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published on December 9, 2020 (85 FR 

79256). The current number of 

certificate holders in 2020 is 68 

compared to 90 in 2015. The 68 part 121 

certificate holders implemented a Safety 

Management System by the March 9, 

2018 part 5 deadline. The burden 

analysis has been revised reflecting part 

121 SMS implementation, revised 

industry numbers, and analysis of postimplementation recordkeeping. 

Respondents: All 68 existing part 121 

certificate holders. 

Frequency: Implementation Plan 

collection: 1 future applicant for part 

121 certificate (anticipating no more 

than one new applicant a year). 

Recordkeeping requirement: Annual 

recordkeeping requirements for all 68 

existing part 121 certificates. 

Air carrier groups Number of 

air carriers 

Large (50+ aircraft) ......................... 25 

Medium (10–49 aircraft) .................. 19 

Small (<9 aircraft) ............................ 24 

Number of Operators ...................... 68 

Respondents: 

Summary 

(annual number) Reporting Recordkeeping Disclosure 

Large Air Carrier 

Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................ ........................ 25 N/A 

Number of Responses per Respondents .................................................................................. ........................ 1 N/A 

Time per Response ................................................................................................................... ........................ 2,000 N/A 

Total Number of Responses ...................................................................................................... ........................ 25 N/A 

Total burden (hours) .................................................................................................................. ........................ 50,000 N/A 

Medium Air Carrier 

Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................ ........................ 19 N/A 

Number of Responses per Respondents .................................................................................. ........................ 1 N/A 

Time per Response ................................................................................................................... ........................ 4,000 N/A 

Total Number of Responses ...................................................................................................... ........................ 19 N/A 

Total burden (hours) .................................................................................................................. ........................ 76,000 N/A 

Small Air Carrier 

Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................ ........................ 24 N/A 

Number of Responses per Respondents .................................................................................. ........................ 1 N/A 

Time per Response ................................................................................................................... ........................ 1,000 N/A 

Total Number of Responses ...................................................................................................... ........................ 24 N/A 

Total burden (hours) .................................................................................................................. ........................ 24,000 N/A 

Estimated annual collection activity 

for one new medium part 121 air carrier. 

Summary 

(annual number) Gap analysis Implementation plan SMS 

Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................ ........................ 1 ........................

Number of Responses per Respondents .................................................................................. ........................ 1 ........................

Time per Response ................................................................................................................... ........................ 2,732 ........................

Total number of responses ........................................................................................................ ........................ 1 ........................

Total burden (hours) .................................................................................................................. ........................ 2,732 ........................

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 2,732 Hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

Large Air Carriers 50,000, Medium Air 

Carriers 76,000, Small Air Carriers 

24,000, total annual burden 150,000 

hours. 

Robert C. Carty, 

Acting Executive Director, Flight Standards 

Service, AFX–1. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00471 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0094] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comments; Exemption for the Make 

Inoperative Prohibition To 

Accommodate People With Disabilities 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a request for reinstatement 

of a previously approved collection of 

information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

reinstatement of a previously 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 


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1NHTSA’s Manufacturer’s Portal is found at 

https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mfrportal/. 

to seek OMB approval on the 

information collections related to 

aftermarket modification of vehicles to 

accommodate people with disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2021–0094 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can 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 https://

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 

Gunyoung Lee, Office of Rulemaking 

(NRM230), 202–366–6005, Room W43– 

463, U.S. Department of 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: Exemption for the Make 

Inoperative Prohibition to 

Accommodate People With Disabilities. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0635. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard form. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

previously approved collection of 

information. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: 

The National Traffic and Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act (49 U.S.C. Chapter 

301) authorizes NHTSA to issue Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) 

applicable to new motor vehicle and 

new items of motor vehicle equipment. 

In addition to regulating the 

manufacture and sale of new motor 

vehicles and items of motor vehicle 

equipment, the act also prohibits certain 

regulated entities from knowingly 

making inoperative a part of a device or 

element of design installed on or in a 

motor vehicle or motor vehicle in 

compliance with an applicable FMVSS 

(49 U.S.C. 30122). The statute 

authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA) to prescribe 

regulations to exempt a regulated entity 

from the make inoperative provision if 

such an exemption is consistent with 

motor vehicle safety (49 U.S.C. 

30122(c)(1)). 

On February 27, 2001, NHTSA 

published a final rule (66 FR 12638) to 

facilitate the modification of motor 

vehicles so that persons with disabilities 

can drive or ride in them as passengers. 

In that final rule, the agency issued a 

limited exemption from a statutory 

provision that prohibits specified types 

of commercial entities from either 

removing safety equipment or features 

installed on motor vehicles pursuant to 

the Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards or altering the equipment or 

features to adversely affect their 

performance. The exemption is limited 

in that it allows repair businesses to 

modify only certain types of FMVSSrequired safety equipment and features, 

under specified circumstances. The 

regulation is found at 49 CFR part 595 

subpart C, ‘‘Vehicle Modifications to 

Accommodate People with Disabilities.’’ 

The regulation includes three 

collections of information: (1) A 

requirement for modifiers to submit 

identification information to NHTSA; 

(2) a requirement for modifiers to 

provide a document to the owner of the 

modified vehicle stating the exemptions 

used for that vehicle and any reduction 

in load carrying capacity of the vehicle 

of more than 100 kg (220 lbs); and (3) 

a requirement for modifiers to retain a 

copy of the information provide to the 

owner of the modified vehicle for five 

years. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information 

Commercial entities that modify 

vehicles after the first retail sale and 

wish to use the exemptions offered 

under this rule are required to provide 

NHTSA with their identification 

information. The registration involves a 

one-time submission using NHTSA’s 

online Manufacturer Portal 1 containing 

only the name, address, and telephone 

number of the modifier and a prescribed 

statement that they will modify vehicles 

for persons with disabilities and intend 

to avail themselves of the exemptions. 

Any changes in the identification 

information must be conveyed to the 

agency within 30 days. This information 

will be used by the agency to track 

entities involved in vehicle 

modification for persons with 

disabilities and is available to the public 

on NHTSA’s website. 

Modifiers must also provide each 

customer whose vehicle modification 

involves the use of the make inoperative 


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2 49 CFR 595.7(b) and (e). 

3See May 2020 National Occupational 

Employment and Wage Estimates, United States, 

available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_

nat.htm. 

4See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee 

Compensation by ownership (Mar. 2021), available 

at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm. 

exemptions with a list of the 

exemptions used in the process of 

modifying that vehicle.2 The simplest 

form of this document is an annotated 

invoice. No specific or special forms are 

required. A copy of this document must 

also be retained by the modifier for five 

years. This document will be used by 

the consumer to understand the 

modifications made to his/her vehicle 

and their effect on vehicle safety. It may 

be requested by NHTSA in the event of 

an inquiry about the safety of the 

modified vehicles. 

Affected Public: Motor vehicle repair 

business. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

765. 

For this estimate, NHTSA assumed 

that there are 900 businesses making 

vehicle modifications for people with 

disabilities, and 85 percent of these (i.e., 

765 businesses) will elect to use the 

exemptions available under the rule. 

Frequency: On occasion (e.g., a 

customer demands a vehicle 

modification to accommodate people 

with disabilities, or a company decides 

to become an adaptive vehicle 

modification business or changes its 

identification information). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,432. 

This ICR is for three information 

collections. We estimate the total 

burden hours for this ICR to be 1,432. 

The burden hours for the three 

information collections were calculated 

as follows: 

Information Collection 1: Requirement 

To Submit Identification Information to 

NHTSA To Use the Exemptions 

NHTSA estimates that compiling and 

submitting the identification 

information will take approximately 10 

minutes. NHTSA estimates that there 

are approximately 900 businesses 

making vehicle modifications for 

persons with disabilities in the United 

States and that 85 percent of these, or 

765 businesses, will elect to use the 

exemptions available under the rule. 

After the initial registration (which 

occurred in 2001), NHTSA estimates 

that 90 businesses will either need to 

change their information or become new 

registrants who elect to use the 

exemptions each year. Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates the total burden hours 

associated with submitting new or 

updated identification information is 15 

hours (90 business × 10 minutes). 

To calculate the labor cost associated 

with submitting modifier identification 

information, NHTSA looked at wage 

estimates for the type of personnel 

involved with compiling and submitting 

the information. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) estimates that the 

average hourly wage for ‘‘General Office 

Clerks’’ (BLS Occupation code 43–9061) 

is $16.98.3 The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics estimates that private industry 

workers’ wages represent 70.4% of total 

labor compensation costs.4 Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs 

to be $24.12for ‘‘General Office Clerks’’ 

(BLS Occupation code 43–9061). 

NHTSA estimates the total labor cost 

associated with the 15 burden hours (for 

submitting modifier identification by 

‘‘office clerks’’) to be approximately 

$362. (15 × $24.12 = $361.80.) 

Information Collection 2: Requirement 

To Provide a Document to the Owner of 

the Modified Vehicle 

The second information collection in 

part 595 is the requirement to provide 

a disclosure to the vehicle owner. This 

disclosure is made with each vehicle 

modified using exemptions under part 

595. In the final rule, we anticipated 

that the least costly way for a repair 

business to comply with this portion of 

the new rule would be to annotate the 

vehicle modification invoice as to the 

exemption, if any, involved with each 

item on the invoice. The cost of 

preparing the invoice is not a portion of 

our burden calculation, as that 

preparation would be done in the 

normal course of business. Additionally, 

NHTSA’s burden estimate does not 

include an estimate for the time to 

gather the information required for the 

disclosure as it is assumed that this 

information would be gathered in the 

normal course of vehicle modification. 

Instead, NHTSA estimates that the only 

extra burden would be incurred for 

calculation of the reduction in loadingcarrying capacity and annotating the 

information on the invoice. NHTSA 

estimates the time needed to annotate 

the invoice is 20 minutes. NHTSA 

estimates that there are approximately 

4,250 vehicles modified under 

exemptions provided by 49 CFR 595.7 

each year. Therefore, NHTSA estimates 

the total burden associated with 

providing disclosures to vehicle owners 

is 1,417 hours (20 minutes × 4,250 

vehicles = 1,416.67 hours). 

To calculate the labor cost associated 

with the 1,417 burden hours for the 

disclosure document requirement, 

NHTSA looked at the average hourly 

wage for ‘‘Mechanical Engineering 

Technicians’’ (BLS Occupation code 17– 

3027). With the BLS’s average hourly 

wage of $28.00 (which represents 70.4% 

of total compensation according to the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics), NHTSA 

estimates the hourly labor costs to be 

$39.78 for ‘‘Mechanical Engineering 

Technicians (BLS Occupation code 17– 

3027). Therefore, NHTSA estimates the 

total labor cost associated with the 1,417 

burden hours (for providing disclosure 

documents to vehicle owners by 

‘‘engineering technicians’’) to be 

$56,368 (1,417 × $39.78 = $56,368.28). 

Information Collection 3: Retaining a 

Copy of the Document Provided to 

Vehicle Owners 

NHTSA estimates that there are no 

additional burden hours associated with 

the requirement to retain a copy of the 

disclosures provided to vehicle owners. 

Accordingly, there are also no labor 

costs associated with this requirement. 

Table 1 provides a summary of the 

estimated burden hours and labor costs 

associated with this collection of 

information request. 

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES

Annual 

submissions or 

responses 

Estimated 

burden per 

submission 

Average 

hourly labor 

cost 

Labor cost per 

submission 

Total burden 

hours 

Total labor 

costs 

Modifier identification ................................. 90 10 minutes $24.12 $4.02 15 $362 

Disclosure document (to vehicle owners) 4,250 20 minutes 39.78 13.26 1,417 56,368 

Retention of a copy of document provided 

to vehicle owner.

4,250 0 minutes N/A $0.00 0 0.00 


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TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued 

Annual 

submissions or 

responses 

Estimated 

burden per 

submission 

Average 

hourly labor 

cost 

Labor cost per 

submission 

Total burden 

hours 

Total labor 

costs 

Annual total burden hours & labor 

costs.

........................ ........................ ........................ 1,432 56,730 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

NHTSA estimates that there are no 

additional costs associated with this 

information collection request. There 

will be no additional material cost 

associated with complying with this 

requirement because no additional 

materials need to be used except those 

used to prepare the invoice in the 

normal course of business. We are 

assuming that it is normal and 

customary in the course of vehicle 

modification business to prepare an 

invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice 

to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy 

of the invoice for five years after the 

vehicle is delivered to the owner in 

finished form. 

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 

1351.29. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00371 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Motorcycle Helmets 

(Labeling) 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a reinstatement of a 

previously approved collection of 

information. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

summarized below is being submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 

for motorcycle helmet labeling describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on May 12, 2021. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing burden, should 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

To find this particular information 

collection, select ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or 

use the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Ms. 

Cristina Echemendia, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, NHTSA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Room 

W43–447, NRM–130, Washington, DC 

20590. Ms. Cristina Echemendia’s 

telephone number is 202–366–6345 and 

fax number is 202–366–7002. Please 

identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal 

agency must receive approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) before it collects certain 

information from the public, and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information by a Federal 

agency unless the collection displays a 

valid OMB control number. In 

compliance with those requirements, 

this notice announces that the following 

information collection request is being 

submitted to OMB. 

Title: Motorcycle Helmets (Labeling). 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0518. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of 

previously approved collection of 

information. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Length of Approval Requested: Three 

years. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information 

The National Traffic and Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act, at 49 U.S.C. 30111, 

authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) 

to issue Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards (FMVSS) that set 

performance standards for motor 

vehicles and items of motor vehicle 

equipment. Vehicle and equipment 

manufacturers must certify that their 

vehicles and equipment comply with 

the safety standards. Moreover, under 

49 U.S.C. 30117, the Secretary (NHTSA 

by delegation) is also authorized to 

require manufacturers to provide 

information to first purchasers of motor 

vehicles or motor vehicle equipment 

when the vehicle equipment is 

purchased, in the form of printed matter 

placed in the vehicle or attached to the 

motor vehicle or motor vehicle 

equipment. 

Using this authority, NHTSA issued 

the initial FMVSS No. 218 in 1974. 

Motorcycle helmets are devices used to 

protect motorcyclists from head injury 

in motor vehicle crashes. Manufacturers 

must label every helmet produced to 

indicate that the helmet is in 

compliance with the requirements of the 

standard. The certification label consists 

of the symbol ‘‘DOT,’’ the term ‘‘FMVSS 

No. 218,’’ the word ‘‘CERTIFIED,’’ the 


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