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noncompliance report dated May 6, 

2020, and later amended it on May 15, 

2020, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. Volkswagen 

subsequently petitioned NHTSA on May 

20, 2020, but amended it on June 8, 

2020, for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

as it relates to motor vehicle safety, 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) and 49 CFR part 556, 

Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or 

Noncompliance. 

This notice of receipt of Volkswagen’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any Agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

II. Vehicles Involved: Approximately 

299,043 of the following MY 2019–2020 

Volkswagen and Audi motor vehicles 

manufactured between November 26, 

2018, and February 19, 2020, are 

potentially involved: 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Atlas 

• 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport 

• 2019 Volkswagen Golf R 

• 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan LWB 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Jetta NF 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 

• 2019 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen A7 

• 2019 Audi Q3 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI 

• 2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Golf A7 

• 2019–2020 Audi A3 Sedan 

• 2019 Audi A3 Cabriolet 

III. Noncompliance: Volkswagen 

explains that the noncompliance is that 

the subject vehicles are equipped with 

tire pressure monitoring systems 

(TPMS) that do not fully comply with 

the requirements set forth in paragraph 

S6(f)(3) of FMVSS No. 138. Specifically, 

when there is a simultaneous pressure 

loss on all four tires, in which pressure 

loss occurs at the same rate and time, 

the detection may not occur within the 

20-minute timeframe specified in test 

procedure requirements. 

IV. Rule Requirements: Paragraph 

S6(f)(3) of FMVSS No. 138 includes 

requirements relevant to this petition. 

The sum of the total cumulative drive 

time under paragraphs S6(f)(1) and (2) 

shall be the lesser of 20 minutes or the 

time at which the low tire pressure 

telltale illuminates. 

V. Summary of Volkswagen’s Petition: 

The following views and arguments 

presented in this section, V. Summary 

of Volkswagen’s Petition, are the views 

and arguments provided by 

Volkswagen. They have not been 

evaluated by the Agency and do not 

reflect the views of the Agency. 

Volkswagen described the subject 

noncompliance and stated their belief 

that the noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. 

In support of its petition, Volkswagen 

submitted the following reasoning: 

1. A rapid tire pressure loss on one or 

more tires is accurately detected and the 

low tire pressure warning telltale will 

illuminate and warn the driver. 

2. A pressure loss on fewer than four 

tires at the same time and rate will be 

detected, and the low tire pressure 

warning telltale will illuminate and 

warn the driver. 

3. A simultaneous pressure loss on all 

four tires at the same rate will be 

detected and indicated to the driver, but 

not in the required 20 minutes. Internal 

tests have shown that in those tests 

where the pressure loss was not 

detected in 20 minutes, a warning to the 

driver was still shown in under 50 

minutes. Volkswagen believes this 

behavior is not relevant for real world 

driving, as this particular diffusion 

scenario, involving all four tires at the 

same time and same rate, is very 

unlikely to happen in real world 

driving. 

4. As of the production dates listed 

below, the condition has been corrected: 

Volkswagen: 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Golf 

vehicles, as of October 26, 2019; 

• 2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack 

vehicles, as of October 26, 2019; 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI 

vehicles, as of October 26, 2019; 

• 2019 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen 

vehicles, as of August 28, 2019; 

• 2019 Volkswagen Golf R vehicles, 

as of August 20, 2019; 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Jetta 

vehicles, as of October 24, 2019; 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 

vehicles, as of October 24, 2019; 

• 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan vehicles, 

as of August 18, 2019; 

• 2019–2020 Volkswagen Atlas 

vehicles, as of February 20, 2020; and 

• 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport 

vehicles, as of July 25, 2019. 

Audi: 

• 2019–2020 Audi A3 vehicles, as of 

January 25, 2020; 

• 2019 Audi A3 Cabriolet vehicles, as 

of July 13, 2019; and 

• 2019 Audi Q3 vehicles, as of July 

31, 2019. 

5. The affected vehicles held at the 

factory have been corrected, and unsold 

units in dealer inventory will be 

corrected prior to sale. 

6. Additionally, Volkswagen is not 

aware of any field or customer 

complaints related to this condition, nor 

has it been made aware of any accidents 

or injuries that have occurred as a result 

of this issue. 

Volkswagen concluded by expressing 

its belief that the subject noncompliance 

is inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition to be 

exempted from providing notification of 

the noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that Volkswagen no 

longer controlled at the time it 

determined that the noncompliance 

existed. However, any decision on this 

petition does not relieve vehicle 

distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after Volkswagen notified them 

that the subject noncompliance existed. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

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Prompt Payment Interest Rate; 

Contract Disputes Act 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of prompt payment 

interest rate; Contract Disputes Act. 

SUMMARY: For the period beginning July 

1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 

2020, the prompt payment interest rate 

is 11⁄8 per centum per annum. 

DATES: The the prompt payment interest 

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December 31, 2020. 

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Kearns, Senior Counsel, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (202) 874–7036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency 

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from a business concern and has failed 

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property or service by the required 

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concern an interest penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(a). The Contract Disputes Act of 

1978, Sec. 12, Public Law 95–563, 92 

Stat. 2389, and the Prompt Payment Act, 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the 

calculation of interest due on claims at 

the rate established by the Secretary of 

the Treasury. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has the 

authority to specify the rate by which 

the interest shall be computed for 

interest payments under section 12 of 

the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 and 

under the Prompt Payment Act. Under 

the Prompt Payment Act, if an interest 

penalty is owed to a business concern, 

the penalty shall be paid regardless of 

whether the business concern requested 

payment of such penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(c)(1). Agencies must pay the 

interest penalty calculated with the 

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time the agency accrues the obligation 

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31 U.S.C. 3902(a). ‘‘The interest penalty 

shall be paid for the period beginning 

on the day after the required payment 

date and ending on the date on which 

payment is made.’’ 31 U.S.C. 3902(b). 

Therefore, notice is given that the 

Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the rate of interest 

applicable for the period beginning July 

1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 

2020, is 11⁄8 per centum per annum. 

Timothy E. Gribben, 

Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Notices and 

Correspondence Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Notices and 

Correspondence Project Committee will 

be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comments, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, August 12, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Rosalia at 1–888–912–1227 or 

(718) 834–2203. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Notices and 

Correspondence Project Committee will 

be held Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at 

1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The public is 

invited to make oral comments or 

submit written statements for 

consideration. Due to limited time and 

structure of meeting, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Robert Rosalia. For more information 

please contact Robert Rosalia at 1–888– 

912–1227 or (718) 834–2203, or write 

TAP Office, 2 Metrotech Center, 100 

Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201 or 

contact us at the website: http://

www.improveirs.org. The agenda will 

include various IRS issues. 

Dated: July 2, 2020. 

Kevin Brown, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comments, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, August 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cedric Jeans at 1–888–912–1227 or 901– 

707–3935. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that a meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be held Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at 

12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The public is 

invited to make oral comments or 

submit written statements for 

consideration. Due to limited time and 

structure of meeting, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Cedric Jeans. For more information 

please contact Cedric Jeans at 1–888– 

912–1227 or 901–707–3935, or write 

TAP Office, 5333 Getwell Road, 

Memphis, TN 38118 or contact us at the 

website: http://www.improveirs.org. The 

agenda will include various IRS issues. 

Dated: July 2, 2020. 

Kevin Brown, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Special Projects 

Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Special 

Projects Committee will be conducted. 

The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is 

soliciting public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, August 13, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Antoinette Ross at 1–888–912–1227 or 

202–317–4110. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Special Projects 

Committee will be held Thursday, 

August 13, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern 

Time. The public is invited to make oral 

comments or submit written statements 

for consideration. Due to limited time 

and structure of meeting, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Antoinette Ross. For more information 

please contact Antoinette Ross at 1– 

888–912–1227 or 202–317–4110, or 

write TAP Office, 1111 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Room 1509, Washington, DC 

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