[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8254]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4665-N-27]


Conference Call Meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus 
Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of Three Upcoming Meetings Via Conference Call.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of 
three upcoming meetings of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee 
(the Committee) to be held via telephone conference. The meetings are a 
continuation of the Committee's meeting held by telephone conference on 
December 19, 2005, and recessed until the next meeting. These meetings 
are open to the general public, which may participate by following the 
instructions below.

DATES: The conference call meetings will be held on Wednesday, January 
11; Thursday, January 12; and Monday, January 23, 2006, each meeting 
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: Information concerning the conference call can be obtained 
from the Department's Consensus Committee Administering Organization, 
the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Interested parties can 
link onto NFPA's Web site for instructions concerning how to 
participate, and for contact information for the conference call from a 
HUD Web site, in the section marked ``Business'' ``Manufactured Housing 
Consensus Committee Information''. The link can be found at: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/mhs/mhshome.cfm.
    Alternately, interested parties may contact Valaree Crawford of 
NFPA by phone at (617) 984-7507 (this is not a toll-free number) for 
conference call information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William W. Matchneer III, Associate 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 
Manufactured Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-6409 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or 
speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with Sections 10(a) and (b) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and 41 CFR 102-3.150. The Manufactured 
Housing Consensus Committee was established under Section 604(a)(3) of 
the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act 
of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5403(a)(3). The Committee is charged 
with providing recommendations to the Secretary to adopt, revise, and 
interpret manufactured home construction and safety standards and 
procedural and enforcement regulations, and with developing and 
recommending proposed model installation standards to the Secretary.
    The purpose of these conference call meetings is to permit the 
Committee, at its request, to review and make further recommendations 
to the Secretary regarding proposed changes to the proposed Model 
Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and when that discussion is 
complete, to proposed changes to Title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, 
Part 3282 401 through 418 (Subpart I--Consumer Complaint Handling and 
Remedial Actions). The exceptional circumstances providing less than 15 
calendar days notice of the meeting are that it is necessary to have 
this meeting on this date, which is a continuation of its December 19, 
2005 meeting called to discuss these matters, to permit the Committee 
to continue its consideration and take action regarding the foregoing 
matters in a timely manner.

Tentative Agenda

    A. Roll Call.
    B. Welcome and Opening remarks.
    C. Full Committee meeting and take actions on proposed changes to 
the proposed Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards.
    D. Full Committee meeting to take actions on proposed changes to 24 
CFR Part 3282, Subpart I.
    E. Adjournment.

    Dated: December 28, 2005.
Brian D. Montomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner
[FR Doc. E5-8254 Filed 1-3-06; 8:45 am]
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