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• EMS Data Management Officials 

• EMS Researchers 

• Emergency Nurses 

• Hospital Administration 

• Public Health Officials 

• Emergency Management Practitioners 

• EMS Clinicians 

• Consumers (not directly affiliated 

with an EMS or healthcare 

organization) 

• State or local legislative bodies (e.g., 

city/county councils; state 

legislatures) 

Materials to Submit: Qualified 

individuals interested in serving on the 

NEMSAC are invited to apply for 

appointment by submitting the 

following materials to one of the 

locations listed in the ADDRESSES

section by the deadline listed in the 

DATES section: 

• Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) 

containing the applicants full name, 

title, home address, phone number, 

email address. 

• At least two (2) but no more than 

four (4) letters of recommendation from 

a company, association, organization, or 

individual on letterhead containing a 

brief description of why the applicant 

should be considered for appointment. 

• A letter of interest which identifies 

the EMS sector the applicant seeks to 

represent and contains an attestation 

statement indicating that the applicant 

is not a registered federal lobbyist and 

an understanding that as a government 

representative the applicant may not 

concurrently serve as registered federal 

lobbyists. 

Each applicant must submit the 

required materials to the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by the deadline. 

Nominees for appointment will be 

selected on the basis of materials 

submitted and in a manner that ensures 

equal opportunity for all people and 

avoids discrimination on the basis of 

race, color, religion, sex, gender 

identity, sexual orientation, national 

origin, disability or age; however, 

selection will be undertaken in a 

manner that encourages participation by 

members of underrepresented and 

underserved communities in accordance 

with Presidential Executive Order 

13985. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300d–4(b); 49 

CFR 1.95(i)(4). 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23081 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0054] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Limousine Crashworthiness 

Safety Research 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a request for approval of 

a new collection of information. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for a new 

information collection. Before a Federal 

agency can collect certain information 

from the public, it must receive 

approval from 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 

extensions and reinstatement of 

previously approved collections. This 

document describes a collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval on a new 

information collection to research 

limousine crash safety. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2024–0054 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. To 

be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Jason 

Greb, Structures and Restraints Research 

Division (NSR–210), (202) 366–3637, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, W46–443, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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: (a) 

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; 

(b) 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; 

(c) how to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 


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Title: Limousine Crashworthiness 

Safety Research 

OMB Control Number: New 

Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1802 

Interview Guide—OEM; NHTSA Form 

1803 Interview Guide—OEM Program 

Non-Participant; NHTSA Form 1804 

Interview Guide—OEM Program 

Participant. 

Type of Request: New. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: 

In an effort to understand the 

limousine market and the characteristics 

of limousine vehicles with respect to 

crashworthiness and occupant safety, 

and to comply with a Congressional 

mandate, the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) is 

seeking approval for a new information 

collection request (ICR). 

Many federal safety regulations (e.g., 

FMVSS Nos. 207, 208, 209, 210) do not 

currently apply to limousines and, as a 

result, the extent of limousine crash 

safety features and performance is not 

well known. Furthermore, limousine 

manufacturers fall into one of three 

categories (Vehicle Original Equipment 

Manufacturer [OEM], OEM program 

participant, and OEM program 

nonparticipants) and the respective 

differences of these manufacturer’s 

approach to fabrication and vehicle 

safety requires targeted research. The 

proposed NHTSA research approach 

will consist of one-time voluntary 

interviews of three groups related to the 

limousine market: (a) Vehicle Original 

Equipment Manufacturer [OEM], (b) 

OEM program participant, and (c) OEM 

program nonparticipants. The 

interviews will consist of approximately 

10–15 open-ended questions about 

limousine fabrication intended for 

reporting on safety characteristics 

related to evacuation, crashworthiness, 

occupant seating, and restraints. Three 

versions of the interview will be used, 

one for each category of manufacturer. 

Interview results will be collected and 

summarized in a final report available 

for public consumption and the data 

will help provide NHTSA with data 

required for necessary cost-benefit 

analyses prior to potential rulemaking 

activities. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: 

On November 15, 2021, President 

Biden signed the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA or the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), Public 

Law 117–58. Sections 23015 and 23023 

of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

(BIL) mandated that the Secretary of 

Transportation, NHTSA through 

delegation, shall conduct a variety of 

research and actions including research 

into the development of motor vehicle 

safety standards for side impact 

protection, roof crush resistance, and air 

bag systems for the protection of 

occupants in limousines with 

alternative seating positions—including 

perimeter seating arrangements, safety 

features and standards that aid 

evacuation in the event that an exit in 

the passenger compartment of a 

limousine is blocked, and amending 

FMVSS Nos. 207, 208, 209, and 210 

such that they apply to limousines on 

each designated seating position, 

including side-facing seats. 

This information collection will also 

aid in any cost-benefit analyses that 

would be required for promulgating new 

federal safety regulation and other 

regulatory alternative considerations 

under Executive Orders (E.O.) 12866 

(Regulatory Planning and Review), 

13563 (Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review), and 14094 

(Modernizing Regulatory Review), DOT 

Order 2100.6A and the Department of 

Transportation’s regulatory policies and 

procedures. Therefore, NHTSA has a 

need to understand the limousine 

market and characteristics of limousine 

vehicles. 

Affected Public: This includes 

selected limousine manufacturers/ 

fabricators which will fall into one of 

three categories, including Vehicle 

Original Equipment Manufacturer 

(OEM), limousine fabricators associated 

with an OEM limousine program (OEM 

program participant), and limousine 

fabricator not associated with an OEM 

program (OEM program 

nonparticipants). Participation is 

voluntary. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 53 

hours. 

This information collection will 

consist of interviews conducted across 

three categories of limousine 

manufacturers: Vehicle Original 

Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), OEM 

program participant, and OEM program 

nonparticipants. The interviews in this 

ICR will be one-time responses of 

limousine manufacturers. For each 

manufacturer type, the target for 

minimum number of responses is 10, 

and then approximately equal 

distribution of the 11 remaining 

planned interviews to arrive at a total of 

a minimum of 41 successful responses. 

These interviews will take place over 

the entirety of the information 

collection (3-year collection period). 

Respondents in some of the groups may 

be more difficult for interview 

completion than others and thus the 

target maximum respondent outreach of 

160 contacts is as follows: the number 

of interview attempts for a maximum of 

20 OEMs will be contacted in total with 

an annual average of 7 OEMs contacted 

(greatest expected response rate), a 

maximum of 40 OEM program 

participants will be contacted in total 

with an annual average of 13 OEM 

program participants contacted (midrange expected response), and a 

maximum of 100 OEM program nonparticipants will be contacted in total 

with an annual average of 33 OEM 

program non-participants contacted 

(these will be the smaller businesses 

and response rate is expected to be low). 

While each interview guide varies 

slightly, the time to complete the 

interview is not expected to vary greatly 

with an average of 60 minutes per 

interview. While NHTSA and the 

research team will discontinue the 

interview process after a minimum of 41 

successful responses is complete across 

a relatively equal distribution of the 

categories, there is no similar study to 

calculate response rates nor average 

completion time of an incomplete 

response or declined interview. 

Therefore, for calculation of burden, 

NHTSA and the research team have 

used the maximum number of contacts 

to provide an absolute maximum 

burden. The table below provides 

estimated burden costs and hours, both 

total burden and annual burden. Based 

on the average interview time from a 

preliminary round of nine interviews 

with limousine manufacturers, the time 

required to complete each interview is 

expected to be 60 minutes. This results 

in a total burden to respondents of 160 

hours for the entire study and an annual 

burden of 53 hours. 

The database of respondents for 

limousine manufacturers will be from 

S&P Global Mobility and their extensive 

canvasing of the automotive industry. 

The respondents in each category will 

be selected at random and given the 

opportunity to accept or decline the 

interview before moving on to the 

subsequent outreach effort. 

Estimated Annual Burden Cost: 

$4,999. 

To calculate the labor cost associated 

with the interviews, NHTSA looked at 

wage estimates for the type of personnel 

responding to the interviews. NHTSA 

estimates the total labor costs associated 

with these burden hours by looking at 

the average wage for Marketing/Sales 

Managers in the United States. The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 


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estimates that the average hourly wage 

for Marketing/Sales Managers (BLS 

Occupation code 11–2020) in the Motor 

Vehicle Manufacturing Industry is 

$66.60. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

estimates that private industry workers’ 

wages represent 70.6% of total labor 

compensation costs. Therefore, NHTSA 

estimates the hourly labor costs to be 

$94.33 for Marketing/Sales Managers. 

NHTSA estimates the total burden 

cost for the complete study to be 

$15,093, while the annual burden cost 

is estimated to be $4,999. Table 1 

provides a summary of the estimated 

burden hours and labor costs associated 

with those submissions. Note there are 

slight variations between the total and 

the annual figures based on rounding. 

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES

Information collection 

Number of respondents 

(total/annual) 

Frequency of 

response 

Time 

(minutes) 

Hourly labor 

cost Burden hours Burden costs (rounded) 

Interview Guide—OEM (NHTSA 

Form 1802).

20 total ..............

7 annual ............

1 60 $94.33 20 total ..............

7 annual ............

$1,887 total 

$660 annual. 

Interview Guide—OEM Program 

Participant (NHTSA Form 1804).

40 total ..............

13 annual ..........

1 60 94.33 40 total ..............

13 annual ..........

$,3773 total 

$1,226 annual. 

Interview Guide—OEM Program 

Non-participant (NHTSA Form 

1803).

100 total ............

33 annual ..........

1 60 94.33 100 total ............

33 annual ..........

$9,433 total 

$3,113 annual. 

Total ........................................ ........................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 160 .................... $15,093. 

Annual .................................... ........................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 53 ...................... $4,999. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

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; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29A. 

Cem Hatipoglu, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle 

Safety Research. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23135 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2023–0038] 

Supplemental Initial Decision That 

Certain Frontal Driver and Passenger 

Air Bag Inflators Manufactured by ARC 

Automotive Inc. and Delphi Automotive 

Systems LLC, and Vehicles in Which 

Those Inflators Were Installed, Contain 

a Safety Defect 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Second extension of deadline 

for written submissions. 

SUMMARY: On October 2, 2024, NHTSA 

received a request to extend the period 

during which manufacturers and any 

interested person may submit written 

information in response to the agency’s 

Supplemental Initial Decision published 

in the Federal Register on August 5, 

2024. The prior written submission 

deadline was October 4, 2024. NHTSA 

is extending the deadline to October 11, 

2024. 

DATES: The written submission deadline 

related to the Supplemental Initial 

Decision published on August 5, 2024, 

at 89 FR 63473, is extended to October 

11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

submissions to the docket number 

identified in the heading of this 

document by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. Note that all written 

submissions received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act discussion below. 

We will consider all written 

submissions received before the close of 

business on Friday, October 4, 2024. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or written 

submissions received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 30118(b)(1), NHTSA will make a 

final decision only after providing an 

opportunity for manufacturers and any 

interested person to present 

information, views, and arguments. 

DOT posts written submissions 

submitted by manufacturers and 

interested persons, without edit, 

including any personal information the 


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