[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43842-43843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14990]


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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 Residential Building or Zoning Systems.
    Form Number(s): C-411.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0350.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Avg. Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests a revision of a 
currently approved collection for Form C-411, ``Survey of Building and 
Zoning Permit Systems'' which will be renamed ``Survey of Residential 
Building or Zoning Permit Systems.'' The Census Bureau produces 
statistics used to

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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 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 (OMB number 0607-0094) also known as 
the Building Permits Survey (BPS), and the Survey of Housing Starts, 
Sales, and Completions (OMB number 0607-0110) 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. This is based on information from a variety of sources 
including survey respondents, regional councils and Census' Geography 
Division which keeps abreast of changes in corporate status.
    We use the information collected to verify the existence of new 
permit systems or changes to existing systems. Based on the 
information, the MCD adds new permit-issuing places to the universe, 
deletes places no longer issuing permits, and makes changes to the 
universe to reflect those places that have merged.
    We plan to change the format of the form and add the following 
questions:
    (1) What type of permit would be issued for ``Assisted living 
facility''? (Section 4.A.)
    (2) ``The Census Bureau collects information from each permit 
office on number of buildings, number of units, and valuation of 
construction for new residential structures. Are these three data items 
available from your office?'' (Section 4.C.)
    (3) ``Please provide an estimate of how many new housing units were 
built in your jurisdiction during the prior calendar year:'' (Section 
4.D.)
    We need the above information to ensure that we update our universe 
of permit-issuing places correctly for these types of places.
    We are changing the format of the form to utilize space and to add 
skip patterns to provide direction for better comprehension.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: July 25, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-14990 Filed 7-28-05; 8:45 am]
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