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means to gather data directly from its 

stakeholders. The information obtained 

from the survey will be used to improve 

transit safety research with long-term 

goals of improving public transit safety 

and reducing risk for transit properties, 

transit passengers, and the public in 

general. The survey will be limited to 

data collections that solicit voluntary 

opinions to enable us to effectively 

address transit safety issue areas, 

identify safety trends, and structure a 

responsive and proactive research 

agenda for FTA. 

Respondents: Public and private 

transit operators, transit constituents, 

and other stakeholders. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 20 minutes for each of the 

800 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 266 

hours. 

Frequency: Every two years. 

Issued: February 21, 2012. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4383 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2011– 

0169] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection and consolidation 

of existing collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extension, 

reinstatement and consolidation of 

previously approved collections. 

This document describes a new 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval 

concerning recommendations from 

vehicle manufacturers regarding child 

restraint systems (CRS) that fit in their 

individual vehicles. Furthermore, 

NHTSA plans to combine the new 

information collection with an existing 

collection for obtaining vehicle 

information for consumer information 

purposes (OMB Control number 2127– 

0629). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

You may call the Docket Management 

Facility at 202–366–9826. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments, see the Public 

Participation heading of the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this document. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Johanna 

Lowrie, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, NHTSA, Room W43– 

410, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Lowrie’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–5269. 

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. 

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: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology (e.g., in 

submission of responses). 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comment on the additional information 

the agency is proposing to collect under 

the existing collection of information: 

Title: Consolidated Vehicle 

Information for the General Public. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0629. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers that 

sell motor vehicles under 10,000 

pounds in the United States. 

Abstract: NHTSA’s mission is to save 

lives, prevent injury and reduce motor 

vehicle crashes. Consumer information 

programs are an important tool for 

improving vehicle safety through market 

forces and providing caregivers 

information about child seats that fit in 

their vehicles. 

On February 25, 2011, NHTSA 

published in the Federal Register a 

‘‘Request for comments’’ notice (76 FR 

10637) describing in detail a new 

consumer information program, as part 

of the New Car Assessment Program, to 

help parents and caregivers find a child 

restraint system (‘‘child safety seat’’) 

that fits their vehicle. Under the new 

program, NHTSA will make available on 

the agency’s Web site, 

www.safercar.gov, information from 

vehicle manufacturers as to the specific 

child safety seats the manufacturers 

recommend for individual vehicles. 

NHTSA also plans to use these 

recommendations when responding to 

public inquiries. The agency anticipates 

that this new program will provide 

consumer service by offering guidance 

on vehicle-CRS matchups and making it 

easier for parents and caregivers to 

select a child safety seat that fits in their 

vehicle. 

The agency has attempted to 

coordinate and reduce the reporting 

burden associated with this new 

information collection effort by 

incorporating the new provisions into 

the currently approved collection, 

‘‘Vehicle Information for the General 

Public’’ (OMB Control Number 2127– 

0629). For over 30 years, NHTSA has 

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1See 49 CFR 553.21. 

2Optical character recognition (OCR) is the 

process of converting an image of text, such as a 

scanned paper document or electronic fax file, into 

computer-editable text. 3See 49 CFR 512. 

safety information such as frontal and 

side crash results, rollover propensity 

and the availability of a wide array of 

safety features provided on each vehicle 

model. In addition, the agency has been 

using this safety feature information 

when responding to consumer inquiries 

and analyzing rulemaking petitions that 

requested the agency to mandate certain 

safety features. 

NHTSA also has an information 

collection to obtain data related to 

motor vehicle compliance with the 

agency’s Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards. Although the consumer 

information collection data is distinct 

and unique from this compliance data, 

respondents to both collections are the 

same. Thus, the consumer information 

collection procedure is closely 

coordinated with the compliance 

collection to enable responders to 

assemble the data more efficiently. The 

burden is further eased by sending the 

respondents electronic forms that they 

complete and electronically return to 

the agency. For the expansion of the 

information collection to include CRS 

recommendations, the agency asks that 

respondents provide a list of child 

safety seats that fit in their vehicles at 

the same time they supply the vehicle 

safety information to further minimize 

the burden. The following table 

provides the estimated annual burden 

hours, assuming full participation in the 

program. 

Vehicle safety 

information 

Vehicle-CRS fit 

information Total 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours ..................................................................................... 800 3600 4400

Number of Respondents .................................................................................................. 21 21 21

The combined consumer information 

collected will be used on the agency’s 

www.safercar.gov Web site, in the 

‘‘Purchasing with Safety in Mind: What 

to look for when buying a new vehicle’’ 

and ‘‘Buying a Safer Car for Child 

Passengers’’ brochures, in other 

consumer publications, as well as for 

internal agency analyses and response 

to consumer inquiries. 

Comments are invited on (1) 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, (2) the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection, 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected, and (4) 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. 

Public Participation 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, you must include the docket 

number of this document in your 

comments. Your comments must not be 

more than 15 pages long.1 We 

established this limit to encourage you 

to write your primary comments in a 

concise fashion. However, you may 

attach additional documents (if 

necessary) to your comments. There is 

no limit on the length of the 

attachments. 

If you are submitting comments 

electronically as a PDF (Adobe) file, we 

ask that the documents submitted be 

scanned using the Optical Character 

Recognition (OCR) process, thus 

allowing the agency to search and copy 

certain portions of your submissions.2

Please note that pursuant to the Data 

Quality Act, in order for substantive 

data to be relied upon and used by the 

agency, it must meet the information 

quality standards set forth in the OMB 

and DOT Data Quality Act guidelines. 

Accordingly, we encourage you to 

consult the guidelines in preparing your 

comments. OMB’s guidelines may be 

accessed at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/fedreg/reproducible.html. DOT’s 

guidelines may be accessed at: http:// 

dmses.dot.gov/submit/ 

DataQualityGuidelines.pdf. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you submit your comments by mail 

and wish Docket Management to notify 

you upon its receipt of your comments, 

you may enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given 

above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. When you send a comment 

containing information claimed to be 

confidential business information, you 

should include a cover letter setting 

forth the information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation.3

In addition, you should submit a 

copy, from which you have deleted the 

claimed confidential business 

information, to the Docket by one of the 

methods set forth above. 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

We will consider all comments 

received before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, we will also consider 

comments received after that date. 

How can I read the comments submitted 

by other people? 

You may read the materials placed in 

the Docket for this document (e.g., the 

comments submitted in response to this 

document by other interested persons) 

at any time by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

You may also read the materials at the 

Docket Management Facility by going to 

the street address given above under 

ADDRESSES. The Docket Management 

Facility is open between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Issued on: February 17, 2012. 

Christopher J. Bonanti, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4367 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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