[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 26392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12342]



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Part VII





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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24 CFR Part 3280



Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards: Metal Roofing; 
Advance Notice; Proposed Rule

Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 91 / Tuesday, May 12, 1998 / Proposed 
Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 3280

[Docket No. FR-4271-A-02]
RIN 2502-AH05


Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards: Metal 
Roofing; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: Elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Department is 
publishing an Interpretative Bulletin (IB) on roofing requirements for 
manufactured homes designed to be sited in high wind areas. That IB 
reiterates the Department's current policy as it addresses questions 
that have arisen concerning: Whether manufacturers that design their 
products using the wind pressures specified in a table in the 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards must provide roof 
sheathing under metal roofing; and the appropriateness of the testing 
of metal roofing that has been done under current regulations. By this 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the Department is providing an 
opportunity for interested persons to make recommendations regarding 
any changes in the table with respect to roofing requirements for 
manufactured homes designed to be sited in high wind areas. The 
Department will review any comments received in response to this 
advance notice and consider them in making a determination whether to 
revise the applicable Federal standards and regulations.

DATES: Comment Due Date: July 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this advance notice of proposed rulemaking to the Regulations Division, 
Room 10276, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500. 
Comments should refer to the above docket number and title. A copy of 
each comment submitted will be available for public inspection and 
copying during regular business hours at the above address. Facsimile 
(FAX) comments are not acceptable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Williamson, Director, Office 
of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 9156, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone: (202) 708-6401 (this is not a toll-free number). For 
hearing- and speech-impaired persons, this number may be accessed via 
TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service 
at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prospective commenters should review 
Interpretative Bulletin I-2-98 published elsewhere in today's Federal 
Register for an explanation of the Department's interpretation of the 
standard in 24 CFR 3280.305(c)(1)(ii)(B), which includes the Table of 
Design Wind Pressures (``Table''), as applied to metal roofing in wind 
zones II and III. In that IB, HUD interprets the standard to require 
every design for manufactured housing for high wind areas to include 
roof sheathing or alternative roof material that performs like 
sheathing in resisting the wind pressures specified in the Table, 
whenever the Table is used as the basis for qualifying the design.
    If the Department receives or develops information that indicates 
the standard codified in 24 CFR 3280.305(c)(1)(ii)(B) should be 
revised, the Department may propose revisions for further review and 
public comment in subsequent rulemaking. To ensure that all interested 
parties are given access to any advice the Department receives on this 
subject, a public docket has been opened. Comments received in response 
to this advance notice will be included in the public docket for 
inspection and copying.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5424.

    Dated: April 29, 1998.
Art Agnos,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 98-12342 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]
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