Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

Topics:  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Frank Borris
Federal Register
April 12, 2011

[Federal Register: April 12, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 70)]
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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: 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 February 4, 2011 (76 FR 6515).

DATES: Comments must be submitted to OMB on or before May 12, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: 
Desk Officer.

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.
    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 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.
    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 Departments 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: April 6, 2011.
Frank Borris,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
[FR Doc. 2011-8739 Filed 4-11-11; 8:45 am]
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