SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces that the following information collection request will be submitted OMB.

Title: Consolidated Labeling Requirements and Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard.

OMB Control Number: 2127-0539.

Form Number(s): N/A.

Type of Request: Request for reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.

Type of Review Requested: Regular.

Length of Approval Requested: Three years from approval date.

Summary of the Collection of Information: This information collection pertains to 49 CFR part 541, Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, and 49 CFR part 542, Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered. Under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331, manufacturers of certain passenger motor vehicles and light-duty trucks must:

(1) mark major component parts and replacement parts with identifying numbers for vehicle lines designated as high theft;

(2) submit target area information identifying the location of required markings;

(3) submit evaluations of whether new light-duty truck lines are likely to be high-theft; and

(4) submit evaluations of whether new light-duty truck lines share interchangeable major parts with high-theft passenger motor vehicle lines.

Manufacturers must comply annually with parts-marking requirements for each covered line and must submit reports when they introduce new vehicle lines that may trigger coverage under 49 CFR parts 541 and 542. Approximately 23 manufacturers are expected to submit target-area reports annually, and one manufacturer per year is expected to submit each of the two evaluations under Part 542.

Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the Information: NHTSA collects this information to determine which vehicle lines must comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, to evaluate whether new vehicle lines are high-theft, and to ensure that manufacturers properly mark major component parts as required by statute. These submissions allow NHTSA to carry out its statutory responsibilities under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331. The information also supports enforcement and ensures consistent application of theft-prevention requirements across the vehicle fleet.

60-Day Notice: A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting public comments on the following information collection was published on March 20, 2026 (91 FR 13696). No comments were received.

Affected Public: Motor vehicle manufacturers of passenger motor vehicles and light-duty trucks subject to the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard.

Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 21 manufacturers for annual target-area submissions and one manufacturer per year for each type of evaluation under 49 CFR part 542.

Frequency: Target-area reports: Annual; High-theft determinations and parts-interchangeability evaluations: As needed, typically one per year.

Estimated Number of Responses: For the four information collections in Part 541 and Part 542, NHTSA estimates the annual number of responses as follows: (1) 4.5 million responses for the parts-marking requirement; (2) 23 for submissions of target area information; (3) 1 for reporting on whether a LDT line is likely to be high-theft; and (4) 1 for reporting on whether a LDT line shares interchangeable parts with a high theft line subject to the parts-marking requirements.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,550 hours.

This total consists of 150,000 hours for parts-marking of approximately 4.5 million vehicles, 460 hours for reporting of target areas to NHTSA (23 responses from 21 manufacturers at 20 hours per response), 45 hours for one annual high-theft determination under Part 542, and 45 hours for one annual interchangeability determination under Part 542.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $24,003,000.

NHTSA estimates that the average cost to print each label is $0.38. There are an average 14 parts per vehicle to label; therefore, the printing cost per vehicle is $5.33. At present, the agency estimates that 4.5 million motor vehicles annually must have their major parts marked. The total annual fleet costs are estimated to be $24,003,000 for label identifiers ($5.33 × 4.5 million vehicles).

Target area submissions require no additional costs to the respondents above and beyond the labor costs.

Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 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.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as ( printed page 61929) amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29A.

91 FR 61927