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Daniel C. Smith
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
October 28, 2010
[Federal Register: October 28, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 208)]
[Notices]
[Page 66421-66422]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 with a 60-day comment period was
published on July 16, 2010 (75 FR 41565).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 29, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle
Safety Compliance (NVS-223), National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, West Building--4th Floor--Room W43-481, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Title: Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to the Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention Standards.
OMB Number: 2127-0002.
Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) has requested OMB to extend that agency's approval of the
information collection that is incident to NHTSA's administration of
the regulations at 49 CFR parts 591, 592, and 593 that govern the
importation of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. The
information collection includes declarations that are filed (on the HS-
7 Declaration form) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon
the importation of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that is
subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft
prevention standards administered by NHTSA. The information collection
also includes the Department of Transportation (DOT) conformance bond
that is furnished to CBP (on form HS-474) for each motor vehicle
offered for importation that does not conform to all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). The bond ensures that such
vehicles are brought into conformity with those standards within 120
days from the date of entry or are exported from, or abandoned to, the
United States. The information collection also includes paperwork that
must be submitted to NHTSA and in some instances retained by registered
importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that were not originally manufactured
to comply with all applicable FMVSS. These items include information
that a person or business entity must submit to NHTSA to be registered
as an RI and to retain that status. The paperwork also includes the
statement of conformity that an RI must submit to NHTSA following the
completion of conformance modifications on an imported nonconforming
vehicle to obtain release of the DOT conformance bond furnished for the
vehicle at the time of entry. Also included is the petition that an RI
or manufacturer may submit to NHTSA for the agency to decide that a
vehicle that was not originally manufactured to comply with all
applicable FMVSS is capable of being modified to conform to those
standards and is therefore eligible for importation under 49 U.S.C.
30141. The information collection also includes applications that are
filed with NHTSA for permission to import nonconforming vehicles for
purposes of research, investigations, demonstrations, training,
competitive racing events, and show or display, as well as applications
requesting the agency to recognize vehicles manufactured for racing
purposes as being qualified to be imported as vehicles that were not
primarily manufactured for use on public roads, precluding the need for
those vehicles to comply with the FMVSS. This information collection is
necessary to ensure that motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment
subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft
prevention standards are lawfully imported into the United States and
that RIs and applicants for RI status are capable of meeting their
obligations under the statutes and regulations governing the
importation of nonconforming vehicles.
Affected Public: Individuals and commercial entities that import
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS and
vehicles that are not primarily manufactured for use on public roads,
as well as applicants for RI status and existing RIs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 40,764 hours; $1,591,243.
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ADDRESSES: 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 Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department'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.
Issued on October 18, 2010.
Daniel C. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2010-27239 Filed 10-27-10; 8:45 am]
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