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4We do not read the petitioners as requesting an 

exemption from the requirements of the final rule, 

as the rule did not exist at the time of their 

petitions. Alternatively, we believe it is not 

necessary, nor would it be in the public interest, to 

exempt the ADB systems from the requirements for 

ADB systems in today’s final rule based on the 

information provided in the petitions. 

Petitioners argue that an exemption is 

necessary because their ADB systems 

may not comply with the requirements 

of S9.4 and S10.14.6. They also contend 

that an exemption would facilitate the 

development and field evaluation of 

their ADB systems because it would 

allow them to obtain data and consumer 

feedback on system performance. The 

publication of the FMVSS No. 108 final 

rule published today—that is effective 

immediately—permitting the 

deployment of ADB systems renders 

these petitions unnecessary. Petitioners 

and other manufacturers wishing to 

equip vehicles with ADB systems may 

do so, provided that the systems comply 

with the requirements set out in the 

final rule.4

The requirements adopted by the final 

rule are necessary to ensure that ADB 

systems operate safely with respect to 

glare prevention and visibility. The 

requirements are generally within the 

capabilities of current ADB systems 

(some system modifications might be 

necessary). These issues are discussed at 

length in the preamble to the final rule. 

We note that the manufacturers’ 

comments regarding the additional 

information NHTSA requested were also 

included in the comments those same 

manufacturers submitted to the ADB 

rulemaking docket in response to the 

NPRM. Those comments are addressed 

in the preamble to the final rule. 

Decision—Based on the foregoing, the 

petitions from Volkswagen and BMW 

for temporary exemption are denied. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30113; 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 

and 501.4, and 501.5. 

Steven S. Cliff, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02452 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0059] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comments; Consolidated Vehicles’ 

Owner’s Manual Requirements for 

Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle 

Equipment 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to reinstate a 

previously approved information 

collection with modification. 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 reinstatements 

of previously approved collections. This 

document describes a collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval on Vehicle 

Owner’s Manual Requirements for 

Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle 

Equipment. NHTSA is requesting a 

modification of the information 

collection to include regulatory changes 

made by NHTSA’s Adaptive Driving 

Beam Headlamps final rule. NHTSA is 

also requesting modification to include 

requirements for owner’s manuals in 

NHTSA’s existing regulations. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by April 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by NHTSA docket number 

identified above, 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 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 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 James 

Myers, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W43– 

320, NRM–100, Washington, DC 20590. 

Mr. Myers’ telephone number is 202– 

493–0031. 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, 

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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: Consolidated Vehicle Owner’s 

Manual Requirements for Motor 

Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0541. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Type of Request: Request for 

reinstatement with modification 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: 

NHTSA is seeking approval for a 

reinstatement with modification of a 

previously approved information 

collection request (ICR) covering fifteen 

information collections. These 

information collections require or ask 

manufacturers of motor vehicles and 

motor vehicle equipment to provide 

information in owner’s manuals, as 

specified in the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards and other NHTSA 

regulations. The modification reflects 

regulatory changes contained in the 

Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) final rule 

published today affecting FMVSS No. 

108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective devices, and 

associated equipment.’’ The 

modification also covers information 

collection requirements inadvertently 

left out of previous ICRs. 

The National Traffic and Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act authorizes the 

Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by 

delegation), at 49 U.S.C. 30111, to issue 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 

(FMVSS) that set performance standards 

for motor vehicles and items of motor 

vehicle equipment. Further, the 

Secretary (NHTSA by delegation) is 

authorized, at 49 U.S.C. 30117, to 

require manufacturers to provide 

information to first purchasers of motor 

vehicles or items of motor vehicle 

equipment related to performance and 

safety in printed materials that are 

attached to or accompany the motor 

vehicle or item of motor vehicle 

equipment. NHTSA has exercised this 

authority to require manufacturers to 

provide certain specified safety 

information to be readily available to 

consumers and purchasers of motor 

vehicles and items of motor vehicle 

equipment. This information is most 

often provided in vehicle owners’ 

manuals and the requirements are found 

in 49 CFR parts 563, 571, and 575. This 

information collection request only 

covers requirements or requests to 

provide information that is not provided 

verbatim in the regulation or standard. 

The information requirements or 

requests are included in: Part 563, 

‘‘Event data recorders;’’ FMVSS No. 108, 

‘‘Lamps, reflective devices, and 

associated equipment;’’ FMVSS No. 110, 

‘‘Tire selection and rims;’’ FMVSS No. 

138, ‘‘Tire Pressure Monitoring 

Systems;’’ FMVSS No. 202a, ‘‘Head 

restraints;’’ FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing 

materials;’’ FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant 

crash protection;’’ FMVSS No. 210, 

‘‘Seat belt assembly anchorages;’’ 

FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems;’’ FMVSS No. 225; ‘‘Child 

restraint anchorage systems:’’ FMVSS 

No. 226, ‘‘Ejection mitigation;’’ FMVSS 

No. 303, ‘‘Fuel System Integrity of 

Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles;’’ 

section 575.103, ‘‘Truck-camper 

loading;’’ section 575.104, ‘‘Uniform tire 

quality grading standards;’’ and section 

575.105, ‘‘Vehicle rollover.’’ NHTSA is 

seeking approval from OMB for 

reinstatement with modification of this 

previously approved collection. Details 

of the information collection and 

modifications are described below. 

Part 563—Event data recorders. 

Section 563.11 requires manufacturers 

of vehicles equipped with event data 

recorders (EDRs) to provide a prescribed 

statement in the owner’s manual.1

However, this statement is provided 

verbatim in the regulation and, 

therefore, is not an information 

collection. Section 563.11 also states 

that the owner’s manual may include 

additional information about the form, 

function, and capabilities of the EDR, in 

supplement to the required statement. 

This voluntary disclosure of information 

is an information collection for which 

NHTSA is seeking approval. 

FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective 

devices, and associated equipment.’’ 

This standard requires that certain 

lamps and reflective devices with 

certain performance levels be installed 

on motor vehicles to assure that the 

roadway is properly illuminated, that 

vehicles can be readily seen, and the 

signals can be transmitted to other 

drivers sharing the road during day, 

night, and inclement weather. In 

addition to establishing performance 

requirements for those lamps and 

reflective devices, FMVSS No. 108 also 

contains provisions requiring 

manufacturers to provide instructions or 

information on the lighting device. 

NHTSA is seeking approval to modify 

two of these requirements. The first (in 

S10.18.8.2) requires manufacturers to 

provide instructions so that owners, as 

well as traditional vehicle service 

personnel, can aim their vehicle’s 

Vehicle Headlamp Aiming Device 

(VHAD) headlamps using equipment 

that is an integral part of the headlamp 

system. Because the specific manner in 

which headlamp aiming is to be 

performed is not regulated (only the 

performance of the device is), aiming 

devices manufactured or installed by 

different vehicle and headlamp 

manufacturers may work in significantly 

different ways. To assure that the VHAD 

can be correctly aimed, this standard 

requires that instructions for proper use 

of VHAD systems be part of the vehicle 

as a label, or optionally, be placed in the 

vehicle owner’s manual. The second 

informational requirement NHTSA is 

seeking to modify (S9.4.1.1) requires 

manufacturers to provide information 

regarding how to operate semiautomatic 

beam switching devices. 

On October 12, 2018 (83 FR 51766), 

NHTSA published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing 

performance requirements for adaptive 

driving beam (ADB) headlighting 

systems. NHTSA is today publishing a 

final rule (Docket No. NHTSA–2021– 

0062) that modifies the informational 

requirements referred to above. 

First, the ADB final rule modifies the 

requirements regarding providing 

instructions for VHADs in S10.18.8.2.1. 

Prior to this final rule, the standard 

required manufacturers to provide 

instructions advising that the 

headlighting system is properly aimed if 

the appropriate vertical plane (as 

defined by the vehicle manufacturer) is 

perpendicular to both the longitudinal 

axis of the vehicle, and a horizontal 

plane when the vehicle is on a 

horizontal surface, and the VHAD is set 

at ‘‘0’’ vertical and ‘‘0’’ horizontal. The 

final rule changes this provision to 

require manufacturers to provide 

instructions either on a label 

permanently affixed to the vehicle 

adjacent to the VHAD, or in the 

operator’s manual, advising the vehicle 

owner what to do if the headlighting 

system requires aiming, using the 

VHAD. 

Second, the ADB final rule modifies 

the requirements in S9.4.1.1 for 

manufacturers to provide instructions 

for operating semiautomatic headlamp 

switching devices. Prior to this final 

rule, the standard required 

manufacturers to provide instructions 

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including: How to turn the automatic 

control on and off; how to adjust the 

sensitivity control; and any other 

specific instructions applicable to the 

device. The final rule modifies this by 

excluding ADB systems from the 

requirement to provide instructions on 

how to adjust the sensitivity control. 

FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and 

rims.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for tire selection to 

prevent tire overloading. The vehicle’s 

normal load and maximum load on the 

tire shall not be greater than applicable 

specified limits. Section 7.2 of FMVSS 

No. 110 requires certain information in 

the owner’s manual for vehicles 

equipped with a non-pneumatic spare 

tire. The owner’s manual of the 

passenger car shall contain, in writing 

in the English language and in not less 

than 10 point type, the following 

information under the heading 

‘‘IMPORTANT—USE OF SPARE TIRE’’: 

(a) A statement indicating the 

information related to appropriate use 

for the non-pneumatic spare tire 

including at a minimum the information 

set forth in S6 (a) and (b) and either the 

information set forth in S4.3(g) or a 

statement that the information set forth 

in S4.3(g) is located on the vehicle 

placard and on the non-pneumatic tire; 

(b) An instruction to drive carefully 

when the non-pneumatic spare tire is in 

use, and to install the proper pneumatic 

tire and rim at the first reasonable 

opportunity; and (c) A statement that 

operation of the passenger car is not 

recommended with more than one nonpneumatic spare tire in use at the same 

time. 

FMVSS No. 138, ‘‘Tire pressure 

monitoring systems.’’ This standard 

specifies requirements for a tire pressure 

monitoring system to warn the driver of 

an under-inflated tire condition. Its 

purpose is to reduce the likelihood of a 

vehicle crash resulting from tire failure 

due to operation in an under-inflated 

condition. The standard requires the 

owner’s manual to include specific 

information on the low-pressure 

warning telltale and the malfunction 

indicator telltale. While most of this 

information is provided verbatim, the 

statement requires some customization. 

FMVSS No. 138, also states that the 

owner’s manual may include additional 

information about the time for the 

TPMS telltale(s) to extinguish once the 

low tire pressure condition or the 

malfunction is corrected. It may also 

include additional information about 

the significance of the low tire pressure 

warning telltale illuminating, a 

description of corrective action to be 

undertaken, whether the tire pressure 

monitoring system functions with the 

vehicle’s spare tire (if provided), and 

how to use a reset button, if one is 

provided. 

FMVSS No. 202a, ‘‘Head restraints.’’ 

This standard specifies requirements for 

head restraints. The standard, which 

seeks to reduce whiplash injuries in rear 

collisions, currently requires head 

restraints for front outboard designated 

seating positions in passenger cars and 

in light multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, trucks and buses with a gross 

vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less 

and specifies requirements for 

optionally provided rear outboard seat 

head restraints in the same vehicles. 

The standard requires that vehicle 

manufacturers include information in 

owner’s manuals for vehicles 

manufactured on or after September 1, 

2008. The owner’s manual must clearly 

identify which seats are equipped with 

head restraints. If the head restraints are 

removable, the owner’s manual must 

provide instructions on how to remove 

the head restraint by a deliberate action 

distinct from any act necessary for 

adjustment, and how to reinstall the 

head restraints. The owner’s manual 

must warn that all head restraints must 

be reinstalled to properly protect 

vehicle occupants. Finally, the owner’s 

manual must describe, in an easily 

understandable format, the adjustment 

of the head restraints and/or seat back 

to achieve appropriate head restraint 

position relative to the occupant’s head. 

FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials.’’ 

This standard specifies requirement for 

all glazing material used in windshields, 

windows, and interior partitions of 

motor vehicles. Its purpose is to reduce 

injuries resulting from impact to glazing 

surfaces, to ensure a necessary degree of 

transparency in motor vehicle windows 

for driver visibility, and to minimize the 

possibility of occupants being thrown 

through the vehicle windows in 

collisions. Detailed information 

regarding the care and maintenance of 

plastic glazing items, such as a glassplastic windshield, is required to be 

placed in the vehicle owner’s manual. 

FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash 

protection.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for both active and passive 

occupant crash protection systems for 

passenger cars, multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, trucks, and buses. Certain 

safety features, such as air bags, or the 

care and maintenance of air bag 

systems, are required to be explained to 

the owner by means of the owner’s 

manual. For example, the owner’s 

manual must describe the vehicle’s air 

bag system and provide precautionary 

information about the proper 

positioning of the occupants, including 

children. The owner’s manual must also 

warn that no objects should be placed 

over or near the air bag covers. The 

owner’s manual must also describe the 

operation of any tension relieving and 

locking features of the provided seat 

belts. There is also required information 

about the operation of seat belt 

assemblies and other information that 

could total up to about 20 pages in the 

owner’s manual. This material would 

also need to be kept current with the 

latest technical information on an 

annual basis. 

FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for seat belt assembly 

anchorages to ensure effective occupant 

restraint and to reduce the likelihood of 

failure in a crash. FMVSS No. 210 

requires that manufacturers place the 

following information in the vehicle 

owner’s manual: (a) An explanation that 

child restraints are designed to be 

secured by means of the vehicle’s seat 

belts, and (b) a statement alerting 

vehicle owners that children are always 

safer in the rear seat. 

FMVSS No. 213; ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for built-in child restraint 

systems and requires vehicle 

manufacturers provide consumers with 

information about the operation and 

do’s and don’ts in its owner’s manual. 

FMVSS No. 225; ‘‘Child restraint 

anchorage systems.’’ This standard 

establishes requirements for child 

restraint anchorage systems to ensure 

their proper location and strength for 

the effective securing of child restraints, 

to reduce the likelihood of the 

anchorage systems’ failure, and to 

increase the likelihood that child 

restraints are properly secured and thus 

more fully achieve their potential 

effectiveness in motor vehicles. The 

vehicle owner’s manual must provide 

written instructions, in English, for 

using the tether anchorages and the 

child restraint anchorage system in the 

vehicle. Instructions must at a minimum 

indicate which seating positions in the 

vehicle are equipped with tether 

anchorages and child restraint 

anchorage systems, explain the meaning 

of markings provided to locate the lower 

anchorages, and include instructions 

that provide a step-by-step procedure 

(including diagrams) for properly 

attaching a child restraint system’s 

tether strap to the tether anchorages. 

FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection 

mitigation.’’ This standard establishes 

vehicle requirements intended to reduce 

the partial and complete ejection of 

vehicle occupants through side 

windows in crashes, particularly 

rollover crashes. The standard applies to 

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2 49 CFR 575.105 states Utility vehicles means 

multipurpose passenger vehicles (other than those 

which are passenger car derivatives) which have a 

wheelbase of 110 inches or less and special features 

for occasional off-road operation. 

passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses 

with a gross vehicle weight rating of 

4,536 kg (10,000 pounds) or less. 

Written information must be provided 

that describes any ejection mitigation 

countermeasure that deploys in the 

event of a rollover and a discussion of 

the readiness indicator with a list of the 

elements of the system being monitored 

by the indicator, a discussion of the 

purpose and location of the telltale, and 

instructions to the consumer on the 

steps to take if the telltale is 

illuminated. 

FMVSS No. 303, ‘‘Fuel System 

Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas 

Vehicles.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for the integrity of motor 

vehicle fuel systems using compressed 

natural gas (CNG), including the CNG 

fuel systems of bi-fuel, dedicated, and 

dual fuel CNG vehicles. This regulation 

requires manufacturers to permanently 

label CNG vehicles, near the vehicle 

refueling connection, with service 

pressure information and the statement 

‘‘See instructions on fuel container for 

inspection and service life.’’ 

Manufacturers of CNG vehicles must 

also provide a first purchaser this 

information in either an owner’s manual 

or a one-page document. 

Section 575.103, ‘‘Truck-camper 

loading.’’ This regulation requires 

manufacturers of slide-in campers to 

affix to each camper a label that 

contains information relating to 

identification and proper loading of the 

camper and to provide more detailed 

loading information in the owner’s 

manual. This regulation also requires 

manufacturers of trucks that would 

accommodate slide-in campers to 

specify the cargo weight ratings and the 

longitudinal limits within which the 

center of gravity for the cargo weight 

rating should be located. 

Section 575.104, ‘‘Uniform tire quality 

grading standards.’’ This regulation 

requires manufacturers of motor 

vehicles to inform the drivers of the 

type and quality of the tires with which 

their vehicles are equipped. 

Manufacturers must include in the 

vehicle owner’s manual a list of all 

possible grades for traction and 

temperature resistance and restate 

verbatim the explanation for each 

performance area specified in § 575.104 

Figure 2, Part II. The information must 

contain a statement referring the reader 

to the tire sidewall for the specific tire 

grades for the tires with which the 

vehicle is equipped. 

Section 575.105, ‘‘Vehicle rollover.’’ 

This regulation requires manufacturers 

of utility vehicles 2 to alert the drivers of 

those vehicles that they have a higher 

possibility of rollover than other vehicle 

types and to advise them of steps that 

can be taken to reduce the possibility of 

rollover and/or to reduce the likelihood 

of injury in a rollover. The owner’s 

manual must include a discussion of the 

vehicle design features which cause this 

type of vehicles to be more likely to 

rollover (e.g., higher center of gravity) 

and a discussion of the driving practices 

that can reduce the risk of a rollover 

(e.g., avoiding sharp turns at excessive 

speed). 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information 

The purpose of requiring that certain 

information be provided in manuals is 

to ensure owners and operators are 

provided with readily accessible 

important information about critical 

components of their vehicles, such as 

the performance of their vehicle or 

instructions for proper operation. The 

Federal program for reducing highway 

fatalities, injuries and crashes is likely 

to be adversely affected if the 

information is not collected, since 

consumers would not be made readily 

aware of certain important safety 

provisions that apply to critical 

components of their vehicles and would 

not have a readily accessible source of 

information when circumstances require 

such information. 

Earlier 60-Day Notice 

On May 12, 2021, NHTSA published 

a notice in the Federal Register (86 FR 

26128) soliciting comments on 

reinstating the collection of information 

(Consolidated Vehicle Owner’s Manual 

Requirements for Motor Vehicles and 

Motor Vehicle Equipment). NHTSA 

received one comment from the 

Alliance for Automotive Innovation 

(Auto Innovators) requesting that 

NHTSA consider the development of 

new compliance options to permit 

digital format owners’ manuals in lieu 

of hard copy (printed) owners’ manuals. 

However, as no such compliance option 

currently exists, the Auto Innovators’ 

request to change the FMVSS is outside 

of the scope of this reinstatement 

request. NHTSA will consider the 

request for future Agency action. 

Affected Public: Vehicle 

manufacturers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

52. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 52. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,628. 

NHTSA estimates the burden for each 

of the information collections 

individually based on the estimated 

number of manufacturers expected to 

need to comply with the requirements 

and the estimated time each 

manufacturer spends each year 

complying with the requirements to put 

specific information into owner’s 

manual. To calculate manufacturer 

burden, NHTSA has estimated the time 

to compile, revise, and review 

information for owner’s manuals by 

vehicle model. This estimate is 

informed by the estimated number of 

vehicle models that would be subject to 

the requirements and also the expected 

number of new models or models 

undergoing changes that would 

necessitate updates to owner’s manuals. 

Part 563—Event Data Recorders. 

NHTSA estimates that the vehicle 

manufacturers that voluntarily provide 

this additional information in the 

owner’s manual incur minimal burden. 

We conservatively estimate that half of 

the 406 vehicle models for light duty 

vehicles will have owner’s manuals that 

contain this supplemental information 

and that the burden for updating and 

reviewing this information will be 1 

hour per model line. This would result 

in 203 annual burden hours (203 vehicle 

model lines × 1 hour of time × 1 manual 

per model). 

FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective 

devices, and associated equipment.’’ 

Vehicle Headlamp Aiming Device 

Considering that we anticipate 

adaptive driving beam systems to 

include a horizontal vehicle headlamp 

aiming device (VHAD), it is estimated 

50% of models will offer adaptive 

driving beam headlighting systems on at 

least one trim level that will include a 

VHAD. Vehicles equipped with VHAD 

headlamps, for one model line with new 

VHAD headlamps, the time to collect 

the required information, prepare 

technical input, and review for accuracy 

of the required information placed for 

publication in the owner’s manual 

template is estimated to be 4 hours per 

manual. In a carry-over vehicle owner’s 

manual, we estimate that it would take 

a vehicle manufacturer 1 hour to review 

the required information for continued 

accuracy relating to VHAD systems. 

Section 571.108 permits each 

manufacturer a choice in placing 

headlamp aiming instruction in the 

owner’s manual or on a label affixed to 

the vehicle. We estimate about half of 

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on labels attached to the VHAD, with 

the remainder (50%) using information 

in the owner’s manual to convey the 

necessary information. Therefore, the 

number of annual burden hours 

imposed on manufacturers whose 

vehicles are subject to FMVSS No. 108 

would be determined from the number 

of model lines produced annually (of 

which an estimated 25% are new and 

75% are non-new, a repeat of previous 

years’ model lines) multiplied by the 

portion of vehicles equipped with 

VHAD headlamps multiplied by the 

estimated number of hours required to 

assemble the required information 

(estimated to be 4 hours of review for 

new vehicles and 1 hour to review the 

information for non-new models). The 

annual burden hours required by 

FMVSS No. 108’s VHAD section in the 

owner’s manual is 383 hours ((438 

models × 0.5 use VHAD × 0.25 new 

models × 4 hours/model) + (438 models 

× 0.5 use VHAD × 0.75 non-new models 

× 1 hour/model)). 

SemiAutomatic Beam Switching Devices 

We estimate that approximately 80% 

of new vehicle models include a 

semiautomatic beam switching device 

(either traditional semiautomatic beam 

switching or adaptive driving beam) on 

at least one trim level for the U.S. 

market. For new model vehicles 

equipped with semiautomatic beam 

switching devices (SABs), the time to 

collect the required information, 

prepare technical input, and review for 

accuracy of the required information 

placed for publication in the owner’s 

manual template is estimated to be 4 

hours per manual. In a carry-over 

vehicle owner’s manual, we estimate 

that it would take a vehicle 

manufacturer 1 hour to review the 

required information for continued 

accuracy relating to semiautomatic 

beam switching devices. Section 

571.108 requires manufacturers to 

provide instructions on how to operate 

semiautomatic beam switching devices 

if they are installed on the vehicle. The 

number of annual burden hours 

imposed on manufacturers whose 

vehicles are subject to FMVSS No. 108 

would be determined from the number 

of model lines produced annually (of 

which an estimated 25% are new and 

75% are non-new, a repeat of previous 

years’ model lines) multiplied by the 

portion of vehicles equipped with 

semiautomatic beam switching devices 

multiplied by the estimated number of 

hours required to assemble the required 

information (estimated to be 4 hours of 

review for new models and 1 hour to 

review the information for non-new 

models). The annual burden hours 

required by FMVSS No. 108’s 

semiautomatic beam switching device 

section in the owner’s manual is 613 

hours ((438 models × 0.8 offer SABs × 

0.25 new models × 4 hours/model) + 

(438 models × 0.8 offer SABs × 0.75 nonnew models × 1 hour/model)). 

FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and 

rims.’’ Currently, manufacturers do not 

equip current passenger vehicles, 

trucks, buses, trailers, or motorcycles 

with non-pneumatic spare tires. If 

vehicles were equipped with nonpneumatic spare tires, the number of 

annual burden hours imposed on 

manufacturers who choose to equip 

their vehicles with this equipment 

would be determined from the number 

of model lines produced annually (of 

which an estimated 25% are new and 

75% are on-new, a repeat of previous 

years’ model lines) multiplied by the 

portion of vehicle models equipped 

with non-pneumatic spare tires 

multiplied by the estimated number of 

hours required to assemble the required 

information (estimated to be 4 hours of 

review for new vehicles and 1 hour to 

review the information for non-new 

vehicles). The product of these factors 

would provide the number of hours 

required by manufacturers to produce 

necessary information to place into an 

owner’s manual ‘‘master’’ for printing. 

Because manufacturers do not equip 

current passenger vehicles, trucks, 

buses, trailers, or motorcycles with nonpneumatic spare tires, NHTSA estimates 

the hour burden as 0 hours. 

FMVSS No. 138, ‘‘Tire pressure 

monitoring systems.’’ The information 

required by FMVSS No. 138 to be 

included in the owner’s manual is 

provided verbatim and may be taken 

from the Federal regulation in its 

entirety. FMVSS No. 138, also states 

that the owner’s manual may include 

additional information about the lowpressure telltale and the malfunction 

indicator telltale. NHTSA estimates the 

burden to be 1 hour for the respondents 

to compile, review, and revise the 

additional information. There is an 

average of 438 model lines each year 

that include tire pressure monitoring 

information in the owner’s manual. 

Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total 

annual burden hours for § 571.138 to be 

438 hours (438 model lines × 1 manual 

per model × 1 hour). 

FMVSS No. 202a, ‘‘Head restraints.’’ 

It is estimated that 438 model lines need 

to be reviewed annually, but only a 

fraction (25 percent) need major 

revision each year. It is further 

estimated that it would take 5 hours to 

complete the major revisions. The 

remaining fraction of model lines (75 

percent) only require reverification of 

existing information. The total annual 

burden hours are estimated to be 876 

hours ((438 model lines × 0.25 needing 

revision × 5 hours) + (438 model lines 

× 0.75 needing revision × 1 hour)). 

FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials.’’ 

It is estimated that the burden to 

provide information in the owner’s 

manual for detailed care and 

maintenance is minimal because 

manufacturers already provide this type 

of information in the vehicle cleaning 

and maintenance section of the owner’s 

manual. NHTSA estimates a burden for 

each manual of 1 hour because 

manufacturers would need to verify that 

detailed care and maintenance 

information has been included in their 

cleaning and maintenance section of the 

owner’s manual. The annual estimated 

burden from § 571.205 is 176 hours (176 

model lines × 1 manual per model × 1 

hour). 

FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash 

protection.’’ A conservative estimated 

burden to produce the required text and 

information is 16 hours (or 2 days). It is 

also estimated that a fraction (25 

percent) of the model lines would 

require updates annually. The 

remaining fraction of model lines (75 

percent) only require reverification (1- 

hour burden) of existing information. 

This would result in 2,750 annual 

burden hours ((579 vehicle model lines 

× 0.25 percent that need updating × 16 

hours of time) + (579 model lines × 0.75 

needing revision × 1 hour)). 

FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages.’’ It is estimated that it 

would take a vehicle manufacturer no 

more than 1 hour per vehicle model line 

to assemble all of the FMVSS No. 210 

information for inclusion in the owner’s 

manual. This would result in 438 

annual burden hours (438 vehicle model 

lines × 1 manual per model × 1 hour). 

FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ NHTSA estimates that the 

burden associated with compiling, 

revising, and reviewing FMVSS No. 213 

information for owner’s manuals will be 

minimal. This information must also be 

made available on strategically placed 

labels within the vehicles, in addition to 

the vehicle’s owner’s manual. Thus, it is 

assumed that the burden hours would 

be minimal since the information is 

already available from the information 

required to produce the labels. NHTSA 

estimates that there are very few vehicle 

models that are equipped with built-in 

child restraints. A conservative estimate 

is that no more than 20 models would 

have built-in child restraints. This 

would result in 20 annual burden hours 

(20 vehicle model lines × 1 manual per 

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Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, 

NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, 

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336100.htm#27-0000. 4https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf. 

Accessed March 20, 2020. Table 1. Employer Costs 

for Employee Compensation by ownership [March 

2020], https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

ecec.t01.htm. 

FMVSS No. 225, ‘‘Child restraint 

anchorage systems.’’ NHTSA estimates 

that it takes a vehicle manufacturer no 

more than 5 hours to compile the 

required material and that only a 

fraction (25 percent) would need major 

revisions each year. The remaining 

fraction of model lines (75 percent) only 

require reverification (1-hour burden) of 

existing information. This would result 

in 876 annual burden hours ((438 

vehicle model lines × 1 manual per 

model × 0.25 (percent requiring major 

revisions) × 5 hours of time) + (438 

model lines × 1 manual per model × 

0.75 (percent requiring reverification) × 

1 hour)). 

FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection 

mitigation.’’ NHTSA estimates that it 

takes a vehicle manufacturer no more 

than 8 hours to compile the required 

material and it is estimated that a 

fraction (25 percent) would need major 

revisions each year. The remaining 

fraction of model lines (75 percent) only 

require reverification (1-hour burden) of 

existing information. This would result 

in 1,205 annual burden hours ((438 

vehicle model lines × 1 manual per 

model × 0.25 (percent that need major 

revision) × 8 hours of time) + (438 

model lines × 1 manual per model × 

0.75 (percent needing reverification) × 1 

hour)). 

FMVSS No. 303, ‘‘Fuel System 

Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas 

Vehicles.’’ Vehicle manufacturers must 

provide specific information to the 

consumer dealing with CNG vehicles’ 

fuel systems. The information must be 

available on the fuel container of the 

vehicle and must also be made available 

in the Vehicle owner’s manual. For the 

purposes of this justification, NHTSA 

assumes that all the necessary 

information is already available from 

the information required to produce the 

fuel container labels. Therefore, there is 

a slight burden of 1 hour for 

respondents to include this information 

in their owner’s manuals. This would 

result in 18 annual burden hours (18 

vehicle model lines × 1 manual per 

model × 1 hour of time). 

Section 575.103, ‘‘Truck-camper 

loading.’’ The information required for 

the owner’s manuals under section 

575.103 is developed by manufacturers 

as part of their routine engineering 

development for their vehicles. The 

figures to include in truck and slide-in 

camper owner’s manuals are provided 

in the regulation. Therefore, there is a 

slight 1-hour burden for respondents to 

include this information in their 

owner’s manuals. This would result in 

35 annual burden hours (35 vehicle 

model lines × 1 manual per model × 1 

hour of time). 

Section 575.104, ‘‘Uniform tire quality 

grading standards.’’ This requirement 

directs manufacturers to provide a 

statement in the owner’s manual, that is 

provided in the regulation almost in its 

entirety or equivalent form. This 

regulation requires manufacturers of 

motor vehicles to include in the vehicle 

owner’s manual a list of all possible 

grades for traction and temperature 

resistance and restate verbatim the 

explanation for each performance area 

specified in section 575.104 Figure 2, 

Part II. A statement is provided in the 

regulation which manufacturers shall 

include, in its entirety or equivalent 

form, in the owner’s manual. Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates that the burden for 

compiling, revising, and reviewing this 

information will only take 1 hour per 

model each year. This results in 579 

annual burden hours (579 vehicle model 

lines × 1 manual per model × 1 hour of 

time). 

Section 575.105, ‘‘Vehicle rollover.’’ 

To comply with Section 575.105, 

manufacturers of utility vehicles must 

include, in the owner’s manual, a 

discussion of the vehicle design features 

which cause this type of vehicles to be 

more likely to rollover (e.g., higher 

center of gravity) and a discussion of the 

driving practices that can reduce the 

risk of a rollover (e.g., avoiding sharp 

turns at excessive speed). NHTSA 

estimates that because this information 

should be readily available, that it will 

take manufacturers 1 hour each year to 

compile, revise, and review the 

information for inclusion in the owner’s 

manuals. This would result in 18 annual 

burden hours (18 vehicle model lines × 

1 manual per model × 1 hour of time). 

The labor costs associated with these 

burden hours are derived by using 

hourly labor rates published by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). For the 

burden hours associated with compiling 

the owner’s manual information 

required under the FMVSSs, NHTSA 

uses the mean hourly wage of $35.41 

per hour for ‘‘Technical Writers’’ 

(occupational code 27–3042).3 BLS 

estimates that hourly wages represent 

approximately 70.2% of total 

compensation for private industry 

workers.4 Therefore, NHTSA estimates 

the labor cost associated with less senior 

Technical Writers to be $50.44 per hour. 

The total labor cost associated with the 

burden hours of this information 

collection are determined by 

multiplying the annual burden hours by 

$50.44; therefore, the total annual labor 

costs are estimated to be $435,171 in 

each of the next three years. 

The table below summarizes the total 

hour burden and associated labor costs 

estimates. 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED HOUR BURDEN AND ASSOCIATED LABOR COSTS

Part/section Brief title 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden hours 

Estimated 

total annual 

labor costs at 

$50.44/hour 

563 ................................................... Event Data Recorders ............................................................................... 203 $10,239 

571.108 ............................................ Lighting-VHAD ........................................................................................... 383 19,319 

571.108 ............................................ Lighting-SABs ............................................................................................ 613 30,920 

571.110 ............................................ Tire Selection and Rims ............................................................................ 0 0 

571.138 ............................................ Tire Pressure Monitoring ........................................................................... 438 22,093 

571.202a .......................................... Head Restraints ......................................................................................... 876 44,185 

571.205 ............................................ Glazing ...................................................................................................... 176 8,877 

571.208 ............................................ Crash Protection ........................................................................................ 2,750 138,710 

571.210 ............................................ Seat Belt Anchors ..................................................................................... 438 22,093 

571.213 ............................................ Child Restraints ......................................................................................... 20 1,009 

571.225 ............................................ Child Restraint Anchorages ...................................................................... 876 44,185 


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Part/section Brief title 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden hours 

Estimated 

total annual 

labor costs at 

$50.44/hour 

571.226 ............................................ Ejection Mitigation ..................................................................................... 1,205 60,755 

571.303 ............................................ CNG Fuel Systems ................................................................................... 18 908 

575.103 ............................................ Truck-Camper Loading .............................................................................. 35 1,765 

575.104 ............................................ Tire Quality ................................................................................................ 579 29,205 

575.105 ............................................ Utility Vehicles ........................................................................................... 18 908 

Totals ........................................ .................................................................................................................... 8,628 435,171 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$7,971,461. 

NHTSA estimates that the only costs, 

other than labor costs associated with 

labor hours, for this information 

collection are costs associated with 

printing the owner’s manuals. NHTSA 

has estimated these costs by multiplying 

the estimated number owner’s manuals 

that will be produced by the number of 

words provided in the owner’s manual 

in response to the information 

collection. This estimate is then 

multiplied by the estimated cost per 

word for printing. 

Part 563—Event Data Recorders. 

NHTSA estimates that the word content 

in the owner’s manual required by Part 

563 would be 100 text words. Hence, 

the cost burden to vehicle 

manufacturers is estimated to be 

$30,566.25 (17,100,000 total vehicles × 

50% of vehicles including added 

language in the owner’s manuals × 100 

text words × 1.1 production factor × 0.25 

printing factor × $0.00013 per word). 

Cost burdens for this regulation were 

not included in the previous 

information collection request. 

FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective 

devices, and associated equipment.’’ 

The ADB final rule amended the 

standard with specific instructions for 

using the VHAD to aim ADB 

headlighting systems. We amended the 

VHAD requirements from specifically 

saying that it should be aimed at zero to 

a more general phrase that tells the 

owner what they should do when the 

headlamps need aimed horizontally. We 

expect this to decrease the words 

needed to convey the required 

information from 500 words to 250 

words. 

The printing cost burden for these 

owner’s manuals would be the number 

of vehicles produced annually 

multiplied by the portion of vehicles 

equipped with VHAD headlamps, 

multiplied by certain printing factors 

(an estimated 250 text words required 

per owner’s manual, a 1.1 multiplier to 

account for aftermarket manuals, a 0.25 

printing factor, and a $0.00013 cost per 

word). The annual cost burden to the 

respondents to include the information 

required by FMVSS No. 108’s VHAD 

section in the owner’s manual is 

$38,208 (17,100,000 vehicles × 0.5 use 

VHAD × 0.5 provide info in manual × 

250 words of text × 1.1 production 

factor × 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 

per word). 

The printing cost burden for these 

owner’s manuals would be the number 

of vehicles produced annually 

multiplied by the portion of vehicles 

equipped with semiautomatic beam 

switching devices, multiplied by certain 

printing factors (an estimated 500 text 

words required per owner’s manual, a 

1.1 multiplier to account for aftermarket 

manuals, a 0.25 printing factor, and a 

$0.00013 cost per word). The annual 

cost burden to the respondents to 

include the information required by 

FMVSS No. 108’s semiautomatic beam 

switching device section in the owner’s 

manual is $244,530 (17,100,000 vehicles 

× 0.8 use SABs × 500 words of text × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and 

rims.’’ The printing cost burden for 

these owner’s manuals would be the 

number of vehicles produced annually 

multiplied by the portion of vehicles 

equipped with non-pneumatic spare 

tires, multiplied by certain printing 

factors (an estimated 500 text words 

required per owner’s manual, a 1.1 

multiplier to account for aftermarket 

manuals, a 0.25 printing factor, and a 

$0.00013 cost per word). Because 

manufacturers do not equip current 

passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, 

trailers, or motorcycles with nonpneumatic spare tires, NHTSA estimates 

the printing cost to be $0. 

FMVSS 571.138, ‘‘Tire pressure 

monitoring systems.’’ The recurring cost 

to the respondents to include the 

information required by section 571.138 

is based on the typical length of the tire 

pressure monitoring system information 

that is required, including depictions of 

the low-pressure telltale and, if 

equipped, a separate malfunction 

indicator telltale. NHTSA estimates that 

this information is equivalent to 400 

words of text for the average owner’s 

manual. NHTSA estimates there are 

17,100,000 new vehicles each year 

requiring tire pressure monitoring 

system information in the owner’s 

manual. The annual cost burden to the 

respondents to include the information 

required by FMVSS No. 138 is $244,530 

(17,100,000 vehicles × 400 words of text 

× 1.1 production factor × 0.25 printing 

factor × $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS 571.202a, ‘‘Head restraints.’’ 

NHTSA estimates that it would take 

approximately 4 pages of the owner’s 

manual to disclose the required head 

restraint information. Assuming that a 

page of owner’s manual information 

represents a typical density of 300 

words per page, manufacturers would 

need to publish about 1,200 words of 

instructions or cautioning information 

for the average owner’s manual. NHTSA 

estimates there are 17,100,000 new 

vehicles each year requiring head 

restraint information in the owner’s 

manual. Therefore, the total recurring 

cost estimate is $733,590 (17,100,000 

vehicles × 1,200 words of text × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials.’’ 

The word count required in the owner’s 

manual is estimated to be 210 words. 

Only buses and low speed vehicles 

currently use plastic type glazing. 

Therefore, NHTSA estimates there are 

17,400 new vehicles each year that 

include glazing information in the 

owner’s manual. The annual cost 

burden to the respondents to include 

the information required by FMVSS No. 

205 is estimated to be $130.63 (17,400 

vehicles × 210 words of text × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash 

protection.’’ NHTSA estimates that the 

word content in the owner’s manual 

required by FMVSS No. 208 would be 

5,400 text words. Hence, the cost 

burden to vehicle manufacturers is 

estimated to be $3,397,680 (17,600,000 


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total vehicles × 5,400 text words × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages.’’ It is estimated that the 

word content in the owner’s manual 

required by FMVSS No. 210 would be 

400 text words. Hence, the cost burden 

to vehicle manufacturers is estimated to 

be $244,530 (17,100,000 total vehicles × 

400 text words × 1.1 production factor 

× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per 

word). 

FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ It is estimated that the 

recurring information required for child 

safety in the owner’s manual would be 

500 text words. NHTSA estimates that, 

conservatively, 5% of vehicles may be 

in lines that offer built in child 

restraints. Therefore, NHTSA estimates 

that there would be 880,000 vehicles 

with owner’s manual containing 

information provided in response to this 

information collection. Hence, the cost 

burden to vehicle manufacturers is 

estimated to be $15,730 (880,000 total 

vehicles × 500 text words × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 225, ‘‘Child Restraint 

Anchorage Systems.’’ NHTSA estimates 

that the word content in the owner’s 

manual required by FMVSS No. 225 

would be 1,500 text words. Hence, the 

cost burden to vehicle manufacturers is 

estimated to be $943,800 (17,600,000 

total vehicles × 1,500 text words × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection 

Mitigation.’’ NHTSA estimates that the 

word content in the owner’s manual 

required by FMVSS No. 226 would be 

3,000 text words. Hence, the cost 

burden to vehicle manufacturers is 

estimated to be $1,833,975 (17,100,000 

total vehicles × 3,000 text words × 1.1 

production factor × 0.25 printing factor 

× $0.00013 per word). 

FMVSS No. 303, ‘‘Fuel System 

Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas 

Vehicles.’’ NHTSA estimates that no 

more than 50 words are required in the 

owner’s manual to comply with the 

requirements in FMVSS No. 303. There 

are conservatively 20,000 CNG vehicles 

produced annually. Hence, the cost 

burden to CNG vehicle manufacturers is 

estimated to be $35.75 (20,000 total 

units × 50 text words × 1.1 production 

factor × 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 

per word). Cost burdens for this 

regulation were not included in the 

previous information collection request. 

Section 575.103, ‘‘Truck-camper 

loading.’’ It is estimated that 480 words 

are required in the owner’s manual to 

comply with § 575.103. There are 

approximately 2,300,000 pickup trucks 

and 11,000 truck camper units produced 

annually. These total to an annual 

production of 2,311,000 units. Hence, 

the cost burden to vehicle 

manufacturers is estimated to be 

$39,656.76 (2,311,000 total units × 480 

text words × 1.1 production factor × 0.25 

printing factor × $0.00013 per word). 

Section 575.104, ‘‘Uniform tire quality 

grading standards.’’ NHTSA estimates 

that 390 words are minimally required 

in the owner’s manual to comply with 

§ 575.104. There are approximately 

13,857,300 vehicles covered by this 

regulation. Hence, the cost burden to 

vehicle manufacturers is estimated to be 

$193,205.41 (13,857,300 total vehicles × 

390 text words × 1.1 production factor 

× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per 

word). Cost burdens for this regulation 

were not included in the previous 

information collection request. 

Section 575.105, ‘‘Vehicle rollover.’’ 

NHTSA estimates that 117 words are 

minimally required in the owner’s 

manual to comply with section 575.105. 

There are approximately 2,700,000 

utility vehicles with 4-wheel drive and 

a wheelbase of 110 inches or less. 

Therefore, the cost burden to vehicle 

manufacturers is estimated to be 

$11,293.43 (2,700,000 total vehicles × 

117 text words × 1.1 production factor 

× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per 

word). Cost burdens for this regulation 

were not included in the previous 

information collection request. 

The total annual cost to the 

respondents for information published 

in vehicles’ owner’s manuals is 

summarized in the table below. 

TABLE 2—ESTIMATED PRINTING COSTS

Part/section Brief title 

Estimated 

total costs 

to respondents 

563 .............................................................................................. Event Data Recorders ................................................................ $30,566 

571.108 ....................................................................................... Lighting-VHAD ............................................................................ 38,208 

571.108 ....................................................................................... Lighting-SABs ............................................................................. 244,530 

571.110 ....................................................................................... Tire Selection and Rims ............................................................. 0 

571.138 ....................................................................................... Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems ............................................. 244,530 

571.202a ..................................................................................... Head Restraints .......................................................................... 733,590 

571.205 ....................................................................................... Glazing ....................................................................................... 131 

571.208 ....................................................................................... Occupant Crash Protection ........................................................ 3,397,680 

571.210 ....................................................................................... Seat Belt Assembly Anchors ...................................................... 244,530 

571.213 ....................................................................................... Child Restraints Systems ........................................................... 15,730 

571.225 ....................................................................................... Child Restraint Anchorage Systems .......................................... 943,800 

571.226 ....................................................................................... Ejection Mitigation ...................................................................... 1,833,975 

571.303 ....................................................................................... Fuel System Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles .... 36 

575.103 ....................................................................................... Truck-Camper Loading ............................................................... 39,657 

575.104 ....................................................................................... Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards .................................... 193,205 

575.105 ....................................................................................... Vehicle Rollover ......................................................................... 11,293 

Total Costs .......................................................................... ..................................................................................................... 7,971,461 

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. 


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AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on the 

Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, that the Advisory Committee on the 

Readjustment of Veterans will hold a 

meeting virtually. The meeting will 

begin and end as follows: 

Date: Time: Open session: 

March 21, 2022 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. EST.

Yes. 

The meeting session is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) regarding the provision by 

VA of benefits and services to assist 

Veterans in the readjustment to civilian 

life. In carrying out this duty, the 

Committee shall take into account the 

needs of Veterans who served in combat 

theaters of operation. The Committee 

assembles, reviews, and assesses 

information relating to the needs of 

Veterans readjusting to civilian life and 

the effectiveness of VA services in 

assisting Veterans in that readjustment. 

The Committee, comprised of 13 

subject matter experts, advises the 

Secretary, through the VA Readjustment 

Counseling Service, on the provision by 

VA of benefits and services to assist 

Veterans in the readjustment to civilian 

life. In carrying out this duty, the 

Committee assembles, reviews, and 

assesses information relating to the 

needs of Veterans readjusting to civilian 

life and the effectiveness of VA services 

in assisting Veterans in that 

readjustment, specifically taking into 

account the needs of Veterans who 

served in combat theaters of operation. 

On March 21, 2022, the agenda will 

include review of the 22nd report, from 

4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., For public 

members wishing to join the meeting, 

please use the following Webex link: 

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/ 

wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/ 

veteransaffairs/meeting/download/ 

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affairs&MTID=m097fc4b4be

237385225ea2094a27f547. 

No time will be allotted for receiving 

oral comments from the public; 

however, the committee will accept 

written comments from interested 

parties on issues outlined in the meeting 

agenda or other issues regarding the 

readjustment of Veterans. Parties should 

contact Mr. Richard Barbato via email at 

VHA10RCSAction@va.gov, or by mail at 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Readjustment Counseling Service 

(10RCS), 810 Vermont Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20420. Any member of 

the public seeking additional 

information should contact Mr. Barbato 

at the phone number or email addressed 

noted above. 

Dated: February 16, 2022. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03672 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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