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Notice.

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 30 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

DATES:

Comments Due Date: April 19,

2019.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806, Email:
OIRA [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna
P. Guido at [email protected] or
telephone 202–402–5535. This is not a
toll-free number. Person with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. Copies of available documents
ADDRESSES:

Information Collection

Number of
respondents

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Manufactured Housing Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0029.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: Form—C–MH–9A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Manufactured Housing Survey collects
data on the characteristics of newly
manufactured homes placed for
residential use. Key data collected
includes sales price and the number of
units placed and sold within 4 months
of shipment. Other selected housing
characteristics collected include size,
location, and titling. HUD uses the
statistics to respond to a Congressional
mandate in the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1980,
42 U.S.C. 5424 note, which requires
HUD to collect and report manufactured
home sales and price information for the
nation, census regions, states, and

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

selected metropolitan areas and to
monitor whether new manufactured
homes are being placed on owned rather
than rented lots. HUD also used these
data to monitor total housing
production and its affordability.
Furthermore, the Manufactured
Housing Survey serves as the basis for
HUD’s mandated indexing of loan
limits. Section 2145 (b) of the Housing
and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of
2008 requires HUD to develop a method
of indexing to annually adjust Title I
manufactured home loan limits. This
index is based on manufactured housing
price data collected by this survey.
Section 2145 of the HERA of 2008 also
amends the maximum loan limits for
manufactured home loans insured
under Title I. HUD implemented the
revised loan limits, as shown below, for
all manufactured home loans for which
applications are received on or after
March 3, 2009.
Method of Collection: The
methodology for collecting information
on new manufactured homes involves
contacting dealers from a monthly
sample of new manufactured homes
shipped by manufacturers. The units are
sampled from lists obtained from the
Institute for Building Technology and
Safety. Dealers that take shipment of the
selected homes are mailed a survey form
four months after shipment for
recording the status of the manufactured
home.
Annual
burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

Manufactured Housing
Survey ......................

4,860

1

4,860

0.33

1,603.8

$0

$0

Total ......................

4,860

........................

........................

........................

1,603.8

........................

0

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submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on Monday,
November 26, 2018 at 83 FR 60443.

This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through

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the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: March 6, 2019.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7011–N–06]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: 2019 American Housing
Survey
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice

SUMMARY:

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is to allow for 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 19,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax:202–395–5806, Email:
OIRA [email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna
P. Guido at [email protected] or
telephone 202–402–5535. This is not a
toll-free number. Person with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on Tuesday,
September 11, 2018 at 83 FR 45955.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: 2019
American Housing Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0017.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
purpose of the American Housing
Survey (AHS) is to supply the public
with detailed and timely information
about housing quality, housing costs,
and neighborhood assets, in support of
effective housing policy, programs, and
markets. Title 12, United States Code,
Sections 1701Z–1, 1701Z–2(g), and
1710Z–10a mandates the collection of
this information.
Like the previous surveys, the 2019
AHS will collect ‘‘core’’ data on
subjects, such as the amount and types
of changes in the housing inventory, the
physical condition of the housing
inventory, the characteristics of the
occupants, housing costs for owners and
renters, the persons eligible for and
beneficiaries of assisted housing,
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reasons for moving, the number and
characteristics of vacancies, and
characteristics of resident’s
neighborhood. In addition to the ‘‘core’’
data, HUD plans to collect supplemental
data on post-secondary education,
modifications made to assist occupants
living with disabilities, and information
on people’s concerns regarding the
availability and affordability of food.
The AHS national longitudinal
sample consists of approximately 85,200
housing units, and includes oversample
from the largest 15 metropolitan areas,
and approximately 5,200 HUD-assisted
housing units. In addition to the
national longitudinal sample, HUD
plans to conduct 10 additional
metropolitan area longitudinal samples,
each with approximately 3,000 housing
units (for a total 30,000 metropolitan
area housing units). The 10 additional
metropolitan area longitudinal samples
were last surveyed in 2015.
To help reduce respondent burden on
households in the longitudinal sample,
the 2019 AHS will make use of
dependent interviewing techniques,
which will decrease the number of
questions asked. Policy analysts,
program managers, budget analysts, and
Congressional staff use AHS data to
advise executive and legislative
branches about housing conditions and
the suitability of public policy
initiatives. Academic researchers and
private organizations also use AHS data
in efforts of specific interest and
concern to their respective
communities.
HUD needs the AHS data for two
important uses.
1. With the data, policy analysts can
monitor the interaction among housing
needs, demand and supply, as well as
changes in housing conditions and
costs, to aid in the development of
housing policies and the design of
housing programs appropriate for
different target groups, such as first-time
home buyers and the elderly.
2. With the data, HUD can evaluate,
monitor, and design HUD programs to
improve efficiency and effectiveness.
In addition to the core 2019 AHS,
HUD plans to collect supplemental data
on housing insecurity in a follow-on
survey to the AHS. Housing insecurity
is defined as a significant lapse for a
given household of one or more
elements of secure housing. These
elements include affordability, stable
occupancy, and whether the housing is
decent and safe. ‘‘Affordability’’ implies
that shelter costs are manageable over
the long term without severely
burdening or compromising other
consumption that normally is essential
for health and well-being. The second

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element, ‘‘stable occupancy’’, implies
that the household does not face
substantial risk of involuntary
displacement for economic or noneconomic reasons. The final element,
‘‘decent and safe’’, implies that a unit
has physical attributes that satisfy
functional needs for well-being related
to health, security, and support for
activities of daily living. Such attributes
include appropriate facilities for
excluding external threats, providing
climate control, storing and preparing
food, maintaining physical and mental
hygiene, and developing human
potential. Not included are aspects of
the neighborhood or environment that
one encounters beyond the confines of
the structure or property.
HUD plans to conduct the Housing
Insecurity Follow-On survey
concurrently with the 2019 AHS.
Respondents who meet certain criteria
based on their responses to the 2019
AHS will be recruited at the end of the
production questionnaire and offered an
incentive of $40 to participate. Of the
respondents who agree to participate in
the follow-on survey, a total of 4,000
responses will be collected via
telephone. Once the follow-on interview
has been completed, respondents will
receive the incentive for their
participation. Data collected from this
follow-on survey will be used for
research and scale development
purposes.
HUD needs the AHS Housing
Insecurity Follow-On data for two
important uses. With the data: 1. HUD
can evaluate the feasibility of collecting
data on housing insecurity and better
define housing insecurity.
2. HUD can measure the quality of the
questions asked regarding housing
insecurity and develop a composite
housing insecurity scale.
HUD intends to test the use of
incentives to reduce non-response bias
in the AHS. The proposed incentive
project will test whether offering
incentives in geographic areas with a
high risk of non-response can
successfully increase responses from
communities that would otherwise be
underrepresented, resulting in lower
non-response bias. Conditions will be
compared to determine sensitivity to the
amount of the incentive in motivating
response compared to a no-incentive
control.
The incentive project will address the
following research questions:
1. Can incentives reduce nonresponse bias in the AHS?
2. Where is the inflection point for
diminishing marginal returns for
monetary incentives?

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3. What are the long-term effects of
introducing incentives into a panel
survey?
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual
burden hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

52,772.00
3,892.00
0.00
0.00
.00
1,428.00
58,092.00

$0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
........................

$0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
........................

Regular AHS
Occupied Interviews .....
Vacant Interviews .........
Non-interviews .............
Ineligible .......................
subtotal .........................
Re-interviews ...............
Regular AHS sub-total

79,958.00
11,793.00
22,388.00
3,398.00
117,537.00
8,400.00
125,937.00

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
........................

79,958.00
11,793.00
22,388.00
3,398.00
117,537.00
8,400.00
125,937.00

.66
.33
.00
.00
.00
.17
........................

Housing Insecurity Research Module Follow-On
Occupied Interviews .....
Non-interviews .............
Ineligible .......................
Follow-on sub-total .......

4,000.00
0.00
0.00
4,000.00

1.00
0.00
0.00
........................

4,000.00
0.00
0.00
4,000.00

.20
.00
.00
........................

800.00
0.00
0.00
800.00

0.00
0.00
0.00
........................

0.00
0.00
0.00
........................

Final Total .............

129,937.00

........................

........................

........................

58,892.00

........................

0.00

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.

Bureau of Land Management

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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: March 6, 2019.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision and Approved Resource
Management Plan Amendment for
Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation,
Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Approved Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment
for Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation
for the Wyoming Greater Sage-Grouse
Sub-Region. The State Director signed
the ROD on March 15, 2019, which
constitutes the final decision of the BLM
and makes the Approved ROD effective
immediately.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available on the
BLM ePlanning project website at
https://goo.gl/FoqAn9. Click the
Documents and Reports link on the left
side of the screen to find the electronic
version of these materials. Hard copies
of the ROD are also available for public
inspection at the Wyoming State Office,
5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY
82009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenny Marzluf, Greater Sage-Grouse
Implementation Coordinator by
telephone, 307–775–6090; at the address
above; or by email, [email protected].
Persons who use a telecommunications
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device for the deaf may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact Ms. Marzluf. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with Ms.
Marzluf. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
developed the Wyoming Greater SageGrouse Approved RMP Amendment to
enhance cooperation with states by
improving alignment with state
management plans and strategies for
Greater Sage-Grouse while continuing to
conserve, enhance, and restore the
Greater Sage-Grouse and its habitat. The
Approved RMP Amendment also
addresses a legal vulnerability, which
was exposed when a Federal District
Court in Nevada determined that the
BLM had violated the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when
it finalized the 2015 plans.
The BLM developed the Approved
RMP Amendment in collaboration with
the Wyoming Governor’s Office, state
wildlife managers, and other concerned
organizations and individuals, largely
through the Western Governors
Association’s Sage-Grouse Task Force.
Using its discretion and authority under
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), the BLM
amends land use plans that address
Greater Sage-Grouse management to
improve alignment with State of
Wyoming plans and management
strategies, in accordance with the BLM’s
multiple use and sustained yield
mission.
This Approved RMP Amendment is
one of six separate plan amendments
developed and issued in response to the

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