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of the affected vehicles. However, granting this 

petition does relieve distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, or 

introduction or delivery for introduction into 

interstate commerce of the noncompliant tires 

under their control after BMW notified them that 

the subject noncompliance existed. 1Supreme Indiana Operations, Inc., is 

manufacturer of motor vehicles and is registered 

under the laws of the state of Delaware. 

passed from the manufacturer to an 

owner, purchaser, or dealer. 

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

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8) 

Issued on: March 16, 2012. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6850 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0024; Notice 1] 

Supreme Indiana Operations, Inc., 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Startrans, a division of 

Supreme Indiana Operations, Inc., 

(Startrans) 1 has determined that certain 

Startrans trucks, buses, and 

multifunction school activity buses 

(MFSAB) manufactured from 2006 

through 2011, do not fully comply with 

paragraph S5.3 of Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 120, Tire 

selection and rims and motor home/ 

recreation vehicle trailer load carrying 

capacity information for motor vehicles 

with a GVWR of more than 4,536 

kilograms (10,000 pounds). Startrans 

has filed an appropriate report dated 

November 16, 2011, pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. 

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

30120(h) (see implementing rule at 49 

CFR part 556), Startrans submitted a 

petition for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

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

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

to motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of Startrans’ 

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. 

Vehicles involved: Affected are 

approximately: 97,271 Startrans 2006 

through 2011 model year trucks, 9,543 

Startrans 2007 through 2011 model year 

buses, and 436 model year 2007 through 

2011 MFSAB. 

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, 

these provisions only apply to the 

subject vehicles that Startrans no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. 

Noncompliance: Startrans explains 

that the noncompliance is that the 

height of the lettering on the combined 

certification and tire information labels 

attached to the subject vehicles is less 

than that required by paragraph S5.3 of 

FMVSS No. 120. The lettering on the 

noncompliant labels is only 2.12 

millimeters (mm) in height. The height 

required by paragraph S5.3 is 2.4 mm. 

Rule text: Paragraph S5.3 of FMVSS 

No. 120 requires in pertinent part: 

S5.3 Each vehicle shall show the 

information specified in S5.3.1 and S5.3.2 

and, in the case of a vehicle equipped with 

a non-pneumatic spare tire, the information 

specified in S5.3.3, in the English language, 

lettered in block capitals and numerals not 

less than 2.4 millimeters high and in the 

format set forth following this paragraph. 

This information shall appear either— 

(a) After each GAWR listed on the 

certification label required by § 567.4 or 

§ 567.5 of this chapter; or at the option of the 

manufacturer, 

(b) On the tire information label affixed to 

the vehicle in the manner, location, and form 

described in § 567.4(b) through (f) of this 

chapter as appropriate of each GVWR–GAWR 

combination listed on the certification label. 

Summary of Startrans’ Analysis and 

Arguments 

Startrans determined that the subject 

noncompliance existed after being 

notified by the NHTSA’s Office of 

Vehicle Safety Compliance (OVSC) that 

an apparent noncompliance was 

identified during an OVSC FMVSS No. 

120 compliance test of a model year 

2010 Startrans MFSAB. 

Startrans makes the argument that the 

subject noncompliance is not 

performance related and is 

inconsequential to vehicle safety. The 

font height of the text on the 

certification label is just 0.28 mm less 

than the requirement, but the label text 

is clear, legible and meets all the other 

labeling requirements. 

Startrans also states that the number 

of vehicles that potentially require 

remedy is 107,250 and represents 

several concerns. These vehicles are 

already registered and currently 

represent no concern with licensing. To 

perform a remedy on this many vehicles 

invites the possibility of certification 

decals being reinstalled on the wrong 

vehicles. 

Startrans has additionally informed 

NHTSA that it has corrected the 

noncompliance so that all future 

production vehicles will comply with 

FMVSS No. 120. 

In summation, Startrans believes that 

the described noncompliance of its 

vehicles is inconsequential to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition, to 

exempt from providing recall 

notification of noncompliance as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 

remedying the recall noncompliance as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30120 should be 

granted. 

Comments: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited at the beginning of 

this notice and be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

a. By mail addressed to: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

b. By hand delivery to: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. The Docket Section is open 

on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

except Federal Holidays. 

c. Electronically: by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) Web site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments may also be faxed to 1–202– 

493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language, and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that your comments were 

received, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard with the comments. 

Note that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Documents submitted to a docket may 

be viewed by anyone at the address and 

times given above. The documents may 


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also be viewed on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov by following 

the online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000, (65 FR 19477–78). 

The petition, supporting materials, 

and all comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated below will be filed and will be 

considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the extent possible. 

When the petition is granted or denied, 

notice of the decision will be published 

in the Federal Register pursuant to the 

authority indicated below. 

DATES: Comment Closing Date: April 23, 

2012. 

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

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8) 

Issued on: March 16, 2012. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6852 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Research Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Financial Research, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the 

Financial Research Advisory Committee 

and solicitation of applications for 

Committee membership. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department has 

determined that it is in the public 

interest to establish the Financial 

Research Advisory Committee. A 

Charter for the Committee has been 

prepared and will be filed no earlier 

than 15 days following the date of 

publication of this notice. This notice 

establishes criteria and procedures for 

the selection of members. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Ianniello, Office of Financial 

Research, Department of Treasury, (202) 

622–3002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 § 1–16, 

as amended), the Treasury Department 

intends to establish the following 

advisory committee, pursuant to its 

Charter: 

Title: Financial Research Advisory 

Committee. 

Purpose: The purpose of the 

Committee is to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Office of 

Financial Research (OFR) and to assist 

the OFR in carrying out its duties and 

authorities. The OFR will benefit from 

the knowledge, experience, and 

perspective of academics, researchers, 

industry leaders, government officials, 

and others. 

Statement of Public Interest: It is in 

the public interest to establish, under 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Financial Research 

Advisory Committee (‘‘Committee’’). 

The Committee shall be a continuing 

advisory committee with an initial twoyear term, subject to two-year reauthorizations. The Committee provides 

an opportunity for academics, 

researchers, industry leaders, and other 

qualified individuals to offer their 

expert advice and recommendations to 

the OFR, which among other things, is 

responsible for collecting and 

standardizing data on financial 

institutions and their activities and for 

supporting the work of federal financial 

regulators and researchers. These views 

will be offered to the Director of the 

OFR on a regular basis. There exists no 

other source within the Federal 

government that could serve this 

function. 

Background 

The OFR was established under Title 

I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 

and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 

111–203, July 21, 2010). The purpose of 

the OFR is to support the Financial 

Stability Oversight Council (Council) in 

fulfilling the purposes and duties of the 

Council and to support the Council’s 

member agencies by: 

—Collecting data on behalf of the 

Council, and providing such data to 

the Council and member agencies; 

—Standardizing the types and formats 

of data reported and collected; 

—Performing applied research and 

essential long-term research; 

—Developing tools for risk 

measurement and monitoring; 

—Performing other related services; 

—Making the results of the activities of 

the OFR available to financial 

regulatory agencies; and 

—Assisting such member agencies in 

determining the types and formats of 

data authorized by the Dodd-Frank 

Act to be collected by such member 

agencies. 

Objective, Scope, and Description of the 

Committee 

The Committee will advise the OFR 

on issues related to the responsibilities 

of the office. 

The Committee shall provide its 

advice, recommendations, analysis, and 

information directly to the OFR. The 

OFR may share the Committee’s advice 

and recommendations with the 

Secretary of the Treasury or other 

Treasury officials. The OFR will share 

information with the Committee as the 

Director determines will be helpful in 

allowing the Committee to carry out its 

role. 

Members will be selected by the 

Department from persons that are 

recognized experts in the fields of 

economics, financial institutions and 

markets, statistical analysis, financial 

markets analysis, econometrics, applied 

sciences, risk management, data, 

information standards, technology, or 

other areas related to OFR’s duties and 

authorities, or may be representatives of 

sectors related to OFR’s duties and 

authorities. Members should also have 

experience as a widely-recognized 

academic or research expert in a field 

related to OFR’s duties and authorities, 

as a senior leader or respected 

professional within an industry sector 

related to OFR’s duties and authorities, 

or as a financial regulator or official in 

an area related to OFR’s duties and 

authorities. 

Appointments will be made with the 

objective of creating a diverse and 

balanced body with a variety of 

interests, backgrounds, and viewpoints 

represented. The Committee shall 

consist of not more than 30 members. 

The Committee will be chaired by a 

member selected by OFR. 

The Committee will function for a 

two-year period before renewal or 

termination. It will meet at such 

intervals as are necessary to carry out its 

duties. Each year, the Committee 

intends to conduct one orientation 

session, as needed, approximately two 

public meetings, and several work 

sessions. 

The meetings are open to public 

observers, including the press, unless 

prior notice has been provided for a 

closed meeting. 

No person who is a Federallyregistered lobbyist may serve on the 

Committee. Membership on the 

Committee is limited to the individuals 

appointed and is non-transferrable. 

Regular attendance is essential to the 

effective operation of the Committee. 

Application for Advisory Committee 

Appointment 

There is no prescribed format for the 

application. Applicants may send a 

cover letter describing their interest, 

reasons for application, and 

qualifications, and should enclose a 

complete professional biography or 

resume. 


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