107192 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 250 / Tuesday, December 31, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0017] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Vehicle Information for the 

General Public 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a revision of a currently 

approved collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) seeks 

public comment about our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval on the 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. Before a Federal 

agency can collect certain information 

from the public, it must receive 

approval from OMB. Under procedures 

established by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, before seeking OMB 

approval, Federal agencies must solicit 

public comment on proposed 

collections of information, including 

extensions, reinstatements, and 

renewals of previously approved 

collections. This document describes 

one collection of information 

concerning vehicle safety features for 

consumer information purposes for 

which NHTSA intends to seek OMB 

approval on Vehicle Information for the 

General Public (OMB Control number 

2127–0629). 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before March 3, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. NHTSA– 

2024–0017] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, please be sure to mention 

the docket number of this document and 

identify the proposed collection of 

information for which a comment is 

provided, by referencing its OMB 

clearance number. 

Note: All comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Anyone 

can search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19477–78). 

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 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Ms. Jennifer 

Lee, U.S. Department of Transportation, 

NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Lee’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–7695. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, 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. 

In compliance with these requirements, 

NHTSA asks for public comment on the 

following proposed collection of 

information: 

Title: Vehicle Information for the 

General Public. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0629. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Length of Approval Requested: 3 

Years. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: NHTSA’s mission is to 

save lives, prevent injury, and reduce 

motor vehicle crashes. Consumer 

information programs are an important 

tool for improving vehicle safety 

through market forces. Pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 32302, the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) 

is directed to provide to the public the 

following information about passenger 

motor vehicles: damage susceptibility; 

crashworthiness, crash avoidance, and 

any other areas the Secretary determines 

will improve safety of passenger motor 

vehicles; and the degree of difficulty of 

diagnosis and repair of damage to, or 

failure of, mechanical and electrical 

systems. NHTSA established the NCAP 

in 1978 in response to Title II of the 

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost 

Savings Act of 1972. For more than 40 

years, under its NCAP, NHTSA has been 

providing consumers with vehicle safety 

information such as frontal and side 

crash results, crash avoidance 

performance test results, rollover 

propensity, and the availability of a 

wide array of safety features provided 

on new model year vehicles. Section 

24213(b) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure 

Law includes requirements to add to 

NCAP information about advanced 

crash avoidance technologies and 

vulnerable road user safety. This 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request includes 

the statutory addition of these 

information and the corresponding 

increase associated with the total annual 

burden hours. This revision increases 

the total annual burden hours by 7,005 

hours from when this Information 

Collection Request was last approved 

(from 1,995 hours to 9,000 hours). 

The collection is voluntary and 

conducted annually. There are 

approximately 21 vehicle manufacturers 

that sell passenger cars and light truck 

vehicles (including sport utility 

vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans) in the 

United States with a Gross Vehicle 

Weight Rating (GVWR) of 10,000 

pounds or less, that NHTSA requests 

annually to respond to this information 

request. These 21 vehicle manufacturers 

produce an aggregate of approximately 

600 vehicle models including trim lines 

each year. The information is primarily 

used to provide information to 

consumers. It is used to disseminate 

vehicle safety information via the 

agency’s website at www.nhtsa.gov, on 

the Monroney labels, in other consumer 

publications, to address consumer 

inquiries as well as for internal agency 

analyses. 

NHTSA has another information 

collection to obtain data related to 

motor vehicle compliance with the 

agency’s Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards. Although the consumer 

information collection data (requested 

by NCAP) is distinct and unique from 

the compliance data, respondents to 

both collections are similar. Thus, the 

consumer information collection is 

closely coordinated with the 

compliance collection to enable 

responders to assemble the data more 

efficiently. The burden is further 


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1 ‘‘Motor Vehicle Manufacturing—May 2023 

OEWS Industry-Specific Occupational Employment 

and Wage Estimates.’’ April 3, 2024. Business 

Operations Specialists, Occupation Code 13–1000; 

Mean Hourly Wage = $47.59. https://www.bls.gov/ 

oes/current/naics4_336100.htm. Accessed August 

23, 2024. 

2See Table 1 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

pdf/ecec.pdf for the total compensation rate for the 

employer for private workers. 

3 ‘‘Motor Vehicle Manufacturing—May 2023 

OEWS Industry-Specific Occupational Employment 

and Wage Estimates.’’ April 3, 2024. Mechanical 

Engineers, Occupation Code 17–2141; Mean Hourly 

Wage = $54.82. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics4_336100.htm. Accessed August 23, 2024. 

4 ‘‘Motor Vehicle Manufacturing—May 2023 

OEWS Industry-Specific Occupational Employment 

and Wage Estimates.’’ April 3, 2024. General and 

Operations Managers, Occupation Code 11–1021; 

Mean Hourly Wage = $77.54. https://www.bls.gov/ 

oes/current/naics4_336100.htm. Accessed August 

23, 2024. 

reduced by sending electronic files to 

the respondents so that they can enter 

the data and return it to the agency 

electronically. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The consumer information 

collected will be used to disseminate 

vehicle safety information via the 

agency’s website at www.nhtsa.gov, on 

the Monroney labels, in other consumer 

publications, as well as for internal 

agency analyses and responses to 

consumer inquiries. The agency uses 

this safety feature information when 

responding to consumer inquiries, 

conducting research and data analysis 

as well as analyzing rulemaking 

petitions and the regulatory impacts of 

Congressional Acts that require the 

agency to issue or consider issuing new 

rules that would mandate certain 

vehicle safety features. Last but 

certainly not least, the agency uses this 

information to help with the selection of 

certain new model year vehicle models 

to be tested under NCAP to (1) provide 

safety ratings on how well the vehicles 

protect vehicle occupants during the 

crash and (2) assess advanced driver 

assistance systems for performance 

verification. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers that 

sell passenger cars and light truck 

vehicles (including sport utility 

vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans) that 

have a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less 

in the United States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21. 

There are approximately 21 vehicle 

manufacturers that sell passenger cars 

and light truck vehicles (including sport 

utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and 

vans) in the United States with a GVWR 

of 10,000 pounds or less, that NHTSA 

requests annually to respond to this 

information request. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Number of Responses: 600. 

The 21 vehicle manufacturers 

produce an aggregate of approximately 

600 vehicle models including trim lines 

each year. Estimates are based on an 

expected 15 hours to prepare the request 

for each vehicle model and trim line. In 

addition, the estimate on total annual 

burden hours for each task is based on 

a proportion of the job function (e.g., 40 

percent for data entry; 50 percent for 

technical information validation; 10 

percent for technical content approval). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,000 hours. 

Number of vehicle models ........................................................................ 600. 

Number of hours per vehicle model ......................................................... 15. 

Total annual burden hours ....................................................................... 9,000 = (15 hours/model × 600 models). 

Vehicle 

models per 

year 

Estimated 

hours per 

vehicle 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

hours 

Preparation of Response ............................................................................................................. 600 15 9,000 

A breakdown of the total annual 

burden hours (9,000) for this collection 

of information by labor type is as 

follows: 

Burden hours for data entry = 9,000 

hours × 40 percent = 3,600 hours 

Burden hours for technical information 

validation = 9,000 hours × 50 percent 

= 4,500 hours 

Burden hours for technical content 

approval = 9,000 hours × 10 percent 

= 900 hours 

Hours by labor type 

Percentage of 

total hours Number of hours 

Data Entry .................................................................................................................................................... 40% 3,600 

Technical Information Validation ................................................................................................................. 50 4,500 

Technical Content Approval ........................................................................................................................ 10 900 

Estimated Annual Labor Costs: 

$693,883. 

Cost associated with data entry = 3,600 

hours × $47.59 1 per hour/0.703 2 = 

$243,704 

Cost associated with technical 

information validation = 4,500 hours 

× $54.82 3 per hour/0.703 = $350,910 

Cost associated with technical content 

approval = 900 hours × $77.54 4 per 

hour/0.703 = $99,269 

Cost associated with total annual 

burden hours is $693,883 = ($243,704 

+ $350,910 + $99,269) 


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Average wage Percent of total 

compensation 

Total 

compensation rate Annual hours Annual labor cost 

Data Entry ................................................................ $47.59 70.3% $67.70 3,600 $243,704 

Vehicle Info. Validation ............................................ 54.82 70.3 77.98 4,500 350,910 

Tech. Content Approval ........................................... 77.54 70.3 110.30 900 99,269 

Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information Collection: 693,883 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

There are no costs associated with this 

collection other than the labor costs 

associated with the burden hours. 

Public Comments Invited: The agency 

seeks comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The PRA of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35; and delegation of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.49, 1.95 and 501.8, and DOT 

Order 1351.29A. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31362 Filed 12–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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