Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection

Kevin Mahoney
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
June 25, 2013

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38095-38096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15177]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0018]


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on 
February 15, 2013 (78 FR 11271).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 25, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirlene Ball, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., W51-217, NPO 420, Washington, DC 20590. Mrs. Ball's 
telephone number is (202) 366-2245.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Air Bag Deactivation.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0588.
    Affected Public: Private individuals, fleet owners and lessees, 
motor vehicle dealers, repair business.
    Abstract: If a private individual or lessee wants to install an air 
bag on-off switch to turn-off either or both frontal air bags, they 
must complete Form OMB 2127-0588 to certify certain statements 
regarding use of the switch. The dealer or business must, in turn, 
submit the completed forms to NHTSA within seven days. The submission 
of the completed forms by the dealers and repair business to NHTSA, as 
required, will serve the agency several purposes. They will aid the 
agency in monitoring the number of authorization requests submitted and 
the pattern in claims of risk group membership. The completed forms 
will enable the agency to determine whether the dealers and repair 
business are complying with the terms of the exemption, which include a 
requirement that the dealers and repair businesses accept only fully 
completed forms. Finally, submission of the completed forms to the 
agency will promote honesty and accuracy in the filling out of the 
forms by vehicle owners. The air bag on-off switches are installed only 
in vehicles in which the risk of harm needs to be minimized on a case-
by-case basis.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 375 hours.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of 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.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2013.
Kevin Mahoney,
Director, Corporate Customer Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-15177 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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