82_FR_35041 82 FR 34898 - Manufactured Home Regulations; Request for Recommended Changes

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)

Page Range34898-34899
FR Document2017-15574

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 Issue 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017) 
[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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34898 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 143 / Thursday, July 27, 2017 / Proposed Rules calendar year 2017. Certain private share), was greater than $60 million Safety Standards, its Manufactured funds are exempt from reporting on the (positive or negative) at the end of, or Home Procedural and Enforcement BE–12 survey. If a U.S. business meets for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar Regulations, its Model Manufactured ALL of the following 3 criteria, it is not year 2017. Home Installation Standards, and its required to file any BE–12 report except (3) Form BE–12C must be completed Manufactured Home Installation to indicate exemption from the survey if by a U.S. affiliate if, on a fully Program regulations. Proposed changes contacted by BEA: (1) The U.S. business consolidated basis, or, in the case of real will be submitted to the Manufactured enterprise is a private fund; (2) the estate investment, on an aggregated Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) private fund does not own, directly or basis, none of the three items listed in for review and consideration as part of indirectly through another business paragraph (c)(1) of this section for a U.S. its responsibility to provide periodic enterprise, an ‘‘operating company’’— affiliate (not just the foreign parent’s recommendations to HUD to adopt, i.e., a business enterprise that is not a share), was greater than $60 million revise, and interpret the HUD standards private fund or a holding company—in (positive or negative) at the end of, or and regulations. which the foreign parent owns at least for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar DATES: To ensure consideration, the 10 percent of the voting interest; AND year 2017. deadline for submitting proposed (3) if the foreign parent owns the private (4) BE–12 Claim for Not Filing will be changes from the public for the 2018– fund indirectly (through one or more provided for response by persons that 2019 review period is December 31, other U.S. business enterprises); there are not subject to the reporting 2017. Any Proposals received after are no U.S. ‘‘operating companies’’ requirements of the BE–12 survey but December 31, 2017 will be held until between the foreign parent and the have been contacted by BEA concerning the 2020–2021 review period. indirectly-owned private fund. their reporting status. ADDRESSES: Proposed changes to the (c) Forms to be filed. (1) Form BE–12A (d) Aggregation of real estate Manufactured Home Construction and must be completed by a U.S. affiliate investments. All real estate investments Safety Standards, Procedural and that was majority-owned by one or more of a foreign person must be aggregated Enforcement Regulations, Model foreign parents (for purposes of this for the purpose of applying the Installation Standards, and Installation survey, a ‘‘majority-owned’’ U.S. reporting criteria. A single report form Program Regulations are to be submitted affiliate is one in which the combined must be filed to report the aggregate using the following URL address: direct and indirect ownership interest of holdings, unless written permission has mhcc.homeinnovation.com or mailed to all foreign parents of the U.S. affiliate been received from BEA to do Home Innovation Research Labs, 400 exceeds 50 percent) if, on a fully otherwise. Those holdings not Prince Georges Blvd., Upper Marlboro, consolidated basis, or, in the case of real aggregated must be reported separately MD 20774, Attention: Kevin Kauffman. estate investment, on an aggregated on the same type of report that would FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: basis, if any one of the following three have been required if the real estate Pamela Beck Danner, Administrator and items for the U.S. affiliate (not just the holdings were aggregated. Designated Federal Official (DFO), foreign parent’s share) was greater than (e) Due date. A fully completed and Office of Manufactured Housing $300 million (positive or negative) at the certified Form BE–12A, BE–12B, BE– Programs, Department of Housing and end of, or for, its fiscal year that ended 12C, or BE–12 Claim for Not Filing is Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., in calendar year 2017: due to be filed with BEA not later than Room 9168, Washington, DC 20410, (i) Total assets (do not net out May 31, 2018 (or by June 30, 2018 for telephone number 202–708–6423 (this liabilities); reporting companies that use BEA’s (ii) Sales or gross operating revenues, is not a toll-free number). Persons who eFile system). have difficulty hearing or speaking may excluding sales taxes; or (iii) Net income after provision for [FR Doc. 2017–15695 Filed 7–26–17; 8:45 am] access this number via TTY by calling U.S. income taxes. BILLING CODE 3510–06–P the toll-free Federal Information Relay (2) Form BE–12B must be completed Service at 800–877–8339. by: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section (i) A majority-owned U.S. affiliate if, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 604(a) of the National Manufactured on a fully consolidated basis, or, in the URBAN DEVELOPMENT Housing Construction and Safety case of real estate investment, on an Standards Act of 1974, as amended by aggregated basis, any one of the three 24 CFR Parts 3280, 3282, 3285, and the Manufactured Housing items listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this 3286 Improvement Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. section (not just the foreign parent’s 5401 et seq.) (the Act) establishes the [Docket No. FR–6042–N–01] MHCC. According to Section 604(a)(4) share), was greater than $60 million (positive or negative) but none of these of the Act, the MHCC is responsible for Manufactured Home Regulations; items was greater than $300 million considering and submitting revisions to Request for Recommended Changes (positive or negative) at the end of, or the Manufactured Home Construction for, its fiscal year that ended in calendar AGENCY: Office of the Assistant and Safety Standards, codified at 24 year 2017. Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing CFR part 3280, not less than once (ii) A minority-owned U.S. affiliate Commissioner, HUD. during each 2-year period. In addition, (for purposes of this survey, a ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed the MHCC is responsible for considering ‘‘minority-owned’’ U.S. affiliate is one rulemaking. and submitting revisions to the mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS in which the combined direct and Manufactured Home Procedural and indirect ownership interest of all foreign SUMMARY: Consistent with the National Enforcement Regulations (24 CFR part parents of the U.S. affiliate is 50 percent Manufactured Housing Construction 3282), the Model Manufactured Home or less) if, on a fully consolidated basis, and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as Installation Standards (24 CFR part or, in the case of real estate investment, amended, this document invites 3285), and the Manufactured Home on an aggregated basis, any one of the interested persons to submit proposed Installation Program Regulations (24 three items listed in paragraph (c)(1) of changes to update and revise HUD’s CFR part 3286) on the same 2-year this section (not just the foreign parent’s Manufactured Home Construction and cycle. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 143 / Thursday, July 27, 2017 / Proposed Rules 34899 Consistent with the Act, this responsible for ensuring delivery of all States’’ in the Code of Federal document requests that interested appropriately prepared proposed Regulations to re-codify the definition of persons provide proposed changes to changes to the MHCC for its review and ‘‘waters of the United States,’’ which revise or update the Manufactured consideration. currently governs administration of the Home Construction and Safety Clean Water Act, pursuant to a decision Paperwork Reduction Act Standards, the Manufactured Home issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Procedural and Enforcement The information collection the Sixth Circuit staying a definition of Regulations, the Model Manufactured requirements contained in this ‘‘waters of the United States’’ Home Installation Standards, and document have been approved by the promulgated by the agencies in 2015. Manufactured Home Installation Office of Management and Budget The agencies would apply the definition Program Regulations. Specifically, (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction of ‘‘waters of the United States’’ as it is recommendations are requested that Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and currently being implemented, that is further HUD’s efforts to increase the assigned OMB Control Number 2535– informed by applicable agency guidance quality, durability, safety and 0116. In accordance with the Paperwork documents and consistent with affordability of manufactured homes; Reduction Act, an agency may not Supreme Court decisions and facilitate the availability of affordable conduct or sponsor, and a person is not longstanding practice. Proposing to re- manufactured homes and increase required to respond to, a collection of codify the regulations that existed homeownership for all Americans; and information, unless the collection before the 2015 Clean Water Rule will encourage cost-effective and innovative displays a currently valid OMB control provide continuity and certainty for construction techniques for number. regulated entities, the States, agency manufactured homes. Dated: July 19, 2017. staff, and the public. In a second step, To permit the MHCC to fully consider the agencies will pursue notice-and- Pamela Beck Danner, the proposed changes, commenters are comment rulemaking in which the encouraged to provide at least the Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs. agencies will conduct a substantive re- following information: evaluation of the definition of ‘‘waters • The specific section of the current [FR Doc. 2017–15574 Filed 7–26–17; 8:45 am] of the United States.’’ Manufactured Home Construction and BILLING CODE P DATES: Comments must be received on Safety Standards, Manufactured Home or before August 28, 2017. Procedural and Enforcement ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, Regulations, Model Manufactured Home DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– Installation Standards, or Manufactured Department of the Army, Corps of OW–2017–0203, at http:// Home Installation Program Regulations Engineers www.regulations.gov. Follow the online that require revision or update, or instructions for submitting comments. whether the recommendation would require a new standard; 33 CFR Part 328 Once submitted, comments cannot be • Specific detail regarding the edited or removed from Regulations.gov. recommendation including a statement ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The agencies may publish any comment of the problem intended to be corrected AGENCY received to the public docket. Do not or addressed by the recommendation, submit electronically any information how the recommendation would resolve 40 CFR Parts 110, 112, 116, 117, 122, you consider to be Confidential or address the problem, and the basis of 230, 232, 300, 302, and 401 Business Information (CBI) or other the recommendation; and information whose disclosure is [EPA–HQ–OW–2017–0203; FRL–9962–34– • Information regarding whether the OW] restricted by statute. Multimedia recommendation would result in submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be increased costs to manufacturers or RIN 2040–AF74 accompanied by a written comment. consumers and the value of the benefits The written comment is considered the derived from HUD’s implementation of Definition of ‘‘Waters of the United official comment and should include the recommendation, should be States’’—Recodification of Pre-Existing discussion of all points you wish to provided and discussed to the extent Rules make. The agencies will generally not feasible. AGENCY: Department of the Army, Corps consider comments or comment The Act requires that an of Engineers, Department of Defense; contents located outside of the primary administering organization administer and Environmental Protection Agency submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or the process for the MHCC’s (EPA). other file sharing system). For development and interpretation of the additional submission methods, the full ACTION: Proposed rule. Manufactured Home Construction and EPA public comment policy, Safety Standards, Manufactured Home SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection information about CBI or multimedia Procedural and Enforcement Agency and the Department of the Army submissions, and general guidance on Regulations, Model Manufactured Home (‘‘the agencies’’) are publishing this making effective comments, please visit Installation Standards, and proposed rule to initiate the first step in http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ Manufactured Home Installation a comprehensive, two-step process commenting-epa-dockets. Program Regulations. The administering intended to review and revise the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with PROPOSALS organization that has been selected by definition of ‘‘waters of the United Donna Downing, Office of Water (4504– HUD to administer this process is Home States’’ consistent with the Executive T), Environmental Protection Agency, Innovation Research Labs Inc. This Order signed on February 28, 2017, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., document requests that proposed ‘‘Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, Washington, DC 20460; telephone revisions be submitted to the MHCC for and Economic Growth by Reviewing the number: (202) 566–2428; email address: consideration through the administering ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule.’’ This CWAwotus@epa.gov; or Ms. Stacey organization, Home Innovation Research first step proposes to rescind the Jensen, Regulatory Community of Labs. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionAdvanced notice of proposed rulemaking.
DatesTo 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.
ContactPamela 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.
FR Citation82 FR 34898 
CFR Citation24 CFR 3280
24 CFR 3282
24 CFR 3285
24 CFR 3286
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