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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. Comments are 

invited on 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; the accuracy of the 

Department’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 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. 

A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following information collection 

was published on April 7, 2021. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danielle Bennett (202) 366–5296, Office 

of Maritime Labor and Training, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Waiver of Service 

Obligation, Request for Deferment of 

Services Obligation, Application for 

Review. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0510. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Background: This information 

collection is essential for determining if 

a student or graduate of the United 

States Merchant Marine Academy 

(USMMA) or subsidized student or 

graduate of a State maritime academy 

has a waivable situation preventing 

them from fulfilling the requirements of 

a service obligation contract signed at 

the time of their enrollment in a Federal 

maritime training program. It also 

permits the Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) to determine if a graduate, 

who wishes to defer the service 

obligation to attend graduate school, is 

eligible to receive a deferment. Their 

service obligation is required by law. 

Respondents: U.S. Merchant Marine 

Academy students and and graduates 

and subsidized students and graduates. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 11. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5.30. 

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.93) 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16946 Filed 8–6–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0036] 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, 

DP21–001 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Denial of a petition for a defect 

investigation. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

reasons for the denial of a petition, 

DP21–001, submitted by Mr. Derek 

Colvin to NHTSA (the ‘‘agency’’) by a 

letter dated November 20, 2020. The 

petition requests that the agency initiate 

a safety defect investigation into an 

alleged defect in the reversing light 

system experienced in certain Model 

Year (MY) 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 

manual transmission vehicles (the 

‘‘subject vehicles’’). As the driver shifts 

the gear into reverse, the reversing light 

fails to illuminate. After conducting a 

technical review of: (1) The consumer 

complaint submitted by the petitioner; 

(2) consumer complaint information in 

NHTSA’s database; and (3) information 

provided by Porsche in response to our 

Information Request letter regarding 

reversing light failure to illuminate and 

complaints received by Porsche, 

NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations 

(ODI) has concluded that no further 

investigation of the issue raised by the 

petition is warranted and the agency, 

accordingly, has denied the petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Lemeola Kamanya, Vehicle Defect 

Division A, Office of Defects 

Investigation, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–6065. Email: 

lemeola.kamanya@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Introduction 

Interested persons may petition 

NHTSA requesting that the agency 

initiate an investigation to determine 

whether a motor vehicle or item of 

replacement equipment does not 

comply with an applicable motor 

vehicle motor vehicle safety standard or 

contains a defect that relates to motor 

vehicle safety. 49 U.S.C. 30162(a)(2); 49 

CFR 552.1. 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(a)(2); 49 CFR 552.6. The technical 

review may consist solely of a review of 

information already in the possession of 

the agency or it may include the 

collection of information from the motor 

vehicle manufacturer and/or other 

sources. After conducting the technical 

review and considering appropriate 

factors, which may include, but are not 

limited to, the nature of the complaint, 

allocation of agency resources, agency 

priorities, the likelihood of uncovering 

sufficient evidence to establish the 

existence of a defect and the likelihood 

of success in any necessary enforcement 

litigation, the agency will grant or deny 

the petition. See 49 U.S.C. 30162(a)(2); 

49 CFR 552.8. 

2. Defect Petition Background 

Information 

In a letter dated November 20, 2020, 

Mr. Derek Colvin (the petitioner) 

requested that NHTSA initiate a safety 

defect investigation into reversing light 

failure experienced by operators of 

model year (MY) 2013 Porsche 911 

Carrera manual transmission vehicles as 

the driver engages the reverse gear. Mr. 

Colvin based his request on his own 

experience. NHTSA has based its 

decision on a review of the material 

cited by the petitioner, information 

submitted by Porsche in response to our 

Information Request letter and other 

pertinent information in NHTSA’s 

databases. 

3. Summary of the Petition 

The petitioner reported that his MY 

2013 Porsche 911 Carrera vehicle 

equipped with the ZF-sourced sevenspeed manual transmission experienced 


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1Because the petition is moot, ODI has not 

confirmed that the complaints identified in the 

petition relate to the CSP condition as alleged by 

the petitioner. 

failure of the reverse lights to illuminate 

when shifting the vehicle into reverse. 

The petitioner described the fault as 

detachment of the actuator inside the 

manual transmission. This led to a 

failure of the actuator to make contact 

with the reversing light switch which is 

threaded into the transmission from the 

outside. 

4. Office of Defects Investigation 

Analysis 

The reversing lights provide a 

warning to other drivers and pedestrians 

when the vehicle is reversing. The 

reversing lights also provide some 

illumination for the driver when 

reversing at night. Failure of the 

reversing lights can cause an increased 

hazard to the vehicle, its occupants, 

surrounding vehicles and nearby 

pedestrians. 

As of April 14, 2021, NHTSA has 

identified only one consumer complaint 

alleging a failure of the reversing lights 

in NHTSA’s database. This complaint 

was received from the petitioner. 

Neither NHTSA nor Porsche have 

received any allegations of crashes or 

injuries associated with the failure of 

the reversing lights to illuminate. 

Porsche determined that the reversing 

lights on the MY 2012–2015 Porsche 

Carrera vehicles were becoming 

inoperative due to the failure of the 

transmission side actuation mechanism. 

Porsche determined the weld between 

the shift rod and the stopper plate was 

below manufacturing specifications in 

some vehicles due to production weld 

process variations. Porsche modified 

production weld specifications to 

improve the strength and consistency of 

the weld joint between the shift rod and 

stopper plate. 

In January 2021, Porsche initiated a 

Service Action (228/20) on MY 2012– 

2015 Porsche Carrera vehicles with 

active notification of potentially affected 

customers to remedy the reversing light 

failure in the affected vehicles. 

Warranty coverage on the affected 

components has been extended to 15 

years from the new vehicle delivery date 

with unlimited mileage. Porsche will 

replace the transmission in the affected 

vehicles with a new transmission with 

the modified weld specifications for the 

shift rod-stopper plate joint. NHTSA 

believes there is a high likelihood that 

many affected vehicles will be remedied 

with this action. 

After thoroughly assessing the 

material submitted by the petitioner, 

information already in NHTSA’s 

possession, information submitted by 

Porsche in response to an Information 

Request letter and the potential risks to 

safety implicated by the petitioner’s 

allegation, as well as Service Action 

(228/20) initiated by Porsche offering 

extended warranty coverage, NHTSA 

does not believe that a formal 

investigation is warranted. After full 

consideration of appropriate factors, the 

petition is denied. 

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

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 

Joseph Kolly, 

Acting, Associate Administrator for 

Enforcement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2019–0105] 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, 

DP19–004 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Denial of petition for a defect 

investigation. 

SUMMARY: On September 19, 2019, Mr. 

Roger Hogan (the petitioner) submitted 

a defect petition to NHTSA’s Office of 

Defects Investigation (ODI). The petition 

requested that the Agency investigate 

and recall certain Toyota Prius, Prius 

PHV, Camry Hybrid and Avalon Hybrid 

vehicles for a brake actuator solenoid 

valve wear condition that is currently 

covered under Toyota Customer 

Support Programs (CSPs) ZJB and ZKK 

(subject CSPs). NHTSA opened Defect 

Petition DP19–004 to evaluate the 

petitioner’s request. Subsequently the 

petitioner informed NHTSA that he was 

withdrawing the petition. Since the 

petitioner has withdrawn the petition, 

we are denying the petition as moot. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kareem Habib, Vehicle Defects 

Division—D, Office of Defects 

Investigation, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590 

(telephone 202–366–8703). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter 

dated September 19, 2019, Mr. Roger 

Hogan (the petitioner) submitted a 

petition requesting that the Agency 

investigate and recall certain Toyota 

Prius, Prius PHV, Camry Hybrid and 

Avalon Hybrid vehicles for a brake 

actuator solenoid valve wear condition 

that is currently covered under Toyota 

Customer Support Programs ZJB and 

ZKK (subject CSPs). Interested persons 

may petition NHTSA requesting that the 

agency initiate an investigation to 

determine whether a motor vehicle or 

item of replacement equipment does not 

comply with an applicable motor 

vehicle safety standard or contains a 

defect that relates to motor vehicle 

safety (49 U.S.C. 30162(a)(2); 49 CFR 

552.1). 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 CFR 

552.6). After conducting the technical 

review and considering appropriate 

factors, which may include, but are not 

limited to, the nature of the complaint, 

allocation of Agency resources, Agency 

priorities, the likelihood of uncovering 

sufficient evidence to establish the 

existence of a defect, and the likelihood 

of success in any necessary enforcement 

litigation, the Agency will grant or deny 

the petition. See 49 CFR 552.8. 

The petition alleged that Toyota 

conducted safety recalls D0H and K0L 

(NHTSA recalls 13V–235 and 19V–544) 

to remedy safety defects in the same 

component covered by the subject CSPs 

and that Toyota should also recall the 

subject vehicles. In support, the petition 

identified 117 NHTSA complaints 

(subject complaints) allegedly related to 

the subject CSP condition, including 60 

reported crashes.1

On September 30, 2019, ODI opened 

Defect Petition DP19–004 to evaluate 

the petitioner’s request for an 

investigation. The petitioner 

subsequently notified the Agency that 

he was withdrawing his petition. 

Because the petitioner has withdrawn 

the petition, we are denying the petition 

as moot. 

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. Because the petitioner has with 

withdrawn the petition, the petition is 

denied as moot. This action does not 

constitute a finding by NHTSA that a 

safety-related defect does not exist. The 

Agency notes that it is not required to 

receive a defect petition prior to 

opening a defect investigation and will 

take further action if warranted by 

future circumstances. 


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