[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29397]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4665-N-06]


Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards: Notice 
Appointing the Nonvoting Member and DFO for the Manufactured Housing 
Consensus Committee

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

ACTION: Notice appointing nonvoting member and DFO of Manufactured 
Housing Consensus Committee.

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SUMMARY: Section 604(a)(3) of the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 provides that the 
Secretary appoint a Consensus Committee for manufactured housing 
consisting of 21 voting members and one nonvoting member. The voting 
members have been previously announced. William W. Matchneer III, 
Administrator of the Department's Manufactured Housing Program is 
appointed as the nonvoting member and Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 
of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William W. Matchneer III, 
Administrator, Manufactured Housing Program, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-6409 (this 
is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information 
Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 
et seq.) (``the Act''), the Department initiated a program that, in 
part, provides for establishment of standards by which all manufactured 
homes are constructed. The Act provides that these construction and 
safety standards preempt all standards of a State or 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 Standards.
    The Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (title VI, Pub. L. 
106-569, 114 Stat. 2944, approved December 27, 2000) (the 2000 Act) 
amended the Act in several areas. The 2000 Act specifically provides 
for the establishment of a Consensus Committee for manufactured 
housing. The Consensus Committee is charged with providing 
recommendations to the Secretary to adopt, revise, and interpret 
manufactured housing construction and safety standards and procedural 
and enforcement regulations. Twenty-one individuals have been selected 
by the Secretary to serve as voting members on the committee and those 
persons have been previously announced in the Federal Register.
    Additionally, in accordance with GSA regulations at 41 CFR 102-
3.120, the agency must designate a DFO for the Consensus Committee. 
William W. Matchneer III is appointed as the nonvoting member 
representing the Secretary and the DFO of the Manufactured Housing 
Consensus Committee.

    Dated: November 5, 2002.
John C. Weicher,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-29397 Filed 11-19-02; 8:45 am]
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