Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

Frank Borris
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
February 4, 2011

[Federal Register: February 4, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 24)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2010-0181]

 
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

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

ACTION: Request for public comment on extension of a currently approved 
collection of information.

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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from 
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit 
public comment on proposed collections of information, including 
extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections.
    This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA 
intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 5, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-
2010-0181 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, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1-800-647-
5527.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this proposed collection of information. 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 heading below.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of 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) or you may visit http://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov. or the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Ansley, Recall Management 
Division (NVS-215), Room W46-412, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 493-0481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB 
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register 
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of 
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of 
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must 
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation, see 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
    (i) 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;
    (ii) 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;
    (iii) how to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (iv) how to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, 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.
    In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public 
comments on the following collection of information:
    Title: Petitions for Hearings on Notification and Remedy of 
Defects.

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    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0039.
    Affected Public: Businesses or others for profit.
    Abstract: Sections 30118(e) and 30120(e) of Title 49 of the United 
States Code specify that any interested person may petition NHTSA to 
hold a hearing to determine whether a manufacturer of motor vehicles or 
motor vehicle equipment has met its obligation to notify owners, 
purchasers, and dealers of vehicles or equipment of a safety-related 
defect or noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard in 
the manufacturer's products and to remedy that defect or noncompliance.
    To implement these statutory provisions, NHTSA promulgated 49 CFR 
part 557, Petitions for Hearings on Notification and Remedy of Defects. 
Part 577 establishes procedures providing for the submission and 
disposition of petitions for hearings on the issues of whether the 
manufacturer has met its obligation to notify owners, purchasers, and 
dealers of safety-related defects or noncompliance, or to remedy such 
defect or noncompliance free of charge.
    Estimated annual burden: During NHTSA's last renewal of this 
information collection, the agency estimated it would receive one 
petition a year, with an estimated one hour of preparation for each 
petition, for a total of one burden hour per year. That estimate 
remains unchanged with this notice.
    Number of respondents: 1.

    Issued on: January 31, 2011.
Frank Borris,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
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