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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of the Director
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
We request your parcipaon with the Survey of Construction. The information requested is
summary level data on how building permits are issued and maintained. This information helps
facilitate the monthly collection and tabulation of permit data for your geographical area.
The Survey of Construcon produces a variety of stascs on new residenal construcon and
is partially funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The survey
produces key estimates, such as starts and completions of new single- and mulfamily units
and sales of new single-family houses. Government and private entities use these statistics to
monitor and evaluate the large and dynamic housing construcon industry and to make vital
economic decisions.
Information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collecon can be
found on the back of this letter.
For assistance with completing this survey, please contact the Atlanta Regional Office at the
contact information below.
Atlanta Regional Office
101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 3200
Atlanta, GA 30303-2700
(404) 730-3832 or 1-800-424-6974
FAX: (404) 730-3835 TDD: (404) 730-3963
EMAIL: [email protected]
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Robert L. Santos
Director
Enclosures

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OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
eight-digit OMB approval number is 0607-0125 and appears in the top right corner of the
paper survey form. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidenality
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes the U.S. Census Bureau to
conduct this collection and request your voluntary assistance. These data are subject to
provisions of Title 13, United States Code, Section 9(b), which exempts data that are
customarily provided in public records from rules of confidentiality.
Burden Esmate Statement
We estimate that it will take from 12 to 18 minutes to complete an interview, with 15 minutes
being the average time. Email comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to:
[email protected]; use EID Survey Comments 0607-0125 as the subject.