96-29964. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 228 (Monday, November 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59858-59859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29964]


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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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Cost Study for Single-Family Value-in Place.
    Form Number(s): C-702(BS), C-702(CB).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Burden: 1,520 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 7,600.
    Avg Hours of Response: 12 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau produces a monthly data series on 
the value of private single-family residential construction put in 
place. Estimates for the series are derived from the Bureau's Survey of 
Construction (SOC) by using a mathematical model and construction 
progress patterns. The application of the mathematical model requires 
us to subtract out nonconstruction costs from sales price or contract 
value that we collect for the SOC and add construction costs not 
normally

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included in the contract value. The factors representing these 
corrections to the cost need to be updated in order to bring them up to 
date with today's housing market and recent innovations in 
construction. The factors currently in use were derived from two 
studies conducted in the early 1980's. The Census Bureau will conduct a 
special one-time study to re-estimate these factors based on current 
single-family construction data. In the study a subset of the SOC 
respondents for single-family housing completions will be asked to 
provide the Census Bureau with up to nine construction cost items. The 
Census Bureau will use the information collected in the study to revise 
the models and factors that will be applied to the sales price and 
contract price for private single-family residential construction.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-29964 Filed 11-22-96; 8:45 am]
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