Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

Jeffrey Giuseppe
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
April 11, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20303-20304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07945]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0147; Notice 2]


Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collections and their expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice soliciting public comment on the 
ICR, with a 60-day comment period was published on January 21, 2014, at 
79 FR 3467.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Stevens, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Room W43-490, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Steven's telephone 
number is (202) 366-5308. Please identify the relevant collection of 
information by referring to its OMB Control Number.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: 49 CFR Part 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or 
Noncompliance.
    OMB Number: 2127-0045.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 
statute at 49 U.S.C. 30118, Notification of Defects and Noncompliance, 
and 49 U.S.C. 30120, Remedies for Defects and Noncompliance, generally 
requires manufacturers of motor vehicles and items of replacement 
equipment to conduct a notification and remedy campaign (recall) when 
their products are determined to contain a safety-related defect or a 
noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS). 
Those sections require a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor 
vehicle equipment to notify distributors, dealers, and purchasers if 
any of the manufacturer's products are determined to either contain a 
safety-related defect or fail to comply with an applicable FMVSS. The 
manufacturer is under a concomitant obligation to remedy such defect or 
noncompliance. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Exemptions, 
a manufacturer may seek an exemption from these notification and remedy 
requirements on the basis that the defect or noncompliance is 
inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. NHTSA exercised 
this statutory authority to excuse inconsequential defects or 
noncompliances when it promulgated 49 CFR part 556, Exemption for 
Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance. This regulation establishes 
the procedures for manufacturers to submit exemption petitions to the 
agency and the procedures the agency will use in evaluating those 
petitions. The petition must state the full name and address of the 
applicant, the nature of its organization (e.g., individual, 
partnership, or corporation), and the name of the State or country 
under the laws of which it is organized. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(3). The 
petition must also describe the motor vehicle or item of replacement 
equipment, including the number involved and the period of production, 
and the defect or noncompliance concerning which an exemption is 
sought. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(4). The petition must also set forth all 
data, views, and arguments of the petitioner supporting the petition, 
and be accompanied by three copies of the report the manufacturer has 
submitted, or is submitting, to NHTSA in accordance with 49 CFR part 
573, relating to its determination of the existence of the safety-
related defect or noncompliance that is the subject of the petition. 
See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(5) and (6). These requirements allow the agency to 
ensure that inconsequentiality petitions are both properly 
substantiated and efficiently processed.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit entities that 
manufacture or import motor vehicles or motor vehicle replacement 
equipment.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 150 hours.
    Comments are Invited On: 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; the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of

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the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 
days of publication.

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-07945 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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