Record Retention Requirement; Proposed Rule; Correction

Heidi Renate King
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
8 August 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38911-38912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16844]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 576

[Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0035]
RIN 2127-AL81


Record Retention Requirement; Proposed Rule; Correction

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
published a document in the Federal Register of May 15, 2019, proposing 
changes to NHTSA's records retention requirements. The document 
contained outdated information that is now being updated along with 
other minor corrections.

DATES: August 8, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 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, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    Regardless of how you submit your comments, please be sure you 
mention the docket number of this document located at the top of this 
notice in your correspondence.
    You may call the Docket at 202-366-9826.
    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.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into 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. 65 FR 19477-78.
    Confidential Information: If you wish to submit any information 
under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit two copies of your 
complete submission, including the information you claim to be 
confidential business information, and one copy with the claimed 
confidential business information deleted from the document, to the 
Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given below under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you should submit two copies, from 
which you have deleted the claimed confidential business information, 
to Docket Management at the address given above under ADDRESSES. When 
you send a comment containing information claimed to be confidential 
business information, you should follow the procedures set forth in 49 
CFR part 512 and include a cover letter setting forth the information 
specified in our confidential business information regulation. 49 CFR 
part 512.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the 
online instructions for accessing the dockets or go to the street 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Healy, Trial Attorney, Office 
of the Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-366-
2992).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction

    This notice is to correct citations included in a notice of 
proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2019, 
on amendments to the record retention requirements (84 FR 21741). NHTSA 
is correcting the following text in the Federal Register Document 
Number 2019-09844.
    On page 21741, in first paragraph of the third column, correct ``we 
have determined that a ten-year records retention requirement would 
ensure that the agency's investigative needs are meet without 
unnecessarily burdening manufacturers of motor vehicles and 
equipment.'' to ``we have determined that a ten-year records retention 
requirement would ensure that the agency's investigative needs are met 
without unnecessarily burdening manufacturers of motor vehicles and 
equipment.''
    On page 21742, in the third paragraph of the second column, correct 
``The average age of the United States light vehicle fleet has been 
trending upward reaching 11.6 years in 2016'' to ``The average age of 
the United States light vehicle fleet has been trending upward reaching 
11.7 years in 2017.''
    Again on page 21742, correct corresponding footnote 2 ``Vehicles 
Getting Older: Average Age of Light Cars and Trucks in U.S. Rises Again 
in 2016 to 11.6 Years, HIS Markit Says, IHS Markit (Nov. 22, 2016), 
https://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/automotive/vehicles-getting-older-average-age-lightcars-and-trucks-us-rises-again-201 (last visited 
Sept. 19, 2018)'' to ``America's Cars and Trucks are Getting Older, 
Business Insider (Aug. 22, 2018), https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-cars-and-trucks-are-getting-older-2018-8 (last visited April 
26, 2019).''
    Yet again on page 21742, correct footnote 3, ``Average Age of 
Automobiles and Trucks in Use, 1970-1999, Fed. Highway Admin., https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/line3.htm (last visited Sept. 19, 2018). 
From 1977 to 2017 the average of medium and heavy duty trucks increased 
from 11.6 years to 17.3 years and the average age of recreational 
vehicles increased from 4.5 years to 15.8 years. See Average Age of 
Automobiles and Trucks in Operation in the United States, Bureau of 
Transp. Statistics, https://www.bts.gov/content/average-age-automobiles-and-trucks-operation-united-states (last visited Sept. 19, 
2018).'' to ``Average Age of Automobiles and Trucks in Use, 1970-1999, 
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Highway Admin., https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/line3.htm (last 
visited April 26, 2019). From 1977 to 2017, the average of medium and 
heavy duty trucks increased from 11.6 years to 17.3 years and the 
average age of recreational vehicles increased from 4.5 years to 15.8 
years. See Average Age of Automobiles and Trucks in Operation in the 
United States, Bureau of Transp. Statistics, https://www.bts.gov/content/average-age-automobiles-and-trucks-operation-united-states 
(last visited April 26, 2019).''
    Again on page 21742, correct footnote 4, ``Average age of cars on 
U.S. roads breaks record, USA Today (July 29, 2015), http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/29/new-car-sales-soaring-but-cars-getting-older-too/30821191/ (last visited May 11, 2018) (citing an IHS 
Automotive study).'' to ``Average age of cars on U.S. roads breaks 
record, USA Today (July 29, 2015), http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/29/new-car-sales-soaring-but-cars-getting-older-too/30821191/ 
(last visited April 26, 2019) (citing an IHS Automotive study).''
    On page 21743, in the first column, correct ``At the time, NHTSA 
determined that the costs of extending the records requirement to eight 
years outweigh the benefits'' to ``At the time, NHTSA determined that 
the costs of extending the records requirement to eight years 
outweighed the benefits.''
    Again on page 21743, correct footnote 13, ``Child restraint system 
manufacturers are not required to report property the number of damage 
claims they received and tire manufacturers are only required to report 
the number of property damage claims and warranty adjustments.'' to 
``Child restraint system manufacturers are not required to report the 
number of property damage claims they received and tire manufacturers 
are only required to report the number of property damage claims and 
warranty adjustments.''

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.95 and 501.5.
Heidi Renate King,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-16844 Filed 8-7-19; 8:45 am]
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