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Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: February 14, 2011. 

Christine Gurland, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4939 Filed 3–3–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption From the 

Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft 

Prevention Standard; Jaguar Land 

Rover 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document grants in full 

the petition of Jaguar Land Rover North 

America’s, (Land Rover) petition for an 

exemption of the Range Rover Evoque 

vehicle line in accordance with 49 CFR 

part 543, Exemption from the Theft 

Prevention Standard. This petition is 

granted because the agency has 

determined that the antitheft device to 

be placed on the line as standard 

equipment is likely to be as effective in 

reducing and deterring motor vehicle 

theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements of the Theft 

Prevention Standard (49 CFR part 541). 

DATES: The exemption granted by this 

notice is effective beginning with the 

2012 model year. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carlita Ballard, Office of International 

Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer 

Programs, NHTSA, W43–439, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590. Ms. Ballard’s phone number is 

(202) 366–5222. Her fax number is (202) 

493–2990. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

petition dated November 22, 2010, Land 

Rover requested an exemption from the 

parts-marking requirements of the theft 

prevention standard (49 CFR Part 541) 

for the Range Rover Evoque vehicle line 

beginning with MY 2012. The petition 

has been filed pursuant to 49 CFR part 

543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft 

Prevention Standard, based on the 

installation of an antitheft device as 

standard equipment for the entire 

vehicle line. 

Under § 543.5(a), a manufacturer may 

petition NHTSA to grant an exemption 

for one vehicle line per model year. In 

its petition, Land Rover provided a 

detailed description and diagram of the 

identity, design, and location of the 

components of the antitheft device for 

the Range Rover Evoque vehicle line. 

Land Rover stated that the Range Rover 

Evoque vehicles will be equipped with 

a passive, transponder based, electronic 

engine immobilizer antitheft device as 

standard equipment beginning with the 

2012 model year. Key components of its 

antitheft device will include a power 

train module, instrument cluster, body 

control module, remote frequency 

receive immobilizer antenna unit, smart 

key, door control units and a perimeter 

alarm system. The immobilizer device is 

automatically immobilized when the 

Smart Key is removed from the vehicle. 

Land Rover stated that the Smart Key is 

programmed and synchronized to the 

vehicle by means of a unique 

identification code key and a secret 

code key which is randomly generated 

and unique to each vehicle. 

Additionally, Land Rover states that its 

antitheft device will include an audible 

and visual perimeter alarm system as 

standard equipment that can be armed 

manually or programmed to arm 

automatically with the Smart Key. If the 

hood, luggage compartment, or doors 

are opened during an unauthorized 

entry, the vehicle siren alarm will sound 

and the exterior lights will flash. 

Land Rover stated that there are three 

methods of vehicle operation and 

engine start: (1) Pulling the driver’s door 

handle with correct Smart Key 

authentication, and pressing the ignition 

start button; (2) unlocking the vehicle 

with the Smart Key unlock button; and 

(3) using the emergency key blade. 

In addressing the specific content 

requirements of 543.6, Land Rover 

provided information on the reliability 

and durability of its proposed device. 

To ensure reliability and durability of 

the device, Land Rover conducted tests 

based on its own specified standards. 

Land Rover provided a detailed list of 

the tests conducted (i.e., temperature 

and humidity cycling, high and low 

temperature cycling, mechanical shock, 

random vibration, thermal stress/shock 

tests, material resistance tests, dry heat, 

dust and fluid ingress tests). Land Rover 

stated that it believes that its device is 

reliable and durable because it complied 

with specified requirements for each 

test. Additionally, Land Rover stated 

that the vehicle’s key recognition 

sequence includes in excess of a billion 

code combinations with encrypted data 

that is secure against copying. The 

coded data transfer between modules 

also use a unique secure identifier, 

random number and secure public 

algorithm. 

Land Rover stated that since the 

Range Rover Evoque is a new vehicle 

line, there is no data from a previous 

generation vehicle to compare theft rate 

data, although, it stated, the immobilizer 

in the Range Rover Evoque is 

substantially similar to the antitheft 

device installed on the MY 2010 Jaguar 

XJ vehicle line that was previously 

granted an exemption by the agency on 

November 16, 2009. Land Rover stated 

that based on 2006–2008 MY theft data 

information published by NHTSA, Land 

Rover vehicles equipped with 

immobilizers had theft rates that were 

below the median. Land Rover also 

stated that the immobilizer in the Range 

Rover Evoque line is no less effective 

than devices NHTSA has already 

granted full exemptions (i.e., Jaguar XK 

and XJ). Additionally, Land Rover 

submitted a Highway Loss Data Institute 

news release (July 19, 2000) showing an 

approximate 50% reduction in theft for 

vehicles installed with an immobilizer 

device. 

Based on the evidence submitted by 

Land Rover, the agency believes that the 

antitheft device for the Range Rover 

Evoque vehicle line is likely to be as 

effective in reducing and deterring 

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the parts-marking requirements of the 

Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR 541). 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 33106 and 49 

CFR 543.7(b), the agency grants a 

petition for exemption from the partsmarking requirements of Part 541, either 

in whole or in part, if it determines that, 

based upon substantial evidence, the 

standard equipment antitheft device is 

likely to be as effective in reducing and 

deterring motor vehicle theft as 

compliance with the parts-marking 

requirements of Part 541. The agency 

finds that Land Rover has provided 

adequate reasons for its belief that the 

antitheft device for the Range Rover 

Evoque vehicle line is likely to be as 

effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR part 

541). This conclusion is based on the 

information Land Rover provided about 

its device. 

The agency concludes that the device 

will provide the five types of 

performance listed in § 543.6(a)(3): 

Promoting activation; attracting 

attention to the efforts of an 

unauthorized person to enter or move a 

vehicle by means other than a key; 

preventing defeat or circumvention of 

the device by unauthorized persons; 

preventing operation of the vehicle by 

unauthorized entrants; and ensuring the 

reliability and durability of the device. 

For the foregoing reasons, the agency 

hereby grants in full Land Rover’s 

petition for exemption for the Range 

Rover Evoque vehicle line from the 

parts-marking requirements of 49 CFR 

part 541. The agency notes that 49 CFR 

part 541, Appendix A–1, identifies 

those lines that are exempted from the 

Theft Prevention Standard for a given 

model year. 49 CFR 543.7(f) contains 

publication requirements incident to the 

disposition of all Part 543 petitions. 

Advanced listing, including the release 

of future product nameplates, the 

beginning model year for which the 

petition is granted and a general 

description of the anti-theft device is 

necessary in order to notify law 

enforcement agencies of new vehicle 

lines exempted from the parts marking 

requirements of the Theft Prevention 

Standard. 

If Land Rover decides not to use the 

exemption for this line, it should 

formally notify the agency. If such a 

decision is made, the line must be fully 

marked according to the requirements 

under 49 CFR 541.5 and 541.6 (marking 

of major component parts and 

replacement parts). 

NHTSA notes that if Land Rover 

wishes in the future to modify the 

device on which this exemption is 

based, the company may have to submit 

a petition to modify the exemption. Part 

543.7(d) states that a Part 543 exemption 

applies only to vehicles that belong to 

a line exempted under this part and 

equipped with the antitheft device on 

which the line’s exemption is based. 

Further, § 543.9(c)(2) provides for the 

submission of petitions ‘‘to modify an 

exemption to permit the use of an 

antitheft device similar to but differing 

from the one specified in that 

exemption.’’ 

The agency wishes to minimize the 

administrative burden that § 543.9(c)(2) 

could place on exempted vehicle 

manufacturers and itself. The agency 

did not intend in drafting Part 543 to 

require the submission of a modification 

petition for every change to the 

components or design of an antitheft 

device. The significance of many such 

changes could be de minimis. Therefore, 

NHTSA suggests that if the 

manufacturer contemplates making any 

changes, the effects of which might be 

characterized as de minimis, it should 

consult the agency before preparing and 

submitting a petition to modify. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 33106; delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Issued on: March 1, 2011. 

Joseph S. Carra, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4952 Filed 3–3–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption From the 

Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft 

Prevention Standard; Toyota 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document grants in full 

the petition of Toyota Motor North 

America, Inc’s., (Toyota) petition for an 

exemption of the Corolla vehicle line in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 543, 

Exemption from the Theft Prevention 

Standard. This petition is granted 

because the agency has determined that 

the antitheft device to be placed on the 

line as standard equipment is likely to 

be as effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR part 

541). 

DATES: The exemption granted by this 

notice is effective beginning with model 

year (MY) 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Deborah Mazyck, Office of International 

Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer 

Standards, NHTSA, W43–443, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck’s phone number 

is (202) 366–4139. Her fax number is 

(202) 493–2990. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

petition dated January 24, 2011, Toyota 

requested an exemption from the partsmarking requirements of the theft 

prevention standard (49 CFR part 541) 

for the Toyota Corolla vehicle line 

beginning with MY 2012. The petition 

requested an exemption from partsmarking pursuant to 49 CFR part 543, 

Exemption from Vehicle Theft 

Prevention Standard, based on the 

installation of an antitheft device as 

standard equipment for the entire 

vehicle line. 

Under § 543.5(a), a manufacturer may 

petition NHTSA to grant an exemption 

for one vehicle line per model year. In 

its petition, Toyota provided a detailed 

description and diagram of the identity, 

design, and location of the components 

of the antitheft device for the Corolla 

vehicle line. Toyota will install a 

passive, transponder-based, electronic 

engine immobilizer device as standard 

equipment on its Corolla vehicle line 

beginning with MY 2012. 

Key components of the antitheft 

device include an engine immobilizer, 

transponder key electronic control unit 

(ECE), assembly, transponder key 

amplifier, security indicator, ignition 

key and Electronic control module 

(ECM). The device’s security indicators 

provide the status of the immobilizer to 

users and others inside/outside the 

vehicle. When the immobilizer is 

activated, the indicator flashes 

continuously. When the immobilizer is 

not activated, the indicator is turned off. 

The antitheft device does not 

incorporate an audible or visual alarm 

as standard equipment. Toyota’s 

submission is considered a complete 

petition as required by 49 CFR 543.7 in 

that it meets the general requirements 

contained in 543.5 and the specific 

content requirements of 543.6. 

Toyota stated that the immobilizer is 

activated when the ignition key is 

turned from the ‘‘ON’’ position and/or 

removed from the vehicle’s ignition. 

The device is deactivated when the 

‘‘conventional key’’ is inserted into the 

key cylinder and turned toward the 

‘‘ON’’ position. Toyota stated that after 

the key is inserted into the key cylinder, 

the transponder chip in the key sends 


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