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Raymond R. Posten
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
15 March 2016
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13874-13876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05768]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2016-0027]
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on an extension of a currently
approved 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
extension and reinstatement of previously approved collections.
This document describes one collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval concerning vehicle safety features
for consumer information purposes (OMB Control number 2127-0629).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to the docket number identified in
the heading of this document by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
You may call the Docket Management Facility at 202-366-9826.
Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments, see
the Public Participation heading of the Supplementary Information
section of this document. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Complete copies of each request for
collection of information may be obtained at no charge from Johanna
Lowrie, U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, Room W43-410, 1200
New Jersey Ave SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Lowrie's telephone number
is (202) 366-5269. Please identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first 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 regulation 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;
(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. in submission of
responses).
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comment on the following proposed collection of information:
Title: Vehicle Information for the General Public.
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OMB Control Number: 2127-0629.
Affected Public: Manufacturers that sell motor vehicles that have a
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 10,000 pounds or less in the
United States.
Abstract: NHTSA's mission is to save lives, prevent injury, and
reduce motor vehicle crashes. Consumer information programs are an
important tool for improving vehicle safety through market forces. For
over 30 years, under its New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA has been
providing consumers with vehicle safety information such as frontal and
side crash results, crash avoidance performance test results, rollover
propensity, and the availability of a wide array of safety features
provided on each vehicle model. In addition, the agency has been using
this safety feature information when responding to consumer inquiries
and analyzing rulemaking petitions that requested the agency to mandate
certain safety features.
The information collected annually by the agency includes the
following:
Vehicle make, model, body style, certification type,
projected sales volume, availability date, etc.,
Crashworthiness features (i.e., adjustable upper belt
anchorages, seat belt pretensioners, load limiters, etc.),
Crash avoidance features (i.e., lane departure warning,
forward collision warning, blind spot detection, crash imminent
braking, dynamic brake support systems, etc.),
Automatic crash notification systems,
Event data recorders,
Automatic door locks (ADL),
Anti-theft devices,
Static Stability Factor (SSF) rating information,
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) restraint
system, and
Side air bag information that would include whether the
side air bags meet the requirements from the Technical Working Group
(TWG) on Out-of-Position occupants.
NHTSA has another information collection to obtain data related to
motor vehicle compliance with the agency's Federal motor vehicle safety
standards. Although the consumer information collection data is
distinct and unique from the compliance data, respondents to both
collections are the same. Thus, the consumer information collection is
closely coordinated with the compliance collection to enable responders
to assemble the data more efficiently. The burden is further made
easier by sending out electronic files to the respondents in which the
data is entered and electronically returned to the agency.
Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Number of Respondents: 21.
The consumer information collected will be used on the agency's
www.safercar.gov Web site, in the ``Purchasing with Safety in Mind:
What to look for when buying a new vehicle'' and ``Buying a Safer Car
for Child Passengers'' brochures, in other consumer publications, as
well as for internal agency analyses and response to consumer
inquiries.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the existing collection of
information is still necessary for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including whether the information will
have practical utility, (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the existing information collection, (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected, and (4) 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.
Public Participation
How do I prepare and submit comments?
Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your
comments are filed correctly in the docket, please include the docket
number of this document in your comments.
Your comments must not be more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 553.21).
NHTSA established this limit to encourage you to write your primary
comments in a concise fashion. However, you may attach necessary
additional documents to your comments. There is no limit on the length
of the attachments.
If you are submitting comments electronically as a PDF (Adobe)
file, NHTSA asks that the documents submitted be scanned using an
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process, thus allowing the agency
to search and copy certain portions of your submissions. OCR is the
process of converting an image of text, such as a scanned paper
document or electronic fax file, into computer-editable text.
Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in order for
substantive data to be relied upon and used by the agency, it must meet
the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and DOT Data
Quality Act guidelines. Accordingly, we encourage you to consult the
guidelines in preparing your comments. OMB's guidelines may be accessed
at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/reproducible.html. DOT's
guidelines may be accessed at: http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/DataQualityGuidelines.pdf.
How can I be sure that my comments were received?
If you submit your comments by mail and wish Docket Management to
notify you upon its receipt of your comments, you may enclose a self-
addressed, stamped postcard in the envelope containing your comments.
Upon receiving your comments, Docket Management will return the
postcard by mail.
How do I submit confidential business information?
If you wish to submit any information under a claim of
confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete
submission, including the information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Office of the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the
address given above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. When you
send a comment containing information claimed to be confidential
business information, you should include a cover letter setting forth
the information specified in our confidential business information
regulation. (49 CFR part 512).
In addition, you may submit a copy (two copies if submitting by
mail or hand delivery), from which you have deleted the claimed
confidential business information, to the docket by one of the methods
given above under ADDRESSES.
Will the agency consider late comments?
NHTSA will consider all comments received before the close of
business on the comment closing date indicated above under DATES. To
the extent possible, the agency will also consider comments received
after that date.
How can I read the comments submitted by other people?
You may read the materials placed in the Docket for this document
(e.g., the comments submitted in response to this document by other
interested persons) at any time by going to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets. You may also
read the materials at the Docket Management Facility by going to the
street address given above under ADDRESSES. The Docket Management
Facility is open between 9 a.m. and 5
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p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of authority at 49 CFR
1.50.
Issued on: March 8, 2016.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2016-05768 Filed 3-14-16; 8:45 am]
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