the System, Retrieval of
Records, and Retention and Disposal of
Records, and make general updates to
the remaining sections to accurately
reflect management of the system of
records in accordance with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A108, Federal Agency
Responsibilities for Review, Reporting,
and Publication under the Privacy Act.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or
before August 14, 2023. This proposed
action will be effective immediately
upon publication. Routine uses will
become effective on the date following
the end of the comment period unless
comments are received which result in
a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number or by one
of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Fax: 202–619–8365.
Email: www.privacy@hud.gov.
Mail: Attention: Privacy Office;
LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer;
Office of the Executive Secretariat; 451
Seventh Street SW, Room 10139;
Washington, DC 20410–0001.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov. including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaDonne White; 451 Seventh Street SW,
Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410–
0001; telephone number (202) 708–3054
(this is not a toll-free number). HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
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[FR Doc No: 2023-15014]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. FR-6271-N-02]
RIN 2506-AC55
Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of
HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing: Preliminary Determination and
Solicitation of Comment; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Determination; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published
in the Federal Register a notice of preliminary determination entitled
``Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD-
and USDA-Financed Housing: Preliminary Determination and of Comment,''
announcing the two agencies' joint preliminary determination, as
required under section 481(d)(1) of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (EISA), that adoption of the 2021 IECC and ASHRAE
90.1-2019 code standards will not negatively affect the affordability
and availability of housing for new construction of HUD and USDA
housing covered by EISA and seeking public comment on the preliminary
determination. The preliminary determination is the first step to
ultimately requiring compliance with these standards in HUD and USDA
housing covered by EISA. The notice provided for a 60-day comment
period, which would have ended July 17, 2023. HUD has determined that a
21-day extension of the comment period, until August 7, 2023, is
appropriate. This extension will allow interested persons additional
time to analyze the preliminary determination and prepare their
comments.
DATES: The comment period for the preliminary determination published
on May 18, 2023, at 88 FR 31773, is extended. Comments should be
received on or before August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room
10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must refer to the
above docket number and title. There are two methods for submitting
public comments. All submissions must refer to the above docket number
and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the
www.regulations.gov website can be viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must
be submitted through one of the two methods specified
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above. Again, all submissions must refer to the docket number and
title of the rule.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the
above address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters
building, an advance appointment to review the public comments must be
scheduled by calling the Regulations Division at 202-402-3055 (this is
not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls
from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as
individuals with communication disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. Copies of all
comments submitted are available for inspection and downloading at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: HUD: Michael Freedberg, Office of
Environment and Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number
202-402-4366 (this is not a toll-free number). USDA: Meghan Walsh,
Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250; telephone number (202) 573-3692 (this
is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as
individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 (EISA) (Pub. L. 110-140) establishes procedures for the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt periodic revisions to the
International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES
Standard 90.1: Energy Standard for Buildings, Except Low-Rise
Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 90.1), subject to a determination by HUD
and USDA that the revised codes do not negatively affect the
availability or affordability of new construction of single and
multifamily housing covered by EISA. On May 18, 2023, at 88 FR 31773,
HUD and USDA published a notice of preliminary determination entitled
``Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD-
and USDA-Financed Housing: Preliminary Determination and Solicitation
of Comment,'' announcing the two agencies' joint preliminary
determination that adoption of the 2021 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2019 code
standards will not negatively affect the affordability and availability
of housing for new construction of HUD and USDA housing covered by EISA
and seeking public comment on the preliminary determination. In making
the preliminary determination, the first step to ultimately requiring
compliance with these standards in HUD and USDA housing covered by
EISA, the notice relies on several studies that show that these codes
are cost effective in that the incremental cost of the additional
efficiency measures pays for themselves with energy cost savings on a
life-cycle basis.
While the preliminary determination provided a 60-day comment
period, HUD has received feedback from several commenters requesting
additional time to review and provide comments on this rule. Therefore,
HUD is extending the deadline for comments for an additional 21 days to
August 7, 2023.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, HUD.
Cathy Glover,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service, Rural Development, USDA.
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