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poses an unreasonable risk when it ‘‘results in 

hazards as potentially dangerous as sudden engine 

fire, and where there is no dispute that at least some 

such hazards, in this case fires, can definitely be 

expected to occur in the future’’). 

Further, because each inconsequential 

noncompliance petition must be 

evaluated on its own facts and 

determinations are highly factdependent, NHTSA does not consider 

prior determinations as binding 

precedent. Petitioners are reminded that 

they have the burden of persuading 

NHTSA that the noncompliance is 

inconsequential to safety. 

In response to the petitioner’s 

statement that subject tires that have 

remained in dealer inventory for an 

extended period would not lead to 

confusion on the part of a consumer, 

NHTSA notes that noncompliant tires 

may not be offered for sale, sold, or 

introduced into interstate commerce. 

Thus, entities should be aware that 

selling noncompliant tires could result 

in civil penalties, regardless if the 

petition is granted or denied. 

NHTSA has evaluated the merits of 

the petition submitted by Hercules and 

is granting Hercules’ request for relief 

from notification and remedy based on 

the following: 

1. Based on its review of the 

information Hercules submitted, 

NHTSA has no basis for to believe that 

the tires do not meet the performance 

and labeling requirements of FMVSS 

No. 119, except for the incorrect date 

code. 

2. While NHTSA recognizes that TIN 

labeling errors might prevent consumers 

from successfully registering their tires 

and this would impact safety, in the 

subject petition the noncompliance 

would not prevent tire registration. One 

purpose of the TIN is to provide a 

means of identifying tires, and while the 

date code portion of the TIN is useful 

to identifying tires, it also provides 

information to consumers about the age 

of their tires which could be safety 

related. In this specific instance, where 

the numbers two and eight were 

interchanged in the date code, the 

agency believes that consumers will 

recognize that the code is an error. It is 

unlikely that a reasonable person will 

believe that the tires were manufactured 

in 1980. Therefore, NHTSA does not 

believe the incorrect date code will 

cause consumers to use the tire beyond 

its recommended service life, but rather 

recognize that there is an error in the 

date code portion of the TIN. 

3. NHTSA believes that the 

manufacturer has taken sufficient steps 

to ensure that the affected tires are 

included in future recalls by: 

a. Verifying that the tires having the 

incorrect date code may be registered 

using their tire registration system. 

b. Ensuring that their registration 

database will correctly identify the tires 

as having been produced in week 48 of 

2020, when the date code 4280 is 

entered. 

VII. NHTSA’s Decision: In 

consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA 

finds that Hercules has met its burden 

of persuasion that the subject FMVSS 

No. 119 noncompliance in the affected 

tires is inconsequential to motor vehicle 

safety. Accordingly, Hercules’s petition 

is hereby granted and Hercules is 

consequently exempted from the 

obligation of providing notification of, 

and a free remedy for, that 

noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 

and 30120. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this 

decision only applies to the subject tires 

that Hercules no longer controlled at the 

time it determined that the 

noncompliance existed. However, the 

granting of this petition does not relieve 

tire distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant tires under their 

control after they were notified that the 

subject noncompliance existed. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Eileen Sullivan, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30951 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0056] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Female Occupant 

Anthropometry and Seating 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a request for approval of 

a new information collection. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for a new 

information collection. Before a Federal 

agency can collect certain information 

from the public, it must receive 

approval from OMB. Under procedures 

established by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, before seeking OMB 

approval, Federal agencies must solicit 

public comment on proposed 

collections of information, including 

extensions and reinstatement of 

previously approved collections. This 

document describes a collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval on Occupant 

Anthropometry and Seating. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 28, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2024–0056 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. To 

be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 


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instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact 

Elizabeth Lafferty, Office of Vehicle 

Safety Research, Human Injury Research 

Division NSR–220, West Building, 

W46–311, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, 

Washington, DC 20590; Email: 

Elizabeth.lafferty@dot.gov; Phone: 202– 

366–6222. 

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: Occupant Anthropometry and 

Seating. 

OMB Control Number: New. 

Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1824, 

NHTSA Form 1825, NHTSA Form 1826, 

NHTSA Form 1827, NHTSA Form 1828, 

and NHTSA Form 1848. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: 

NHTSA proposes to collect 

information from the public as part of a 

study to collect detailed information on 

current body size and shape, posture, 

and motion of vehicle occupants. This 

research will support NHTSA in the 

development of tools used for occupant 

protection during crashes, particularly 

in the context of equity in 

crashworthiness. This research will add 

to the body of knowledge and is not 

immediately intended to inform 

regulations or policy. 

The designs of anthropomorphic test 

devices (ATDs, commonly known as 

crash test dummies) are based on 

measurements of volunteers sitting in 

vehicle and laboratory seats. The 

current generation of ATDs is based on 

data gathered at University of Michigan 

Transportation Research Institute 

(UMTRI) in the 1980s. Since that time, 

the U.S. population has change 

substantially, most notably due to the 

large increase in body mass. 

Measurement technologies have also 

improved dramatically with the 

development of fast three-dimensional 

surface measurement systems. Seating 

configurations have also expanded from 

the traditional seat posture collected in 

the 1980s with increased recline angles 

in modern vehicles. This combination of 

a population size shift and more 

variable seat configurations presents a 

clear need for updated seated 

anthropometry to be collected with new 

advanced anthropometry measurement 

capabilities. 

The data collections, approved by the 

Institutional Review Board at the 

University of Michigan, will be 

performed once to obtain the target 

number of valid test participants. Study 

participants will be male and female 

licensed adult drivers from the general 

public, and participation will be 

voluntary with monetary compensation 

provided. Participants are recruited 

using University of Michigan’s Health 

Research portal, https://

umhealthresearch.org/. The voluntary 

study would involve recruiting licensed 

drivers for two studies (in-lab and invehicle). For the in-lab study, the 

following information collections 

include: (1) an online screening 

questionnaire; (2) an eligibility phone 

call to confirm eligibility, interest, and 

schedule a time in the lab; (3) informed 

consent for the in-lab study and 

anthropometric measurement. A subset 

of the in-lab participants will be asked 

to participate in the in-vehicle study 

and the following information 

collections include: (1) a pre-drive 

questionnaire for the in-vehicle study; 

(5) informed consent and 

anthropometric measurements for the 

in-vehicle study; and (6) a post-drive 

questionnaire for the in-vehicle study. 

In this study, 3D surface scan data 

quantifying body size and shape in a 

range of postures will be obtained. 

Posture, position, and belt fit in driver 

and passenger seating mockups that are 

adjusted to a wide range of vehicle 

configurations and using multiple seats 

will be measured. The participants will 

be selected to span a wide range of 

stature and weight, spanning the 5th 

percentile female to 95th percentile 

male values. Individuals with high body 

mass will be preferentially selected to 

address the current lack of data from 

that cohort. An in-vehicle study will be 

conducted using participants recruited 

from among those participating in the 

laboratory study. Participants will be 

provided an instrumented vehicle to 

drive in place of their own for a 7-to-10- 

day period. Given unknown budget 

appropriations the drive time may be 

reduced from 7-to-10-days to two hours. 

Independent of budget appropriations 

the burden to the public is two hours. 

The two hours will either be spent as 

more detailed check in/check out time 

for the 7-to-10-day plus questionnaire 

post-drive or as a 2-hr drive starting and 

ending at the lab. The goal of the invehicle study is to validate the driver 

postures measured in the laboratory and 

to obtain high-resolution 3D data on 

postures and movements during driving. 

A particular focus is on the lower 

extremities, where crash injury data 

have indicated a large difference in risk 

between male and female drivers. Body 

scans, measurements, and any video 

will be de-identified prior to submission 

to NHTSA. Statistical models will also 

be developed from de-identified data 

and made available to the public 

through a software tool. 

This research study will gather a new 

database of information on adult body 

size, shape, posture, and motion to 

support advancement in these safety 

applications. This study will add to the 

body of the knowledge on motor vehicle 

anthropometry and will support female 

crash safety and equitable occupant 

protection through the development of 

human body models (HBMs) and 

anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs). 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: 

Early ATDs, including the Hybrid-III 

family that was initially designed in the 

1970s, were constructed using manually 

gathered anthropometric data, such as 

segment lengths and circumferences. 

Minimal 3D information was available, 

and seated postures were approximated. 

In 1980, NHTSA funded a large-scale 

study at UMTRI to develop 

anthropometric specifications for a new 

generation of ATDs. The Anthropometry 


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of Motor Vehicle Occupants (AMVO) 

study gathered data and developed 

detailed 3D body shapes for small 

female, midsize male, and large male 

occupants, using 5th percentile female, 

50th percentile male, and 95th 

percentile male stature and body weight 

as the target reference values. Drawing 

packages were developed detailing 

landmark and joint locations, and 

physical 3D surface shells were 

constructed using landmark data and 

minimal 3D contour information. These 

data have formed the anthropometric 

basis for most adult ATDs developed 

since that time, including the THOR 

family. 

AMVO had some limitations, 

however. Due to the limits of the 

technology available at the time, a small 

number of participants were measured 

(25 per size bin were used to create the 

final specifications), and no 3D surface 

information was collected. Moreover, 

the analysis was based on simple 

averaging per size bins, so no 

information was provided for other 

occupant sizes. Most importantly, the 

midsize female was dropped for cost 

reasons, so the only female data were 

gathered from very small individuals. 

Over the past 20 years, HBMs have 

become an important addition to the 

biomechanics toolkit. Using the same 

logic that was applied to selecting body 

sizes for ATDs, the HBMs have typically 

been targeted to the same stature and 

body weight reference values as were 

used in AMVO. However, unlike the 

averaging process used in AMVO, most 

HBMs have developed using data 

primarily or entirely from a single 

individual. A consequence of this 

approach is that HBM development has 

not provided meaningful additions to 

the anthropometric data available to 

characterize vehicle occupants. 

In the decades since AMVO, UMTRI 

has conducted a large number of studies 

of occupant posture and body shape and 

has developed advancements in both 

measurement and analysis 

methodology. Of particular importance, 

rather than averaging data to create a 

representation of a single body size, 

UMTRI has developed continuous 

statistical models that can generate 

accurate specifications for a wide range 

of sizes and shapes (for examples, see 

http://HumanShape.org). 

Simultaneously analyzing both 

landmark locations and 3D body shapes 

has enabled the development of 

parametric human body modeling, in 

which HBMs are morphed to represent 

people with widely varying size and 

shape. 

Concurrent with the development of 

parametric HBMs, crash injury data 

analyses have highlighted the potential 

benefits of these new tools. In 

particular, the field data indicate that 

female occupants experience higher 

risks of some injuries in certain types of 

crashes. Notably, lower-extremity injury 

risks are markedly higher for female 

drivers than for male drivers in frontal 

impacts. Detailed anthropometric and 

posture data for female drivers could 

help to elucidate the causes of this 

difference. Crash injury data also show 

that individuals with high body mass 

are at higher risks of some injuries, 

possibly due to differences in the 

interaction with the restraint systems. 

Minimal data are available to describe 

the seated postures and body shapes of 

this cohort, which is increasingly 

important in the U.S. 

Affected Public: 

Respondents will be licensed drivers, 

ages 18+, in the Ann Arbor, MI region 

and willing to travel to UMTRI. Study 

participants will be male and female 

licensed adult drivers from the general 

public, and participation will be 

voluntary with monetary compensation 

provided. Participants are recruited 

using University of Michigan’s Health 

Research portal, https://

umhealthresearch.org/. Prospective 

participants will respond to the U–M 

Health Research posting by completing 

a screening questionnaire on a Google 

Form. Eligible participants are those 

whose answers to the Google Form 

questions are consistent with the 

inclusion and exclusion criteria. 

Eligibility requirements include the 

ability to read and speak English, ability 

to drive for two hours continuously, 

hold a current and unrestricted U.S. 

driver’s license, have been a licensed 

driver for at least one year, drive a car 

daily for an average of at least 15 

minutes, and comfortable driving on the 

highway and local roads. Exclusion 

criteria include individuals with 

musculoskeletal ailments impeding the 

ability to walk or sit comfortably or 

musculoskeletal deformities such as 

scoliosis or amputations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2000. 

We estimate that 2000 screening 

questionnaires will be filled out to 

obtain the needed number of subjects. 

The form has 23 questions, including 

name, address, and time slots available. 

We estimate that up to 600 individuals 

will need to be contacted to obtain the 

needed number of 300 subjects for the 

lab study. This considers that some 

people’s schedules may not match up 

with lab openings or they may not show 

up for their scheduled appointment. A 

subset of the in-lab study participants 

will be asked to participate in the invehicle study with the targeted 100 

participants. 

Frequency: Once. 

This is a one-time collection of 

information with two studies: in-lab and 

in-vehicle. A subset of the in-lab 

participants will be asked to participate 

in the in-vehicle study. The initial prescreening time is roughly 5 minutes and 

can be done at the respondents’ 

convenience using a device of their 

choosing. The only requirement is an 

internet connection to access the online 

pre-screening. Not all who begin this 

pre-screening will complete the form in 

its entirety, and not everyone will meet 

study criteria. Those who meet study 

criteria could be contacted for an 

eligibility phone call prior to study 

enrollment. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 

The annual estimated time burden to 

complete the collection of information 

is 347 hours and an annual opportunity 

cost of $16,373.05 over the study period. 

To minimize the burden of the 

screening questionnaire and eligibility 

phone call, individuals for the invehicle study will be selected from the 

in-lab study pool. An estimate of up to 

2000 individuals will initiate a response 

to the online screening questionnaire 

due to the broad range of inclusion 

criteria. Of the screened individuals we 

anticipate that up to 600 will need to be 

contacted for an eligibility phone call to 

obtain the needed number of 300 

participants scheduled for the in-lab 

study. Scheduled participants that do 

not show up will be replaced from the 

remaining pool of screened participants 

and eligibility phone call to ensure 300 

individuals arrive for in-lab 

measurements. After completion of the 

2-hour process for informed consented 

and in-lab data collection, some 

participants will be asked if they are 

interested in the in-vehicle study. From 

the 300 in-lab participants, 100 will be 

scheduled to return to the lab for the invehicle study. The in-vehicle pre-drive 

and post-drive questionnaires will each 

take 5 mins, the informed consent, 

vehicle check-out, and vehicle check-in 

processes will take 110 min. totaling 2 

hrs. for all of the in-vehicle study. 

To calculate the opportunity cost 

associated with the forms and other 

relevant activities necessary for this 

collection of new information, NHTSA 

looked at average hourly earnings for 

employees across all occupations in the 

Ann Arbor, MI area. The Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that the 

average hourly wage for this group is 

$33.43, thus serving as the opportunity 

cost per hour. The Bureau of Labor 

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workers’ wages represent 70.3% of total 

labor compensation costs. Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs 

to be $47.55. NHTSA estimates the total 

opportunity cost associated with the 

1033 burden hours to be $49,119.15. 

Annual burden cost is estimated to be 

$16,373.05, and annual burden hours is 

estimated to be 347. There may be a 

slight variation in the comparison of 

total to annual burden over the three 

years due to rounding. The annual 

burden figures will be those represented 

in ROCIS. 

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES

NHSTA 

form 

No. 

Information collection 

Number of 

respondents 

total/annual 

Time per 

response 

(min) 

Cost per response Frequency of 

response 

Burden hours 

total/annual 

Burden cost (dollars) 

total/annual 

1824 .... Online Screening questionnaire ............... 2000/667 5 $3.96 1 167/56 $7,940.85/$2,646.95 

1825 .... Eligibility Phone Call ................................ 600/200 5 3.96 1 50/17 2,377.50/792.50 

1826 .... Informed Consent, In-Lab ........................ 300/100 120 95.10 1 600/200 28,530.00/9,510.00 

1827 .... In-Vehicle Pre-Drive Questionnaire ......... 100/34 5 3.96 1 8/3 380.40/126.80 

1828 .... Informed Consent, In-Vehicle .................. 100/34 120 95.10 1 200/68 9,510.00/3,170.00 

1848 .... In-Vehicle Post-Drive Questionnaire ........ 100/34 5 3.96 1 8/3 380.40/126.80 

Total Burden/Annual Burden .................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 1033/347 49,119.15/16,373.05 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

NHTSA estimates that the total travel 

costs to all respondents will be no more 

than $10,720. The total estimated cost to 

the Government for this one-time 

information collection is $49,119.15 

plus $10,720 totaling $59,839.15 where 

the annual estimated cost is $19,946.38. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

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

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29A. 

Cem Hatipoglu, 

Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety 

Research. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2024–0005] 

Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Liquid 

and Gas Pipeline Advisory 

Committees. 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Technical 

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 

Standards Committee, also known as the 

Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee 

(LPAC), and the Technical Pipeline 

Safety Standards Committee, also 

known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory 

Committee (GPAC), to discuss the 

notices of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRMs) titled ‘‘Periodic Standards 

Update II’’ and ‘‘Cost Recovery for 

Siting Reviews for LNG Facilities.’’ 

DATES: PHMSA will hold a public 

meeting on Thursday, January 16, 2025. 

The LPAC and GPAC (Committees) will 

meet from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST 

to discuss the NPRMs. However, the 

meeting may end early or late 

depending on when the Committees 

complete their review of the proposed 

rules. Members of the public who wish 

to attend are asked to register no later 

than January 2, 2025. PHMSA requests 

that individuals who require 

accommodations because of a disability 

notify Joe Berry by email at 

joseph.berry1@dot.gov at least five days 

prior to the meeting. Public comments 

on the proceedings of this meeting must 

be submitted by February 20, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. The agenda and any 

additional information, including 

information on how to participate in the 

meeting, will be published on the 

meeting website at Liquid Pipeline 

Advisory Committee (LPAC) and Gas 

Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC) 

Meeting—PHMSA Public Meetings. 

Presentations will be available on the 

meeting website and at https://

www.regulations.gov in docket number 

PHMSA–2024–0005 no later than 30 

days following the meeting. You may 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

No. PHMSA–2024–0005, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web: https://www.regulations.gov. 

This site allows the public to enter 

comments on any Federal Register 

notice issued by any agency. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building: 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building: Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST, 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. 

• Instructions: Identify Docket No. 

PHMSA–2024–0179 at the beginning of 

your comments. If you submit your 

comments by mail, submit two copies. 

Internet users may submit comments at 

https://www.regulations.gov. If you 

would like confirmation that PHMSA 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed stamped postcard 

labeled ‘‘Comments on PHMSA–2024– 

0005.’’ The docket clerk will date stamp 

the postcard prior to returning it to you 

via U.S. mail. 

• Note: All comments received will 

be posted without edits to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading for more 

information. Anyone can use the site to 

search all comments by the name of the 

submitting individual or, if the 

comment was submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc., 

the name of the signing individual. 

Therefore, please review the complete 

DOT Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register at 65 FR 19477 or the 


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