[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 68255] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-33999] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Survey of Building and Zoning Permit Systems. Form Number(s): C-411. Agency Approval Number: 0607-0350. Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired collection. Burden: 500 hours. Number of Respondents: 2,000. Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Survey of Building and Zoning Permit Systems to gather data from State and local building permit officials on the existence of new permit issuing systems or changes to existing systems. The survey is sent to building permit officials when we have reason to believe that a new permit-issuing system has been established or changes have been made to an existing system. The questionnaire asks for such items as geographic coverage and types of construction for which permits are issued. We use data gathered in this survey to update the universe of building permit- issuing places, the sampling frame for the Building Permits Survey (BPS) and the Survey of Construction (SOC). These two sample surveys provide widely used measures of construction activity, including the economic indicators Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits and Housing Starts. In this submission we are dropping two questions and adding two others because of changing data needs. There will be no net change in respondents' time burden in completing the form. Additionally, we are seeking an agreement with outside sources to provide funding for the collection of much of the information we now collect about types of construction for which permits are issued (all construction 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: On occasion. 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. 97-33999 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-P