[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30508-30509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14863]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4374-N-01]


Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards: Selection 
of Members of the Manufactured Home Advisory Council

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

ACTION: Notice of selection of Advisory Council Members.

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SUMMARY: Section 605(a) of the Act provides that the Secretary appoint 
a National Manufactured Home Advisory Council comprised of eight 
members selected from consumer organizations, community organizations 
and recognized community leaders; eight members from the Manufactured 
Home industry and related groups including at least one representative 
of small business; and eight members from government agencies including 
Federal, State and local governments. Section 605(b) provides that the 
Secretary shall, to the extent feasible, consult with the Advisory 
Council prior to establishing, amending, or revoking any Manufactured 
Home construction or safety standard. This Notice announces the 
appointment of members to the National Manufactured Home Advisory 
Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Williamson, Director, Office 
of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Room 9156, 451 7th Street SW, Washington DC 20410-0500; 
telephone (202) 708-6401, or on e-mail through Internet at 
David__R.__W[email protected]. For hearing and speech impaired persons, 
the telephone number may be accessed by calling the Federal Information 
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. (Other than the ``800'' number, these 
telephone numbers are not toll free.)

Background

    The National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401-5426), initiated a program that, in part, 
provides for the establishment by the Department of standards by which 
all Manufactured Homes are constructed. It further provides for 
preemption by these standards of all standards of a State or

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political subdivision applicable to the same aspect of performance of a 
Manufactured Home that are not identical to the Federal Manufactured 
Home construction and safety standard.
    By Federal Register Notice dated February 26, 1997 (62 FR 8664), 
the Department requested of the public nominations for persons 
interested in being appointed, in one of the three general categories 
cited above, as members of the National Manufactured Home Advisory 
Council. A total of 52 nominations were received, and from that number 
24 have been selected by the Secretary to serve on the Council. In 
addition, one person has been selected as an alternate in each of the 
three categories. All appointments to the Council shall be effective 
for a period of 2 years from the publication date of this Notice in the 
Federal Register.

Selections

    Those persons selected by the Secretary to serve on the National 
Manufactured Home Advisory Council are listed below by the major 
interest category which they represent and the localities and States 
from which they come:

Consumer

Berger, Jack, Harrisburg, PA
Cook, Clarence, Shelby, Township, MI
Gaberlavage, George J., Washington, D.C.
Maskiell, George E., Concord, NH
Nanni, James, Yonkers, NY
Ryan, James V., Potomac, MD
Bowman, Mary Beth, Little Rock, AR
Williams, William, Largo, FL
Shelton, Gladys, Athens, GA Alternate

Government

Boyer, John F., Jr., Harrisburg, PA
Byrd, Arnold J., Albany, NY
Cammarosano, Michael F., Baton Rouge, LA
Cullum, Fred B., Burlingame, CA
Denman, Ann McK., Austin, TX
Lee, Allen D., Portland, OR
McCullough, Robert A., Toms River, NJ
Zingeser, Joel P., Gaithersburg, MD
Bryant, William R., Anne Arundel Co., MD, Alternate

Industry

Chambliss, Charles W., Elkhart, IN
Henry, Robert J., Riverside, CA
Huddleston, Roger, Mahomet, IL
Hug, William, Phoenix, AZ
Hussey, Edward, Goshen, IN
Weidner, Samuel V., Elkhart, IN
Wells, Jack, Syracuse, NY
Wells, Walter E., West Middlebury, IN
Allen, George F., Jr., Indianapolis, IN, Alternate

    Dated: May 29, 1998.
Art Agnos,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal 
Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 98-14863 Filed 6-3-98; 8:45 am]
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