[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46868-46869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18939]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-65]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public 
Comment: Manufactured Housing Survey

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of 
this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 10, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on proposed changes to the survey for a period of 60 
days was published on January 28, 2014, and serves as the required 60 
day notice.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Manufactured Housing Survey 
(formerly known as the Survey of New Manufactured (Mobile) Home 
Placements).
    OMB Control Number: 2528-0029.
    Form Number: C-MH-9A.
    Type of Review: Regular Submission.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
survey is used to collect data on new manufactured homes. The data are 
collected from manufactured home dealers. The principal user, HUD, uses 
the statistics to monitor trends in this type of low-cost housing; to 
formulate policy, draft legislation, and evaluate programs.
    Starting in fiscal year 2015, HUD intends to change the way data is 
collected such that the survey will no longer follow each unit until it 
is placed on a site. Instead, each dealer receiving a manufactured 
housing unit selected for the sample is contacted only once to collect 
information about that unit. This change will substantially reduce the 
cost of the survey. The new data collection strategy will not be 
sufficient to produce estimates of dealer's inventory. However, 
estimates of placements will continue to be produced using a revised 
methodology.
    Members of affected public: Business or other for profit 
(Manufactured home dealers).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,800 yearly (maximum).
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,600.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The only cost to respondents is that 
of their time. The total estimated cost in FY 2015 is $380,000.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

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    Legal Authority: The survey is taken under Title 12, United States 
Code, Section 1701z-1 and Title 12, United States Code, Section 308(e) 
of Public Law 96-399.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond; including 
through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission 
of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this 
information collection. Submitted comments will become a matter of 
public record.

     Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

    Dated: August 6, 2014.
 Colette Pollard,
 Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-18939 Filed 8-8-14; 8:45 am]
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