83 FR 9478 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 44 (March 6, 2018)

Page Range		9478-9479
FR Document		2018-04448
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9478-9479]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04448]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Survey of Residential Building or Zoning Permit Systems.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0350.
    Form Number(s): C-411(V), C-411(M), C-411(C).
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 500.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting an extension 
of a currently approved collection for Form C-411, ``Survey of 
Residential Building or Zoning Permit Systems.
    The Census Bureau produces statistics used to monitor activity in 
the large and dynamic construction industry. These statistics help 
state and local governments and the federal government, as well as 
private industry, to analyze this important sector of the economy. The 
accuracy of the Census Bureau statistics regarding the amount of 
construction authorized depends on data supplied by building and zoning 
officials throughout the country. The Census Bureau uses Form C-411 to 
obtain information from state and local building permit officials 
needed for updating the universe of permit-issuing

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places which serves as the sampling frame for the Report of Privately-
Owned Residential Building or Zoning Permits Issued (OMB number 0607-
0094), also known as the Building Permits Survey (BPS), and the Survey 
of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions (OMB number 0607-0110), also 
known as Survey of Construction (SOC). These two sample surveys provide 
widely used measures of construction activity, including the principal 
economic indicators New Residential Construction and New Home Sales. 
Data from the BPS and SOC are also used by the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (BEA) in the calculation of estimates of the Residential Fixed 
Investment portion of the Nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In 
addition, data from the BPS are used by the Census Bureau in the 
calculation of annual population estimates; these estimates are widely 
used by government agencies to allocate funding and other resources to 
local governments.
    The questions on Form C-411 pertain to the legal requirements for 
issuing building or zoning permits in the local jurisdictions. 
Information is obtained on such items as geographic coverage and types 
of construction for which permits are issued. We do not plan any 
changes to the information we collect on the C-411 forms.
    The appropriate form is sent to a jurisdiction when the Census 
Bureau has reason to believe that a new permit system has been 
established or an existing one has changed. This is based on 
information from a variety of sources including survey respondents, 
regional councils and the Census Bureau's Geography Division which 
keeps abreast of changes in corporate status.
    We use the information to verify the existence of new permit 
systems or changes to existing systems. Based on the information, the 
Census Bureau adds new permit-issuing places to the universe, delete 
places no longer issuing permits, and makes changes to the universe to 
reflect those places that have merged.
    Failure to maintain the universe of permit-issuing places would 
result in deficient samples and inaccurate statistics. This in turn 
jeopardizes the accuracy of the above mentioned economic indicators. 
These indicators are closely monitored by the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System and other economic policy makers because of the 
sensitivity of the housing industry to changes in interest rates.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 182.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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The Census Bureau will not survey the State Certification Local Review: 1,000 practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
local governments if the state reports for governments. agency’s estimate of the burden
them. The Census Bureau will send a Boundary Quality Assessment and (including hours and cost) of the
reminder email notification to the Reconciliation Project: 16 states. proposed collection of information; (c)
governments requesting them to report Redistricting Data Program ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
to the state contact, per the terms and Reconciliation State Review: 50 states. clarity of the information to be
agreements agreed upon in the MOU. Redistricting Data Program collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
Reconciliation Local Review: 2,000 burden of the collection of information
State Certification governments. on respondents, including through the
Through the BAS State Certification Boundary Validation Program: 48,000 use of automated collection techniques
program, the Census Bureau invites the governments. or other forms of information
governor-appointed State Certifying Estimated Total Number of technology.
Official (SCO) from each state to review Respondents: 134,555 governments. Summarization of comments
the boundary and governmental unit Estimated Time per Response: submitted in response to this notice will
information collected during the Annual Response Notification: 30 be included in the request for OMB
previous BAS cycle. The purpose of the minutes. approval of this information collection.
State Certification program is to verify No Change Response: 4 hours. Comments will also become a matter of
the accuracy, validity, and completeness Telephone Follow-up: 30 minutes. public record.
of the BAS information with state Packages with Changes: 8 hours.
State Certification Review: 10 hours. Sheleen Dumas,
governments. Every year, excluding
2020, the Census Bureau mails materials State Certification Local Review: 2 Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
hours. Chief Information Officer.
containing the listings of the
information collected from the previous Boundary Quality Assessment and [FR Doc. 2018–04514 Filed 3–5–18; 8:45 am]
BAS year to the SCO for review. These Reconciliation Project: 25 hours. BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

listings include the attribute Redistricting Data Program
information for disincorporations and Reconciliation State Review: 20 hours.
legal boundary changes as well as the Redistricting Data Program DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
names and functional statuses of Reconciliation Local Review: 2 hours.
Boundary Validation Program: 2 Submission for OMB Review;
incorporated places and minor civil Comment Request
divisions (MCDs). The SCO may request hours.
that the Census Bureau edit the attribute Estimated Total Burden Hours per The Department of Commerce will
data, add missing records, or remove Year: submit to the Office of Management and
invalid records if their state government Annual Response Notification: Budget (OMB) for clearance the
maintains an official record of all 19,700. following proposal for collection of
effective changes to legal boundaries No Change Response: 100,000. information under the provisions of the
and governmental units as mandated by Telephone Follow-up: 7,000. Paperwork Reduction Act.
state law. State certification packages Packages with Changes: 40,000. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
contain a letter to the governor, a state State Certification Review: 490. Title: Survey of Residential Building
certifying official letter, a discrepancy State Certification Local Review: or Zoning Permit Systems.
letter, and a state certification 2,000. OMB Control Number: 0607–0350.
respondent guide. Boundary Quality Assessment and Form Number(s): C–411(V), C–
Reconciliation Project: 400. 411(M), C–411(C).
IV. Data Redistricting Data Program Type of Request: Extension of a
OMB Control Number: 0607–0151. Reconciliation State Review: 1,000. currently approved collection.
Form Number: BAS–1, BAS–2, BAS– Redistricting Data Program Number of Respondents: 2,000.
3, BAS–5, BAS–6, BAS–ARF BASSC–1, Reconciliation Local Review: 4,000. Average Hours per Response: 15
BASSC–2, BASSC–3, BASSC–4, BVP–1, Boundary Validation Program: minutes.
BVP–L1, BVP–L1–AIA, BVP–L1–PR, 96,000. Burden Hours: 500.
BVP–2, BVP–L3, BVP–2, BVP–L4, and Estimated Total Burden Hours: Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
BVP–L4–AIA. 270,710. Bureau is requesting an extension of a
Type of Review: Regular submission. Estimated Total Annual Cost to currently approved collection for Form
Affected Public: All active, Public: $0. (This is not the cost of C–411, ‘‘Survey of Residential Building
functioning counties or statistically respondents’ time, but the indirect costs or Zoning Permit Systems.
equivalent entities; incorporated places respondents may incur for such things The Census Bureau produces statistics
(including consolidated cities); MCDs; as purchases of specialized software or used to monitor activity in the large and
all federally recognized AIRs and hardware needed to report, or dynamic construction industry. These
ORTLs entities in the United States; expenditures for accounting or records statistics help state and local
municipios, barrios, barrio-pueblos, and maintenance services required governments and the federal
subbarrios in Puerto Rico; and HHLs. specifically by the collection.) government, as well as private industry,
Estimated Number of Respondents: Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. to analyze this important sector of the
Annual Response Notification: 39,400 Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. economy. The accuracy of the Census
Bureau statistics regarding the amount
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governments. Section 6.
No Change Response: 25,000 of construction authorized depends on
IV. Request for Comments data supplied by building and zoning
governments.
Telephone Follow-up: 14,000 Comments are invited on: (a) Whether officials throughout the country. The
governments. the proposed collection of information Census Bureau uses Form C–411 to
Packages with Changes: 5,000 is necessary for the proper performance obtain information from state and local
governments. of the functions of the agency, including building permit officials needed for
State Certification Review: 49 states. whether the information shall have updating the universe of permit-issuing

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FR Citation		83 FR 9478