Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

Topics:  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Frank S. Borris
Federal Register
September 29, 2011

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25110]


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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 June 24, 2011 [76 FR 37189].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Noel, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Office of Defects Investigation, 202-493-0210, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W48-221, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Consumer Complaint
    OMB Number: 2127-0042.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households

Abstract

    Under 49 U.S.C. 30166(e), NHTSA reasonably may require a 
manufacturer of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment to keep 
records, and a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to make reports, to 
enable (NHTSA) to decide whether the manufacturer, distributor or 
dealer has complied or is complying with this chapter or a regulation 
prescribed under this chapter.
    49 U.S.C. 30118(c) requires manufacturers to notify NHTSA and 
owners, purchasers, and dealers if the manufacturer (1) learn that any 
vehicle or equipment manufactured by it contains a defect and decides 
in good faith that the defect relates to motor vehicle safety, or (2) 
decides in good faith that the vehicle or equipment does not comply 
with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard. The only way 
for the agency to decide if and when a manufacturer learned of a 
safety-related defect or decided in good faith that some products did 
not comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard is 
for the agency to have access to the information available to the 
manufacturer.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit, individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 33,590.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 869.

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 in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2011.
Frank S. Borris,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2011-25110 Filed 9-28-11; 8:45 am]
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