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may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0064. 

For convenience, all active PTC dockets 

are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at 

https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad 

must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval 

of, an RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP 

under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal and 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on 

October 16, 2023, Conrail submitted an 

RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable 

Electronic Train Management System 

(I–ETMS) which seeks FRA’s approval 

for a three-hour outage in December 

2023 to perform an upgrade to Conrail’s 

PTC Back Office Subsystem to improve 

the reliability and stability of Conrail’s 

I–ETMS system. Conrail’s RFA states 

that their I–ETMS system must be 

disabled in order to perform the PTC 

Back Office System upgrade. The RFA is 

available in Docket No. FRA–2010– 

0064. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on Conrail’s RFA to its PTC 

system by submitting written comments 

or data. During FRA’s review of this 

railroad’s RFA, FRA will consider any 

comments or data submitted within the 

timeline specified in this notice and to 

the extent practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny a 

railroad’s RFA to its PTC system at 

FRA’s sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23637 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2016– 

0065] 

Defect and Noncompliance Notification 

and Reporting 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment 

on the reinstatement of a previously 

approved collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

reinstatement of a previously 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 reinstatement of 

previously approved collections. This 

document describes a collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2016–0065 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. 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. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Jeremy 

Gunderson, Recall Management 

Division (NEF–107), 

Jeremy.Gunderson@dot.gov, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 


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20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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. The 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: (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 proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: Defect and Noncompliance 

Notification and Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0004. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: This notice requests 

comment on NHTSA’s proposed 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

collection of information, designated as 

OMB No. 2127–0004. This collection 

covers the information collection 

requirements found within various 

statutory provisions of the Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Act), 49 

U.S.C. 30101, et seq., that address and 

require manufacturer notifications to 

NHTSA of safety-related defects and 

failures to comply with Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in 

motor vehicles and motor vehicle 

equipment, as well as the provision of 

particular information related to the 

ensuing owner and dealer notifications 

and free remedy campaigns that follow 

those notifications. The sections of the 

Act imposing these requirements 

include 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30119, 30120, 

and 30166. Many of these requirements 

are implemented through, and 

addressed with more specificity in, 49 

CFR part 573, Defect and 

Noncompliance Responsibility and 

Reports (Part 573) and 49 CFR 577, 

Defect and Noncompliance Notification 

(Part 577). 

Pursuant to the Act, motor vehicle 

and motor vehicle equipment 

manufacturers are obligated to notify, 

and then provide various information 

and documents to, NHTSA when a 

safety defect or noncompliance with 

FMVSS is identified in products they 

manufactured. See 49 U.S.C. 30118(b) 

and 49 CFR 573.6. Manufacturers are 

further required to notify owners, 

purchasers, dealers, and distributors 

about the safety defect or 

noncompliance. See 49 U.S.C. 30118(b), 

30120(a); 49 CFR 577.7, 577.13. 

Manufacturers are required to provide to 

NHTSA copies of communications 

pertaining to recall campaigns that they 

issue to owners, purchasers, dealers, 

and distributors. See 49 U.S.C. 30166(f); 

49 CFR 573.6(c)(10). 

Manufacturers are also required to file 

with NHTSA a plan explaining how 

they intend to reimburse owners and 

purchasers who paid to have their 

products remedied before being notified 

of the safety defect or noncompliance 

and explain that plan in the 

notifications they issue to owners and 

purchasers about the safety defect or 

noncompliance. See 49 U.S.C. 30120(d) 

and 49 CFR 573.13. Manufacturers are 

further required to keep lists of the 

respective owners, purchasers, dealers, 

distributors, lessors, and lessees of the 

products determined to be defective or 

noncompliant and involved in a recall 

campaign, and are required to provide 

NHTSA with a minimum of eight 

quarterly reports and three annual 

reports reporting on the progress of their 

recall campaigns. See 49 U.S.C. 

30118and 49 CFR 573.7. 

The Act and part 573 also contain 

numerous information collection 

requirements specific to tire recall and 

remedy campaigns. These requirements 

relate to the proper disposal of recalled 

tires, including a requirement that the 

manufacturer conducting the tire recall 

submit a plan and provide specific 

instructions to certain persons (such as 

dealers and distributors) addressing that 

disposal, and a requirement that those 

persons report back to the manufacturer 

certain deviations from the plan. See 49 

U.S.C. 30120(d) and 49 CFR 573.6(c)(9). 

The regulations also require that 

manufacturers report to NHTSA 

intentional and knowing sales or leases 

of defective or noncompliant tires. 

49 U.S.C. 30166(n) and its 

implementing regulation found at 49 

CFR 573.10 mandate that anyone who 

knowingly and willfully sells or leases 

for use on a motor vehicle a defective 

tire or a tire that is not compliant with 

FMVSS, and with actual knowledge that 

the tire manufacturer has notified its 

dealers of the defect or noncompliance 

as required under the Act, is required to 

report that sale or lease to NHTSA no 

more than five working days after the 

person to whom the tire was sold or 

leased takes possession of it. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: This information is 

necessary to enable NHTSA to 

administer, monitor, and enforce the 

legal, statutory, and regulatory 

requirements identified above. These 

requirements are intended to ensure the 

safety of the motoring public through 

the proper and timely notification and 

remedy of defective or noncompliant 

motor vehicles and motor vehicle 

equipment. 

Affected Public: Businesses or 

individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

NHTSA receives reports of defect or 

noncompliance from roughly 240 

manufacturers per year. Accordingly, 

we estimate that there will be 

approximately 240 manufacturers per 

year filing defect or noncompliance 

reports and completing the other 

information collection responsibilities 

associated with those filings. 

In summary, we estimate that there 

will be a total of 240 respondents per 

year associated with OMB No. 2127– 

0004. 

Frequency: As circumstances 

necessitate. 

Estimated Burden: NHTSA previously 

estimated an annual burden of 64,966 

hours associated with this collection (of 

which 456 hours was contemplated for 

conducting supplemental recall 

communications under administrative 

activities. We continue to estimate a 

small burden of 2 hours annually in 

order to set up a manufacturer’s online 

recalls portal account with the pertinent 

contact information and maintaining/ 

updating their account information as 

needed. We estimate this will require a 

total of 480 hours annually (2 hours × 

240 MFRs). 

Our prior estimates of the burden 

hours and cost associated with the 

requirements currently covered by this 


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1For more information about how we derived 

these and certain other estimates, please see 81 FR 

70269 (October 11, 2016). 

information collection require 

adjustment as follows. 

Based on current information, we 

estimate 240 distinct manufacturers 

filing an average of 976 part 573 Safety 

Recall Reports each year. This is a 

change from our previous estimate of 

988 part 573 Safety Recall Reports filed 

by 249 manufacturers each year. In 

addition, with reference to the metric 

associated with NHTSA’s Vehicle 

Identification Number (VIN) Look-up 

Tool regulation, see 49 CFR 573.15, we 

continue to estimate it takes the 17 

major passenger vehicle manufacturers 

(those that produce more than 25,000 

vehicles annually) additional burden 

hours to complete these Reports to 

NHTSA, as explored in more detail 

below. See 82 FR 60789 (December 22, 

2017). Between 2017 and 2021, the 

major passenger vehicle manufacturers 

conducted an average of 355 recalls 

annually. 

We continue to estimate that 

maintenance of the required owner, 

purchaser, dealer, and distributors lists 

requires 8 hours a year per 

manufacturer. We also continue to 

estimate it takes a major passenger 

vehicle manufacturer 40 hours to 

complete each part 573 Safety Recall 

notification report to NHTSA, and it 

takes all other manufacturers 4 hours. 

Accordingly, we estimate the annual 

burden hours related to the reporting to 

NHTSA of a safety defect or 

noncompliance for the 17 major 

passenger vehicle-manufacturers to be 

14,200 hours annually (355 notices × 40 

hours/report), and that all other 

manufacturers require a total of 2,484 

hours annually (621 notices × 4 hours/ 

report) to file their notices. Thus, the 

estimated annual burden hours related 

to the reporting to NHTSA of a safety 

defect or noncompliance is 17,164 hours 

(14,200 hours + 2,484 hours) + (240 

MFRs × 8 hours to maintain purchaser 

lists).1

We continue to estimate that an 

additional 40 hours will be needed to 

account for major passenger vehicle 

manufacturers adding details to Part 573 

Safety Recall Reports relating to the 

intended schedule for notifying its 

dealers and distributors and tailoring its 

notifications to dealers and distributors 

in accordance with the requirements of 

49 CFR 577.13. An additional 2 hours 

will be needed to account for this 

obligation in other manufacturers’ 

Safety Recall Reports. This burden is 

estimated at 15,442 hours annually (621 

notices × 2 hours/notification) + (355 

notices × 40 hours/notification). 

49 U.S.C. 30166(f) requires 

manufacturers to provide to the Agency 

copies of all communications regarding 

defects and noncompliances sent to 

owners, purchasers, and dealerships. 

Manufacturers must index these 

communications by the year, make, and 

model of the vehicle as well as provide 

a concise summary of the subject of the 

communication. We continue to 

estimate this burden requires 3 hours for 

each vehicle recall for the 17 major 

passenger vehicle manufacturers, and 30 

minutes for all other manufacturers for 

each vehicle recall. This totals an 

estimated 1,375.5 hours annually (355 

recalls × 3 hours for the 17 major 

passenger vehicle manufacturers) + (621 

recalls × .5 for all other manufacturers). 

In the event a manufacturer supplied 

the defective or noncompliant product 

to independent dealers through 

independent distributors, that 

manufacturer is required to include in 

its notifications to those distributors an 

instruction that the distributors are then 

to provide copies of the manufacturer’s 

notification of the defect or 

noncompliance to all known 

distributors or retail outlets further 

down the distribution chain within five 

working days. See 49 CFR 

577.7(c)(2)(iv). As a practical matter, 

this requirement would only apply to 

equipment manufacturers, since vehicle 

manufacturers generally sell and lease 

vehicles through a dealer network, and 

not through independent distributors. 

We have estimated the burden 

associated with these notifications 

(identifying retail outlets, making copies 

of the manufacturer’s notice, and 

mailing) to be 5 hours per recall 

campaign. Assuming an average of 3 

distributors per equipment item, which 

is a liberal estimate given that many 

equipment manufacturers do not use 

independent distributors, the total 

number of burden hours associated with 

this third-party notification requirement 

is approximately 1,290 hours per year 

(86 recalls × 3 distributors × 5 hours). 

As for the burden linked with a 

manufacturer’s preparation of and 

notification concerning its 

reimbursement for pre-notification 

remedies, we continue to estimate that 

the preparation of a reimbursement plan 

takes approximately 4 hours annually. 

We also continue to estimate that an 

additional 1.5 hours per year is spent by 

the 17 major passenger vehicle 

manufacturers adapting the plan to 

particular defect and noncompliance 

notifications to NHTSA and adding 

tailored language about the plan to a 

particular safety recall’s owner 

notification letters, whereas an 

additional .5 hours per year is spent on 

this task by all other manufacturers. 

And we continue to estimate that an 

additional 12 hours annually is spent 

disseminating plan information, for a 

total of 4,827 annual burden hours ((249 

MFRs × 4 hours to prepare plan) + (355 

recalls × 1.5 hours tailoring plan for 

each recall) + (621 recalls × .5 hours) + 

(249 MFRs × 12 hours to disseminate 

plan information)). 

The Safety Act and 49 CFR part 573 

also contain numerous information 

collection requirements specific to tire 

recall and remedy campaigns, as well as 

a statutory and regulatory reporting 

requirement that anyone who 

knowingly and intentionally sells or 

leases a defective or noncompliant tire 

notify NHTSA of that activity. 

Manufacturers are required to include 

specific information related to tire 

disposal in the notifications they 

provide NHTSA concerning 

identification of a safety defect or 

noncompliance with FMVSS in their 

tires, as well as in the notifications they 

issue to their dealers or other tire outlets 

participating in the recall campaign. See 

49 CFR 573.6(c)(9). We believe our 

previous estimate of 12 tire recalls per 

year needs to be adjusted to 11 tire 

recalls per year to better reflect recent 

data. We continue to estimate that the 

inclusion of this additional information 

will require an additional two hours of 

effort beyond the subtotal above 

associated with non-tire recall 

campaigns. This additional effort 

consists of one hour for the NHTSA 

notification and one hour for the dealer 

notification for a total of 22 burden 

hours (11 tire recalls a year × 2 hours 

per recall). 

Manufacturer-owned or controlled 

dealers are required to notify the 

manufacturer and provide certain 

information should they deviate from 

the manufacturer’s disposal plan. 

Consistent with our previous analysis, 

we continue to ascribe zero burden 

hours to this requirement since to date 

no such reports have been provided, 

and our original expectation that dealers 

would comply with manufacturers’ 

plans has proven accurate. 

Accordingly, we estimate 22 burden 

hours a year will be spent complying 

with the tire recall campaign 

requirements found in 49 CFR 

573.6(c)(9). 

The agency continues to estimate 1 

burden hour annually will be spent 

preparing and submitting reports of a 

defective or noncompliant tire being 

intentionally sold or leased under 49 

U.S.C. 30166(n) and its implementing 

regulation at 49 CFR 573.10. 


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2 $8,000 (for data center hosting for the physical 

server) + $12,000 (for web/application developer 

support) = $30,000. 

We continue to expect that nine 

vehicle manufacturers, who did not 

operate VIN-based recalls lookup 

systems prior to August 2013, incur 

certain recurring burdens on an annual 

basis. We continue to estimate that 100 

burden hours will be spent on system 

and database administrator support. 

These 100 burden hours include: 

Backup data management and 

monitoring; database management, 

updates, and log management; and data 

transfer, archiving, quality assurance, 

and cleanup procedures. We continue to 

estimate another 100 burden hours will 

be incurred on web/application 

developer support. These burdens 

include: Operating system and security 

patch management; application/web 

server management; and application 

server system and log files management. 

We continue to estimate these burdens 

will total 1,800 hours each year (9 MFRs 

× 200 hours). We also continue to 

estimate the recurring costs of these 

burden hours will be $30,000 per 

manufacturer.2 Furthermore, we 

continue to estimate that the total cost 

to the industry from these recurring 

expenses will total $270,000, on an 

annual basis (9 MFRs × $30,000). 

Changes to 49 CFR part 573 in 2013 

required 27 manufacturers to update 

each recalled vehicle’s repair status no 

less than every 7 days, for 15 years from 

the date the VIN is known to be 

included in the recall. This ongoing 

requirement to update the status of a 

VIN for 15 years continues to add a 

recurring burden on top of the one-time 

burden to implement and operate these 

online search tools. We continue to 

estimate that 8 affected motorcycle 

manufacturers will make recalled VINs 

available for an average of 2 recalls each 

year and 19 affected passenger vehicle 

manufacturers will make recalled VINs 

available for an average of 8 recalls each 

year. We believe it will take no more 

than 1 hour, and potentially less with 

automated systems, to update the VIN 

status of vehicles that have been 

remedied under the manufacturer’s 

remedy program. We continue to 

estimate this will require 8,736 burden 

hours per year (1 hour × 2 recalls × 52 

weeks × 8 MFRs + 1 hour × 8 recalls × 

52 weeks × 19 MFRs) to support the 

requirement to update the recalls 

completion status of each VIN in a recall 

at least weekly for 15 years. 

Due to a congressionally-mandated 

increase in the required number of 

quarterly reports for each recall, the 

number of quarterly reports that track 

the completion of safety recalls has also 

increased. Our previous estimate of 

4,498 quarterly reports received 

annually is now revised upwards to 

5,875 quarter reports received annually. 

We continue to estimate it takes 

manufacturers 1 hour to gather the 

pertinent information for each quarterly 

report, and 10 additional hours for the 

17 major passenger vehicle 

manufacturers to submit electronic 

reports. We therefore now estimate that 

the quarterly reporting burden pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C.A. 30118 totals 6,045 hours 

((5,875 quarterly reports × 1 hour/ 

report) + (17 MFRs × 10 hours for 

electronic submission)). 

We continue to estimate that 20 

percent of part 573 reports will involve 

a change or addition regarding recall 

components, and that at two hours per 

amended report, this totals 390 burden 

hours per year (976 recalls × .20 = 195 

recalls; 195 × 2 = 390 hours). 

Additionally, per the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (Pub. L. 117–58, title 

IV, subtitle B, section 24202), 

manufacturers are now required to 

submit three (3) annual recall 

completion rate reports. NHTSA 

estimates that it will receive and average 

of 316 reports yearly from 

manufacturers. We estimate it takes 

manufacturers 2 hours to complete 

annual reports, including 1.5 hours to 

gather pertinent information for each 

report, and .5 hours for the 17 major 

passenger vehicle manufacturers to 

submit the electronic reports. We 

therefore estimate that the annual 

reporting burden pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30118 totals 632 hours ((316 annual 

reports × 1.5 hours) + (17 MFRs × .5 

hours for electronic submission)). We 

continue to estimate that 20 percent of 

Part 573 reports will involve a change 

or addition regarding recall 

components, and that at two hours per 

amended report, this totals 390 burden 

hours per year (976 recalls × .20 = 195 

recalls; 195 × 2 = 390 hours). 

As to the requirement that 

manufacturers notify NHTSA in the 

event of a bankruptcy, we expect this 

notification to take an estimated 2 hours 

to draft and submit to NHTSA. We 

continue to estimate that only 10 

manufacturers might submit such a 

notice to NHTSA each year, so we 

calculate the total burden at 20 hours 

(10 MFRs × 2 hours). 

We continue to estimate that it takes 

the 17 major passenger vehicle 

manufacturers an average of 11 hours to 

draft their notification letters, submit 

them to NHTSA for review, and then 

finalize them for mailing to their 

affected owners and purchasers. We also 

continue to estimate it takes 8 hours for 

all other manufacturers to perform this 

task. Accordingly, we estimate that the 

49 CFR part 577 requirements result in 

8,873 burden hours annually (11 hours 

per recall × 355 recalls per year) + (8 

hours per recall × 621 recalls per year). 

We previously calculated that about 

12 percent of past recalls require an 

interim notification mailing, but recent 

trends show that 3 percent of recalls 

require an interim owner notification 

mailing. We continue to estimate the 

preparation of an interim notification 

can take up to 10 hours. We therefore 

estimate that 1,250 burden hours are 

associated with the 60-day interim 

notification requirement (976 recalls × 

.03 = 34 recalls; 34 recalls times 10 

hours per recall = 340 hours). 

As for costs associated with notifying 

owners and purchasers of recalls, to 

reflect an increase in postage rates, we 

are revising our estimate of the cost of 

first-class mail notification to $1.53 per 

notification, on average. This cost 

estimate includes the costs of printing 

and mailing, as well as the costs vehicle 

manufacturers may pay to third-party 

vendors to acquire the names and 

addresses of the current registered 

owners from state and territory 

departments of motor vehicles. In 

reviewing recent recall figures, we 

determined that an estimated 51.4 

million letters are mailed yearly totaling 

$78,642,000 ($1.53 per letter × 

51,400,000 letters). The requirement in 

49 CFR part 577 for a manufacturer to 

notify their affected customers within 

60 days would add an additional 

$10,223,460 (51,400,000 letters × .03 

requiring interim owner notifications = 

1,542,000 letters; 1,542,000 × $1.53 = 

$2,359,260). In total, we estimate that 

the current 49 CFR part 577 

requirements cost manufacturers a total 

of $81,001,260 annually ($78,642,000 

for owner notification letters + 

$2,359,260 for interim notification 

letters = $81,001,260). 

Utilizing these variables, we now 

estimate an initial annualized cost over 

the next three years of $81,271,260 per 

year. 

Because of the forgoing burden 

estimates, we are revising the burden 

estimate associated with this collection. 

The 49 CFR part 573 and 49 CFR part 

577 requirements found in today’s 

notice will require 68,837.5 hours each 

year. Additionally, manufacturers 

impacted by 49 CFR part 573 and 49 

CFR part 577 requirements will incur a 

recurring annual cost estimated at 

$81,271,260 total. NHTSA welcomes 

further comment and data on these 

estimates. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 


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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. 

Cem Hatipoglu, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23639 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request Relating to Late Filing of 

Certification or Notices 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

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 continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning late filing of certification or 

notices. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 26, 2023 

to be assured of consideration 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. 

Include OMB control number 1545– 

2098 or Late Filing of Certification or 

Notices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the revenue procedure should 

be directed to Kerry Dennis at (202) 

317–5751, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet, at Kerry.L.Dennis@

irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Late Filing of Certification or 

Notices. 

OMB Number: 1545–2098. 

Regulation Project Number: Rev. Proc. 

2008–27. 

Abstract: The IRS needs certain 

information to determine whether a 

taxpayer should be granted permission 

to make late filings of certain statements 

or notices under sections 897 and 1445. 

The information submitted will include 

a statement by the taxpayer 

demonstrating reasonable cause for the 

failure to timely make relevant filings 

under sections 897 and 1445. This 

revenue procedure provides a simplified 

method for taxpayers to request relief 

for late filings under sections 1.897– 

2(g)(1)(ii)(A), 1.897–2(h)(2), 1.1445– 

2(d)(2), 1.1445–5(b)(2), and 1.1445– 

5(b)(4) of the Income Tax Regulations. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

to the regulation or burden. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations, Farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

250. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,000 hours. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

the collections of information covered 

by this notice. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained if their 

contents may become material in the 

administration of any internal revenue 

law. Generally, tax returns and tax 

return information are confidential, as 

required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) whether the collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: October 20, 2023. 

Kerry L. Dennis, 

Tax Analyst. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request Relating to Production Tax 

Credit for Refined Coal 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

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 continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning production tax credit for 

refined coal. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 26, 2023 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. 

Include OMB control number 1545– 

2158 or Production Tax Credit for 

Refined Coal. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the notice should be directed 

to Kerry Dennis at (202) 317–5751, or at 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Kerry.L.Dennis@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Production Tax Credit for 

Refined Coal. 

OMB Number: 1545–2158. 

Notice Number: Notice 2010–54. 

Abstract: This notice sets forth 

interim guidance pending the issuance 

of regulations relating to the tax credit 

under § 45 of the Internal Revenue Code 

(Code) for refined coal. Taxpayers must 


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