81 FR 64405 - Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 182 (September 20, 2016)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 182 (September 20, 2016)
| Page Range | 64405-64414 | |
| FR Document | 2016-22064 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 64405-64414] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-22064] [[Page 64405]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 541 [Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0073] Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation. ACTION: Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document requests comments on data about passenger motor vehicle thefts that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2014, including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2014. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for MY/CY 2014 vehicles (1.1525 thefts per thousand vehicles) decreased by 0.32 percent from the theft rate for MY/CY 2013 vehicles (1.1562 thefts per thousand vehicles). Publication of these data fulfills NHTSA's statutory obligation to periodically obtain accurate and timely theft data, and publish the information for review and comment. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 21, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. NHTSA-2016- 0073 by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 202-493-2251. Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. 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://DocketsInfo.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: Ms. Deborah Mazyck, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NRM-310, Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is (202) 366-4139. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA administers a program for reducing motor vehicle theft. The central feature of this program is the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 49 CFR part 541. The standard specifies performance requirements for inscribing or affixing vehicle identification numbers (VINs) onto certain major original equipment and replacement parts of high-theft lines of passenger motor vehicles. NHTSA obtains, from the most reliable source, accurate and timely theft data, and publishes the data for review and comment in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 33104(b)(4). This document reports the preliminary theft data for CY 2014, the most recent calendar year for which data are available. In calculating the 2014 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it has used since publication of the MY/CY 1983/1984 theft rate data (50 FR 46669, November 12, 1985). The MY/CY 2014 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2014 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2014 by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2014, as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As in all previous reports, NHTSA's data were based on information provided to NHTSA by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NCIC is a government system that receives vehicle theft information from approximately 23,000 criminal justice agencies and other law enforcement authorities throughout the United States. The NCIC data also include reported thefts of self-insured and uninsured vehicles, not all of which are reported to other data sources. The preliminary MY/CY 2014 theft data show a decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in MY/CY 2013 (For 2013 theft data, see 80 FR 72929 November 23, 2015). The preliminary theft rate for MY 2014 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2014 decreased to 1.1525 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, a decrease of 0.32 percent from the rate of 1.1562 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2013 vehicles stolen in CY 2013. For MY 2014 vehicles, out of a total of 236 vehicle lines, five lines had a theft rate higher than 3.5826 per thousand vehicles, the median theft rate established for MYs 1990/1991 (See 59 FR 12400, March 16, 1994). Of the five vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, four are passenger car lines, one is a multipurpose passenger vehicle line, and none are light-duty truck lines. The data presented in this publication reflect a slight decrease in the overall vehicle theft rate for MY/CY 2014 which is consistent with the general theft rate trend over the past several years. [[Page 64406]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.028 In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2014 vehicle lines in descending order of theft rate. Public comment is sought on the accuracy of the data, including the data for the production volumes of individual vehicle lines. Comments must not exceed 15 pages in length (49 CFR 553.21). Attachments may be appended to these submissions without regard to the 15 page limit. This limitation is intended to encourage commenters to detail their primary arguments in a concise fashion. If a commenter wishes to submit certain information under a claim of confidentiality, three copies of the complete submission, including purportedly confidential business information, should be submitted to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the street address given in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, and two copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been deleted should be submitted to the docket. A request for confidentiality should be accompanied by a cover letter setting forth the information specified in the agency's confidential business information regulation. 49 CFR part 512. All comments received before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above for this document will be considered, and will be available for examination in the docket at the above address both before and after that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the closing date will also be considered. Comments on this document will be available for inspection in the docket. NHTSA will continue to file relevant information as it becomes available for inspection in the docket after the closing date, and it is recommended that interested persons continue to examine the docket for new material. Those persons desiring to be notified upon receipt of their comments in the rules docket should enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the envelope with their comments. Upon receiving the comments, the docket supervisor will return the postcard by mail. 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://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. BILLING CODE 4910-59-P [[Page 64407]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.029 [[Page 64408]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.030 [[Page 64409]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.031 [[Page 64410]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.032 [[Page 64411]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.033 [[Page 64412]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.034 [[Page 64413]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP20SE16.035 [[Page 64414]] Issued in Washington, DC, September 8, 2016 under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.95. Raymond R. Posten, Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. [FR Doc. 2016-22064 Filed 9-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-59-C
![Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 20, 2016 / Proposed Rules 64405
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION information on the rulemaking process, In calculating the 2014 theft rates,
see the Public Participation heading of NHTSA followed the same procedures it
National Highway Traffic Safety the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section has used since publication of the MY/
Administration of this document. Note that all CY 1983/1984 theft rate data (50 FR
comments received will be posted 46669, November 12, 1985). The MY/CY
49 CFR Part 541 without change to http:// 2014 theft rate for each vehicle line was
[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0073]
www.regulations.gov, including any calculated by dividing the number of
personal information provided. Please reported thefts of MY 2014 vehicles of
Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle see the Privacy Act heading below. that line stolen during calendar year
Theft Prevention Standard Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 2014 by the total number of vehicles in
the electronic form of all comments that line manufactured for MY 2014, as
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic received into any of our dockets by the reported to the Environmental
Safety Administration (NHTSA), name of the individual submitting the Protection Agency (EPA). As in all
Department of Transportation. comment (or signing the comment, if previous reports, NHTSA’s data were
ACTION: Publication of preliminary theft submitted on behalf of an association, based on information provided to
data; request for comments. business, labor union, etc.). You may NHTSA by the National Crime
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Information Center (NCIC) of the
SUMMARY: This document requests Statement in the Federal Register
comments on data about passenger Federal Bureau of Investigation. The
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR NCIC is a government system that
motor vehicle thefts that occurred in 19477–78) or you may visit http://
calendar year (CY) 2014, including theft receives vehicle theft information from
DocketsInfo.dot.gov. approximately 23,000 criminal justice
rates for existing passenger motor
Docket: For access to the docket to agencies and other law enforcement
vehicle lines manufactured in model
read background documents or authorities throughout the United
year (MY) 2014. The preliminary theft
comments received, go to http:// States. The NCIC data also include
data indicate that the vehicle theft rate
www.regulations.gov or the street reported thefts of self-insured and
for MY/CY 2014 vehicles (1.1525 thefts
address listed above. Follow the online uninsured vehicles, not all of which are
per thousand vehicles) decreased by
instructions for accessing the dockets.
0.32 percent from the theft rate for MY/ reported to other data sources.
CY 2013 vehicles (1.1562 thefts per FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Deborah Mazyck, Office of International The preliminary MY/CY 2014 theft
thousand vehicles). data show a decrease in the vehicle theft
Publication of these data fulfills Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer
Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey rate when compared to the theft rate
NHTSA’s statutory obligation to
Avenue SE., NRM–310, Washington, DC experienced in MY/CY 2013 (For 2013
periodically obtain accurate and timely
20590. Ms. Mazyck’s telephone number theft data, see 80 FR 72929 November
theft data, and publish the information
is (202) 366–4139. Her fax number is 23, 2015). The preliminary theft rate for
for review and comment.
(202) 493–2990. MY 2014 passenger vehicles stolen in
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
calendar year 2014 decreased to 1.1525
or before November 21, 2016. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA
thefts per thousand vehicles produced,
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments administers a program for reducing
a decrease of 0.32 percent from the rate
identified by Docket No. NHTSA–2016– motor vehicle theft. The central feature
of 1.1562 thefts per thousand vehicles
0073 by any of the following methods: of this program is the Federal Motor
experienced by MY 2013 vehicles stolen
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 49
in CY 2013. For MY 2014 vehicles, out
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the CFR part 541. The standard specifies
of a total of 236 vehicle lines, five lines
online instructions for submitting performance requirements for inscribing
or affixing vehicle identification had a theft rate higher than 3.5826 per
comments. thousand vehicles, the median theft rate
• Mail: Docket Management Facility: numbers (VINs) onto certain major
established for MYs 1990/1991 (See 59
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 original equipment and replacement
parts of high-theft lines of passenger FR 12400, March 16, 1994). Of the five
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
motor vehicles. vehicle lines with a theft rate higher
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
NHTSA obtains, from the most than 3.5826, four are passenger car
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
lines, one is a multipurpose passenger
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West reliable source, accurate and timely
theft data, and publishes the data for vehicle line, and none are light-duty
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
review and comment in accordance truck lines.
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through with 49 U.S.C. 33104(b)(4). This The data presented in this publication
Friday, except Federal holidays. document reports the preliminary theft reflect a slight decrease in the overall
• Fax: 202–493–2251. data for CY 2014, the most recent vehicle theft rate for MY/CY 2014 which
Instructions: For detailed instructions calendar year for which data are is consistent with the general theft rate
on submitting comments and additional available. trend over the past several years.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS
VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:30 Sep 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\20SEP1.SGM 20SEP1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/81_FR_64587/page/1.svg)
![64414 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 20, 2016 / Proposed Rules
Issued in Washington, DC, September 8, Rules link to locate this document. You the ongoing and projected effects of
2016 under authority delegated in 49 CFR may submit a comment by clicking on climate change and will require a
1.95. ‘‘Comment Now!’’ thorough assessment. We require
Raymond R. Posten, (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail additional time to analyze the best
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. or hand-delivery to: Public Comments available scientific data in order to
[FR Doc. 2016–22064 Filed 9–19–16; 8:45 am] Processing, Attn: FWS–R1–ES–2016– identify specific areas appropriate for
BILLING CODE 4910–59–C 0057; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service critical habitat designation and to
Headquarters, MS: BPHC, 5275 Leesburg analyze the impacts of designating such
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. areas as critical habitat. Accordingly, we
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR We request that you send comments find designation of critical habitat for
only by the methods described above. the iiwi to be ‘‘not determinable’’ at this
Fish and Wildlife Service We will post all comments on http:// time.
www.regulations.gov. This generally What this document does. This
50 CFR Part 17 means that we will post any personal document proposes the listing of the
information you provide us (see Public iiwi as a threatened species. We
[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2016–0057; previously published a 90-day finding
4500030113] Comments below for more information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
for the iiwi, and this document includes
RIN 1018–BB54 Mary Abrams, Field Supervisor, Pacific a 12-month finding and proposed listing
Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 rule, which assesses all available
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife information regarding status of and
and Plants; Threatened Species Status Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3–122,
Honolulu, HI 96850; by telephone (808– threats to the iiwi.
for the Iiwi (Drepanis coccinea) The basis for our action. Under the
792–9400); or by facsimile (808–792–
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Act, we can determine that a species is
9581). Persons who use a
Interior. an endangered or threatened species
telecommunications device for the deaf
based on any of five factors: (A) The
ACTION: 12-Month petition finding; (TDD) may call the Federal Information
present or threatened destruction,
proposed rule. Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339.
modification, or curtailment of its
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This habitat or range; (B) Overutilization for
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
document consists of: (1) A 12-month commercial, recreational, scientific, or
Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
petition finding that listing the iiwi educational purposes; (C) Disease or
12-month finding on a petition to list
under the Act is warranted; and (2) a predation; (D) The inadequacy of
the iiwi (Drepanis coccinea), a bird
proposed rule to list the iiwi as a existing regulatory mechanisms; or (E)
species from the Hawaiian Islands, as a
threatened species under the Act. Other natural or manmade factors
threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act (Act). After Executive Summary affecting its continued existence. We
review of all best available scientific have determined that the primary
Why we need to publish a rule. Under threats to the iiwi are its susceptibility
and commercial information, we find the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C.
that listing the iiwi as a threatened to avian malaria (Factor C) and the
1531 et seq., a species or subspecies expected reduction in disease-free
species under the Act is warranted. may warrant protection through listing
Accordingly, we propose to list the iiwi habitat as a result of increased
if it is endangered or threatened temperatures caused by climate change
as a threatened species throughout its throughout all or a significant portion of
range. If we finalize this rule as (Factor E). Although not identified as
its range. Critical habitat shall be primary threat factors, rapid ohia death,
proposed, it would extend the Act’s designated, to the maximum extent
protections to this species. The effect of a disease that affects the tree species
prudent and determinable, for any required by iiwi for nesting and
this regulation will be to add this species determined to be an endangered
species to the Federal List of foraging, and impacts from nonnative
or threatened species under the Act. invasive plants and feral ungulates,
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. We are proposing to list the iiwi contribute to the degradation and
DATES: We will accept comments (Drepanis coccinea) as threatened under curtailment of the iiwi’s remaining,
received or postmarked on or before the Act because of current and future disease-free native ohia forest habitat,
November 21, 2016. Comments threats, and listing can only be done by exacerbating threats to the species’
submitted electronically using the issuing a rule. The iiwi no longer occurs viability.
Federal eRulemaking Portal (see across much of its historical range, and We will seek peer review. We will seek
ADDRESSES below) must be received by faces a variety of threats in the form of comments from independent specialists
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing diseases and impacts to its remaining to ensure that our designation is based
date. We must receive requests for habitat. on scientifically sound data,
public hearings, in writing, at the Delineation of critical habitat assumptions, and analyses. We will
address shown in FOR FURTHER requires, within the geographical area invite these peer reviewers to comment
INFORMATION CONTACT by November 4, occupied by the species, identification on our listing proposal. Because we will
2016. of the physical or biological features consider all comments and information
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments essential to the species’ conservation. A received during the comment period,
by one of the following methods: careful assessment of the biological our final determination may differ from
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS
(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal needs of the species and the areas that this proposal.
eRulemaking Portal: http:// may have the physical or biological A species status report for the iiwi
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, features essential for the conservation of was prepared by a team of Service
enter FWS–R1–ES–2016–0057, which is the species and that may require special biologists, with the assistance of
the docket number for this rulemaking. management considerations or scientists from the U.S. Geological
Then, in the Search panel on the left protections, and thus qualify for Survey’s (USGS) Pacific Islands
side of the screen, under the Document designation as critical habitat, is Ecosystems Research Center and the
Type heading, click on the Proposed particularly complicated in this case by Service’s Pacific Islands Climate Change
VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:30 Sep 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\20SEP1.SGM 20SEP1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/81_FR_64587/page/10.svg)
Document Created: 2018-02-09 13:20:32
Document Modified: 2018-02-09 13:20:32
| 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 | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments. | |
| Dates | Comments must be submitted on or before November 21, 2016. | |
| Contact | Ms. Deborah Mazyck, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NRM-310, Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is (202) 366-4139. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 64405 |
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR