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notice (85 FR 68407) and will not be 

repeated in this notice. 

These five applicants have been 

seizure-free over a range of eight to 14 

years while taking anti-seizure 

medication and maintained a stable 

medication treatment regimen for the 

last 2 years. In each case, the applicant’s 

treating physician verified his or her 

seizure history and supports the ability 

to drive commercially. 

The Agency acknowledges the 

potential consequences of a driver 

experiencing a seizure while operating a 

CMV. However, the Agency believes the 

drivers granted this exemption have 

demonstrated that they are unlikely to 

have a seizure and their medical 

condition does not pose a risk to public 

safety. 

Consequently, FMCSA finds that in 

each case exempting these applicants 

from the epilepsy and seizure disorder 

prohibition in § 391.41(b)(8) is likely to 

achieve a level of safety equal to that 

existing without the exemption. 

V. Conditions and Requirements 

The terms and conditions of the 

exemption are provided to the 

applicants in the exemption document 

and includes the following: (1) Each 

driver must remain seizure-free and 

maintain a stable treatment during the 

2-year exemption period; (2) each driver 

must submit annual reports from their 

treating physicians attesting to the 

stability of treatment and that the driver 

has remained seizure-free; (3) each 

driver must undergo an annual medical 

examination by a certified ME, as 

defined by § 390.5; and (4) each driver 

must provide a copy of the annual 

medical certification to the employer for 

retention in the driver’s qualification 

file, or keep a copy of his/her driver’s 

qualification file if he/she is selfemployed. The driver must also have a 

copy of the exemption when driving, for 

presentation to a duly authorized 

Federal, State, or local enforcement 

official. 

VI. Preemption 

During the period the exemption is in 

effect, no State shall enforce any law or 

regulation that conflicts with this 

exemption with respect to a person 

operating under the exemption. 

VII. Conclusion 

Based upon its evaluation of the five 

exemption applications, FMCSA 

exempts the following drivers from the 

epilepsy and seizure disorder 

prohibition, § 391.41(b)(8), subject to the 

requirements cited above: 

Scott Baggarley (WA) 

Keith E. Hubbard (WV) 

Billy R. Hunter (KY) 

Devyn R. Roberts (KY) 

Saundra Wesselman (IN) 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), each exemption will be valid 

for 2 years from the effective date unless 

revoked earlier by FMCSA. The 

exemption will be revoked if the 

following occurs: (1) The person fails to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of the exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained prior to being granted; 

or (3) continuation of the exemption 

would not be consistent with the goals 

and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315(b). 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28609 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket Number NHTSA–2020–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Reporting of Information 

and Documents About Potential 

Defects 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comments on a reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for a 

reinstatement with modification of a 

currently approved information 

collection. Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

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 reinstatements 

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 March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2020–0101 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

To be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

• 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 https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

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. To be sure 

someone is there to help you, please call 

(202) 366–9322 before coming. Follow 

the online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact, Tanya 

Topka, Trends Analysis Division (NEF– 

108), Room W48–337, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–9590. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

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. 


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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: (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) 

how to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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: Reporting of Information and 

Documents About Potential Defects. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0616. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

information collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Background and Summary of the 

Collection of Information: This notice 

requests comment on NHTSA’s 

intention to seek approval from OMB to 

reinstate with modification a previously 

approved collection of information, 

OMB No. 2127–0616, covering 

requirements in 49 CFR 579, Reporting 

of Information and Communications 

about Potential Defects. Part 579 

implements, and addresses with more 

specificity, requirements from the 

Transportation Recall Enhancement, 

Accountability, and Documentation 

(TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 106–414), which 

was enacted on November 1, 2000, and 

are codified at 49 U.S.C. 30166. 

The purpose of part 579 is to enhance 

motor vehicle safety by specifying 

information and documents that 

manufacturers of motor vehicles and 

motor vehicle equipment must provide 

to NHTSA with respect to possible 

safety-related defects and noncompliances in their products, 

including the reporting of safety recalls 

and other safety campaigns the 

manufacturers conduct outside the 

United States. Under part 579, there are 

three categories of reporting 

requirements: (1) Requirements at 

§ 579.5 to submit notices, bulletins, 

customer satisfaction campaigns, 

consumer advisories, and other 

communications (found in Subpart A of 

part 579); (2) requirements at § 579.11 to 

submit information related to safety 

recalls and other safety campaigns in 

foreign countries (found in Subpart B of 

part 579); and (3) requirements at 

§§ 579.21–28 to submit Early Warning 

Information (found in Subpart C of part 

579). The Early Warning Reporting 

(EWR) requirements (49 U.S.C. 

30166(m); 49 CFR part 579, subpart C) 

specify that manufacturers of motor 

vehicles and motor vehicle equipment 

must submit to NHTSA information, 

periodically or upon NHTSA’s request, 

that includes claims for deaths and 

serious injuries, property damage data, 

communications from customers and 

others, information on incidents 

resulting in fatalities or serious injuries 

from possible defects in vehicles or 

equipment in the United States or in 

identical or substantially similar 

vehicles or equipment in a foreign 

country, and other information that 

assists NHTSA in identifying potential 

safety-related defects. The intent of this 

information collection is to provide 

early warning of such potential safetyrelated defects to NHTSA. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The information required 

under 49 U.S.C. 30166 and 49 CFR part 

579 is used by NHTSA to promptly 

identify potential safety-related defects 

in motor vehicles and motor vehicle 

equipment in the United States. When 

a trend in incidents arising from a 

potentially safety-related defect is 

discovered, NHTSA relies on this 

information, along with other agency 

data, to determine whether or not to 

open a defect investigation. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers of 

motor vehicles and motor vehicle 

equipment. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

NHTSA receives part 579 submissions 

from approximately 337 manufacturers 

per year. We estimate that there will be 

a total of 337 respondents per year 

associated with OMB No. 2127–0616. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: When this approved information 

collection was last renewed in June 

2017, NHTSA estimated the annual 

burden associated with this collection to 

be 49,243 burden hours. NHTSA is 

updating these estimates to better align 

with the current volume of submissions 

and to include reporting for common 

green tires and follow-up sequences (per 

§ 579.28(l)) that were left out of the 

previous information collection request. 

NHTSA now estimates that the annual 

burden hours associated with this 

collection are 53,810 hours and that the 

collection requires no additional costs 

to the respondents beyond the labor 

costs associated with the burden hours. 

NHTSA estimated the burdens 

associated with this labor by calculating 

the burden associated with submitting 

information under each subpart of part 

579. In addition to these burdens, 

NHTSA also estimates that 

manufacturers will incur computer 

maintenance burden hours, which are 

estimated on a per manufacturer basis. 

Requirements Under Part 579, Subpart 

A 

The first component of this collection 

request covers the requirements found 

in part 579 Subpart A, § 579.5, Notices, 

bulletins, customer satisfaction 

campaigns, consumer advisories, and 

other communications. Section 579.5 

requires manufactures to furnish (1) a 

copy of all notices, bulletins, and other 

communications sent to more than one 

manufacturer, distributor, dealer, lessor, 

lessee, owner, or purchaser, in the 

United States, regarding any defect in its 

vehicles or items of equipment 

(including any failure or malfunction 

beyond normal deterioration in use, or 

any failure of performance, or any flaw 

or unintended deviation from design 

specifications), whether or not such 

defect is safety-related and (2) a copy of 

each communication relating to a 

customer satisfaction campaign, 

consumer advisory, recall, or other 

safety activity involving the repair or 

replacement of motor vehicles or 

equipment, that the manufacturer issued 

to, or made available to, more than one 

dealer, distributor, lessor, lessee, other 

manufacturer, owner, or purchaser, in 

the United States. Manufacturers are 

required to submit this information 

monthly. However, Section 579.5 does 

not require manufacturers to create 

these documents. Instead, only copies of 

these documents must be submitted to 

NHTSA and manufacturers must index 

these communications and email them 

to NHTSA within 5 working days after 

the end of the month in which they 

were issued. Therefore, the burden 

hours are only those associated with 

collecting the documents and 

submitting copies to NHTSA. 

NHTSA estimates that it receives 

approximately 24,884 notices a year. We 

estimate that it takes about 5 minutes to 

collect, index, and send each notice to 

NHTSA. Therefore, we estimate that it 

takes 2,074 hours for manufacturers to 

submit notices as required under 

Section 579.5 (24,884 notices × 5 

minutes = 124,420 minutes or 2,074 

hours). 


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1May 2019 National Industry-Specific 

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 

NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/oes/ 

current/naics4_336100.htm#15-0000. Last Accessed 

June 17, 2020. 2Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm. Last 

Accessed July 30, 2020. 

To calculate the labor cost associated 

with submitting Section 579.5 notices, 

bulletins, customer satisfaction 

campaigns, consumer advisories and 

other communications that are sent to 

more than one dealer or owner, NHTSA 

looked at wage estimates for the type of 

personnel submitting the documents. 

While some manufacturers employ 

clerical staff to collect and submit the 

documents, others use technical 

computer support staff to complete the 

task. Because we do not know what 

percent of the work is completed by 

clerical or technical computer support 

staff, NHTSA estimates the total labor 

costs associated with these burden 

hours by looking at the average wage for 

the higher paid technical computer 

support staff. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) estimates that the 

average hourly wage for Computer 

Support Specialists (BLS Occupation 

code 15–1230) in the Motor Vehicle 

Manufacturing Industry is $31.39.1 The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 

private industry workers’ wages 

represent 70.2% of total labor 

compensation costs.2 Therefore, NHTSA 

estimates the hourly labor costs to be 

$44.72 for Computer Support 

Specialists. The labor cost per 

submission is estimated to be $3.73 

($44.72 × 5 minutes). NHTSA estimates 

the total labor cost associated with the 

2,074 burden hours for § 579.5 

submissions to be $92,817.32 ($3.73 × 

24,884 submissions). Table 1 provides a 

summary of the burden estimates using 

the average annual submission count for 

monthly reports submitted pursuant to 

§ 579.5 and the estimated burden hours 

and labor costs associated with those 

submissions. 

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES FOR § 579.5 SUBMISSIONS

Average annual § 579.5 submissions 

Estimated 

burden per 

submission 

Average 

hourly labor 

cost 

Labor cost 

per 

submission 

Total 

burden hours 

Total 

labor costs 

24,884 .................................................................. 5 minutes ....... $44.72 $3.73 2,074 $92,817.32 or $92,817 

Requirements Under Part 579, Subpart 

B (Foreign Reporting) 

The second component of this 

information collection request covers 

the requirements found in part 579 

Subpart B, ‘‘Reporting of Safety Recalls 

and Other Safety Campaigns in Foreign 

Countries.’’ Pursuant to § 579.11, 

whenever a manufacturer determines to 

conduct a safety recall or other safety 

campaign in a foreign country, or 

whenever a foreign government has 

determined that a safety recall or other 

safety campaign must be conducted, 

covering a motor vehicle, item of motor 

vehicle equipment, or tire that is 

identical or substantially similar to a 

vehicle, item of equipment, or tire sold 

or offered for sale in the United States, 

the manufacturer must report to NHTSA 

not later than 5 working days after the 

manufacturer makes such determination 

or receives written notification of the 

foreign government’s determination. 

Section 579.11(e) also requires each 

manufacturer of motor vehicles to 

submit, not later than November 1 of 

each year, a document that identifies 

foreign products and their domestic 

counterparts. 

In order to provide the information 

required for foreign safety campaigns, 

manufacturers must (1) determine 

whether vehicles or equipment that are 

covered by a foreign safety recall or 

other safety campaign are identical or 

substantially similar to vehicles or 

equipment sold in the United States, (2) 

prepare and submit reports of these 

campaigns to the agency, and (3) where 

a determination or notice has been made 

in a language other than English, 

translate the determination or notice 

into English before transmitting it to the 

agency. 

NHTSA estimates that there is no 

burden associated with determining 

whether an individual safety recall 

covers a foreign motor vehicle or item 

of motor vehicle equipment that is 

identical or substantially similar to 

those sold in the United States because 

manufacturers can simply consult the 

list that they are required to submit each 

year. Therefore, the only burden 

associated with making the 

determination of whether a foreign 

safety recall or other safety campaign is 

required to be reported to NHTSA is the 

burden associated with creating the 

annual list. NHTSA continues to 

estimate that it takes approximately 9 

hours per manufacturer to develop and 

submit the list. The 9 hours are 

comprised of 8 attorney hours and 1 

hour for IT work. NHTSA receives these 

lists from 101 manufacturers, on 

average, resulting in 909 burden hours 

(101 vehicle manufacturers × 8 hours for 

attorney support = 808 hours) + (101 

vehicle manufacturers × 1 hour for IT 

support = 101 hours). 

NHTSA estimates that preparing and 

submitting each foreign defect report 

(foreign recall campaign) requires 1 

hour of clerical staff and that translation 

of determinations into English requires 

2 hours of technical staff (note: This 

assumes that all foreign campaign 

reports require translation, which is 

unlikely). Between 2016 and 2018, 

NHTSA received a yearly average of 227 

foreign recall reports. NHTSA estimates 

that in each of the next three years, 

NHTSA will receive, on average, 227 

foreign recall reports. NHTSA estimates 

that each report will take 3 hours (1 

hour to prepare by a clerical employee 

and 2 hours for translation). Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates that the burden hours 

associated with submitting these reports 

will be 681 hours (3 hours per report × 

227 reports). 

Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total 

annual burden hours on manufacturers 

for reporting foreign safety campaigns 

and substantially similar vehicles/ 

equipment is 1,590 hours (909 hours for 

submitting annual lists + 681 hours for 

submitting foreign recall and safety 

campaign reports). This is an increase of 

444 burden hours from our previous 

estimate (1,590 hours for current 

estimate ¥ 1,146 hours for previous 

estimate). Table 2 provides a summary 

of the estimated burden hours for part 

579 Subpart B submissions. 


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3May 2019 National Industry-Specific 

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 

NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/oes/ 

current/naics4_336100.htm#23-0000. 

4https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_

336100.htm#15-0000. 

5Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm. Last 

Accessed July 31, 2020. 

6May 2019 National Industry-Specific 

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 

NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/oes/ 

current/naics4_336100.htm#43-0000. Last Accessed 

June 17, 2020. 

7May 2019 National Occupational Employment 

and Wage Estimates United States, U.S. Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

oes_nat.htm. Last Accessed June 17, 2020. 

8Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm. Last 

Accessed July 31, 2020. 

TABLE 2—BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR FOREIGN REPORTING

Submission type 

Annual 

number of 

submissions 

Burden hours per report Total burden 

hours 

Foreign Recall/Safety-Related Campaign Report ........ 227 1 hour clerical + 2 hours translation = 3 hours ............ 681 

Annual List .................................................................... 101 8 hours attorney + 1 hour IT = 9 hours ....................... 909 

Total ....................................................................... ........................ ....................................................................................... 1,590 

To calculate the labor cost associated 

with part 579 foreign reporting 

submissions, NHTSA looked at wage 

estimates for the type of personnel 

submitting the documents. As stated 

above, NHTSA estimates that submitting 

annual lists under § 579.11(e) will 

involve 8 hours of attorney time and 1 

hour of IT work. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) estimates that the 

average hourly wage for Lawyers (BLS 

Occupation code 23–1000) in the Motor 

Vehicle Manufacturing Industry is 

$95.85 3 and the average hourly wage for 

Computer Support Specialists (BLS 

Occupation code 15–1230) in the Motor 

Vehicle Manufacturing Industry is 

$31.39.4 The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

estimates that private industry workers, 

wages represent 70.2% of total labor 

compensation costs.5 Therefore, NHTSA 

estimates the hourly labor costs to be 

$136.54 for Lawyers and $44.72 for 

Computer Support Specialists. NHTSA 

estimates the total labor cost associated 

with submitting one annual list to be 

$1,137.04 ($136.54 per hour × 8 attorney 

hours + $44.72 per hour × 1 IT hour) 

and $114,841.04 or $114,841 for all 101 

annual lists NHTSA estimates will be 

submitted annually. 

NHTSA estimates that submitting 

each foreign recall or safety campaign 

report involves 1 hour of clerical work 

and 2 hours of translation work. The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

estimates that the average hourly wage 

for Office Clerks (BLS Occupation code 

43–9061) in the Motor Vehicle 

Manufacturing Industry is $20.74 6 and 

the average hourly wage for Interpreters 

and Translators (BLS Occupation code 

27–3091) is $27.40.7 The Bureau of 

Labor Statistics estimates that private 

industry workers’ wages represent 

70.2% of total labor compensation 

costs.8 Therefore, NHTSA estimates the 

hourly labor costs to be $29.54 for Office 

Clerks and $39.03 for Interpreters and 

Translators. NHTSA estimates the total 

labor cost associated with submitting 

one foreign recall or safety campaign 

report to be $107.60 ($29.54 per hour × 

1 Clerical hour + $39.03 per hour × 2 

Translator hours) and $24,425.20 or 

$24,425 for all 227 foreign recall or 

safety campaign reports NHTSA 

estimates will be submitted annually. 

Table 3 provides a summary of the 

labor costs associated with the foreign 

reporting requirements in part 579, 

Subpart B. NHTSA estimates that the 

total labor costs associated with the 

annual list requirement and the 

requirement to report foreign recalls and 

safety campaigns is $139,266 ($114,841 

+ $24,425). 

TABLE 3—ANNUAL LABOR COST ESTIMATES FOR FOREIGN REPORTING

Submission type and labor category Hours per 

submission 

Hourly labor 

cost 

Labor cost 

per 

submission 

Number of 

submissions Total labor cost 

Annual List—Lawyer ............................................. 8 $136.54 $1,092.32 101 $110,324.32. 

Annual List—Computer Specialist ........................ 1 44.72 44.72 101 $4,516.72. 

Totals for Annual List .................................... 9 ........................ 1,137.04 ........................ $114,841.04 or 

$114,841. 

Foreign Recall/Safety—Related Campaign Report—Clerical.1 29.54 29.54 227 $6,705.58. 

Foreign Recall/Safety—Related Campaign Report—Translator.2 39.03 78.06 227 $17,719.62. 

Totals for Foreign Recall/Safety Campaign 

Report.

3 ........................ 107.60 ........................ $24,425.20 or $24,425. 

Total Labor Costs for Part 579 Subpart 

B Requirements.

........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ $139,266.24 or 

$139,266. 


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9Low volume and equipment manufacturers are 

not required to submit production information. 

Requirements Under Part 579, Subpart 

C (Reporting of Early Warning 

Information (EWR)) 

The third component of this 

information collection covers the 

requirements found in Part 579 Subpart 

C, ‘‘Reporting of Early Warning 

Information.’’ Besides production 

information, there are five major 

categories requiring reporting of 

incidents or claims in Subpart C, with 

the specific requirements and 

applicability of those categories varying 

by vehicle and equipment type and, in 

some circumstances, manufacturer 

volume. Sections 579.21–27 require 

manufacturers to submit the following: 

(1) Production information; (2) reports 

on incidents involving death or injury 

in the United States; (3) reports on 

incidents involving one or more deaths 

in a foreign country involving a vehicle 

or item of equipment that is identical or 

substantially similar to a vehicle or item 

of equipment that is offered for sale in 

the United States; (4) separate reports on 

the number of property damage claims, 

consumer complaints, warranty claims, 

and field reports that involve a specified 

system or event; (5) copies of field 

reports; and, for manufacturers of tires, 

(6) a list of common green tires 

(applicable to only tire manufacturers). 

Section 579.28(l) allows NHTSA to 

request additional related information to 

help identify a defect related to motor 

vehicle safety. The regulation specifies 

the time frame for reporting for each 

category. Foreign recalls of substantially 

similar vehicles and manufacturer 

communications are required to be 

submitted monthly, substantially 

similar vehicle listings are required 

annually, and all other report types are 

required to be submitted on a quarterly 

basis. 

Production Information—Quarterly 

Reporting 

Manufacturers are required to report 

production information to NHTSA on a 

quarterly basis (e.g., 4 times per 

calendar year).9 Estimates of the burden 

hours and reporting costs are based on: 

• The number of manufacturers 

reporting; 

• The frequency of required reports; 

• The number of hours required per 

report; and 

• The cost of personnel to report. 

The number of hours for reporting 

ranges from 1 hour for trailer 

manufacturers to 8 hours for light 

vehicle manufacturers (Table 4). 

Quarterly reporting burden hours are 

calculated by multiplying hours used to 

report for a given category by the 

number of manufacturers for the 

category and by the four times per year 

quarterly reporting. Using these 

methods and the average number of 

manufacturers who report annually, we 

estimate the annual burden hours for 

quarterly reporting at 5,216 hours as 

detailed below in Table 4. 

NHTSA assumes that 50 percent of 

the total burden hours are utilized by 

technical personnel while clerical staff 

consumes the remaining 50 percent. In 

other words, the hourly wage rate for 

each quarterly report is split evenly 

between technical and clerical 

personnel and a weighted hourly rate is 

developed from this assumption. 

Therefore, using the BLS total hourly 

compensation rates discussed above of 

$44.72 for a Computer Support 

Specialist and $29.54 for an Office 

Clerk, the weighted hourly rate is $37.13 

(Technical Mean Hourly Wage of $44.72 

× 0.5 + Clerical Mean Hourly Wage of 

$29.54 × 0.5). The estimated reporting 

costs are calculated as follows: 

(M × Tp × $37.13 = quarterly cost of 

reporting) × 4 = annual cost of 

reporting * 

* M = Manufacturers reporting data in the 

category; Tp = Reporting time for the 

category; $37.13 = Reporting labor cost 

compensation rate; 4 = Quarterly reports 

per year 

For example, the estimated reporting 

cost for light vehicles is $42,773.76 (36 

manufacturers × 8 hours × $37.13 

compensation rate × 4 quarters), and the 

total annual labor costs associated with 

quarterly reporting are estimated to be 

$193,670. Table 4 includes the 

estimated burden hours and reporting 

costs for non-dealer field reports, 

aggregate submissions, and death and 

injury submissions, as well as the 

quarterly and annual labor costs 

associated with reporting. 

TABLE 4—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS AND LABOR COSTS FOR QUARTERLY REPORTING

Vehicle/equipment category 

Average 

number of 

manufacturers 

Quarterly 

hours to report 

per 

manufacturer 

Blended hourly 

comp. rate 

Quarterly labor 

costs per 

manufacturer 

Annual burden 

hours for 

reporting 

Annual labor costs 

Light Vehicles .................................... 36 8 $37.13 $297.04 1,152 $42,773.76. 

Medium-Heavy Vehicles .................... 39 5 37.13 185.65 780 28,961.40. 

Trailers ............................................... 96 1 37.13 37.13 384 14,257.92. 

Motorcycles ........................................ 15 2 37.13 74.26 120 4,455.60. 

Emergency Vehicles .......................... 8 5 37.13 185.65 160 5,940.80. 

Buses ................................................. 33 5 37.13 185.65 660 24,505.80. 

Tires ................................................... 32 5 37.13 185.65 640 23,763.20. 

Child Restraints ................................. 42 1 37.13 37.13 168 6,237.84. 

Vehicle Equipment ............................. 36 8 37.13 297.04 1,152 42,773.76. 

Totals .......................................... ........................ 40 ........................ ........................ 5,216 $193,670.08 or 

$193,670. 

Early Warning Reporting (EWR) 

Submissions 

Table 5 provides an average annual 

submission count for each category 

submitted per the requirements of 49 

CFR part 579, subpart C: Reports on 

incidents involving death or injury in 

the United States; reports on incidents 

involving one or more deaths in a 

foreign country involving a vehicle or 

item of equipment that is identical or 

substantially similar to a vehicle or item 

of equipment that is offered for sale in 

the United States; separate reports on 

the number of property damage claims, 

consumer complaints, warranty claims, 

and field reports that involve a specified 

system or event; copies of field reports; 

and, for manufacturers of tires, a list of 

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follow-up information per § 579.28(l) 

related to injury and fatality claims or 

comprehensive inquiries. Each reporting 

category has specific requirements and 

types of reports that need to be 

submitted and we state ‘‘N/A’’ where 

there is no requirement for that 

reporting category. 

TABLE 5—ANNUAL AVERAGE OF EWR SUBMISSIONS BY MANUFACTURERS

[2016–2018] 

Category of claims Light 

vehicles 

Heavy, 

med 

vehicles 

Trailers Motorcycles 

Emergency 

vehicles 

Buses Tires Child 

restraints 

Equipment mfr. Totals 

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in 

U.S ......................................................... 11,124 39 30 133 8 33 58 453 9 11,887 

Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign 

Country .................................................. 146 6 5 2 0 1 3 167 0 330 

Reports on Number of Claims Involving 

Specific System or Event ...................... 10,261 666 91 40 0 0 1,154 NA NA 12,212 

Mfr. Field Reports ..................................... 66,722 16,639 20 1,301 0 0 NA 3,727 NA 88,409 

Common Green Tire Reporting ................ NA NA NA NA NA NA 112 NA NA 112 

Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 579.28(l) ........................... 148 10 3 5 1 1 3 17 2 190 

Totals: ................................................ 88,401 17,360 149 1,481 9 35 1,330 4,364 11 113,140 

The above updated submission totals 

represent an 12% increase from the 

previously approved information 

collection. Submission totals for each 

category have risen with an average of 

11,887 injury and fatality claims in the 

United States (previously 9,804 claims), 

330 foreign death claims (previously 

101 claims), 12,212 claims involving 

specific system or event (previously 

11,481 claims), 88,409 manufacturer 

field reports (previously 79,297 field 

reports), 112 common green tire reports, 

and 190 injury and fatality or 

comprehensive inquiry follow-up 

sequences per § 579.28(l), totaling 

113,140 submissions on average 

(previously estimated at 100,683 

submissions). 

The agency estimates that an average 

of 5 minutes is required for a 

manufacturer to process each report, 

except for foreign death claims and 

follow-up responses. We estimate 

foreign death claims and follow-up 

responses per § 579.28(l) require an 

average of 15 minutes to process. 

Multiplying the total average number of 

minutes by the number of submissions 

NHTSA receives in each reporting 

category yields the burden hour 

estimates found below in Table 6. Our 

previous estimates of Early Warning 

associated burden hours totaled 8,407, 

and we now update that total to 9,515 

burden hours, a 13.2% increase, 

associated with the above noted claim 

categories. 

TABLE 6—ANNUAL MANUFACTURER BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR EWR SUBMISSIONS

Category of claims 

Annual 

average 

of EWR 

submissions 

Average time 

to process 

each report 

(min.) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

hours 

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S ................................................................................. 11,887 5 990.58 

Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign Country ........................................................................... 330 15 82.50 

Reports on Number of Claims Involving Specific System or Event ............................................ 12,212 5 1,017.67 

Mfr. Field Reports ........................................................................................................................ 88,409 5 7,367.42 

Common Green Tire Reporting ................................................................................................... 112 5 9.33 

Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 579.28(l) ........................................................... 190 15 47.5 

Totals: ................................................................................................................................... 113,140 ........................ 9,515 

Thus, the total estimated annual 

manufacturer burden hours for Sections 

579.21–28 (EWR submissions and 

quarterly reporting) are 14,731 hours 

(5,216 (Table 4) + 9,515 (Table 6). 

We have also constructed various 

estimates of the average five minutes of 

labor among the various occupations 

depending on the type of claim that was 

reviewed. Table 7 shows the estimated 

time allocations that it will take an 

individual to review each type of claim 

(in minutes) and the weighted hourly 

rate for individuals involved. 

TABLE 7—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER TIME ALLOCATION BY CLAIM TYPE AND WEIGHTED HOURLY RATE

Claim type 

Estimated time (in minutes) to review a claim 

Lawyer 

(rate: 

$136.54 10) 

Engineer 

(rate 

$63.03 11) 

IT 

(rate: 

$66.82 12) 

Technical 

(rate: 

$44.72 13) 

Clerical 

(rate: 

$29.54 14) 

Total time Weighted 

hourly rate 

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S .......................... 3 0 0 0 2 5 $93.74 

Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign Country ..................... 3 10 0 0 2 15 73.27 

Reports on Number of Claims Involving Specific System or 

Event .................................................................................. 0 0 0 3 2 5 38.65 

Mfr. Field Reports ................................................................. 0 0 0 3 2 5 38.65 

Green Tire Events ................................................................. 0 0 0 0 5 5 29.54 


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10May 2019 National Industry-Specific Wage 

Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Lawyers (Code 23–1000), 

$95.85, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_

336100.htm#23-0000, divided by 70.2% for 

compensation rate, https://www.bls.gov/ 

news.release/ecec.t01.htm. 

11May 2019 National Industry-Specific Wage 

Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Engineers (Code 17– 

2000), $44.25, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics4_336100.htm#17-0000, divided by 70.2% for 

compensation rate, https://www.bls.gov/ 

news.release/ecec.t01.htm. 

12May 2019 National Occupational Employment 

and Wage Estimates, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Computer and Information Analysts (Code 15– 

1210), $46.91, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_

nat.htm#15-0000, divided by 70.2% for 

compensation rate, https://www.bls.gov/ 

news.release/ecec.t01.htm. 

13May 2019 National Industry-Specific Wage 

Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computer Support 

Analyst (Code 15–1230), $31.39, https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm#15- 

0000, divided by 70.2% for compensation rate, 

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm. 

14May 2019 National Industry-Specific Wage 

Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office Clerks (Code 43– 

9061), $20.74, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics4_336100.htm#43-0000, divided by 70.2% for 

compensation rate, https://www.bls.gov/ 

news.release/ecec.t01.htm. 

15https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_

336100.htm#15-0000. 

16Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm. Last 

Accessed July 31, 2020. 

TABLE 7—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER TIME ALLOCATION BY CLAIM TYPE AND WEIGHTED HOURLY RATE—Continued 

Claim type 

Estimated time (in minutes) to review a claim 

Lawyer 

(rate: 

$136.54 10) 

Engineer 

(rate 

$63.03 11) 

IT 

(rate: 

$66.82 12) 

Technical 

(rate: 

$44.72 13) 

Clerical 

(rate: 

$29.54 14) 

Total time Weighted 

hourly rate 

Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 579.28(l) .... 3 10 0 0 2 15 73.27 

The total labor costs for claims 

documents were obtained using the 

following formula: 

K × T × W = Costs for claim type * 

* K = Claims submitted by industry; T = 

Estimated time spent on a claim; W = 

Weighted Hourly Rate. 

Table 8 shows the annual labor costs 

of reporting EWR information to 

NHTSA. 

TABLE 8—ESTIMATED EWR ANNUAL LABOR COSTS BY CATEGORY

Category of claims 

Annual 

average 

of EWR 

submissions 

Average 

time to 

process each 

report 

(min.) 

Weighted 

hourly rate 

Estimated 

labor 

cost per 

submission 

Estimated annual labor 

cost 

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S .......... 11,887 5 $93.74 $7.81 $92,857.28. 

Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign Country .... 330 15 73.27 18.32 6,044.78. 

Reports on Number of Claims Involving Specific 

System or Event.

12,212 5 38.65 3.22 39,332.82. 

Mfr. Field Reports ................................................. 88,409 5 38.65 3.22 284,750.65. 

Common Green Tire Reporting ............................ 112 5 29.54 2.46 275.71. 

Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 

579.28(l).

190 15 73.27 18.32 3,480.33. 

Totals: ............................................................ 113,140 ........................ ........................ ........................ 426,741.56 or 426,742. 

Computer Maintenance Burden 

In addition to the burden associated 

with submitting documents under each 

subpart of part 579, NHTSA also 

estimates that manufacturers will incur 

computer maintenance burden hours 

associated with the information 

collection requirements. The estimated 

manufacturer burden hours associated 

with aggregate data submissions for 

consumer complaints, warranty claims, 

and dealer field reports are included in 

reporting and computer maintenance 

hours. The burden hours for computer 

maintenance are calculated by 

multiplying the hours of computer use 

(for a given category) by the number of 

manufacturers reporting in a category. 

NHTSA estimates that light vehicle 

manufacturers will spend 

approximately 347 hours per year on 

computer maintenance and that other 

vehicle manufacturers will spend about 

25% as much time as light vehicle 

manufacturers on computer 

maintenance. Therefore, NHTSA 

estimates that medium-heavy truck, 

trailer, motorcycle manufacturers, 

emergency vehicle, and bus 

manufacturers will each spend 

approximately 86.5 hours on computer 

maintenance each year. NHTSA 

estimates that tire manufacturers and 

child restraint manufacturers will also 

spend 86.5 hours on computer 

maintenance per year. Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates the total burden for 

computer maintenance to be 35,415 

hours per year (based on there being an 

estimated 36 light vehicle 

manufacturers, 39 medium-heavy 

vehicle manufacturers, 96 trailer 

manufacturers, 15 motorcycle 

manufacturers, 8 emergency vehicle 

manufacturers, 33 bus manufacturers, 

32 tire manufacturers, and 42 child 

restraint manufactures). 

To calculate the labor cost associated 

with computer maintenance hours, 

NHTSA looked at wage estimates for the 

type of personnel submitting the 

documents. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) estimates that the 

average hourly wage for Computer 

Support Specialists (BLS Occupation 

code 15–1230) in the Motor Vehicle 

Manufacturing Industry is $31.39.15 The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 

private industry workers’ wages 

represent 70.2% of total labor 

compensation costs.16 Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs 

to be $44.72 for Computer Support 

Specialists. For the estimated total of 

35,415 annual computer maintenance 

burden hours, NHTSA estimates the 

associated labor costs will be 

approximately $1,583,736. Table 9 


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shows the annual estimated burden 

hours for computer maintenance by 

vehicle/equipment category and the 

estimated labor costs associated with 

those burden hours. 

TABLE 9—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS FOR COMPUTER MAINTENANCE FOR REPORTING

Vehicle/equipment category 

Average 

number of 

manufacturers 

Hours for 

computer 

maintenance 

per 

manufacturer 

Average 

hourly 

labor cost 

Annual 

burden 

hours for 

computer 

maintenance 

Total labor costs 

Light Vehicles ........................ 36 347 $44.72 12,492 ................................... $558,642.24. 

Medium-Heavy Vehicles ........ 39 86.5 44.72 3,373.5 .................................. 150,862.92. 

Trailers ................................... 96 86.5 44.72 8,304 ..................................... 371,352.88. 

Motorcycles ........................... 15 86.5 44.72 1,297.5 .................................. 58,024.20. 

Emergency Vehicles .............. 8 86.5 44.72 692 ........................................ 30,946.24. 

Buses ..................................... 33 86.5 44.72 2,854.5 .................................. 127,653.24. 

Tires ....................................... 32 86.5 44.72 2,768 ..................................... 123,784.96. 

Child Restraints ..................... 42 86.5 44.72 3,633 ..................................... 162,467.76. 

Totals .............................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 35,414.5 or 35,415 hours ..... 1,583,736.44 or 1,583,736. 

Based on the foregoing, we estimate 

the burden hours for industry to comply 

with the current Part 579 reporting 

requirements (EWR requirements, 

foreign campaign requirements and Part 

579.5 requirements) to be 53,810 hours 

per year. The total annual burden hours 

for this information collection 

consisting of manufacturer 

communications under Section 579.5 

(Subpart A), foreign reporting (Subpart 

B), EWR submissions and reporting 

(Subpart C), and computer maintenance 

is outlined in Table 9 below. 

TABLE 9—TOTAL MANUFACTURER BURDEN HOURS FOR THIS COLLECTION

Reporting type Annual burden 

hours 

Subpart A: Manufacturer Communications .........................................................................................................................................

§ 579.5 (Table 1) .................................................................................................................................................................................. 2,074 

Subpart B: Foreign Reporting (Table 2) .............................................................................................................................................. 1,590 

Subpart C: EWR Submissions and Quarterly Reporting (Tables 4 & 6) ............................................................................................ 14,731 

Computer Maintenance ....................................................................................................................................................................... 35,415 

Total .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 53,810 

The burden estimates represent an 

overall increase in burden hours of 

4,567 hours. The increase in burden 

hours is due to increases in the number 

of submissions and modifying this 

request to include reporting for common 

green tires and additional information 

requested by NHTSA per Section 

579.28(l) that were left out of the 

previous information collection request. 

The wage estimates have been adjusted 

to reflect the latest available rates from 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: NHTSA 

estimates the collection requires no 

additional costs to the respondents 

beyond the labor costs associated with 

the burden hours to collect and submit 

the reports to NHTSA and the labor 

hours and associated labor costs for 

computer maintenance. 

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 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (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 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29. 

Jeffrey Mark Giuseppe, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

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Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund; Notice and Request 

for Public Comment 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Currently, the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, is soliciting comments 

concerning the New Markets Tax Credit 

Program (NMTC Program) Allocation 

Application, for the fiscal year (FY) 

2021–FY 2024 funding rounds 

(hereafter, the Application or 

Applications). The CDFI Fund is 

required by law to make the Application 

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