06-3646. Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Technical Correction

AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION:

Final rule; technical correction.

SUMMARY:

On November 30, 2005, HUD published a final rule amending the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (the Construction and Safety Standards). This document makes a number of technical corrections to the November 30, 2005, final rule.

DATES:

Effective Date: The final rule effective date of May 30, 2006, and the incorporation by reference date of May 30, 2006, as approved by the Director of the Federal Register, continue to apply.

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 Seventh Street, SW., Room 9162, Washington, DC 20410; telephone [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On November 30, 2005 (70 FR 72024), HUD published a final rule to amend the Construction and Safety Standards. The final rule, at 24 CFR 3280.305 and 3280.504, included listings of counties subject to those sections. This document makes editorial corrections to those listings, for example, to include counties inadvertently omitted.

Specifically, in the table of states and counties deemed to be within the Middle Roof Load Zone under § 3280.305(c)(3)(i)(B), “Crawford” is removed from the list of counties for Iowa and added to the list of counties for Michigan; “St. Croix” is removed from the list of counties for Minnesota and added to the list of counties for Wisconsin; “Doon” in the list of counties for Wisconsin is corrected to read “Door;” “Mackinaw” in the list of counties for Michigan is corrected to read “Mackinac;” and Coos, Grafton, Carroll, Chitten, Bellnap, Strafford, Merrimack, Sullivan, Rockingham, Hillsborough, and Chesire are deleted from the list of counties for New Hampshire and are replaced by the phrase, “All Counties.”

In addition, this document makes two conforming corrections in § 3280.801 to references to the edition of the National Electrical Code adopted by the November 30, 2005, final rule.

Accordingly, FR Doc. 05-23387, Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, (FR-4663-N-02), published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2005 (70 FR 72024), is corrected as follows:

§ 3280.305

[Amended]

1. On pages 72044 and 72045, the table of states and counties deemed to be within the Middle Roof Load Zone under § 3280.305(c)(3)(i)(B), is revised to read as follows:

States	Counties
South Dakota	Grant	Brookings	Hanson	Lincoln
	Codington	Miner	Minnehaha	Yankton
	Deuel	Lake	Hutchinson	Union
	Hamlin	Moody	Turner	Clay
	Kingsbury	McCook
Minnesota	Koochiching	Stearns	Renville	Sibley
	Itasca	Swift	McLeod	Nicollet
	Hubbard	Kandiyohi	Carver	Blue Earth
	Cass	Meeker	Dakota	Martin
	Crow Wing	Wright	Goodhue	Watonwan
	Aitkin	Lac qui Parle	Wabasha	Brown
	St. Louis	Chippewa	Winona	Redwood
	Lake	Yellow Medicine	Fillmore	Lyon
	Cook	Mille Lacs	Mower	Lincoln
	Carlton	Kanabec	Olmsted	Pipestone
	Pine	Benton	Dodge	Murray
	Wadena	Isanti	Rice	Cottonwood
	Todd	Sherburne	Steele	Jackson
	Morrison	Anoka	Freeborn	Nobles
	Douglas	Chisapo	Faribault	Rock
	Grant	Washington	Waseca
	Stevens	Hennepin	Le Sueur
	Pope	Ramsey	Scott
Iowa	Hancock	Mitchell	Hamilton	Buena Vista
	Lyon	Howard	Webster	Cherokee
	Osceola	Chickasaw	Calhoun	Plymouth
	Dickinson	Butler	Sac	Sioux
	Emmet	Floyd	Ida	O'Brien
	Kossuth	Cerro Gordo	Humboldt	Clay
	Winnebago	Franklin	Pocahontas	Wright
	Worth	Hardin	Palo Alto
Wisconsin	Douglas	Oconto	Pepin	Lincoln
	Bayfield	Menominee	Pierce	Oneida
	Ashland	Langlade	Dunn	Polk
	Iron	Marathon	Eau Claire	Burnett
	Vilas	Clark	Chippewa	Washburn
	Forest	Jackson	Rusk	Sawyer
	Florence	Trempealeau	Barron	Price
	Marinette	Buffalo	Taylor	Door
	St. Croix
Michigan	Houghton	Iron	Presque Isle	Wexford
	Baraga	Dickinson	Charlevoix	Benzie
	Marquette	Menominee	Montmorency	Grand Traverse
	Alger	Delta	Alpena	Kalkaska
	Luce	Schoolcraft	Alcona	Oscoda
	Chippewa	Mackinac	Ogemaw	Otsego
	Keweenaw	Cheyboygan	Roscommon	Leelanau
	Ontonagon	Emmet	Missaukee	Antrim
	Gogebic	Crawford
New York	St. Lawrence	Herkimer	Onondaga	Genesee
	Franklin	Lewis	Madison	Orleans
	Clinton	Oswego	Cayuga	Niagara
	Essex	Jefferson	Seneca	Erie
	Hamilton	Oneida	Wayne	Wyoming
	Warren	Fulton	Ontario	Monroe
	Saratoga	Montgomery	Yates
	Washington	Schenectady	Livingston
Massachusetts	Essex
Maine	Franklin	Kennebec	Lincoln	Cumberland
	Oxford	Androscoggin	Sagadahoc	York
Montana	All Counties
Idaho	All Counties
Colorado	All Counties
Wyoming	All Counties
Utah	All Counties
Vermont	Franklin	Orleans	Caledonia	Addison
	Grand Isle	Essex	Washington	Rutland
	Lamoille	Chittenden	Orange	Windsor
New Hampshire	All Counties

§ 3280.504

[Amended]

2. On page 72047, in the second column, add “Marion” in alphabetical order to the list of counties under the heading “Mississippi” in § 3280.504(b)(5).

§ 3280.607

[Amended]

3. On page 72049, in the second column, revise § 3280.607(c)(6)(iv) to read as follows: “(iv) Electrical. Wiring must comply with Articles 680.70, 680.71, and 680.72 of the National Electrical Code, NFPA No. 70-2005.”

§ 3280.801

[Amended]

4. On page 72051, in the second column, revise § 3280.801(a) to read as follows: “(a) Subpart I of this part and Part II of Article 550 of the National Electrical Code (NFPA No. 70-2005) cover the electrical conductors and equipment installed within or on manufactured homes and the conductors that connect manufactured homes to a supply of electricity.”

5. On page 72051, in the second column, revise the first sentence of § 3280.801(b) to read as follows: “(b) In addition to the requirements of this part and Part II of Article 550 of the National Electrical Code (NFPA No. 70-2005), the applicable portions of other Articles of the National Electrical Code must be followed for electrical installations in manufactured homes.”

Dated: April 6, 2006.

Brian D. Montgomery,

Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner.