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related to the marine transportation 

system. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, 

September 13, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the DOT Conference Center at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation 

Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Rutherford, Designated Federal 

Officer, at MTSNAC@dot.gov or at (202) 

366–1332. Please visit the MTSNAC 

website at http://www.marad.dot.gov/ 

ports/marine-transportation-systemmts/marine-transportation-systemnational-advisory-committee-mtsnac/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MTSNAC is a Federal advisory 

committee that advises the U.S. 

Secretary of Transportation and the 

Maritime Administrator on issues 

related to the marine transportation 

system. The MTSNAC was originally 

established in 1999 and mandated in 

2007 by the Energy Independence and 

Security Act of 2007. The MTSNAC 

operates in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). 

Agenda 

The agenda will include: (1) 

Welcome, opening remarks, and 

introductions; (2) brief remarks by the 

Maritime Administrator or Deputy 

Maritime Administrator; (3) 

administrative items; (4) updates to the 

Committee on subcommittee work; (5) 

development of work plans and 

proposed recommendations; and (6) 

public comments. 

Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Members of the public who wish 

to attend in person must RSVP to 

MTSNAC@dot.gov with your name and 

affiliation no later than 5:00 p.m. EST 

on August 27, 2018, in order to facilitate 

entry. Seating will be limited and 

available on a first-come-first-serve 

basis. 

Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities: The public meeting is 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids are 

asked to notify Amanda Rutherford at 

(202) 366–1332 or MTSNAC@dot.gov at 

least five (5) business days before the 

meeting. 

Public Comments: A public comment 

period will commence at approximately 

4:00 p.m. on September 12 and 11:45 

a.m. on September 13, 2018. To provide 

time for as many people to speak as 

possible, speaking time for each 

individual will be limited to three 

minutes. Members of the public who 

would like to speak are asked to contact 

the Designated Federal Officer via 

email: MTSNAC@dot.gov. Commenters 

will be placed on the agenda in the 

order in which notifications are 

received. If time allows, additional 

comments will be permitted. Copies of 

oral comments must be submitted in 

writing at the meeting or preferably 

emailed to MTSNAC@dot.gov. 

Additional written comments are 

welcome and must be filed as indicated 

below. 

Written comments: Persons who wish 

to submit written comments for 

consideration by the Committee must 

email MTSNAC@dot.gov, or send them 

to MTSNAC Designated Federal Officers 

via email: MTSNAC@dot.gov, Maritime 

Transportation System National 

Advisory Committee, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, W21–307, Washington, DC 

20590 no later than August 27, 2018, to 

provide sufficient time for review. 

Authority: 49 CFR part 1.93(a); 5 U.S.C. 

552b; 41 CFR parts 102–3; 5 U.S.C. app. 

Sections 1–16 

* * * * * 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18491 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0080; Notice 2] 

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping 

Requirements Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance (NEF–230), National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

West Building, 4th Floor, Room W45– 

205, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

Title: Importation of Vehicles and 

Equipment Subject to the Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety, Bumper, and Theft 

Prevention Standards. 

OMB Number: 2127–0002. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of an 

Expired Collection. 

Publication of 60-Day Notice: The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period was published on 

March 2, 2018 (83 FR 9074). 

Abstract: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

has requested that OMB reinstate the 

agency’s approval of the information 

collection that is incident to NHTSA’s 

administration of the regulations at 49 

CFR parts 591, 592, and 593 that govern 

the importation of motor vehicles and 

motor vehicle equipment. The 

information collection includes 

declarations that are filed (on the HS– 

7 Declaration form) with U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) upon the 

importation of motor vehicles or motor 

vehicle equipment that is subject to 

Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, 

and theft prevention standards 

administered by NHTSA. The 

information collection also includes the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

conformance bond that is furnished to 

CBP (on form HS–474) for each motor 

vehicle offered for importation that does 

not conform to all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards 

(FMVSS). The bond ensures that such 

vehicles are brought into conformity 

with those standards within 120 days 

from the date of entry or are exported 

from, or abandoned to, the United 

States. The information collection also 

includes paperwork that must be 

submitted to NHTSA and in some 

instances retained by registered 

importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that 

were not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable FMVSS. 

These items include information that a 

person or business entity must submit to 

NHTSA to be registered as an RI and to 

retain that status. The paperwork also 

includes the statement of conformity 

that an RI must submit to NHTSA 

following the completion of 

conformance modifications on an 

imported nonconforming vehicle to 

obtain release of the DOT conformance 

bond furnished for the vehicle at the 


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time of entry. Also included is the 

petition that an RI or manufacturer may 

submit to NHTSA for the agency to 

decide that a vehicle that was not 

originally manufactured to comply with 

all applicable FMVSS is capable of 

being modified to conform to those 

standards and is therefore eligible for 

importation under 49 U.S.C. 30141. The 

information collection also includes 

applications that are filed with NHTSA 

for permission to import nonconforming 

vehicles for purposes of research, 

investigations, demonstrations, training, 

competitive racing events, and show or 

display, as well as applications 

requesting that the agency recognize 

vehicles manufactured for racing 

purposes as being qualified to be 

imported as vehicles that were not 

primarily manufactured for use on 

public roads, precluding the need for 

those vehicles to comply with the 

FMVSS. This information collection is 

necessary to ensure that motor vehicles 

and motor vehicle equipment subject to 

the Federal motor vehicle safety, 

bumper, and theft prevention standards 

are lawfully imported into the United 

States and that RIs and applicants for RI 

status are capable of meeting their 

obligations under the statutes and 

regulations governing the importation of 

nonconforming vehicles. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

commercial entities that import motor 

vehicles or motor vehicle equipment 

subject to the FMVSS and vehicles that 

are not primarily manufactured for use 

on public roads, as well as applicants 

for RI status and existing RIs. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

252,622 hours; $9,880,590. 

ADDRESS: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 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. 

A comment to OMB is most effective 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Michael A. Cole, 

Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18423 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0062] 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Denial of petition for a defect 

investigation. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of denial of 

a petition submitted to the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

(NHTSA) under 49 U.S.C. 30162, 

requesting that the Agency commence a 

proceeding to determine the existence of 

a defect related to motor vehicle safety 

in Michelin Model XZU–3, size 305/85/ 

R22.5 Load Range J transit bus tires. 

After a review of the petition and other 

information, NHTSA has concluded that 

a defects investigation is unlikely to 

result in a finding that a defect related 

to motor vehicle safety exists, or a 

NHTSA order for the notification and 

remedy of a safety related defect as 

alleged, at the conclusion of the 

requested investigation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce York, Medium & Heavy Duty 

Vehicle Division, Office of Defects 

Investigation, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. Email: 

Bruce.York@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter 

dated July 14, 2016, Paul Koleber from 

Intercity Transit wrote to NHTSA 

requesting that the Agency investigate 

the existence of a defect related to motor 

vehicle safety in Michelin Model XZU– 

3, size 305/85/R22.5 Load Range J 

transit bus tires. Mr. Koleber alleges the 

tires are structurally unsound and that 

this defect can result in sidewall 

blowouts at any time whether the tires 

are new or re-tread. Mr. Koleber stated 

that Michelin had previously recalled 

similar tires (12T–009) and the Intercity 

Transit fleet experienced failures with 

the same characteristics as those 

specified in the recall. Mr. Koleber 

submitted a forensics lab report from 

CASE Forensics to support his 

allegation. 

NHTSA has reviewed the material 

provided by the petitioner and other 

information. The results of this review 

and NHTSA’s analysis of the petition 

are set forth in the DP17–001 Evaluation 

Report, published in its entirety as an 

appendix to this notice. 

For the reasons presented in the 

DP17–001 Evaluation Report, it is 

unlikely that a defects investigation will 

result in a finding that a defect related 

to motor vehicle safety exists. It is also 

unlikely that an order for the 

notification and remedy of a safetyrelated defect would be issued as a 

result of granting Mr. Koleber’s request. 

Therefore, the petition is denied. This 

action does not constitute a finding by 

NHTSA that a safety related defect does 

not exist. The Agency will take further 

action if warranted by future 

circumstances. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162(d); delegations 

of authority at CFR 1.50 and 501.8. 

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

Nate Seymour 

Safety Defects Engineer 

NEF–106ns 

DP17–001 

BASIS: 

Paul Koleber, from Intercity Transit 

petitioned the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) by 

letter dated July 14, 2016, requesting 

that a defect investigation be conducted 

concerning motor vehicle safety in 

Michelin Model XZU–3, size 305/85/ 

R22.5 Load Range J transit bus tires. The 

facts described in this report are based 

on the Office of Defect Investigations’ 

(ODI) assessment of the information 

provided by the petitioner and 

information gathered by ODI from 

relevant sources. 

The petitioner alleged that a defect 

exists involving the design of tires used 

in commercial bus operations which 

have resulted in rapid air loss. The 

petitioner claimed that failures identical 

to those described in recall 12T–009 

have happened on the subject post 

recall tires. The petitioner stated that 

failures occurred on steer and drive 

wheel positions of both new and retread 

tires. The petitioner hired a forensics lab 

to perform scientific failure analysis of 

failed tires. The lab concluded the tires 

were of similar design and construction 

to those in recall 12T–009 and that the 

failures were caused by corrosion 

induced degradation of the ply strands. 

DESCRIPTION OF TIRE: 

The subject tires are Michelin XZU– 

3, size 305/85/R22.5 Load Range J 

transit bus tires. They are designed to be 


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