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

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
30 November 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 56853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25447]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0067; Notice 2]


Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 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, 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 August 25, 2017.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: George Stevens, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance (NEF-
230), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, West Building, 
4th Floor, Room W43-481, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 
20590. Mr. Stevens's telephone number is (202) 366-5308.

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: NHTSA'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 a 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; $4,500.
    Address: 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.
    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 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,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2017-25447 Filed 11-29-17; 8:45 am]
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