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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Platform Lift Systems for Motor Vehicles, and Platform Lift Installations in Motor Vehicles Publication: Federal Register Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Raymond R. Posten Date: 30 September 2021 Subjects: American Government  , Buses, Safety
Topic: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54294-54296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21198]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[[Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0146; OMB No. 2127-0621]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Platform Lift
Systems for Motor Vehicles, and Platform Lift Installations in Motor
Vehicles
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a reinstatement of a
previously approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice (``30-day notice'') announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) summarized below is being forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden and is a request for a reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection regarding Platform lift systems for motor
vehicles, and Platform lift installations in motor vehicles. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on
this information collection was published on February 6, 2020 (85 FR
7008). No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or November 1, 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 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 Michael Pyne, 202-366-4171, Office of
Rulemaking (NRM230), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W43-457,
Washington, DC 20590. 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 to
the OMB.
A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information collection was published on
February 6, 2020 (85 FR 7008). No comments were received in response to
the 60-day notice.
Title: 49 CFR 571.403, Platform lift systems for motor vehicles,
and 49 CFR 571.404, Platform lift installations in motor vehicles.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0621.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with changes of a previously
approved information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 403, Platform lift systems for motor
vehicles, establishes minimum performance standards for platform lifts
intended for installation in motor vehicles to assist wheelchair users
and other persons of limited mobility in entering and exiting a
vehicle. The standard's purpose is to prevent injuries and fatalities
to passengers and bystanders during the operation of platform lifts.
The related standard, FMVSS No. 404, Platform lift installations in
motor vehicles, establishes specific requirements for vehicle
manufacturers or alterers that install platform lifts in new vehicles.
Lift manufacturers must certify that their lifts meet the requirements
of
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FMVSS No. 403 and must declare in the owner's manual, in the
installation instructions, and on the operating instruction label, that
the lift is certified. Certification of compliance with FMVSS No. 404
is included on the vehicle certification label required on all motor
vehicles under 49 CFR part 567. Certain requirements in FMVSS No. 403
and FMVSS No. 404 contain information collections. FMVSS No. 403
requires lift manufacturers to produce an insert that is placed in the
vehicle owner's manual and lift installation instructions.
Additionally, lift manufacturers must affix either one or two labels to
be placed near the controls for the lift. The latter illustrate and
describe procedures for operating the lift. NHTSA's estimates of burden
and cost to lift manufacturers to meet these requirements are described
below. FMVSS No. 404 requires manufacturers or alterers that install
platform lifts to insert the instructions provided by the lift
manufacturer into the vehicle owners' manuals and ensure that labels
with lift operating procedures are affixed to a location adjacent to
the controls.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The information is used by:
Platform lift installers so that they can ensure the
correct type of lift--either public-use or private-use--is installed
and has the necessary weight capacity, and that lifts are correctly
installed and equipped with the minimum required lighting;
Operators of public-use lifts so they have access to
explanatory labels on lift controls and are aware of the lift operating
capacity and maintenance requirements;
Private-use lift owners so that they have access to
explanatory labels on lift controls and are aware of the lift operating
capacity and maintenance requirements.
Affected Public: Platform lift manufacturers and vehicle
manufacturers or alterers that install platform lifts in motor vehicles
prior to first vehicle sale. There is no burden on the general public.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
NHTSA estimates that there are 10 platform-lift manufacturers doing
business at a given time. Platform-lift manufacturers typically have a
design cycle of approximately 5 years. Therefore, there are aspects of
the information collection that only require the manufacturers to incur
burden once every 5 years, such as changing the owner's manual inserts
and labels. However, other aspects of the information collection, such
as printing the inserts and labeling the lifts, require manufacturers
to incur burden every year.
Estimated Number of Responses: 27,398 lifts manufactured in each of
the next three years.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,562 hours.
NHTSA estimates that a total of 10 lift manufacturers will incur
1,562 hours of burden annually. This estimate is comprised of time to
make changes to required language and the time to distribute that
information by affixing labels or placards, placing inserts into
owners' manuals, and providing installation instructions.
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two lift
manufacturers will need to change the language of the insert for the
vehicle owners' manual stating the lift's platform operating volume,
maintenance schedule, and operating procedures. NHTSA estimates that it
will take manufacturers approximately 24 hours to make those changes.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that changes to the owners' manual inserts
will take 48 hours annually (2 manufacturers x 24 hours = 48 hours per
year).
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two manufacturers
will need to change the installation instructions identifying the types
of vehicles on which each lift is designed to be installed. NHTSA
estimates that it will take manufacturers approximately 24 hours to
make those changes. Therefore, NHTSA estimates that changes to the
installation instructions will take 48 hours annually (2 manufacturers
x 24 hours = 48 hours per year).
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two manufacturers
will need to make changes to labels or placards which identify the
operating functions of the lift. NHTSA estimates that it will take
manufacturers approximately 24 hours to make those changes. Therefore,
NHTSA estimates that changes to the labels or placards for lift
functions will take 48 hours annually (2 manufacturers x 24 hours = 48
hours per year).
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two lift
manufacturers will need to make changes to labels and placards
detailing back-up operating procedures. NHTSA estimates that it will
take manufacturers approximately 24 hours to make those changes.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that changes to the language of labels or
placards for back-up operating procedures will take 48 hours annually
(2 manufacturers x 24 hours = 48 hours per year).
In addition to making periodic changes to the wording of the
owners' manual inserts, installation instructions, and labels or
placards for lift operating procedures and back-up operation; lift
manufacturers also incur burden associated with distributing that
information by affixing labels or placards, placing inserts into
owners' manuals, and providing installation instructions.
NHTSA estimates that there will be 27,398 lifts manufactured in
each of the next three years. NHTSA estimates that distributing the
required information will take approximately 3 minutes per lift or
approximately 1,370 hours for all lifts annually (27,398 lifts x 3
minutes per lift = 82,194 minutes; 82,194 minutes / 60 = 1,370 hours).
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Lift Hours to make
manufacturers change Annual hours
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Per Year Insert Language:..................................... 2 24 48
Per Year Install Instruct.:................................... 2 24 48
Per Year Label Change/Operating:.............................. 2 24 48
Per Year Label Change/Back-up:................................ 2 24 48
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Lifts-each Mins. Total
year next to distribute hours
3 years
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Distribution.................................................. 27,398 3 1,370
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,562
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The labor cost associated with the burden hours is derived by
applying appropriate hourly labor rates published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics \1\ (BLS) to the hourly burden discussed previously in
this notice. There are two categories of labor involved. First, for
``Assemblers and Fabricators'' (Occupation code 51-2000) with an
average wage of $22.94/hour, the labor rate is $32.72/hour (based on
BLS statistics showing wages for private industry workers are 70.1
percent of total compensation \2\). Multiplying that hourly labor rate,
by the estimated 1,370 labor hours needed annually to affix and
distribute the required informational materials, yields an annual labor
cost of $44,832.81. Second, for ``Technical Writers'' (Occupation code
27-3042) with an average wage of $33.98/hour, the labor rate is $47.47/
hour. Multiplying that hourly labor rate, by the estimated 192 labor
hours needed for revisions to labels and printed materials, yields an
annual labor cost of $9,306.93.
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\1\ Available online at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm.
\2\ See Table 1 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf.
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The total annual labor cost is thus estimated to be $54,139.74.
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Percent of
Average wage total Labor rate Annual hours Annual labor
compensation cost
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Assemblers and Fabricators:..... $22.94 70.1 $32.72 1,370 $44,832.81
Technical Writers:.............. 33.98 70.1 48.47 192 9,306.93
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Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information Collection: 54,139.74
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: The cost of this collection of
information will include printing costs. NHTSA's estimate of printing
costs is broken down as follows:
[ssquf] Owner's manual inserts--27,398 lifts x $0.04 per page x 1 page
= $1,095.92
[ssquf] Installation instructions--27,398 lifts x $0.04 per page x 1
page = $1,095.92
[ssquf] Label/placard for lift operating procedures--27,398 lifts x
$0.13 per label = $3,561.74
[ssquf] Label/placard for lift backup operation--27,398 lifts x $0.13
per label = $3,561.74
Based on this breakdown, NHTSA estimates the total printing cost
associated with this information collection is $9,315.32 annually.
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Lifts-each
year in next 3 Per unit Total cost
years
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Owner's Manual Insert:.......................................... 27,398 $0.04 $1,095.92
Install Instructions:........................................... 27,398 0.04 1,095.92
Label Change/Operating Procedure:............................... 27,398 0.13 3,561.74
Label Change/Back-up Operation:................................. 27,398 0.13 3,561.74
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Estimated Annual Printing Cost for This Information Collection:............................. 9,315.32
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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 agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) 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; (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 appropriate 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; as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2021-21198 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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