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each year. An electronic copy of this 

document may also be downloaded 

from the Office of the Federal Register’s 

website at www.FederalRegister.gov and 

the Government Publishing Office’s 

website at www.GovInfo.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Linden Houston, (202) 366–4839, Office 

of Deepwater Port Licensing & Port 

Conveyance, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application for Conveyance of 

Port Facility Property. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0524. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: Public Law 103–160, as 

applied by 40 U.S.C. 554, authorizes the 

Department of Transportation to convey 

to public entities surplus Federal 

property needed for the development or 

operation of a port facility. The 

information collection will allow 

MARAD to approve the conveyance of 

property and administer the port facility 

conveyance program. 

Respondents: Eligible state and local 

public entities. 

Affected Public: Eligible state and 

local public entities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Thirteen (13). 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

Thirteen (13). 

Estimated Hours per Response: Fortyfour (44). 

Annual Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours: Five hundred seventytwo (572). 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

(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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0034] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Compliance Labeling 

Warning Devices 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

a reinstatement of a previously 

approved collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

collection of information on Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 125. Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the 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 labeling 

information required by FMVSS No. 

125, for which NHTSA intends to seek 

OMB approval. The labeling 

requirement is for warning devices. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

You may submit comments identified 

by docket number at the heading of this 

notice by 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: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Management, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except 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 discussion 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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.dot.gov/

privacy.html. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Toyoaki 

Nogami, Office of Crash Avoidance 

Standards, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, West Building— 

4th Floor—Room W43–462, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. He can be reached at (202) 366– 

1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA), before an 

agency submits a proposed collection of 

information to OMB for approval, it 

must 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 regulations (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 information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: 49 CFR 571.125, Compliance 

Labeling Warning Devices. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0506. 


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1Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Table titled 

‘‘Number of U.S. Truck Registrations by Type | 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics,’’ https://

www.bts.gov/browse-statistical-products-and-data/

national-transportation-statistics/number-us-truck. 

2The hourly wage is estimated to be $24.48 per 

hour. National Industry-Specific Occupational 

Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 336100— 

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, May 2020, https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm#51- 

0000, last accessed November 5, 2021. The Bureau 

of Labor Statistics estimates that wages represent 

70.6 percent of total compensation to private 

workers, on average. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation—June 

2021. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/

ecec.t04.htm, last accessed November 5, 2021. 

Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total hourly 

compensation cost to be $34.67. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement 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 

49 U.S.C. 30111 of the National 

Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 

1966, authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) 

to issue FMVSS that set performance 

standards for motor vehicles and items 

of motor vehicle equipment. 49 U.S.C. 

30115 requires manufacturers of motor 

vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to 

certify that the vehicle or equipment 

complies with applicable motor vehicle 

safety standards prescribed under this 

chapter. Section 30115 further specifies 

that certification of equipment may be 

shown by a label or tag on the 

equipment or on the outside of the 

container in which the equipment is 

delivered to certify that items of motor 

vehicle equipment subject to FMVSS 

comply with all applicable standards. 

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 motor vehicle 

equipment when the vehicle or 

equipment is purchased, in the form of 

printed matter placed in the vehicle or 

attached to the vehicle or motor vehicle 

equipment. 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (FMVSS) No. 125, ‘‘Warning 

devices’’ specifies requirements for 

devices, without self-containing energy 

sources, that are designed to be carried 

in buses and trucks with a Gross Vehicle 

Weight Rating (GVWR) greater than 

10,000 pounds, although they can be 

carried in other vehicles. These devices 

are used to warn approaching traffic of 

the presence of a stopped vehicle. This 

requirement does not apply to devices 

designed to be permanently affixed to 

the vehicle. The purpose of the standard 

is to reduce deaths and injuries due to 

rear end collisions between moving 

traffic and disabled vehicles. To ensure 

that the warning devices provide 

effective warnings to approaching traffic 

of the presence of a stopped vehicle, the 

standard sets forth specific requirements 

for the chromaticity of the reflex 

reflective material and fluorescent 

material affixed to both faces of the 

device. 

In addition to performance 

requirements, the FMVSS No. 125 

requires manufacturers to permanently 

and legibly mark their warning devices 

with (a) the manufacturer’s name, (b) 

the month and year of manufacture, and 

(c) the symbol DOT, or the statement 

that the warning device complies with 

all applicable FMVSS. Manufacturers 

must also provide, with each warning 

device they manufacture, instructions 

printed or attached to the device in a 

manner that cannot easily be removed, 

for the operator to understand its 

erection and placement and a 

recommendation that the driver activate 

the vehicle hazard warning signal lamps 

before leaving the vehicle. 

Since the last notice, the total burden 

hours were revised from one hour to 

three hours based on the number of 

respondents and required reporting 

tasks. The total annual cost burden was 

revised from $26 to $4,075, and the 

number of responses increased from 

2.85 million to 4.31 million based on 

the number of trucks registered in the 

United States. In addition, maintenance 

and materials costs were updated. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information 

Manufacturers of warning devices are 

required to certify that their products 

meet the requirements of FMVSS No. 

125. Without the identification 

information provided by the 

certification, NHTSA would be unable 

to identify the manufacturer of 

equipment that fails to meet the 

minimum performance for reflectivity 

and ability to withstand environmental 

conditions consistent with roadsides on 

which they are to be used. The 

instruction labeling also serves the 

safety purpose of FMVSS No. 125 by 

providing important information to 

operators, thereby increasing the 

likelihood of correct usage. Without 

labeling and instructions, a driver may 

not properly erect or place the warning 

devices in a manner that reduces the 

risk of rear end crashes with disabled 

vehicles. Federal Motor Carriers Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) also requires 

the placement of warning devices 

around buses and trucks that have a 

Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) 

greater than 10,000 pounds, for warning 

to approaching traffic when they are 

disabled on a highway or shoulder. The 

labeling requirement assists FMCSA 

enforcement with the ability to verify 

that warning devices being used in 

commercial motor vehicles meet the 

minimum performance levels for safety. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers of 

warning devices. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3. 

The respondents are likely to be 

manufacturers of warning devices. The 

agency estimates that currently there are 

three manufacturers producing warning 

devices for use in motor vehicles. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3 hours. 

NHTSA was able to identify three 

manufacturers of warning devices. 

NHTSA estimates there are 

approximately 4.32 million labels 

affixed to warning devices each year. 

NHTSA estimates that there are 

approximately 4.32 million labels 

affixed to warning devices per year. 

This is based on the total number of 

truck tractors and other medium- and 

heavy-duty trucks registrations, which 

was 14,369,339 in 2019.1 NHTSA 

estimates that 1 out of 10 trucks requires 

a new set of warning devices each year 

or, approximately 1.44 million 

(1,436,934 or rounded to 1.44 million), 

and each warning device requires three 

labels. Accordingly, NHTSA estimates 

that the three respondents produce 4.32 

million labels each year, for an annual 

average of 1.44 million labels per 

respondent. Because the labels are 

molded onto the warning devices and 

cases, NHTSA estimates that the only 

time burden associated with this 

collection is time required to log the 

production of the molding presses in a 

highly-automated production process, 

which NHTSA estimates will take each 

manufacturer 1 hour per year. 

Accordingly, NHTSA estimates the total 

burden for this collection to be 3 hours 

(3 respondents × 1 hour). Using the 

estimate from the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) for the average hourly 

compensation for Molders and Molding 

Machine Setters, Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and Plastic (BLS 

Occupation code 51–4070) in the Motor 

Vehicle Manufacturing Industry, 

NHTSA estimate the loaded labor cost is 

$34.67 per hour.2 Thus, the total labor 

cost associated with the burden hours is 


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$104.01 for all responses generated by 

all 3 respondents together. Table 1 

provides a summary of the estimated 

burden hours and labor costs associated 

with those submissions. 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF BURDEN HOURS AND ASSOCIATED LABOR COSTS

Number of 

respondents 

Estimated annual 

hour burden per 

respondent 

Average hourly 

labor cost 

Annual labor cost 

per respondent 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total annual 

labor costs 

3 1 $34.67 $34.67 3 $104.01 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$4,075 per year. 

NHTSA estimates that the total 

annual cost to respondents is $4,075.00, 

or $.00094 per response ($4,075 ÷ 4.32 

million labels). This cost is comprised 

of the annualized cost of depreciation of 

purchase and modification of the 

equipment required for molding the 

labels onto the warning devices and 

cases and the annual cost of materials 

required for the labeling. 

The initial cost to the respondents 

was based on estimated costs for 

modifying the die-mold such that it 

creates the label during normal 

production. The cost to manufacturers 

of the label requirement is the 

amortization of the die mold 

modification and the additional material 

consumed. The labels are to be placed 

on every warning device manufactured. 

The labels are produced during the 

normal course of steady flow 

manufacturing operation without a 

direct time penalty. The sole method 

used for producing the label is a process 

by which the required information is 

molded into the parts and/or cases 

directly. The cost of modifying a die 

mold to include the required 

information is estimated to be $10,000 

per mold. The typical life of a die-mold 

of this type is 30 years, for a straightline depreciation of the molds ($10,000 

divided by 30) equal to $333.33 per 

mold assuming its purchasing cost is 

zero. Part of the required information is 

included on the molds that create the 

warning devices, while the remaining 

information (instructions) is included 

within the molds that create the cases 

that are supplied with the warning 

devices. Each of the three manufacturers 

is estimated to have 2 warning device 

molds and 2 case molds for a total of 12 

molds. Accordingly, NHTSA estimates 

the total cost for equipment to be $4,000 

per year (($333.33 × 4 molds) × 3 

respondents = $4,000). 

The additional material required to 

produce the instructions is expected to 

be very small because the engraving 

depth is approximately 0.1 mm with a 

text width of 0.5 mm and a length of 300 

mm, resulting in a volume of material of 

1.5 mm3 per warning device, or 

6,480,000 mm3 per year (1.5 × 4.32 

million devices). The price of 

polypropylene is estimated at $1,100 

per ton with a density of 0.95 g/cm3

(1.0472 × 10¥8 tons/mm3). The total 

material price is thus estimated to be 

$74.64 ((1.0472 × 10¥8 tons/mm3) × 

$1,100 × 6,480,000 mm3) per year, 

rounded to $75 per year. 

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF COSTS

Estimated 

annual 

depreciation 

cost per mold 

Number of 

molds per 

respondent 

Annual 

cost per 

respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

Total annual 

cost burden all 

respondents 

Die Mold Cost ...................................................................... $333.33 4 $1,333.33 3 $4,000.00 

Annual 

number of 

labels 

(m) 

Annual 

number of 

labels per 

respondent 

(m) 

Annual 

cost per 

respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

Total annual 

cost burden all 

respondents 

Material Cost ........................................................................ 4.32 1.44 $25.00 3 $75.00 

Total Costs .................................................................... ........................ ........................ 1,358.33 ........................ 4,075.00 

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 1.95 and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

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