81_FR_41767 81 FR 41644 - Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

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)

Page Range41644-41647
FR Document2016-15112

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.

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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.

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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 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

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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

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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).
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    \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.
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    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

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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.
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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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                                                  CFR part 573, Defect and                                   49 U.S.C. 30166(n), and its                            49 U.S.C. 30166(f) requires vehicle
                                                  Noncompliance Responsibility and                        implementing regulation found at 49                    manufacturers to provide to the Agency
                                                  Reports (Part 573) and 49 CFR part 577,                 CFR 573.10, mandates that anyone who                   copies of all communications regarding
                                                  Defect and Noncompliance Notification.                  knowingly and willfully sells or leases                defects and noncompliances sent to
                                                     Pursuant to the Act, motor vehicle                   for use on a motor vehicle a defective                 owners, purchasers, and dealerships.
                                                  and motor vehicle equipment                             tire or a tire that is not compliant with              Manufactures must index these
                                                  manufacturers are obligated to notify,                  FMVSS, and with actual knowledge that                  communications by the year, make, and
                                                  and then provide various information                    the tire manufacturer has notified its                 model of the vehicle as well as provide
                                                  and documents, to NHTSA in the event                    dealers of the defect or noncompliance                 a concise summary of the subject of the
                                                  a safety defect or noncompliance with                   as required under the Act, is required to              communication. We estimate this
                                                  Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards                  report that sale or lease to NHTSA no                  burden requires 30 minutes for each
                                                  (FMVSS) is identified in products they                  more than five working days after the                  vehicle recall. This would total to an
                                                  manufactured. See 49 U.S.C. 30118(b)                    person to whom the tire was sold or                    estimated 380 hours annually (760
                                                  and 49 CFR 573.6 (requiring                             leased takes possession of it.                         vehicle recalls × .5 hours).
                                                  manufacturers to notify NHTSA, and                         Estimated Burden: The approved                         In the event a manufacturer supplied
                                                  provide certain information, when they                  information collection associated with                 the defect or noncompliant product to
                                                  learn of a safety defect or                             49 CFR part 573 and portions of 49 CFR                 independent dealers through
                                                  noncompliance). Manufacturers are                       part 577 presently holds an estimated                  independent distributors, that
                                                  further required to notify owners,                      annual burden of 46,138 hours                          manufacturer is required to include in
                                                  purchasers, dealers and distributors                    associated with an estimated 280                       its notifications to those distributors an
                                                  about the safety defect or                              respondents per year. For information                  instruction that the distributors are to
                                                  noncompliance. See 49 U.S.C. 30118(b),                  concerning how we calculated these                     then provide copies of the
                                                  30120(a), and 49 CFR 577.7, 577.13.                     estimates please see the Federal                       manufacturer’s notification of the defect
                                                  They are required to provide to NHTSA                   Register Notices 78 FR 51381 (August                   or noncompliance to all known
                                                  copies of communications pertaining to                  20, 2013).                                             distributors or retail outlets further
                                                  recall campaigns that they issue to                        Our prior estimates of the number of                down the distribution chain within five
                                                  owners, purchasers, dealers, and                        manufacturers each year that would be                  working days. See 49 CFR
                                                  distributors. See 49 U.S.C. 30166(f) and                required to provide information under                  577.7(c)(2)(iv). As a practical matter,
                                                  49 CFR 573.6(c)(10).                                    49 CFR part 573, the number of recalls                 this requirement would only apply to
                                                                                                          for which 49 CFR part 573 information                  equipment manufacturers since vehicle
                                                     Manufacturers are also required to file
                                                                                                                                                                 manufacturers generally sell and lease
                                                  with NHTSA a plan explaining how                        collection requirements would need to
                                                                                                                                                                 vehicles through a dealer network, and
                                                  they intend to reimburse owners and                     be met, and the number of burden hours
                                                                                                                                                                 not through independent distributors.
                                                  purchasers who paid to have their                       associated with the requirements
                                                                                                                                                                 We believe our previous estimate of
                                                  products remedied before being notified                 currently covered by this information
                                                                                                                                                                 roughly 80 equipment recalls per year
                                                  of the safety defect or noncompliance,                  collection require adjustment as
                                                                                                                                                                 needs to be adjusted to 95 equipment
                                                  and explain that plan in the                            explained below.
                                                                                                                                                                 recalls per year to better reflect recent
                                                  notifications they issue to owners and                     Based on current information, we now                recall figures. Although the distributors
                                                  purchasers about the safety defect or                   estimate 275 distinct manufacturers                    are not technically under any regulatory
                                                  noncompliance. See 49 U.S.C. 30120(d)                   filing an average of 854 Part 573 Safety               requirement to follow that instruction,
                                                  and 49 CFR 573.13. They are further                     Recall Reports each year. This is a                    we expect that they will, and have
                                                  required to keep lists of the respective                change from our previous estimate of                   estimated the burden associated with
                                                  owners, purchasers, dealers,                            680 Part 573 Safety Recall Reports filed               these notifications (identifying retail
                                                  distributors, lessors, and lessees of the               by 280 manufacturers each year.                        outlets, making copies of the
                                                  products determined to be defective or                     We continue to estimate that it takes               manufacturer’s notice, and mailing) to
                                                  noncompliant and involved in a recall                   a manufacturer an average of 4 hours to                be 5 hours per recall campaign.
                                                  campaign, and are required to provide                   complete each notification report to                   Assuming an average of 3 distributors
                                                  NHTSA with a minimum of six                             NHTSA and that maintenance of the                      per equipment item, (which is a liberal
                                                  quarterly reports reporting on the                      required owner, purchaser, dealer, and                 estimate given that many equipment
                                                  progress of their recall campaigns. See                 distributors lists requires 8 hours a year             manufacturers do not use independent
                                                  49 CFR 573.8 and 573.7, respectively.                   per manufacturer. Accordingly, the                     distributors) the total number of burden
                                                     The Act and Part 573 also contain                    subtotal estimate of annual burden                     hours associated with this third party
                                                  numerous information collection                         hours related to the reporting to NHTSA                notification burden is approximately
                                                  requirements specific to tire recall and                of a safety defect or noncompliance and                1,425 hours per year (95 recalls × 3
                                                  remedy campaigns. These requirements                    maintenance of owner and purchaser                     distributors × 5 hours).
                                                  relate to the proper disposal of recalled               lists is 5,616 hours annually ((854                       As for the burden linked with a
                                                  tires, including a requirement that the                 notices × 4 hours/report) + (275 MFRs                  manufacturer’s preparation of and
                                                  manufacturer conducting the tire recall                 × 8 hours)).                                           notification concerning its
                                                  submit a plan and provide specific                         In addition, we continue to estimate                reimbursement for pre-notification
                                                  instructions to certain persons (such as                an additional 2 hours will be needed to                remedies, we continue to estimate that
                                                  dealers and distributors) addressing that               add to a manufacturer’s Part 573 Safety                preparing a plan for reimbursement
                                                  disposal, and a requirement that those                  Recall Report details relating to the                  takes approximately 8 hours annually,
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                                                  persons report back to the manufacturer                 intended schedule for notifying its                    and that an additional 2 hours per year
                                                  certain deviations from the plan. See 49                dealers and distributors, and tailoring                is spent tailoring the plan to particular
                                                  U.S.C. 30120(d) and 49 CFR 573.6(c)(9).                 its notifications to dealers and                       defect and noncompliance notifications
                                                  They also require the reporting to                      distributors in accordance with the                    to NHTSA and adding tailored language
                                                  NHTSA of intentional and knowing                        requirements of 49 CFR 577.13. This                    about the plan to a particular safety
                                                  sales or leases of defective or                         would total to an estimated 1,708 hours                recall’s owner notification letters. In
                                                  noncompliant tires.                                     annually (854 notices × 2 hours/report).               sum, these required activities add an


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                                                  additional 3,908 annual burden hours                    industry for one-time infrastructure                   removing these costs from this
                                                  ((275 manufacturers × 8 hours) + (854                   expenses to create a VIN-based recalls                 information collection.
                                                  recalls × 2 hours)).                                    lookup service consisting of 108 hours,                   The Agency previously estimated one-
                                                     The Safety Act and 49 CFR part 573                   and costing a total of $45,000, will now               time startup costs manufacturers
                                                  also contain numerous information                       be removed from this information                       incurred to create a VIN list for 15 years
                                                  collection requirements specific to tire                collection.                                            of recall information. We estimated that
                                                  recall and remedy campaigns, as well as                   Each manufacturer was also required                  the total one-time costs to the industry
                                                  a statutory and regulatory reporting                    to establish requirements, analysis, and               from this VIN list creation would
                                                  requirement that anyone who                             designs for their new recalls look-up                  require 1,620 hours (27 MFRs × 60
                                                  knowingly and intentionally sells or                    tools. These additional burdens                        hours). We are now removing these
                                                  leases a defective or noncompliant tire                 stemmed from: The creation of the VIN                  costs from this information collection.
                                                  notify NHTSA of that activity.                                                                                    Changes to 49 CFR part 573 in 2013
                                                                                                          search interface; database setup to host
                                                     Manufacturers are required to include                                                                       required 27 manufacturers to update
                                                                                                          the recall information; data refresh
                                                  specific information related to tire                                                                           each recalled vehicle’s repair status no
                                                                                                          procedures to populate recall
                                                  disposal in the notifications they                                                                             less than every 7 days, for 15 years from
                                                                                                          information; server side VIN code
                                                  provide NHTSA concerning                                                                                       the date the VIN is known to be
                                                                                                          lookup and recall status retrieval;
                                                  identification of a safety defect or                                                                           included in the recall. This ongoing
                                                                                                          integration with existing manufacturer
                                                  noncompliance with FMVSS in their                                                                              requirement to update the status of a
                                                  tires, as well as in the notifications they             Web site; and application testing. We                  VIN for 15 years continues to add a
                                                  issue to their dealers or other tire outlets            estimated these burdens to total 1,332                 recurring burden on top of the one-time
                                                  participating in the recall campaign. See               hours and $130,005 and these costs will                burden to implement and operate these
                                                  49 CFR 573.6(c)(9). We now estimate                     now be removed from this information                   online search tools. We calculate that 8
                                                  that the Agency administers 12 tire                     collection.                                            affected motorcycle manufacturers will
                                                  recalls each year, on average, revised                    We continue to believe nine vehicle                  make recalled VINs available for an
                                                  down from our previous estimate of 15                   manufacturers, who did not operate                     average of 2 recalls each year and 19
                                                  tire recall each year. We estimate that                 VIN-based recalls lookup systems prior                 affected light vehicle manufacturers will
                                                  the inclusion of this additional                        to August 2013, incur certain recurring                make recalled VINs available for an
                                                  information will require an additional                  burdens on an annual basis. We                         average of 8 recalls each year. We
                                                  two hours of effort beyond the subtotal                 estimate that 100 burden hours will be                 believe it will take no more than 1 hour,
                                                  above associated with non-tire recall                   spent on system and database                           and potentially much less with
                                                  campaigns. This additional effort                       administrator support. These 100                       automated systems, to update the VIN
                                                  consists of one hour for the NHTSA                      burden hours include: Backup data                      status of vehicles that have been
                                                  notification and one hour for the dealer                management and monitoring; database                    remedied under the manufacturer’s
                                                  notification for a total of 24 burden                   management, updates, and log                           remedy program. We continue to
                                                  hours (12 tire recalls a year × 2 hours                 management; and data transfer,                         estimate this will require 8,736 burden
                                                  per recall).                                            archiving, quality assurance, and                      hours per year (1 hour × 2 recalls × 52
                                                     Manufacturer owned or controlled                     cleanup procedures. We estimate                        weeks × 8 MFRs + 1 hour × 8 recalls ×
                                                  dealers are required to notify the                      another 100 burden hours will be                       52 weeks × 19 MFRs) to support the
                                                  manufacturer and provide certain                        incurred on web/application developer                  requirement to update the recalls
                                                  information should they deviate from                    support. These burdens include:                        completion status of each VIN in a recall
                                                  the manufacturer’s disposal plan.                       operating system and security patch                    at least weekly for 15 years.
                                                  Consistent with our previous analysis,                  management; application/web server                        As the number of Part 573 Recall
                                                  we continue to ascribe zero burden                      management; and application server                     Reports has increased in recent years, so
                                                  hours to this requirement since to date                 system and log files management. We                    has the number of quarterly reports
                                                  no such reports have been provided and                  estimate these burdens will total 1,800                which track the completion of safety
                                                  our original expectation that dealers                   hours each year (9 MFRs × 200 hours).                  recalls. Our previous estimate of 3,000
                                                  would comply with manufacturers’                        We estimate the recurring costs of these               quarterly reports received annually is
                                                  plans has proven true.                                  burden hours will be $30,000 per                       now revised up to an average of 3,800
                                                     Accordingly, we estimate 24 burden                   manufacturer.1 We continue to estimate                 reports annually. The quarterly
                                                  hours a year will be spent complying                    that the total cost to the industry from               reporting burden now totals 15,200
                                                  with the tire recall campaign                           these recurring expenses will total                    hours (3,800 quarterly reports × 4 hours/
                                                  requirements found in 49 CFR                            $270,000, on an annual basis (9MFRs ×                  report).
                                                  573.6(c)(9).                                            $30,000).                                                 NHTSA’s last update to this
                                                     Additionally, because the agency has                   The Agency previously estimated one-                 information collection established a
                                                  yet to receive a single report of a                     time startup costs that manufacturers                  new online recalls portal for the
                                                  defective or noncompliant tire being                    would assume in order to meet certain                  submission of recall documents. We
                                                  intentionally sold or leased, our                       technical access requirements to                       continue to estimate a small burden of
                                                  previous estimate of zero burden hours                  provide recall information to NHTSA’s                  2 hours annually in order to set up a
                                                  remains unchanged with this notice.                     Web site. We estimated that the total                  manufacturer’s online recalls portal
                                                     The previous clearance for this                                                                             account with the pertinent contact
                                                                                                          one-time costs to the industry from
                                                  information collection allowed for start-                                                                      information and maintaining/updating
                                                                                                          these technical access requirements
                                                  up costs for the Agency’s VIN Look-up                                                                          their account information as needed. We
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                                                                                                          would require 1,914 burden hours (27
                                                  system and a new regulation that                                                                               estimate this will require a total of 550
                                                                                                          MFRs × 72 hours) and total $189,270 (27
                                                  required manufacturers to create a VIN
                                                                                                          MFRs × $7,010) and we are now                          hours annually (2 hours × 275 MFRs).
                                                  Look-up service on their respective Web                                                                           Also updated in the last revision to
                                                  sites. As these systems were launched                     1 $8,000 (for data center hosting for the physical
                                                                                                                                                                 this information collection, NHTSA
                                                  successfully in August 2014, the start-                 server) + $12,000 (for system and database
                                                                                                                                                                 established a requirement that
                                                  up estimates for costs and burden will                  administrator support) + $10,000 (for web/             manufactures change or update recall
                                                  now be removed. The estimated costs to                  application developer support) = $30,000.              components in their Part 573 Safety


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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
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 4910–59–P                                    Hand Delivery: DOT Docket
                                                  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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Document Created: 2016-06-25 02:07:20
Document Modified: 2016-06-25 02:07:20
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for public comment on an extension of a currently approved collection of information.
DatesComments must be received on or before August 26, 2016.
ContactAlex Ansley, Recall Management Division (NVS-215), Room W48-301, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 493-0481.
FR Citation81 FR 41644 

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