[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68254-68255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33998]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Report of Privately Owned Building or Zoning Permits Issued
    Form Number(s): C-404, C-404(I), C-404(B).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0094.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 30,716 hour.
    Number of Respondents: 18,900.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Report of Privately 
Owned Building or Zoning Permits Issued to collect data to provide 
estimates of the number and valuation of new residential housing units 
authorized by building permits. We use the data, a component of the 
index of leading economic indicators, to estimate the number of housing 
units started, completed, and sold, if single-family,

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and to select samples for the Census Bureau's demographic surveys. 
Policymakers, planners, businessmen/women, and others use the detailed 
geographic data collected from state and local officials on new 
residential construction authorized by building permits to monitor 
growth and plan for local services, and to develop production and 
marketing plans. This survey is the only source of statistics on 
residential construction for states and smaller geographic areas.
    The most significant revision we are making in this submission is 
that we plan to no longer collect any data on publicly-owned 
construction projects because we no longer need these data. 
Additionally, some other items have been either combined or dropped 
because of changing data needs.
    We are seeking an agreement with outside sources to provide funding 
for the collection of much of the private construction projects data we 
now collect (all projects except new residential housekeeping buildings 
which we will continue to collect, regardless). We plan to discontinue 
collecting these data if no reimbursement agreement is made, as we can 
no longer fund their collection. This would reduce considerably the 
scope of the information collection. This request provides for the 
contingent collection of these data.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government.
    Frequency: Monthly and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 8(b), 9(b), 161, and 182; 
and Title 15 USC, Section 1525.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 23, 1997.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-33998 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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