75104 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 240 / Wednesday, December 15, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 

To Impose and Use the Revenue From 

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at 

Montgomery Regional Airport 

(Dannelly Field), Montgomery, AL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on 

application 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the 

application to impose and use the 

revenue from a PFC at Montgomery 

Regional Airport under the provisions of 

the Aviation Safety and Capacity 

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of 

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 

CFR part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Jackson Airports District Office, 

100 West Cross Street, Suite B; Jackson, 

MS 39208–2307. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Phil B. 

Perry, Executive Director of the 

Montgomery Regional Airport at the 

following address: 4445 Selma 

Highway, Montgomery, Al 36108. 

Air carriers and foreign air carriers 

may submit copies of written comments 

previously provided to the Montgomery 

Regional Airport under section 158.23 

of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Roderick T. Nicholson, Program 

Manager, Jackson Airports District 

Office, 100 West Cross Street, Suite B; 

Jackson, MS 39208–2307, 601–664–

9884. The application may be reviewed 

in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

proposes to rule and invites public 

comment on the application to impose 

and use the revenue from a PFC at 

Montgomery Regional Airport under the 

provisions of the Aviation Safety and 

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title 

IX of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal 

Aviation Regulation (14 CFR part 158). 

On December 9, 2004, the FAA 

determined that the application to 

impose and use the revenue from a PFC 

submitted by Montgomery Regional 

Airport was substantially complete 

within the requirements of section 

158.25 of Part 158. The FAA will 

approve or disapprove the application, 

in whole or in part, no later than March 

24, 2005. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the application. 

PFC Application No.: 05–01–C–00–

MGM. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50. 

Proposed charge effective date: March 

1, 2005. 

Proposed charge expiration date:

December 31, 2026. 

Total estimated net PFC revenue:

$28,652,453.00. 

Brief description of proposed 

project(s): Terminal Renovation Project 

(Phase 3). 

Class or classes of air carriers which 

the public agency has requested not be 

required to collect PFCs: Companies 

belonging to the Large Certificated 

Route Air Carriers (LCRAC) and Small 

Certificated Air Carriers (SCAC). 

Any person may inspect the 

application in person at the FAA office 

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the application, notice 

and other documents germane to the 

application in person at the 

Montgomery Regional Airport.

Issued in Jackson, Mississippi on 

December 9, 2004. 

Mr. Rans D. Black, 

Manager, Jackson Airports District Office, 

Southern Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2004–

19685] 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

renewal of existing information 

collections. 

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 

renewal or revision of three existing 

information collections for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

February 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify 

the proposed collection of information 

for which a comment is provided. It is 

requested, but not required, that one (1) 

original plus two (2) copies of the 

comment be provided. The docket 

section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Long, Office of Defects 

Investigation, NHTSA, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 5319, NVS–215, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

(202) 366–6281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 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 

the proposed collection of information. 

OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 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; 

(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 renewal or revision of 

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the following described collections of 

information: 

(1) Title: Petitions for Hearing on 

Notification and Remedy of Defects. 

Type of Request: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0039. 

Affected Public: Businesses or 

individuals. 

Abstract: NHTSA’s statutory authority 

at 49 U.S.C. 30118(e) and 30120(e) 

specifies that ‘‘on petition of any 

interested person,’’ NHTSA may hold a 

hearing to determine whether a 

manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor 

vehicle equipment has met its obligation 

to notify owners, purchasers, and 

dealers of vehicles or equipment of a 

safety-related defect or noncompliance 

with a Federal motor vehicle safety 

standard in the manufacturer’s products 

and to remedy the defect or 

noncompliance. 

To implement these statutory 

provisions, NHTSA has promulgated 49 

CFR part 557, Petitions for Hearings on 

Notification and Remedy of Defects [41 

FR 56812, Dec. 30, 1976], which 

establishes procedures to provide for the 

submission and disposition of petitions 

for hearings on the issue of whether the 

manufacturer has met its obligation to 

notify owners, purchasers, and dealers 

of safety-related defects or 

noncompliances or to remedy the 

problems by repair, repurchase, or 

replacement. 

Estimated annual burden: In the past, 

NHTSA estimated that 21 petitions 

would be submitted annually and that 

each would require 1 hour to prepare. 

However, in recent years, a total of 2 

petitions have been filed. Our estimate 

of the time it takes to prepare each 

petition remains at 1 hour. Accordingly, 

the burden estimate is revised to be 2 

annual hours burden (2 petitions times 

1 hour per petition).

Number of respondents: 2. 

(2) Title: Record Retention. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0042. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 30166(e), 

NHTSA ‘‘reasonably may require a 

manufacturer of a motor vehicle or 

motor vehicle equipment to keep 

records, and a manufacturer, distributor, 

or dealer to make reports, to enable 

[NHTSA] to decide whether the 

manufacturer, distributor or dealer has 

complied or is complying with this 

chapter or a regulation prescribed or 

order issued under this chapter.’’

To ensure that NHTSA will have 

access to this type of information, the 

agency exercised the authority granted 

in 49 U.S.C. 30166(e) and promulgated 

49 CFR Part 576, Record Retention, 

initially published on August 20, 1974 

(39 FR 30045) and most recently 

amended on July 10, 2002 (67 FR 

45873), requiring manufacturers to 

retain one copy of all records that 

contain information concerning 

malfunctions that may be related to 

motor vehicle safety for a period of five 

calendar years after the record is 

generated or acquired by the 

manufacturer. Manufacturers are also 

required to retain for five years the 

underlying records related to early 

warning reporting (EWR) information 

submitted under 49 CFR Part 579. 

Estimated annual burden: Previously, 

the burden hours were estimated at 

40,000 hours (1000 respondents × 40 

hours). The new requirements affect an 

additional 20 equipment manufacturers 

annually. While there are approximately 

23,600 equipment manufacturers, their 

reporting requirements under Part 579 

are limited to incidents involving 

deaths. Therefore, based on the number 

of death reports submitted to date by 

equipment manufacturers, we estimate 

that the number of equipment 

manufacturers required to maintain 

records underlying their EWR reports is 

approximately 20. We estimate that it 

will take one hour to maintain the 

necessary records. Also, 1,000 

manufacturers of vehicles, tires and 

child restraint systems will be required 

to maintain records for their EWR 

reports, however, these are included in 

the prior approved information 

collection. Accordingly, the total 

estimate of the annual burden hours are 

40,020 hours (20 respondents times 1 

hour, plus 1000 respondents times 40 

hours). 

Number of respondents: 1,020. 

(3) Title: Names and Addresses of 

First Purchasers Of Motor Vehicles. 

Type of Request: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0044. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for profit. 

Abstract: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30117(b), a manufacturer of a motor 

vehicle or tire (except a retreaded tire) 

shall maintain a record of the name and 

address of the first purchasers of each 

vehicle or tire it produces and, to the 

extent prescribed by regulation of the 

Secretary, shall maintain a record of the 

name and address of the first purchaser 

of replacement equipment (except a tire) 

that the manufacturer produces. This 

agency has no regulation specifying how 

the information is to be collected or 

maintained for vehicles, and no 

requirement pertaining to manufacturers 

of replacement equipment. 

Requirements for first purchaser of tires 

information are contained in 49 CFR 

574, Tire Identification and 

Recordkeeping, and the burden of that 

information collection is not part of this 

information collection. 

When 49 U.S.C. 30117 was enacted in 

1966, it recognized that an efficient 

recall of defective or noncomplying 

motor vehicles required that vehicle 

manufacturers retain an accurate record 

of vehicle purchasers to notify in the 

event of a recall. Because manufacturers 

routinely maintain purchaser 

information for other business reasons, 

experience with this statutory 

requirement has shown that 

manufacturers have retained this 

information in a manner sufficient to 

enable them to expeditiously notify 

vehicle purchasers in case of a recall. 

Based on this experience, NHTSA 

determined that no regulation was 

needed. 

Estimated annual burden: In peak 

sales years, approximately 17,500,000 

new vehicles are sold annually. Vehicle 

manufacturers maintain a list of first 

purchasers based on information 

supplied to them by their dealer 

network. Each submission, through the 

use of a computerized verification 

system, requires the vehicle 

identification number and the 

purchaser’s name and address. We 

estimate that it takes the dealer 

approximately 3 minutes (0.05 hours) to 

record the purchaser’s information in 

each sales transaction. Therefore, the 

annual hours of burden to record the 

first purchaser information based upon 

recent vehicle sales will be 875,000 

hours (0.05 hours x 17,500,000 

responses). Further, we estimate that 

approximately 1,000 vehicle 

manufacturers must keep records and 

that each manufacturer requires 200 

hours to keep these records for a total 

of 200,000 annual hours. Accordingly, 

the total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for vehicle 

manufacturers is 1,075,000 hours 

(875,000 hours + 200,000 hours). The 

annual burden of first purchaser 

information for tires has been included 

in information collection 2127–0050, 

Tire Identification and Recordkeeping, 

which is not part of this notice. 

Number of respondents: 1000 

respondents and 17,500,000 annual 

responses.

Kathleen C. DeMeter, 

Director for Office of Defects Investigation.

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