81 FR 41644 - Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 123 (June 27, 2016)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 123 (June 27, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 41644-41647] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-15112] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2016-0065] Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation. ACTION: Request for public comment on an extension of a currently approved collection of information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 August 26, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments using any of the following methods. All comments must have the applicable DOT docket number (e.g., NHTSA- 2016-0065) noted conspicuously on them.Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30: 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 W48-301, 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: Defect and Noncompliance Reporting and Notification. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information collection. OMB Control Number: 2127-0004. Affected Public: Businesses or individuals. Abstract: This notice requests comment on NHTSA's proposed extension to approved collection of information OMB No. 2127-0004. This collection covers the information collection requirements found within various statutory sections in the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Act), 49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., that address and require manufacturer notifications to NHTSA of safety-related defects and failures to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, as well as the provision of particular information related to the ensuing owner and dealers notifications and free remedy campaigns that follow those notifications. The sections of the Act imposing these requirements include 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30119, 30120, and 30166. Many of these requirements are implemented through, and addressed with more specificity in, 49 [[Page 41645]] CFR part 573, Defect and Noncompliance Responsibility and Reports (Part 573) and 49 CFR part 577, Defect and Noncompliance Notification. Pursuant to the Act, motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers are obligated to notify, and then provide various information and documents, to NHTSA in the event a safety defect or noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) is identified in products they manufactured. See 49 U.S.C. 30118(b) and 49 CFR 573.6 (requiring manufacturers to notify NHTSA, and provide certain information, when they learn of a safety defect or noncompliance). Manufacturers are further required to notify owners, purchasers, dealers and distributors about the safety defect or noncompliance. See 49 U.S.C. 30118(b), 30120(a), and 49 CFR 577.7, 577.13. They are required to provide to NHTSA copies of communications pertaining to recall campaigns that they issue to owners, purchasers, dealers, and distributors. See 49 U.S.C. 30166(f) and 49 CFR 573.6(c)(10). Manufacturers are also required to file with NHTSA a plan explaining how they intend to reimburse owners and purchasers who paid to have their products remedied before being notified of the safety defect or noncompliance, and explain that plan in the notifications they issue to owners and purchasers about the safety defect or noncompliance. See 49 U.S.C. 30120(d) and 49 CFR 573.13. They are further required to keep lists of the respective owners, purchasers, dealers, distributors, lessors, and lessees of the products determined to be defective or noncompliant and involved in a recall campaign, and are required to provide NHTSA with a minimum of six quarterly reports reporting on the progress of their recall campaigns. See 49 CFR 573.8 and 573.7, respectively. The Act and Part 573 also contain numerous information collection requirements specific to tire recall and remedy campaigns. These requirements relate to the proper disposal of recalled tires, including a requirement that the manufacturer conducting the tire recall submit a plan and provide specific instructions to certain persons (such as dealers and distributors) addressing that disposal, and a requirement that those persons report back to the manufacturer certain deviations from the plan. See 49 U.S.C. 30120(d) and 49 CFR 573.6(c)(9). They also require the reporting to NHTSA of intentional and knowing sales or leases of defective or noncompliant tires. 49 U.S.C. 30166(n), and its implementing regulation found at 49 CFR 573.10, mandates that anyone who knowingly and willfully sells or leases for use on a motor vehicle a defective tire or a tire that is not compliant with FMVSS, and with actual knowledge that the tire manufacturer has notified its dealers of the defect or noncompliance as required under the Act, is required to report that sale or lease to NHTSA no more than five working days after the person to whom the tire was sold or leased takes possession of it. Estimated Burden: The approved information collection associated with 49 CFR part 573 and portions of 49 CFR part 577 presently holds an estimated annual burden of 46,138 hours associated with an estimated 280 respondents per year. For information concerning how we calculated these estimates please see the Federal Register Notices 78 FR 51381 (August 20, 2013). Our prior estimates of the number of manufacturers each year that would be required to provide information under 49 CFR part 573, the number of recalls for which 49 CFR part 573 information collection requirements would need to be met, and the number of burden hours associated with the requirements currently covered by this information collection require adjustment as explained below. Based on current information, we now estimate 275 distinct manufacturers filing an average of 854 Part 573 Safety Recall Reports each year. This is a change from our previous estimate of 680 Part 573 Safety Recall Reports filed by 280 manufacturers each year. We continue to estimate that it takes a manufacturer an average of 4 hours to complete each notification report to NHTSA and that maintenance of the required owner, purchaser, dealer, and distributors lists requires 8 hours a year per manufacturer. Accordingly, the subtotal estimate of annual burden hours related to the reporting to NHTSA of a safety defect or noncompliance and maintenance of owner and purchaser lists is 5,616 hours annually ((854 notices x 4 hours/report) + (275 MFRs x 8 hours)). In addition, we continue to estimate an additional 2 hours will be needed to add to a manufacturer's Part 573 Safety Recall Report details relating to the intended schedule for notifying its dealers and distributors, and tailoring its notifications to dealers and distributors in accordance with the requirements of 49 CFR 577.13. This would total to an estimated 1,708 hours annually (854 notices x 2 hours/report). 49 U.S.C. 30166(f) requires vehicle manufacturers to provide to the Agency copies of all communications regarding defects and noncompliances sent to owners, purchasers, and dealerships. Manufactures must index these communications by the year, make, and model of the vehicle as well as provide a concise summary of the subject of the communication. We estimate this burden requires 30 minutes for each vehicle recall. This would total to an estimated 380 hours annually (760 vehicle recalls x .5 hours). In the event a manufacturer supplied the defect or noncompliant product to independent dealers through independent distributors, that manufacturer is required to include in its notifications to those distributors an instruction that the distributors are to then provide copies of the manufacturer's notification of the defect or noncompliance to all known distributors or retail outlets further down the distribution chain within five working days. See 49 CFR 577.7(c)(2)(iv). As a practical matter, this requirement would only apply to equipment manufacturers since vehicle manufacturers generally sell and lease vehicles through a dealer network, and not through independent distributors. We believe our previous estimate of roughly 80 equipment recalls per year needs to be adjusted to 95 equipment recalls per year to better reflect recent recall figures. Although the distributors are not technically under any regulatory requirement to follow that instruction, we expect that they will, and have estimated the burden associated with these notifications (identifying retail outlets, making copies of the manufacturer's notice, and mailing) to be 5 hours per recall campaign. Assuming an average of 3 distributors per equipment item, (which is a liberal estimate given that many equipment manufacturers do not use independent distributors) the total number of burden hours associated with this third party notification burden is approximately 1,425 hours per year (95 recalls x 3 distributors x 5 hours). As for the burden linked with a manufacturer's preparation of and notification concerning its reimbursement for pre-notification remedies, we continue to estimate that preparing a plan for reimbursement takes approximately 8 hours annually, and that an additional 2 hours per year is spent tailoring the plan to particular defect and noncompliance notifications to NHTSA and adding tailored language about the plan to a particular safety recall's owner notification letters. In sum, these required activities add an [[Page 41646]] additional 3,908 annual burden hours ((275 manufacturers x 8 hours) + (854 recalls x 2 hours)). The Safety Act and 49 CFR part 573 also contain numerous information collection requirements specific to tire recall and remedy campaigns, as well as a statutory and regulatory reporting requirement that anyone who knowingly and intentionally sells or leases a defective or noncompliant tire notify NHTSA of that activity. Manufacturers are required to include specific information related to tire disposal in the notifications they provide NHTSA concerning identification of a safety defect or noncompliance with FMVSS in their tires, as well as in the notifications they issue to their dealers or other tire outlets participating in the recall campaign. See 49 CFR 573.6(c)(9). We now estimate that the Agency administers 12 tire recalls each year, on average, revised down from our previous estimate of 15 tire recall each year. We estimate that the inclusion of this additional information will require an additional two hours of effort beyond the subtotal above associated with non-tire recall campaigns. This additional effort consists of one hour for the NHTSA notification and one hour for the dealer notification for a total of 24 burden hours (12 tire recalls a year x 2 hours per recall). Manufacturer owned or controlled dealers are required to notify the manufacturer and provide certain information should they deviate from the manufacturer's disposal plan. Consistent with our previous analysis, we continue to ascribe zero burden hours to this requirement since to date no such reports have been provided and our original expectation that dealers would comply with manufacturers' plans has proven true. Accordingly, we estimate 24 burden hours a year will be spent complying with the tire recall campaign requirements found in 49 CFR 573.6(c)(9). Additionally, because the agency has yet to receive a single report of a defective or noncompliant tire being intentionally sold or leased, our previous estimate of zero burden hours remains unchanged with this notice. The previous clearance for this information collection allowed for start-up costs for the Agency's VIN Look-up system and a new regulation that required manufacturers to create a VIN Look-up service on their respective Web sites. As these systems were launched successfully in August 2014, the start-up estimates for costs and burden will now be removed. The estimated costs to industry for one-time infrastructure expenses to create a VIN-based recalls lookup service consisting of 108 hours, and costing a total of $45,000, will now be removed from this information collection. Each manufacturer was also required to establish requirements, analysis, and designs for their new recalls look-up tools. These additional burdens stemmed from: The creation of the VIN search interface; database setup to host the recall information; data refresh procedures to populate recall information; server side VIN code lookup and recall status retrieval; integration with existing manufacturer Web site; and application testing. We estimated these burdens to total 1,332 hours and $130,005 and these costs will now be removed from this information collection. We continue to believe nine vehicle manufacturers, who did not operate VIN-based recalls lookup systems prior to August 2013, incur certain recurring burdens on an annual basis. We estimate that 100 burden hours will be spent on system and database administrator support. These 100 burden hours include: Backup data management and monitoring; database management, updates, and log management; and data transfer, archiving, quality assurance, and cleanup procedures. We estimate another 100 burden hours will be incurred on web/application developer support. These burdens include: operating system and security patch management; application/web server management; and application server system and log files management. We estimate these burdens will total 1,800 hours each year (9 MFRs x 200 hours). We estimate the recurring costs of these burden hours will be $30,000 per manufacturer.\1\ We continue to estimate that the total cost to the industry from these recurring expenses will total $270,000, on an annual basis (9MFRs x $30,000). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ $8,000 (for data center hosting for the physical server) + $12,000 (for system and database administrator support) + $10,000 (for web/application developer support) = $30,000. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Agency previously estimated one-time startup costs that manufacturers would assume in order to meet certain technical access requirements to provide recall information to NHTSA's Web site. We estimated that the total one-time costs to the industry from these technical access requirements would require 1,914 burden hours (27 MFRs x 72 hours) and total $189,270 (27 MFRs x $7,010) and we are now removing these costs from this information collection. The Agency previously estimated one-time startup costs manufacturers incurred to create a VIN list for 15 years of recall information. We estimated that the total one-time costs to the industry from this VIN list creation would require 1,620 hours (27 MFRs x 60 hours). We are now removing these costs from this information collection. Changes to 49 CFR part 573 in 2013 required 27 manufacturers to update each recalled vehicle's repair status no less than every 7 days, for 15 years from the date the VIN is known to be included in the recall. This ongoing requirement to update the status of a VIN for 15 years continues to add a recurring burden on top of the one-time burden to implement and operate these online search tools. We calculate that 8 affected motorcycle manufacturers will make recalled VINs available for an average of 2 recalls each year and 19 affected light vehicle manufacturers will make recalled VINs available for an average of 8 recalls each year. We believe it will take no more than 1 hour, and potentially much less with automated systems, to update the VIN status of vehicles that have been remedied under the manufacturer's remedy program. We continue to estimate this will require 8,736 burden hours per year (1 hour x 2 recalls x 52 weeks x 8 MFRs + 1 hour x 8 recalls x 52 weeks x 19 MFRs) to support the requirement to update the recalls completion status of each VIN in a recall at least weekly for 15 years. As the number of Part 573 Recall Reports has increased in recent years, so has the number of quarterly reports which track the completion of safety recalls. Our previous estimate of 3,000 quarterly reports received annually is now revised up to an average of 3,800 reports annually. The quarterly reporting burden now totals 15,200 hours (3,800 quarterly reports x 4 hours/report). NHTSA's last update to this information collection established a new online recalls portal for the submission of recall documents. We continue to estimate a small burden of 2 hours annually in order to set up a manufacturer's online recalls portal account with the pertinent contact information and maintaining/updating their account information as needed. We estimate this will require a total of 550 hours annually (2 hours x 275 MFRs). Also updated in the last revision to this information collection, NHTSA established a requirement that manufactures change or update recall components in their Part 573 Safety [[Page 41647]] Recall Report. We continue to estimate that 20 percent of Part 573 reports will involve a change or addition. At 30 minutes per amended report, this totals 86 burden hours per year (854 recalls x .20 = 171 recalls; 171/2 = 86 hours). As to the requirement that manufacturers notify NHTSA in the event of a bankruptcy, we expect this notification to take an estimated 2 hours to draft and submit to NHTSA. We continue to estimate that only 10 manufacturers might submit such a notice to NHTSA each year, so we calculate the total burden at 20 hours (10 MFRs x 2 hours). We continue to estimate that it takes manufacturers an average of 8 hours to draft their notification letters, submit them to NHTSA for review, and then finalize them for mailing to their affected owners and purchasers. We estimate that the 49 CFR part 577 requirements result in 6,832 burden hours annually (8 hours per recall x 854 recalls per year). The estimate associated with the regulation which requires owner notifications within 60 days of filing a Part 573 Safety Recall Report remains must similarly be revised with an increase in recalls. We previously calculated that about 25 percent of past recalls did not include an owner notification mailing within 60 days of the filing of the Part 573 Safety Recall Report. However, recent trends show that only about 10 percent of recalls require an interim owner notification mailing. Under the regulation, manufacturers must send two letters in these cases: An interim notification of the defect or noncompliance within 60 days and a supplemental letter notifying owners and purchasers of the available remedy. Accordingly, we estimate that 680 burden hours are associated with this 60-day interim notification requirement (854 recalls x .10 = 85 recalls; 85 recalls times 8 hours per recall = 680 hours). As for costs associated with notifying owners and purchasers of recalls, we continue to estimate this costs $1.50 per first class mail notification, on average. This cost estimate includes the costs of printing, mailing, as well as the costs vehicle manufacturers may pay to third-party vendors to acquire the names and addresses of the current registered owners from state and territory departments of motor vehicles. In reviewing recent recall figures, we determined that an estimated 58.4 million letters are mailed yearly totaling $87,600,000 ($1.50 per letter x 58,400,000 letters). The requirement in 49 CFR part 577 for a manufacturer to notify their affected customers within 60 days would add an additional $8,760,000 (58,400,000 letters x .10 requiring interim owner notifications = 5,840,000 letters; 5,840,000 x $1.50 = $8,760,000). In total we estimate that the current 49 CFR part 577 requirements cost manufacturers a total of $96,360,000 annually ($87,600,000 owner notification letters + $8,760,000 interim notification letters = $96,360,000). Due to the past burdens associated with the requirement that certain vehicle manufacturers setup VIN Look-up systems for their recalled vehicles, many burden hours have been removed from this information collection as these burdens and costs have already occurred. However, given the recent increase in the number of safety recalls the Agency administers yearly and the volume of products included in those recalls, this information collection burden hour total is increased from previous estimates. The 49 CFR part 573 and 49 CFR part 577 requirements found in today's rule will require 46,965 hours each year for OMB Control Number 2127-0004, an increase of 827 burden hours. Additionally, manufacturers impacted by 49 CFR part 573 and 49 CFR part 577 requirements will incur a recurring annual cost estimated at $96,630,000 total. Estimated Number of Respondents-- NHTSA receives reports of defect or noncompliance from roughly 275 manufacturers per year. Accordingly, we estimate that there will be approximately 275 manufacturers per year filing defect or noncompliance reports and completing the other information collection responsibilities associated with those filings. In summary, we estimate that there will be a total of 275 respondents per year associated with OMB No. 2127-0004. Gregory K. Rea, Associate Administrator for Enforcement. [FR Doc. 2016-15112 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-59-P
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safety. Along with their experience in comment on proposed collections of approval, it must first publish a
the bus transit or rail transit industry, information, including extensions and document in the Federal Register
nominees will also be evaluated on reinstatement of previously approved providing a 60-day comment period and
factors including leadership and collections. otherwise consult with members of the
organizational skills, region of the This document describes a collection public and affected agencies concerning
country represented, diversity of information for which NHTSA each proposed collection of information.
characteristics, and the overall balance intends to seek OMB approval. The OMB has promulgated regulations
of industry representation. DATES: Comments must be received on describing what must be included in
Each nomination should include the or before August 26, 2016. such a document. Under OMB’s
nominee’s name and organizational ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regulation, see 5 CFR 1320.8(d), an
affiliation, a cover letter describing the using any of the following methods. All agency must ask for public comment on
nominee’s qualifications and interest in comments must have the applicable the following:
serving on the committee, a curriculum DOT docket number (e.g., NHTSA– (i) Whether the proposed collection of
vitae or resume of the nominee’s 2016–0065) noted conspicuously on information is necessary for the proper
qualifications, and contact information them. performance of the functions of the
including the nominee’s name, address, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to agency, including whether the
phone number, fax number, and email http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the information will have practical utility;
address. Self-nominations are online instructions for submitting (ii) the accuracy of the agency’s
acceptable. FTA prefers electronic comments. estimate of the burden of the proposed
submissions for all applications to • Mail: Docket Management Facility, collection of information, including the
TRACS@dot.gov. Applications will also M–30: U.S. Department of validity of the methodology and
be accepted via U.S. mail at the address Transportation, 1200 New Jersey assumptions used;
identified in the FOR FURTHER Avenue SE., West Building Ground (iii) how to enhance the quality,
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC utility, and clarity of the information to
notice. 20590–0001. be collected; and
In the near-term, the FTA expects to • Hand Delivery or Courier: West (iv) how to minimize the burden of
nominate up to twenty (20) Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, the collection of information on those
representatives from the public 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between who are to respond, including the use
transportation safety community for 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through of appropriate automated, electronic,
immediate TRACS membership. Friday, except Federal holidays. mechanical, or other technological
Interested persons must submit their Telephone: 1–800–647–5527. collection techniques or other forms of
nomination applications to FTA by • Fax: 202–493–2251. information technology, e.g. permitting
August 31, 2016. The Secretary, in Instructions: All submissions must electronic submission of responses.
consultation with the FTA include the agency name and docket In compliance with these
Administrator, will make the final number for this proposed collection of requirements, NHTSA asks for public
selection decision. information. Note that all comments comments on the following collection of
Issued this 17 day of June, 2016, in received will be posted without change information:
Washington, DC. Title: Defect and Noncompliance
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
Reporting and Notification.
Carolyn Flowers, any personal information provided. Type of Request: Extension of a
Acting Administrator. Please see the Privacy Act heading currently approved information
[FR Doc. 2016–15110 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am] below. collection.
BILLING CODE P Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search OMB Control Number: 2127–0004.
the electronic form of all comments Affected Public: Businesses or
received into any of our dockets by the individuals.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION name of the individual submitting the Abstract: This notice requests
comment (or signing the comment, if comment on NHTSA’s proposed
National Highway Traffic Safety submitted on behalf of an association, extension to approved collection of
Administration business, labor union, etc.). You may information OMB No. 2127–0004. This
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2016– review DOT’s complete Privacy Act collection covers the information
0065] Statement in the Federal Register collection requirements found within
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR various statutory sections in the Motor
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 19477–78) or you may visit http:// Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Act), 49
Requirements DocketInfo.dot.gov. U.S.C. 30101, et seq., that address and
Docket: For access to the docket to require manufacturer notifications to
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic read background documents or
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. NHTSA of safety-related defects and
comments received, go to http:// failures to comply with Federal Motor
Department of Transportation. www.regulations.gov or the street
ACTION: Request for public comment on
Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in
address listed above. Follow the online motor vehicles and motor vehicle
an extension of a currently approved instructions for accessing the dockets.
collection of information. equipment, as well as the provision of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex particular information related to the
SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can Ansley, Recall Management Division ensuing owner and dealers notifications
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collect certain information from the (NVS–215), Room W48–301, NHTSA, and free remedy campaigns that follow
public, it must receive approval from 1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC those notifications. The sections of the
the Office of Management and Budget 20590. Telephone: (202) 493–0481. Act imposing these requirements
(OMB). Under procedures established SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the include 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30119, 30120,
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 30166. Many of these requirements
1995, before seeking OMB approval, before an agency submits a proposed are implemented through, and
Federal agencies must solicit public collection of information to OMB for addressed with more specificity in, 49
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Recall Report. We continue to estimate 60 days would add an additional SUMMARY: PHMSA is seeking public
that 20 percent of Part 573 reports will $8,760,000 (58,400,000 letters × .10 comment on a PHMSA-authored report
involve a change or addition. At 30 requiring interim owner notifications = titled: ‘‘Background for Regulating the
minutes per amended report, this totals 5,840,000 letters; 5,840,000 × $1.50 = Transportation of Carbon Dioxide in a
86 burden hours per year (854 recalls × $8,760,000). In total we estimate that the Gaseous State,’’ which is available in
.20 = 171 recalls; 171/2 = 86 hours). current 49 CFR part 577 requirements the docket at PHMSA–2016–0049. The
As to the requirement that cost manufacturers a total of report evaluates existing and potential
manufacturers notify NHTSA in the $96,360,000 annually ($87,600,000 future gaseous carbon dioxide (CO2)
event of a bankruptcy, we expect this owner notification letters + $8,760,000 pipelines and outlines PHMSA’s
notification to take an estimated 2 hours interim notification letters = approach for establishing minimum
to draft and submit to NHTSA. We $96,360,000). pipeline safety standards for the
continue to estimate that only 10 Due to the past burdens associated transportation of carbon dioxide in a
manufacturers might submit such a with the requirement that certain gaseous state to fulfill the requirements
notice to NHTSA each year, so we vehicle manufacturers setup VIN Look- of section 15 of the Pipeline Safety,
calculate the total burden at 20 hours up systems for their recalled vehicles, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation
(10 MFRs × 2 hours). many burden hours have been removed Act of 2011 (the Act). The Act requires
We continue to estimate that it takes from this information collection as these the Secretary of Transportation to
manufacturers an average of 8 hours to burdens and costs have already ‘‘prescribe minimum safety standards
draft their notification letters, submit occurred. However, given the recent for the transportation of carbon dioxide
them to NHTSA for review, and then increase in the number of safety recalls by pipeline in a gaseous state.’’ PHMSA
finalize them for mailing to their the Agency administers yearly and the is seeking to better understand the
affected owners and purchasers. We volume of products included in those possible effects of the regulatory
estimate that the 49 CFR part 577 recalls, this information collection scenarios presented within the report, as
requirements result in 6,832 burden burden hour total is increased from well as the locations and extent of
hours annually (8 hours per recall × 854 previous estimates. The 49 CFR part 573 gaseous carbon dioxide pipelines, and is
recalls per year). and 49 CFR part 577 requirements requesting feedback on the validity and
The estimate associated with the
found in today’s rule will require 46,965 applicability of these effects and the
regulation which requires owner
hours each year for OMB Control location and extent of these pipelines.
notifications within 60 days of filing a
Number 2127–0004, an increase of 827 As PHMSA does not currently regulate
Part 573 Safety Recall Report remains
burden hours. Additionally, these pipelines, its ability to reach out
must similarly be revised with an
manufacturers impacted by 49 CFR part and locate operators of gaseous carbon
increase in recalls. We previously
573 and 49 CFR part 577 requirements dioxide pipelines has been limited and
calculated that about 25 percent of past
will incur a recurring annual cost it is unclear if PHMSA’s current
recalls did not include an owner
estimated at $96,630,000 total. information is comprehensive.
notification mailing within 60 days of
the filing of the Part 573 Safety Recall Estimated Number of Respondents— DATES: The public comment period for
Report. However, recent trends show NHTSA receives reports of defect or this notice ends July 27, 2016.
that only about 10 percent of recalls noncompliance from roughly 275
manufacturers per year. Accordingly, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
require an interim owner notification identified by the Docket ID PHMSA–
mailing. Under the regulation, we estimate that there will be
approximately 275 manufacturers per 2016–0049 by any of the following
manufacturers must send two letters in methods:
these cases: An interim notification of year filing defect or noncompliance
reports and completing the other • E-Gov Web site: http://
the defect or noncompliance within 60 www.regulations.gov. This site allows
days and a supplemental letter notifying information collection responsibilities
associated with those filings. the public to enter comments on any
owners and purchasers of the available Federal Register notice issued by any
remedy. Accordingly, we estimate that In summary, we estimate that there
will be a total of 275 respondents per agency. Follow the instructions for
680 burden hours are associated with submitting comments.
this 60-day interim notification year associated with OMB No. 2127–
requirement (854 recalls × .10 = 85 0004. • Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
recalls; 85 recalls times 8 hours per • Mail: Docket Management System,
Gregory K. Rea,
recall = 680 hours). U.S. Department of Transportation
Associate Administrator for Enforcement. (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
As for costs associated with notifying
[FR Doc. 2016–15112 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am] Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590.
owners and purchasers of recalls, we
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continue to estimate this costs $1.50 per
first class mail notification, on average. Management System, Room W12–140,
This cost estimate includes the costs of on the ground floor of the West
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
printing, mailing, as well as the costs Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
vehicle manufacturers may pay to third- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and
party vendors to acquire the names and Safety Administration 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
addresses of the current registered except Federal holidays.
owners from state and territory [Docket ID PHMSA–2016–0049] Instructions: Identify the Docket ID at
departments of motor vehicles. In the beginning of your comments. If you
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reviewing recent recall figures, we Pipeline Safety: Gaseous Carbon submit your comments by mail, submit
determined that an estimated 58.4 Dioxide Pipelines two copies. If you wish to receive
million letters are mailed yearly totaling AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous confirmation that PHMSA has received
$87,600,000 ($1.50 per letter × Materials Safety Administration your comments, include a self-
58,400,000 letters). The requirement in (PHMSA), DOT. addressed stamped postcard. Internet
49 CFR part 577 for a manufacturer to users may submit comments at http://
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
notify their affected customers within www.regulations.gov.
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Request for public comment on an extension of a currently approved collection of information. | |
| Dates | Comments must be received on or before August 26, 2016. | |
| Contact | Alex Ansley, Recall Management Division (NVS-215), Room W48-301, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 493-0481. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 41644 |
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