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Section 30118 of title 49 of the United 

States Code requires the manufacturer of 

motor vehicles or replacement 

equipment to notify NHTSA, owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of the safety 

defect or noncompliance. Section 30120 

requires the manufacturer to remedy, 

without charge, the defect or noncompliance and specifies the ways in 

which a noncompliance or defect can be 

remedied. Sections 30118(e) and 

30120(e) of title 49 specify that any 

interested person may petition the 

Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by 

delegation) to hold a hearing to 

determine whether a manufacturer of 

motor vehicles or motor vehicle 

equipment has reasonably met its 

obligation to notify owners, purchasers, 

and dealers of vehicles or equipment of 

a safety-related defect or noncompliance 

with a FMVSS in the manufacturer’s 

products and to remedy that defect or 

noncompliance. 

To implement these statutory 

provisions, NHTSA promulgated 49 

CFR part 557, Petitions for Hearings on 

Notification and Remedy of Defects. Part 

557 establishes procedures for the 

submission and disposition of petitions 

for hearings on the issues of whether the 

manufacturer has reasonably met its 

obligation to notify owners, purchasers, 

and dealers of safety-related defects or 

noncompliance, or to remedy such 

defect or noncompliance free of charge. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Persons who believe that a 

manufacturer has been deficient in 

notifying owners, purchasers, or dealers 

of a safety related defect or 

noncompliance with FMVSS, or has not 

remedied the problem in accordance 

with statutory requirements, may 

petition the agency pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 557. The agency uses the 

information collected in the petition, 

and may use other information available 

to it, to determine whether a hearing is 

necessary to determine whether a 

manufacturer has reasonably met its 

obligation to notify owners, purchasers, 

and dealers of the safety defect or 

noncompliance with FMVSS, or to 

remedy that defect or noncompliance. 

Should the agency, on the basis of 

information provided at that hearing or 

other information, determine the 

manufacturer has not reasonably met its 

obligations, the agency orders the 

manufacturer to take specified action to 

bring itself into compliance with those 

obligations. 

60-Day Notice: A Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting public comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on January 18, 2022 (87 FR 

2664). No comments were received. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

interested persons. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1 

respondent. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1 hour. 

When NHTSA last sought approval 

for the extension of this information 

collection, the agency estimated it 

would receive one petition a year and 

estimated that, with an estimated one 

hour of preparation time for each 

petition, the total annual burden for this 

collection would be 1 hour. The agency 

now believes that a more accurate 

estimate would be 0 petitions and 0 

burden hours each year, based on the 

agency not receiving of any such 

petitions submitted in recent years. 

However, NHTSA continues to estimate 

that the time to prepare a petition is 1 

hour and, to account for the possibility 

of receiving a petition in a given year, 

NHTSA estimates the total annual 

burden of this collection to be 1 hour (1 

petition × 1 hour to prepare). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$7.95. 

NHTSA estimates that the only cost 

burden to respondents (i.e., petitioners) 

except for the time invested 

(opportunity cost) associated with the 

time to submit the petition will be 

postage costs. NHTSA estimates that 

each mailed response is estimated to 

cost $7.95 (priority flat rate envelope 

from USPS). Therefore, the total cost for 

the estimated 1 request per year is 

$7.95. 

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 

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) 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 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

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

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Stephen Ridella, 

Director, Office of Defects Investigation, 

NHTSA. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06728 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0029] 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, 

DP21–005 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Denial of petition for a defect 

investigation. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

reasons for the denial of a petition 

submitted on September 27, 2021, by 

Mr. James Lamb to NHTSA’s Office of 

Defects Investigation (ODI). The petition 

requests that the Agency initiate an 

investigation into alleged ‘‘defects in the 

2006 J1939 databus,’’ citing a 2016 

research paper published through the 

University of Michigan. On December 

23, 2021, NHTSA opened Defect 

Petition DP21–005 to evaluate the 

petitioner’s request. After reviewing the 

information provided by the petitioner 

regarding the alleged defect and 

conducting searches of complaints from 

vehicle owners, operators, and fleet 

supervisors, NHTSA has concluded that 

there is insufficient evidence to warrant 

further action at this time. Accordingly, 

the Agency has denied the petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ryan Rahimpour, Medium and HeavyDuty Vehicle Defects Division, Office of 

Defects Investigation, NHTSA, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 

20590 (telephone 202–366–8756). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1.0 Introduction 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 552.1, interested 

persons may petition NHTSA requesting 

that the Agency initiate an investigation 

to determine whether a motor vehicle or 

item of replacement equipment fails to 

comply with applicable motor vehicle 

safety standards or contains a defect that 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 49 U.S.C. 

30162; 49 CFR part 552. Upon receipt of 

a properly filed petition, the Agency 

conducts a technical review of the 

petition, material submitted with the 

petition, and any additional 

information. 49 U.S.C. 30162(c); 49 CFR 


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1Burakova, Y., Hass, B., Millar, L., Weimerskirch, 

A., (2016). Truck Hacking: An Experimental 

Analysis of the SAE J1939 Standard. woot16-paperburakova.pdf (usenix.org). 

552.6. After the technical review and 

considering appropriate factors, which 

may include, among other factors, 

Agency priorities, and the likelihood of 

success in litigation that might arise 

from a determination of a 

noncompliance or a defect related to 

motor vehicle safety, the Agency will 

grant or deny the petition. 49 U.S.C. 

30162(d); 49 CFR 552.8. 

2.0 Petition 

Mr. James Lamb (the petitioner), 

Executive Director of the Small Business 

in Transportation Coalition (SBTC), 

submitted a petition to NHTSA on 

September 27, 2021. The petition 

requested NHTSA to initiate a defect 

investigation into the potential hacking 

susceptibility of the Society of 

Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1939 Data 

Bus standard. 

In support of the petition, the 

petitioner cited a 2016 study from 

University of Michigan (Michigan) 

researchers, entitled Truck Hacking: An 

Experimental Analysis of the SAE J1939 

Standard, which alleges a SAE J1939 

Data Bus vulnerability in a Model Year 

(MY) 2001 school bus and a MY 2006 

Class-8 semi-tractor.1 The study alleges 

that, due to the vulnerability, vehicle 

critical safety functions such as the 

accelerator control or braking systems 

are susceptible to unauthorized access 

and control, increasing motor vehicle 

safety risks. The petition includes no 

other specification with respect to 

affected makes or models of vehicles 

with the alleged safety defect. 

3.0 Analysis 

On December 23, 2021, ODI opened 

Defect Petition Investigation DP21–005 

to evaluate the petitioner’s request. In 

evaluating the petition, ODI reviewed 

the cited University of Michigan study 

to understand and determine the scope 

and feasibility of the alleged defect and 

reviewed the NHTSA database for 

similar complaints. 

The petitioner did not specify the 

make and model of the vehicles with the 

alleged safety defect. The only 

categories of relevant subject vehicles 

specified were found in the Michigan 

study: MY 2001 school buses and MY 

2006 Class-8 semi-tractors. 

After reviewing the available 

information and using ODI’s risk-based 

processes, ODI has not identified 

evidence that would support opening a 

defect investigation into the subject 

vehicles. The vehicle vulnerabilities 

reported in the Michigan study required 

physical access to the J1939 connector 

in order to affect vehicle critical safety 

functions such as the accelerator control 

or braking systems. Whether there is a 

potential for remote compromise is a 

factor that NHTSA has considered in 

evaluating the likelihood or frequency 

of a potential safety defect. The 

Michigan study did not demonstrate a 

remote compromise of these vehicles. In 

addition, based on the age of the subject 

model year school buses and semitractors, they do not have over-the-air 

software update capabilities or an 

internet connection to make remote 

compromise possible. 

ODI conducted a search for similar 

complaints received by the Agency and 

found no complaints of any type related 

to this alleged vulnerability, aside from 

the Petition. This evaluation included 

searches of complaints from vehicle 

owners, operators, and fleet supervisors. 

ODI has not found any similar events, 

complaints, or allegations suggesting a 

real-life vulnerability based on the 

available information. Therefore, given a 

thorough analysis of the potential for 

finding a safety-related defect in the 

subject vehicles, and in view of 

NHTSA’s enforcement priorities, a 

defects investigation is unlikely to result 

in a finding that a defect related to 

motor vehicle safety exists. 

4.0 Conclusion 

NHTSA is authorized to issue an 

order requiring notification and remedy 

of a defect if the Agency’s investigation 

shows a defect in the design, 

construction, or performance of a motor 

vehicle that presents an unreasonable 

risk to safety. 49 U.S.C. 30102(a)(9), 

30118. Given that the existing 

information does not provide evidence 

of a real-life vulnerability in the alleged 

subject vehicles, caused by a vehiclebased defect, it is unlikely that an order 

concerning the notification and remedy 

of a safety-related defect would be 

issued due to any investigation opened 

upon grant of this petition. Therefore, 

and upon full consideration of the 

information presented in the petition 

and the potential risks to safety, the 

petition is denied. The denial of this 

petition does not foreclose the Agency 

from taking further action if warranted 

or making a future finding that a safetyrelated defect exists based upon 

additional information the Agency may 

receive. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162(d); 

delegations of authority at CFR 1.95 and 

501.8. 

Anne L. Collins, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of one or more persons that have been 

placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons List 

(SDN List) based on OFAC’s 

determination that one or more 

applicable legal criteria were satisfied. 

All property and interests in property 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these 

persons are blocked, and U.S. persons 

are generally prohibited from engaging 

in transactions with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; 

or Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Notice of OFAC Actions 

On March 25, 2022, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following persons are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authority listed below. 

Individuals 

1. HEIN, Zaw, Burma; DOB 01 Jan 1974 to 

31 Dec 1975; citizen Burma; Gender Male 

(individual) [BURMA–EO14014]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) 

of Executive Order 14014 of February 10, 

2021, ‘‘Blocking Property With Respect to 

The Situation In Burma’’ (‘‘E.O. 14014’’), 86 


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