Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Notices 40805 

Dated: July 26, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16185 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Report of Building or Zoning 

Permits Issued for New PrivatelyOwned Housing Units 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on May 7, 2021 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

Title: Report of Building or Zoning 

Permits Issued for New PrivatelyOwned Housing Units. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0094. 

Form Number(s): C–404. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 20,000 

respondents providing a total of 114,743 

responses per year. 

Average Hours per Response: 9.22 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 17,625. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau 

conducts the Report of Building or 

Zoning Permits Issued for New 

Privately-Owned Housing Units, 

otherwise known as the Building 

Permits Survey (BPS) to collect data on 

new residential buildings from state and 

local permit-issuing offices. The key 

estimates from the survey are the 

numbers of new housing units 

authorized by building permits; data are 

also collected on the valuation of the 

housing units. Form C–404 specifically 

collects information on changes to the 

geographic coverage of the permitissuing place, the number and valuation 

of new residential housing units 

authorized by building permits, and 

additional information on residential 

permits valued at $2 million or more, 

including, but not limited to, site 

address and type of building. 

The Census Bureau produces statistics 

used to monitor activity in the large and 

dynamic construction industry. Given 

the importance of this industry, several 

of the statistical series have been 

designated by the Office of Management 

and Budget as Principal Economic 

Indicators. Two such indicators are 

directly dependent on the key estimates 

from the BPS. For New Residential 

Construction (which includes Housing 

Units Authorized by Building Permits, 

Housing Starts, and Housing 

Completions), form C–404 is used to 

collect the estimate for Housing Units 

Authorized by Building Permits. For 

New Residential Construction and 

Sales, the number of housing units 

authorized by building permits is a key 

component utilized in the estimation of 

housing units started, completed, and 

sold. 

These statistics help state, local, and 

federal governments, as well as private 

industry, analyze this important sector 

of the economy. The building permit 

series are available monthly based on a 

sample of building permit offices, and 

annually based on the entire universe of 

permit offices. Published data from the 

survey can be found on the Census 

Bureau’s website at www.census.gov/ 

permits. 

Beginning January 2022, the U.S. 

Census Bureau is proposing to change 

the methodology for the tabulation of 

monthly Building Permit Survey. The 

methodology will change from a 

representative sample to a cutoff sample 

based on recent permit activity by 

jurisdiction. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: There are roughly 20,000 

permit issuing jurisdictions in the 

United States. Slightly less than onehalf of those permit offices are requested 

to report monthly. The remaining offices 

are surveyed annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 131 and 182. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0607–0094. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16150 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Spatial, Address, and 

Imagery Data Program 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment on the proposed extension of 

the Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data 

(SAID) Program, prior to the submission 

of the information collection request 

(ICR) to OMB for approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before September 27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to robin.a.pennington@

census.gov. Please reference Spatial, 

Address, and Imagery Data Program in 

the subject line of your comments. You 

may also submit comments, identified 

by Docket Number USBC–2021–0016, to 

the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received are part of the public record. 

No comments will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing 

until after the comment period has 

closed. Comments will generally be 

posted without change. All Personally 

Identifiable Information (for example, 


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