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1Paragraph S2 of FMVSS No. 302 Flammability 

of Interior Materials. 

2 Docket ID: NHTSA–2014–0028–0003. 

as matches or cigarettes.1’’ The 

noncompliant seat heater assemblies 

would normally not be exposed to open 

flame or an ignition source (like 

matches or cigarettes) in its installed 

application, because it is installed 

within and surrounded by complying 

materials that meet FMVSS No. 302. 

4. The seat heater assembly is a very 

small portion of the overall mass of the 

soft material portions comprising the 

entire seat assembly (i.e. less than 1%), 

and is significantly less in relation to 

the entire vehicle interior surface area 

that could potentially be exposed to 

flame. Therefore, Toyota believes that it 

would have an insignificant adverse 

effect on interior material burn rate and 

the potential for occupant injury due to 

interior fire. 

5. Toyota is not aware of any data 

suggesting that fires have occurred in 

the field due to the installation of the 

non-complying seat heater assemblies. 

6. Toyota also expressed its belief that 

in similar situations NHTSA has granted 

petitions for inconsequential 

noncompliance relating to FMVSS No. 

302 requirements. 

Toyota additionally informed NHTSA 

that it has corrected the noncompliance 

so that all future production vehicles 

will comply with FMVSS No. 302. 

Toyota also provided Transport 

Canada’s October 1, 2014, grant letter to 

exempt it from conducting a recall and 

remedy campaign for the identical issue 

for vehicles that were sold in Canada.2

In summation, Toyota believes that 

the described noncompliance of the 

subject vehicles is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety, and that its 

petition, to exempt Toyota 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. 

NHTSA Decision 

NHTSA Analysis: NHTSA has 

reviewed and accepts Toyota’s analyses 

that the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

Specifically, the fact that the front and 

rear seat cushions and front and rear 

seat backs in the subject vehicles fail to 

meet the burn rates requirement, poses 

little if any risk to motor vehicle safety. 

NHTSA’s greatest concern was that as 

a seat heater, the device itself is the 

most likely ignition source. However, 

Toyota stated that it is not aware of any 

data suggesting that vehicle fires have 

occurred in the field due to the noncomplying seat heaters. NHTSA 

searched its complaints database from 

the year 2000 to current and also found 

no complaints concerning the subject 

vehicles. We did find four Toyota seat 

heater complaints concerning older 

vehicles (three Toyota Sienna’s model 

years 2006 and two 2004’s and a 2007 

Toyota Camry). While these complaints 

appear to show that seat heaters can be 

potential ignition sources, the hazard 

does not appear to be widespread or an 

issue with the subject vehicles. Toyota 

also conducted various testing to show 

that the seat heater element would not 

act as an ignition source when 

overdriven electrically, nor would it 

accommodate a flame rate beyond what 

is permitted by FMVSS No. 302 when 

exposed directly to an open flame in the 

installed condition (as a composite). 

Toyota also demonstrated that the seat 

heater is a very small portion of the 

overall mass of the seat assembly and 

that NHTSA has granted prior 

inconsequentiality petitions for similar 

issues. 

Based on its review of Toyota’s 

submission, the agency has concluded 

that the ‘‘seat heaters’’ in the 

noncompliant vehicles are unlikely to 

pose a flammability risk. This 

conclusion is consistent with Transport 

Canada’s review of the identical issue. 

NHTSA’s evaluation of the 

consequentiality of this noncompliance 

should not be interpreted as a 

diminution of the agency’s safety 

concern for the flammability of interior 

materials. Rather, it represents NHTSA’s 

assessment of the gravity of this specific 

noncompliance based upon the likely 

consequences. Ultimately, the issue is 

whether this particular noncompliance 

is likely to create a risk to safety. 

NHTSA is not aware of any occupant 

injuries regarding these seat heaters. 

Based on the foregoing, NHTSA has 

decided that Toyota has met its burden 

of persuasion that the noncompliance 

herein described is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. 

To avoid confusion, NHTSA would 

like to note that an existing NHTSA 

safety recall campaign involving 

approximately 3,233 Toyota vehicles is 

unaffected by this inconsequential 

noncompliance decision. That safety 

recall campaign is being conducted by 

an independent motor vehicle 

distributor that modified Toyota 

vehicles with defective aftermarket seat 

heaters that can malfunction and burn 

holes in the seating materials. For more 

information refer to NHTSA Recall ID 

Number 14V–743 at: http://

www.safercar.gov. 

NHTSA Decision: In consideration of 

the foregoing, NHTSA has decided that 

Toyota has met its burden of persuasion 

that the FMVSS No. 302 noncompliance 

is inconsequential to motor vehicle 

safety. Accordingly, Toyota’s petition is 

hereby granted and Toyota is exempted 

from the obligation of providing 

notification of, and a remedy for, that 

noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 

and 30120. 

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 vehicles that Toyota no 

longer controlled at the time it 

determined that the noncompliance 

existed. However, the granting of this 

petition does not relieve Toyota 

distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after Toyota 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. 

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, 

Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 21, 2015. 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, on or after the date of publication of 

this notice. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before February 25, 2015 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

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(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submission may be 

obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, 

calling (202) 927–5331, or viewing the 

entire information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS) 

OMB Number: 1530–0010. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Claim Against the United States 

for the Proceeds of a Government Check. 

Abstract: This series of forms are used 

to collect information needed to process 

an individual’s claim for non-receipt of 

proceeds from a U.S. Treasury check or 

electronic benefit payments. Once the 

information is analyzed, a 

determination is made and a 

recommendation is submitted to the 

program agency to either settle or deny 

the claim. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

8,609. 

Dawn D. Wolfgang, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Federal Advisory 

Committee on Insurance 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Department of the Treasury’s 

Federal Advisory Committee on 

Insurance will convene a meeting on 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, in the Cash 

Room, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20220, from 1–5 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The meeting is open to 

the public, and the site is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, from 1–5 

p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The Federal Advisory 

Committee on Insurance meeting will be 

held in the Cash Room, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20220. The meeting will be open to 

the public. Because the meeting will be 

held in a secured facility, members of 

the public who plan to attend the 

meeting must contact the Federal 

Insurance Office (Office), at (202) 622– 

5892, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, 

February 6, 2015, to inform the Office 

that they would like to attend the 

meeting and to provide building 

clearance information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brett D. Hewitt, Policy Advisor to the 

Federal Insurance Office, Room 1410, 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20220, at (202) 622–5892 (this is not 

a toll-free number). Persons who have 

difficulty hearing or speaking may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is provided in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. II, 10(a)(2), through 

implementing regulations at 41 CFR 

102–3.150. 

Public Comment: Members of the 

public wishing to comment on the 

business of the Federal Advisory 

Committee on Insurance are invited to 

submit written statements by any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Statements 

• Send electronic comments to faci@

treasury.gov. 

Paper Statements 

• Send paper statements in triplicate 

to the Federal Advisory Committee on 

Insurance, Room 1410, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220. 

In general, the Department of the 

Treasury will post all statements on its 

Web site http://www.treasury.gov/

about/organizational-structure/offices/

Pages/Federal-Insurance.aspx without 

change, including any business or 

personal information provided such as 

names, addresses, email addresses, or 

telephone numbers. The Department of 

the Treasury will also make such 

statements available for public 

inspection and copying in the 

Department of the Treasury’s Library, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20220, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can 

make an appointment to inspect 

statements by telephoning (202) 622– 

0990. All statements, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, received are part of the public 

record and subject to public disclosure. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. 

Tentative Agenda/Topics for 

Discussion: This is a periodic meeting of 

the Federal Advisory Committee on 

Insurance. In this meeting, the Federal 

Advisory Committee on Insurance will 

discuss retirement security, the 

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and 

the evolving insurance issues related to 

ride-sharing companies. The Committee 

will also receive updates from three 

subcommittees. 

Michael T. McRaith, 

Director, Federal Insurance Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; Capital 

Distribution 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 

Under the PRA, Federal agencies are 

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proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information and to 

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response to the notice. 

In accordance with the requirements 

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or sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a currently 

valid Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. 

The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning renewal of its information 

collection titled, ‘‘Capital Distribution.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

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ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the 

Washington, DC area and at the OCC is 

subject to delay, commenters are 

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