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exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)). 

The Agency must publish its decision in 

the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(b)). If granted, the notice will 

identify the regulatory provision from 

which the applicant will be exempt, the 

effective period, and all terms and 

conditions of the exemption (49 CFR 

381.315(c)(1)). If the exemption is 

denied, the notice will explain the 

reason for the denial (49 CFR 

381.315(c)(2)). The exemption may be 

renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

III. Casey’s Request 

Casey seeks an exemption from the 

requirement in 49 CFR 393.25(e) that all 

exterior lamps (both required lamps and 

any additional lamps) be steady 

burning, except for turn signal lamps, 

hazard warning signal lamps, school bus 

warning lamps, amber warning lamps or 

flashing warning lamps on tow trucks 

and CMVs transporting oversized loads, 

and warning lamps on emergency and 

service vehicles authorized by State or 

local authorities. 

Casey asserts that using the Intellistop 

module, which pulses the rear 

clearance, identification, and brake 

lamps from low-level lighting intensity 

to high-level lighting intensity 4 times 

in 2 seconds when the brakes are 

applied rather than providing steady 

burning lamps during the first 2 

seconds, would enhance rear signal 

systems. Casey submits that pulsing the 

rear brake lamps of a CMV may 

significantly increase visibility and 

reduce the frequency of rear-end 

crashes, and thus would maintain a 

level of safety that is equivalent to, or 

greater than, the level that the CMV 

would achieve without the requested 

exemption. 

On October 7, 2022, FMCSA denied 

Intellistop’s application for an industrywide exemption (87 FR 61133) to allow 

all motor carriers to operate CMVs 

equipped with Intellistop’s module. 

FMCSA noted that the decision did not 

preclude individual motor carriers from 

seeking an exemption from 49 CFR 

393.25(e) to purchase, install, and use 

Intellistop’s device subject to terms and 

conditions to allow sufficient 

monitoring of the use of the device. 

Consistent with the October 7, 2022, 

decision, the Agency seeks public 

comment on Casey’s carrier-specific 

exemption application. 

A copy of Casey’s application is 

included in the docket referenced at the 

beginning of this notice. 

IV. Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b), FMCSA requests public 

comment from all interested persons on 

Casey’s application for a five-year 

exemption from 49 CFR 393.25(e) to 

allow the company to operate CMVs 

equipped with Intellistop’s module 

which pulses the rear clearance, 

identification and brake lamps from 

low-level lighting intensity to high-level 

lighting intensity 4 times in 2 seconds 

when the brakes are applied. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the comment 

closing date will be considered and will 

be available for examination in the 

docket at the location listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Comments received after the comment 

closing date will be filed in the public 

docket and may be considered to the 

extent practicable. In addition to late 

comments, FMCSA will also continue to 

file, in the public docket, relevant 

information that becomes available after 

the comment closing date. Interested 

persons should continue to examine the 

public docket for new material. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24574 Filed 10–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0069] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Automated Driving Systems 

2.0: A Vision for Safety 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comments on an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

a currently approved 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 extension approval titled 

‘‘Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A 

Vision for Safety’’ and is identified by 

OMB Control Number 2127–0723, 

currently approved through February 

28, 2025. The burden hour calculations 

have been adjusted to reflect a reduction 

in annual respondents resulting in a 

reduction in burden hours from 12,000 

annually to 2,400 annually. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2024–0069 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 Debbie 

Sweet, Office of Vehicle Safety Research 

(NSR–010), (202) 366–7179, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

W46–417, U.S. Department of 


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Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

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. 

Title: Automated Driving Systems 2.0: 

A Vision for Safety. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0723. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: 

In September 2017, NHTSA published 

a policy document titled, Automated 

Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety 

(ADS 2.0). Recognizing the potential 

that Automated Driving Systems (ADSs) 

have to enhance safety and mobility, 

this policy document set out an 

approach to enable the safe deployment 

of ADS-equipped vehicles. ADS 2.0 

contains 12 priority safety design 

elements, each of which contains safety 

goals and approaches that could be used 

to achieve those safety goals. Entities 

engaged in ADS testing and deployment 

may demonstrate how they address—via 

industry best practices, their own best 

practices, or other appropriate 

methods—the safety elements by 

publishing a Voluntary Safety SelfAssessment (VSSA). The VSSA is the 

medium of collection of information for 

ADS 2.0. NHTSA provides the VSSA 

Index on the agency’s website as a 

pointer system for entities’ VSSAs. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: 

The VSSA is intended to demonstrate 

to the public (particularly States and 

consumers) that entities are: (1) 

considering the safety aspects of ADSs; 

(2) communicating and collaborating 

with DOT; (3) encouraging the selfestablishment of industry safety norms 

for ADSs; and (4) building public trust, 

acceptance, and confidence through 

transparent testing and deployment of 

ADSs. It also allows companies an 

opportunity to showcase their approach 

to safety, without needing to reveal 

proprietary intellectual property. 

Entities collecting information and 

disclosing that information via a 

Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment have 

been given the flexibility to disclose the 

information in a format deemed 

appropriate for that particular entity. 

Each entity has selected the layout, 

presentation, and verbiage structure that 

best fits its needs and goals. 

Members of the public can retrieve 

the VSSA in order to understand the 

technology, learn about how the testing 

and safety elements are incorporated in 

the design and function of a system or 

vehicle, and become aware of the testing 

and deployments in locations around 

the country. 

State stakeholders have expressed 

they would use the information in the 

VSSA to assess the safety of ADSs on 

their roadways. Those States looking to 

require application and permission to 

test and deploy ADSs review the VSSA 

prior to issuing the permit. The States 

also use information in the VSSA to 

communicate with law enforcement and 

first responders as well as to educate the 

public. 

Other consumer-based stakeholders 

access the information in the VSSA to 

gather information to identify risk, 

inform decisions, and educate, among 

other uses. 

Affected Public: Entities involved in 

the testing and deployment of ADS. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,400 hours. 

Estimating Respondents for this 

Information Collection: This extension 

of a currently approved collection 

includes changes in the annual 

respondents and thus a decrease in the 

annual burden hours to the public. The 

changes are based on observations of the 

current and past information 

collections. 

NHTSA has combined multiple 

public lists of ADS entities to determine 

the potential universe of potential 

entities that may (past or future) 

develop a VSSA. Accessed on October 

3, 2024, NHTSA combined entities that 

were listed on the current VSSA Index, 

the California Department of Motor 

Vehicle Autonomous Vehicles list of 

permit holders (testing with a driver, 

driverless testing, and deployment), and 

the entities that have submitted ADS 

incident reports through the Standing 

General Order. Staff then reviewed the 

list to determine which entities were no 

longer operational in the United States. 

This provided a universe as well as a 

grounding in the size of the industry, 

which entities have developed a VSSA 

in years past, and whether newer 

entrants are present in the universe such 

that they may develop a VSSA. The 

result of these steps was 59 ADS 

entities. 

Of the 59 entities, 27 have developed 

and made public a VSSA since the 

collections began according to the VSSA 

Index. NHTSA is not aware that any of 

the 27 have updated the full VSSA 

during that time period. Two of those 

entities have released an appendix with 

separate information not included in 

ADS 2.0. NHTSA assumes these entities 

will not update their VSSA in the next 

three years. Table 1 provides a list of 

VSSA publication date since 2017. The 

average over the lifetime of ADS 2.0 is 

three VSSAs per year. Perhaps more 

reflective of the recent industry, the 

average over the current collection 

(three years) is 4 VSSAs per year. 

TABLE 1—VSSA DISSEMINATION TO

DATE

Release Number 

Webpage Only (no structured VSSA) ...................... 2 

Inactive pointer location ........ 4 

2018 ...................................... 1 

2019 ...................................... 1 

2020 ...................................... 3 

2021 ...................................... 4 

2022 ...................................... 2 

2023 ...................................... 6 

2024 ...................................... 4 

Seven-year average ............. 3 

Three-year Average (period 

of current ICR) .................. 4 


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1The hourly wage is estimated to be $82.83 per 

hour. National Industry-Specific Occupational 

Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 336100– 

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, May 2023, https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm, last 

accessed October 9, 2024. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics estimates that wages represent 70.2 

percent of total compensation to private workers, on 

average. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total 

hourly compensation cost to be $117.66. 

Taking into account the universe 

established (59 entities) and those that 

have disseminated a VSSA or suggested 

a web page through the VSSA Index 

(27), NHTSA believes there is a 

potential for another 32 entities to 

publish a VSSA; however, the maturity 

of the entity itself, the development of 

the ADS, and the partnerships 

established within the industry, NHTSA 

does not assume all 32 will develop a 

VSSA over the coming three years. This 

is bolstered by the fact that it has taken 

seven years for dissemination of 27 

VSSAs. 

NHTSA will use the most recent 

three-year average of four VSSAs per 

year for an estimation of VSSA 

dissemination or publication for the 

duration of this information collection 

extension. Therefore, the number of 

respondents annually is four and the 

frequency is once per year. 

Estimating Burden for Each 

Respondent: Components of the 

Voluntary Guidance in ADS 2.0 and 

public disclosure of the VSSA have not 

changed since release in 2017. 

Therefore, these estimates of time to 

summarize how an entity is addressing 

the safety elements remains the same as 

the current information collection. 

NHTSA has not received comments that 

these estimates are erroneous. 

Development of a VSSA is expected to 

involve burden for format, content, and 

summary, varying by safety element. 

NHTSA estimates that each entity will 

spend approximately 600 hours to 

develop and disseminate a VSSA. Table 

2 provides a breakdown of burden hours 

by safety element. 

TABLE 2—BURDEN HOURS ESTIMATES

FOR VSSA, PER SAFETY ELEMENT

Safety element in voluntary 

guidance 

Burden hours 

for VSSA 

development 

A. System Safety .................. 30 

B. Operational Design Domain .................................. 25 

C. Object and Event Detection and Response ............ 45 

D. Fallback ............................ 90 

E. Validation Methods .......... 90 

F. Human Machine Interface 25 

G. Vehicle Cybersecurity ...... 25 

H. Crashworthiness .............. 25 

I. Post-Crash ADS Behavior 25 

J. Data Recording ................. 90 

K. Consumer Education and 

Training ............................. 45 

L. Federal, State, and Local 

Laws .................................. 85 

Total Burden Hours Per 

ADS ............................... 600 

TABLE 3—CALCULATION OF ANNUAL

BURDEN HOURS

Estimated Annual Respondents ................................... 4 

Estimated Burden Hours for 

Voluntary Assessment Dissemination ......................... 600 

Total Estimated Burden 

Hours for Industry per 

Year ............................... 2,400 

The change reflected in this extension 

is a reduction of 9,600 burden hours 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$282,384. 

NHTSA estimates the hourly cost 

associated with preparing VSSAs to be 

$117.66 1 per hour using the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics’ mean hourly wage 

estimate for architectural and 

engineering managers in the motor 

vehicle manufacturing industry 

(Standard Occupational Classification # 

11–9041). Therefore, the estimated 

annual burden to each respondent is 

$70,596 (600 hours × $117.66). 

Therefore, the annual estimated labor 

costs to all respondents to this 

collection is $282,384. This reflects a 

decrease of $885,936 for labor costs 

annually. 

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, Vehicle Safety 

Research. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24432 Filed 10–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Request for Payment of Federal 

Benefit by Check, EFT Waiver Form 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service within the Department of the 

Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning the Request for Payment of 

Federal Benefit by Check, EFT Waiver 

Form. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 23, 2024 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

and requests for additional information 

to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A. 

Sharp, Room #4006–A, P.O. Box 1328, 

Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or 

bruce.sharp@fiscal.treasury.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Payment of Federal 

Benefit by Check, EFT Waiver Form. 

OMB Number: 1530–0019. 

Form Number: FS Form 1201W, FS 

Form 1201W–DFAS, FS Form 1201W 

(SP). 

Abstract: 31 CFR part 208 requires 

that all Federal non-tax payments be 

made by electronic funds transfer (EFT). 

The forms are used to collect 

information from individuals requesting 

a waiver from the EFT requirement 

because of a mental impairment, living 

in a remote geographic location that 

does not support the use of EFT, or 

persons born on or before May 1, 1921. 

These individuals may continue to 

receive payment by check. However, 31 

CFR part 208 requires individuals 

requesting one of these waiver 

conditions to submit a written 

justification that is notarized by a notary 

public. In order to assist individuals 


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