97-33999. Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 68255]
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[FR Doc No: 97-33999]


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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: Survey of Building and Zoning Permit Systems.
    Form Number(s): C-411.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0350.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden: 500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Survey of Building 
and Zoning Permit Systems to gather data from State and local building 
permit officials on the existence of new permit issuing systems or 
changes to existing systems. The survey is sent to building permit 
officials when we have reason to believe that a new permit-issuing 
system has been established or changes have been made to an existing 
system. The questionnaire asks for such items as geographic coverage 
and types of construction for which permits are issued. We use data 
gathered in this survey to update the universe of building permit-
issuing places, the sampling frame for the Building Permits Survey 
(BPS) and the Survey of Construction (SOC). These two sample surveys 
provide widely used measures of construction activity, including the 
economic indicators Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits and 
Housing Starts.
    In this submission we are dropping two questions and adding two 
others because of changing data needs. There will be no net change in 
respondents' time burden in completing the form. Additionally, we are 
seeking an agreement with outside sources to provide funding for the 
collection of much of the information we now collect about types of 
construction for which permits are issued (all construction except new 
residential housekeeping buildings which we will continue to collect, 
regardless). We plan to discontinue collecting these data if no 
reimbursement agreement is made, as we can no longer fund their 
collection. This would reduce considerably the scope of the information 
collection. This request provides for the contingent collection of 
these data.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 8(b), 9(b), 161, and 182; 
and Title 15 USC, Section 1525.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
[phone], Department of Commerce, room 5327, 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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 23, 1997.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-33999 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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