[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2181-2182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1037]


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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: 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 produces statistics used to 
monitor activity in the large and dynamic construction industry. These 
statistics help state and local governments and the Federal Government, 
as well as private industry, to analyze this important sector of the 
economy. The accuracy of the Census Bureau statistics regarding the 
amount of construction authorized depends on data supplied by building 
and zoning officials throughout the country. The Census Bureau uses 
Form C-411, ``Survey of Building and Zoning Permits,'' to obtain 
information from state and local building permit officials needed for 
updating the universe of permit-issuing places from which samples for 
the Report of Privately-Owned Residential Building or Zoning Permits 
Issued (also known as

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the Building Permits Survey (BPS)), and the Survey of Housing Starts, 
Sales, and Completions (also known as Survey of Construction (SOC)) are 
selected. The questions pertain to the legal requirements for issuing 
building or zoning permits in the local jurisdictions. Information is 
obtained on such items as geographic coverage and types of construction 
for which permits are issued. The form is sent to jurisdictions when 
the Census Bureau has reason to believe that a new permit system has 
been established or an existing one has changed.
    We are requesting a reinstatement of the Form C-411 which has 
remained unused since its expiration earlier this year. We are 
requesting revisions to the form to streamline the collection and 
because of changing data needs.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., sections 8(b), 9(b), 161, and 
182; Title 15 U.S.C., section 1525.
    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 Paperwork 
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: January 10, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1037 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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