[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31780]


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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Report of Privately Owned Residential Building or Zoning 
Permits Issued (Building Permits Survey).
    Form Number(s): C-404.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0094.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 30,716 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 19,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 9 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Building Permits 
Survey to collect data that will 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. The Census Bureau also uses these data to 
select samples for its 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. The 
Building Permits Survey is the only source of statistics on residential 
construction for states and smaller geographic areas.
    Due to budget reductions, the collection of nonresidential data was 
discontinued as of January 1996. With this submission we have decreased 
the estimated number of annual responses, accordingly. We have also 
eliminated the Forms C-404(I) and C-404(B). The primary instructions, 
C-404(I), are now included on the reverse side of Form C-404. The C-
404(B) booklet listing classification of many types of nonresidential 
construction is no longer needed.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Monthly and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 9(b), 161, and 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 8, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-31780 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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