Reports, Forms, and RecordKeeping Requirements

Raymond R. Posten
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
March 26, 2015

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16079-16080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06902]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket Number NHTSA-2015-0084]


Reports, Forms, and RecordKeeping Requirements

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

ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of 
information.

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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from 
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit 
public comment on proposed collections of information, including 
extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This 
document describes one collection of information for which NHTSA 
intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number at the 
heading of this notice by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the electronic docket site by 
clicking on ``Help and Information'' or ``Help/Info.''
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below. We 
will consider all comments received before the close of business on the 
comment closing date indicated above. To the extent possible, we will 
also consider comments filed after the closing date.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays. Telephone: (202) 366-9826.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Wayne McKenzie, Office of Crash 
Avoidance Standards (NVS-121), National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, West Building W43-462, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. McKenzie can be reached at (202) 366-1729.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB 
for approval, it must publish a document in the Federal Register 
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of 
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of 
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must 
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
    (i) 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;
    (ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks public comment on 
the following proposed collection of information:
    Title: 49 CFR Section 571.108, Compliance Labeling of 
Retroreflective Materials Heavy Trailer Conspicuity.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0569.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit organizations.
    Abstract: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108, ``Lamps, 
reflective devices, and associated equipment,'' specifies requirements 
for vehicle lighting for the purposes of reducing traffic accidents and 
their tragic results by providing adequate roadway illumination, 
improved vehicle conspicuity, appropriate information transmission 
through signal lamps, in both day, night, and other conditions of 
reduced visibility. For certifications and identification purposes, the 
Standard requires the permanent marking of the letters ``DOT-C2,'' DOT-
C3'', or DOT-C4'' at least 3mm high at regular intervals on 
retroreflective sheeting material having adequate performance to 
provide effective trailer conspicuity.
    The manufacturers of new tractors and trailers are required to 
certify that their products are equipped with retroreflective material 
complying with the requirements of the standard. The Federal Motor 
Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) enforces this and other 
standards through roadside inspections of trucks. There is no practical 
field test for the performance requirements, and labeling is the only 
objective way of distinguishing trailer conspicuity grade material from 
lower performance material. Without labeling, FMCSA will not be able to 
enforce the performance requirements of the standard and the compliance 
testing of new tractors and trailers will be complicated. Labeling is 
also important to small trailer manufacturers because it may help them 
certify compliance. Because wider stripes or material of lower 
brightness also can provide the minimum safety performance, the marking 
system serves the additional role of identifying the minimum stripe 
width required for retroreflective conspicuity of the particular 
material.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1 hours.

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    Number of respondents: 6.

Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2015-06902 Filed 3-25-15; 8:45 am]
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