[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1819-1820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00320]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6194-N-01]


Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; Request for 
Recommended Changes

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, this notice invites 
interested persons to submit proposed changes to update and revise 
HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. These 
proposed changes will be submitted to the Manufactured Housing 
Consensus Committee (MHCC) for review and consideration as part of its 
responsibility to provide periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, 
revise, and interpret the HUD standards.

DATES: To ensure consideration, the deadline for submitting proposed 
changes from the public for the 2020-2021 review period is June 30, 
2020. Any Proposals received after June 30, 2020will be held until the 
2022-2023 review period.

ADDRESS: Proposed changes to the Manufactured Home Construction and 
Safety Standards are to be submitted using the following URL address: 
www.mhcc.homeinnovation.com or mailed to Home Innovation Research Labs, 
400 Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, Attention: Kevin 
Kauffman.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Payne, Administrator and 
Designated Federal Official (DFO), Office of Manufactured Housing 
Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-708-6423 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing 
or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay 
Service at 800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Section 604(a) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by the Manufactured 
Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) (the Act) 
establishes the MHCC. Among other things, the MHCC is responsible for 
providing periodic recommendations to HUD to adopt, revise, and 
interpret the manufactured housing construction and safety standards. 
HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards are codified 
at 24 CFR part 3280. According to Section 604(a)(4) of the Act, the 
MHCC is required to consider revisions not less than once during each 
2-year period.
    Today's notice requests that interested persons provide proposed 
changes for revising or updating HUD's Manufactured Home Construction 
and Safety Standards. Consistent with the Act, recommendations are 
requested that further HUD's efforts to increase the quality, 
durability, safety and affordability of manufactured homes; facilitate 
the availability of affordable manufactured homes and increase 
homeownership for all Americans; and encourage cost-effective and 
innovative construction techniques for manufactured homes. To permit 
the MHCC to fully consider the proposed changes, commenters are 
encouraged to provide at least the following information:
     The specific section of the current Manufactured Home 
Construction and Safety Standards that require revision or update; or 
whether the recommendation would require a new standard;
     Specific detail regarding the recommendation including a 
statement of the problem intended to be corrected or addressed by the 
recommendation, how the recommendation would resolve or address the 
problem, and the basis of the recommendation; and
     Information regarding whether the recommendation would 
result in increased costs to manufacturers or consumers and the value 
of the benefits derived from HUD's implementation of

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the recommendation, should be provided and discussed to the extent 
feasible.
    The Act requires that an administering organization administer the 
process for the MHCC's development and interpretation of the Federal 
Standards and Procedural and Enforcement Regulations. The administering 
organization that has been selected by HUD to administer this process 
is Home Innovation Research Labs Inc. This Notice requests that 
proposed revisions to the Federal standards be submitted to the MHCC 
for consideration through the administering organization, Home 
Innovation Research Labs. This organization will be responsible for 
ensuring delivery of all appropriately prepared proposed changes to the 
MHCC for its review and consideration.

    Dated: January 6, 2020.
John L. Garvin,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing.
[FR Doc. 2020-00320 Filed 1-10-20; 8:45 am]
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