[Federal Register: March 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 46)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4818-N-02]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Survey of Manufactured (Mobile) Home Placements
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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: May 9, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Knight, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 708-1060, Ext. 5893 (this is not a toll-free
number), (or via the Internet at Robert--A.--Knight@hud.gov) or Michael
Davis, U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing and Construction Division,
Room 2126, FOB 4, Washington, DC 20233-6900, at (301) 763-1605 (or via
the Internet at Michael.Davis@.census.gov).
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 is requesting a
revision of a currently approved collection.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Survey of Manufactured (Mobile) Home Placements.
OMB Control Number: 2528-0029.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Survey of Manufactured (Mobile) Home Placements collects data on the
characteristics of newly manufactured homes placed for residential use
including number, sales price, location, and other selected
characteristics. HUD uses the statistics to respond to a Congressional
mandate in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C.
5424 note, which requires HUD to collect and report manufactured home
sales and price information for the nation, census regions, states, and
selected metropolitan areas and to monitor whether new manufactured
homes are being placed on owned rather than rented lots. HUD also used
these data to monitor total housing production and its affordability.
Agency Form Numbers: C-MH-9A.
Members of affected public: Business firms or other for-profit
institutions.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
Number of respondents: 3,000.
Estimate Responses per Respondent: 2.
Time per respondent: 30 minutes.
Total hours to respond: 3,000.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: Title 42 U.S.C. 5424 note, Title 13 U.S.C. Section
8(b), and Title 12, U.S.C., Section 1701z-1.
Dated: February 28, 2003.
Christopher D. Lord,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
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