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Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Vehicle Information for the General Public Publication: Federal Register Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Date: 12 November 2021 Subjects: American Government  , Safety
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62876-62878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24634]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0113]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Vehicle Information for the General Public
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a reinstatement of a
previously approved collection of information.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection,
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Vehicle Information for the General Public, and its expected burden. A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection was published on July 7, 2020.
One comment was received in general support of this collection request.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find this particular information
collection, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comment''
or use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Ms. 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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces
that the following information collection request will be submitted
OMB.
Title: Vehicle Information for the General Public.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0629.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three years.
Summary of the Collection of Information: 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. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 32302, the Secretary of
Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) is directed to provide to the
public the following information about passenger motor vehicles: Damage
susceptibility; crashworthiness, crash avoidance, and any other areas
the Secretary determines will improve safety of passenger motor
vehicles; and the degree of difficulty of diagnosis and repair of
damage to, or failure of, mechanical and electrical systems. For more
than 40 years, under its New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA has been
providing consumers with vehicle safety information such as frontal and
side crash test results, advanced crash avoidance technology system
performance test results, rollover propensity, and the availability of
a wide array of safety features provided on new model year vehicles.
The information collection includes new model year vehicle information
such as vehicle make, model, body style, certification style, projected
sales volume, crashworthiness features, advanced crash avoidance
technologies, crash avoidance technologies test data, vehicle setup
information, and side air bag information.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The consumer information collected will be used to
disseminate vehicle safety information via the agency's www.nhtsa.gov
website, in the ``Purchasing with Safety in Mind: What to look for when
buying a new vehicle'' brochure, and in other consumer publications.
Additionally, the Agency uses this information collection to respond to
consumer inquiries, analyze rulemaking petitions, and provide technical
assistance to Congress.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting public comments on the following information
collection was published on July 7, 2020 (85 FR 40733). NHTSA received
one public comment stating general support of the collection request.
Affected Public: Manufacturers that sell passenger cars and light
truck vehicles (including sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and
vans) that have a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 10,000 pounds
or less in the United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.
Frequency: Annually.
Number of Responses: 1.
There are approximately 21 vehicle manufacturers that sell
passenger cars and light truck vehicles (including sport utility
vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans) in the United States with a Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating of 10,000 pounds or less, that NHTSA requests
annually to respond to this information request.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,995 hours.
NHTSA estimates that these 21 vehicle manufacturers produce an
aggregate of approximately 400 vehicle models each year, for an average
of 19 models per manufacturer. NHTSA estimates the burden associated
with this collection based on an expected 5 hours to prepare a response
for each vehicle model. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the annual burden to
be 95 hours per manufacturer (19 vehicle models x 5 hours) and
estimates that the total burden will be approximately 1,995 hours per
year (95 hours per manufacturer x 21 manufacturers). This is a slight
recalculation from the 60-day notice in which NHTSA estimated the total
burden to be 400 hours. However, as NHTSA needs to estimate the burden
on a per response basis, NHTSA needed to change its calculation to
estimate the total burden associated with each response (i.e., the
average burden a manufacturer would spend providing responses for their
vehicle models). Table 1 provides a summary of the estimated burden
hours.
Table 1--Burden Hour Estimates
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Estimated burden
Number of respondents Annual responses per response Total burden hours
(hours)
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21.................................................. 19 5 1,995
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To calculate the labor cost associated with submitting the vehicle
questionnaires, NHTSA looked at wage estimates for the type of
personnel involved with compiling and submitting the documents. NHTSA
estimates that the five hours for each vehicle model will involve 2.5
hours of data entry (50% of the total), 2 hours for technical
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information validation (40% of the total), and 0.5 hour for technical
content approval (10% of the total). Therefore, NHTSA estimates that
each submission will require 47.5 data entry hours, 38 technical
information validation hours, and 9.5 technical content approval hours,
for an annual total of 997.5 data entry hours, 798 technical
information validation hours, and 199.5 technical content approval
hours.
NHTSA estimates the total labor costs associated with the data
entry burden hours by looking at estimates from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) for the average hourly wage for Business Operations
Specialists (BLS Occupation code 13-1000) in the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing Industry. BLS estimates the average hourly wage is
$39.46.\1\ The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that private
industry workers' wages represent 70.4% of total labor compensation
costs.\2\ Therefore, NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs to be
$56.05 for data entry. Table 2 provides a summary of the labor costs
associated with the burden hours.
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\1\ See May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 336100--Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing, available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm#15-0000 (accessed May 4, 2020).
\2\ See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by
ownership (Mar. 2021), available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm (accessed August 2, 2021).
Table 2--Labor Costs Associated with Burden Hours
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Average hourly Total burden
Job function labor cost hours Total labor cost
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Data Entry................................................ $56.05 997.5 $55,909.88
Technical Information Validation.......................... 87.53 798 69,848.94
Technical Content Approval................................ 94.22 199.5 18,796.89
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Estimated Annual Labor Cost Associated with Burden Hours.................................. 144,555.71
($144,556)
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: There are no costs associated
with this collection other than the labor costs associated with the
burden hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35; and delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and DOT Order 1351.29.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2021-24634 Filed 11-10-21; 8:45 am]
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