82 FR 34898 - Manufactured Home Regulations; Request for Recommended Changes

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 143 (July 27, 2017)

Consistent with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, this document invites interested persons to submit proposed changes to update and revise HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, its Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, its Model Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and its Manufactured Home Installation Program regulations. 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 and regulations.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34898-34899]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15574]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 3280, 3282, 3285, and 3286

[Docket No. FR-6042-N-01]


Manufactured Home Regulations; Request for Recommended Changes

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

ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended, this document invites 
interested persons to submit proposed changes to update and revise 
HUD's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, its 
Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, its Model 
Manufactured Home Installation Standards, and its Manufactured Home 
Installation Program regulations. 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 and regulations.

DATES: To ensure consideration, the deadline for submitting proposed 
changes from the public for the 2018-2019 review period is December 31, 
2017. Any Proposals received after December 31, 2017 will be held until 
the 2020-2021 review period.

ADDRESSES: Proposed changes to the Manufactured Home Construction and 
Safety Standards, Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, Model 
Installation Standards, and Installation Program Regulations are to be 
submitted using the following URL address: 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: Pamela Beck Danner, 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 toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

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. According to Section 604(a)(4) of 
the Act, the MHCC is responsible for considering and submitting 
revisions to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 
codified at 24 CFR part 3280, not less than once during each 2-year 
period. In addition, the MHCC is responsible for considering and 
submitting revisions to the Manufactured Home Procedural and 
Enforcement Regulations (24 CFR part 3282), the Model Manufactured Home 
Installation Standards (24 CFR part 3285), and the Manufactured Home 
Installation Program Regulations (24 CFR part 3286) on the same 2-year 
cycle.

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    Consistent with the Act, this document requests that interested 
persons provide proposed changes to revise or update the Manufactured 
Home Construction and Safety Standards, the Manufactured Home 
Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, the Model Manufactured Home 
Installation Standards, and Manufactured Home Installation Program 
Regulations. Specifically, 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, Manufactured Home Procedural and 
Enforcement Regulations, Model Manufactured Home Installation 
Standards, or Manufactured Home Installation Program Regula tions 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 the 
recommendation, should be provided and discussed to the extent 
feasible.
    The Act requires that an administer ing organization administer the 
process for the MHCC's development and interpretation of the 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, Manufactured Home 
Procedural and Enforcement Regulations, Model Manufactured Home 
Installation Standards, and Manufactured Home Installation Program 
Regulations. The administering organization that has been selected by 
HUD to administer this process is Home Innovation Research Labs Inc. 
This document requests that proposed revisions 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.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The information collection requirements contained in this document 
have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and assigned 
OMB Control Number 2535-0116. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless the 
collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.

    Dated: July 19, 2017.
Pamela Beck Danner,
Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-15574 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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