To carry out its responsibilities
under the Act, HUD has issued the Federal Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards (the Standards), 24 CFR 3280. The
Department has also issued the Manufactured Home Procedural and
Enforcement Regulations (the Regulations), 24 CFR 3282, to enforce
these standards. The Regulations incorporate an exemption from HUD
regulation for recreational vehicles (RV) if they are: built on a
single chassis; 400 square feet or less when measured at their
largest horizontal projections; self-propelled or permanently
towable by a light duty truck; and designed primarily not for use
as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for
recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. Through recent
rulemaking, HUD is adopting a recommendation of the Manufactured
Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), a Federal Advisory Committee,
and is clarifying the definition of recreational vehicle (RV) and
modifying it to require certification with either the American
National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) standard for Park Model
Recreational Vehicles (PMRV), A119.5–15 or the National Fire
Protection Association’s NFPA 1192, Standard on Recreational
Vehicles, 2015 Edition. Since Park Model RVs built to ANSI
A119.5-15 may exceed the RV exemption’s 400 square foot threshold,
a manufacturer must post notice in the home that the structure is
only designed for recreational purposes and is not designed as a
primary residence or for permanent occupancy.
The collection of
information is essential to the mission of the agency.
US Code:
24
USC 3280 Name of Law: Federal Manufactured Home Construction
and Safety Standards
US Code: 24
USC 3282 Name of Law: Manufactured Home Procedural and
Enforcement Regulations
This is a new information
collection package. Through recent rulemaking, HUD is adopting a
recommendation of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee
(MHCC), a Federal Advisory Committee, and is clarifying the
definition of recreational vehicle (RV) and modifying it to require
certification with either the American National Standards
Institute’s (ANSI) standard for Park Model Recreational Vehicles
(PMRV), A119.5–15 or the National Fire Protection Association’s
NFPA 1192, Standard on Recreational Vehicles, 2015 Edition. Since
Park Model RVs built to ANSI A119.5-15 may exceed the RV
exemption’s 400 square foot threshold, a manufacturer must post
notice in the home that the structure is only designed for
recreational purposes and is not designed as a primary residence or
for permanent occupancy. The proposed rule for this requirement
published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2016 at 81 Fed.
Reg. 6806 included an estimate of the information collection
burdens at the time of the publication. The Department did not
receive any substantive comment from either the public or the from
OMB regarding the proposed information collection or burden
estimates included in the proposed rule. More recent discussion
with the RV Industry Association has informed this information
collection burden estimate as the number of RV manufacturers
building Park Model RVs has increased slightly since the proposed
rule. Therefore, for this submission of this new information
collection, HUD is identifying the burden hours resulting from the
requirement for PMRV manufacturers that produce exempt products to
provide specific consumer notifications. HUD has determined that
this information collection burden does not fit within other
information collections for the Manufactured Housing program.
Therefore, this information collection is being submitted as a new
collection. This information collection: • Includes the PMRV
manufacturers as respondents (22 PMRV manufacturers building to the
A119.5–15 Standard) • Includes the burden hours associated with the
time and cost for delivering a Manufacturer’s Notice to prospective
consumers prior to the completion of the sales transaction and
placing the same notice inside the exempted PMRV. This is estimated
at approximately 20 seconds per notice, the time incurred in
developing a template notice, and using that template to create
copies for delivery and posting in affected PMRVs.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
2502-0616 83C.docx
Approved PTA Form for Collection 2502-NEW, 11-30-18.pdf
Manufacturer's Notice for Exempt Park Model Recreational Vehicles (PMRVs)