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3The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

May 2022 Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS), using the median hourly wage rate 

for a Management Analyst 13–1111 of $45.81. 4An estimated 125 new awardees submit each 

quarter—125 × 4 = 500 respondents. 5An estimated 216 existing awardees submit each 

quarter—216 × 4 = 864 respondents. 

6An estimated 125 new awardees submit each 

quarter—125 × 4 = 500 respondents. 

7An estimated 216 existing awardees submit each 

quarter—216 × 4 = 864 respondents. 

8Total cost equivalent was rounded. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

11,001. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

28,869 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $1,322,489. 

FRA informs all interested parties that 

it may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information that does 

not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Christopher S. Van Nostrand 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22953 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0073; Notice 1] 

Comoto Holdings, Inc., Receipt of 

Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Comoto Holdings, Inc., 

(Comoto), has determined that certain 

Street & Steel Oakland motorcycle 

helmets do not fully comply with 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 218, Motorcycle Helmets. 

On July 6, 2022, Comoto filed a 

noncompliance report and submitted a 

petition, for a decision that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. This 

document announces receipt of 

Comoto’s petition. 

DATES: Send comments on or before 

November 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to the 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 for Federal 

holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Comments may also be faxed to 

(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 comments you have 

submitted by mail were received, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard with the comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

All comments and supporting 

materials received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

above will be filed in the docket and 

will be considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the fullest extent 

possible. 

When the petition is granted or 

denied, notice of the decision will also 

be published in the Federal Register 

pursuant to the authority indicated at 

the end of this notice. 

All comments, background 

documentation, and supporting 

materials submitted to the docket may 

be viewed by anyone at the address and 

times given above. The documents may 

also be viewed on the internet at https:// 

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. The docket ID number for this 

petition is shown in the heading of this 

notice. 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in a 

Federal Register notice published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paloma Lampert, Safety Compliance 

Engineer, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA, (202) 366–5299. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview: Comoto determined that 

certain Street & Steel Oakland 

motorcycle helmets do not fully comply 

with paragraph S5.1(b) of FMVSS No. 

218, Motorcycle Helmets (49 CFR 

571.218). 

Comoto filed a noncompliance report 

dated July 6, 2022, pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. Comoto 

petitioned NHTSA on July 6, 2022, 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 Comoto’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any agency decision or another exercise 

of judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

II. Equipment Involved: 

Approximately 408 size XL Street & 

Steel Oakland motorcycle helmets, 

manufactured between August 1, 2021, 

and August 31, 2021, were reported by 

the manufacturer. 

III. Noncompliance: Comoto explains 

that the noncompliance is that when the 

subject helmets are subjected to the low 

temperature conditioning procedure, as 

specified in paragraph S6.4.1(b), and 

then tested in accordance with 

paragraph S7.1, they do not meet the 

requirements provided in paragraph 

S5.1(b) of FMVSS No. 218. Specifically, 

Comoto found that during its own 

FMVSS No. 218 testing, a single helmet 

failed the impact attenuation dwell time 

requirement because a cumulative dwell 

time of 2.07 ms was measured during 

the second impact onto the flat anvil, at 

the right location of the helmet 

conditioned to the low temperature 

procedure. 

IV. Rule Requirements: Paragraph 

S5.1(b), of FMVSS No. 218 includes the 

requirements relevant to this petition. 

Each helmet must meet the 

requirements of paragraph S5.1 when 

subjected to any conditioning procedure 

specified in S6.4.1(b) and tested in 

accordance with S7.1. When an impact 

attenuation test is conducted in 

accordance with paragraph S7.1, among 

other requirements, accelerations in 

excess of 200g shall not exceed a 

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V. Summary of Comoto’s Petition: The 

following views and arguments 

presented in this section, ‘‘V. Summary 

of Comoto’s Petition,’’ are the views and 

arguments provided by Comoto. They 

have not been evaluated by the Agency 

and do not reflect the views of the 

Agency. Comoto describes the subject 

noncompliance and contends that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

Comoto states that the subject 

noncompliance should be deemed 

inconsequential because the result was 

2.07ms, which Comoto says is 

‘‘remarkably close to a PASS.’’ 

Furthermore, Comoto states the same 

model and size helmets have met this 

requirement in prior years, as far back 

as December 2017. 

Comoto concludes by stating its belief 

that the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety and 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 motorcycle helmets that 

Comoto no longer controlled at the time 

it determined that the noncompliance 

existed. However, any decision on this 

petition does not relieve equipment 

distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant motorcycle helmets 

under their control after Comoto 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23011 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0077; Notice 2] 

Michelin North America, LLC, Grant of 

Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition. 

SUMMARY: Michelin North America, LLC 

(MNA), has determined that certain 

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 

replacement passenger car tires do not 

fully comply with Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

139, New Pneumatic Radial Tires for 

Light Vehicles. MNA filed a 

noncompliance report dated September 

14, 2021. MNA subsequently petitioned 

NHTSA on September 30, 2021, and 

later supplemented the petition on 

September 30, 2022, for a decision that 

the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. This document 

announces the grant of MNA’s petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayton Lindley, General Engineer, 

NHTSA, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, (325) 655–0547. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

MNA has determined that certain 

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 

replacement passenger car tires do not 

fully comply with the requirements of 

paragraph S5.5.4(b) of FMVSS No. 139, 

New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light 

Vehicles (49 CFR 571.139). MNA filed a 

noncompliance report dated September 

14, 2021, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. MNA 

subsequently petitioned NHTSA on 

September 30, 2021, and later 

supplemented the petition on 

September 30, 2022, 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. 

Notice of receipt of MNA’s petition 

was published with a 30-day public 

comment period, on June 23, 2022, in 

the Federal Register (87 FR 37553). No 

comments were received. To view the 

petition and all supporting documents 

log onto the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) website at 

https://www.regulations.gov/. Then 

follow the online search instructions to 

locate docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2021– 

0077.’’ 

II. Tires Involved 

According to MNA approximately 

3,589 Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, 

size 295/40ZR21 111Y XL, replacement 

passenger car tires, manufactured 

between October 7, 2020, and August 

20, 2021, and sold in the United States 

and Canada were affected by the subject 

noncompliance. MNA says that of the 

3,589 tires, 1,729 tires entered the U.S. 

market, 110 entered the Canadian 

market, and the remaining 1,750 were 

blocked in MNA’s inventory control 

system to be repaired or scrapped. For 

the 110 tires that entered the Canadian 

market, the Agency cannot exempt 

MNA 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 for those 

tires. Therefore, the Agency’s decision 

will only apply to the 1,729 tires that 

entered the U.S. market. 

III. Noncompliance 

MNA explains that the 

noncompliance was due to a mold error 

in which one sidewall, the serial 

sidewall, of the subject tires incorrectly 

states the maximum load range as 

required by paragraph S5.5.4(b) of 

FMVSS No. 139. Specifically, the 

subject tires were marked with a 

maximum load of 1,090 kg (1,433 lbs.) 

when the conversion of kilograms to 

pounds should have resulted in a 

maximum load of 1,090 kg (2,403 lbs.). 

IV. Rule Requirements 

Paragraph S5.5.4(b) of FMVSS No. 

139 includes the requirements relevant 

to this petition. For passenger car tires, 

if the maximum inflation pressure of a 

tire is 240, 280, 300, 340, or 350 kPa, 

then each marking of the tire’s 

maximum load rating in kilograms must 

be followed in parenthesis by the 

equivalent load rating in pounds, 

rounded to the nearest whole number. 

V. Summary of MNA’s Petition 

The following views and arguments 

presented in this section, ‘‘V. Summary 

of MNA’s Petition,’’ are the views and 

arguments provided by MNA and do not 

reflect the views of the Agency. MNA 

describes the subject noncompliance 

and contends that the noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety for the following reasons: 

MNA asserts that although 

erroneously marked, the subject tires 


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