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Vol. 79, No. 218 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey of Housing 

Starts, Sales, and Completions 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before January 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Erica Filipek, U.S. Census 

Bureau, MCD, CENHQ Room 7K057, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone (301) 763–5161 (or via 

the Internet at Erica.Mary.Filipek@

census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

request a three-year extension of the 

current Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) clearance of the Survey 

of Housing Starts, Sales and 

Completions, also known as the Survey 

of Construction (SOC). The SOC collects 

monthly data on new residential 

construction from a sample of owners or 

builders. The Census Bureau uses the 

Computer-Assisted Personal 

Interviewing (CAPI) electronic 

questionnaires SOC–QI/SF.1 and SOC– 

QI/MF.1 to collect data on start and 

completion dates of construction, 

physical characteristics of the structure 

(floor area, number of bathrooms, type 

of heating system, etc.), and if 

applicable, date of sale, sales price, and 

type of financing. The SOC provides 

widely used measures of construction 

activity, including the economic 

indicators Housing Starts and Housing 

Completions, which are from the New 

Residential Construction series, and 

New Residential Sales. 

We sample about 1,700 new buildings 

each month (20,400 per year). We 

inquire about the progress of each 

building multiple times until it is 

completed (and a sales contract is 

signed, if it is a single-family house that 

is built for sale). For single-family 

buildings, we conduct an average of 

8.17 interviews and for multifamily 

buildings, we conduct an average of 7.0 

interviews. The total number of 

interviews conducted each year for 

single-family buildings is about 107,844 

and for multifamily buildings is about 

50,400. Each interview takes 5 minutes 

on average. Therefore, the total annual 

burden is 13,187 hours. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau uses its field 

representatives to collect the data. The 

field representatives conduct interviews 

to obtain data. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0110. 

Form Number(s): SOC–QI/SF.1 and 

SOC–QI/MF.1. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, business, or other for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13,187. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: The estimated cost to the 

respondent is $404,841 based on an 

average hourly pay for the respondent of 

$30.70. This estimate was taken from 

the Department of Labor, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Occupational 

Employment Statistics Survey for 2013. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 182. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: November 6, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26734 Filed 11–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

First Responder Network Authority 

[Docket Number: 141104926–4926–01] 

RIN 0660–XC014 

Notice of Intent To Prepare 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statements and Conduct Scoping for 

the Nationwide Public Safety 

Broadband Network 

AGENCY: First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The First Responder Network 

Authority (‘‘FirstNet’’) announces its 

intent to prepare five regional 


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