36576 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 117 / Friday, June 17, 2022 / Notices 

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

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13079 Filed 6–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0052; Notice 1] 

Maserati North America, Inc., Receipt 

of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Maserati North America, Inc. 

(‘‘MNA’’), has determined that certain 

Model Year (MY) 2017 2021 Maserati 

Levante motor vehicles do not fully 

comply with Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 110, Tire 

selection and rims and motor home/ 

recreation vehicle trailer load carrying 

capacity information for motor vehicles 

with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 

pounds) or less. MNA filed an original 

noncompliance report dated June 7, 

2021, and subsequently petitioned 

NHTSA on June 24, 2021, for a decision 

that the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. This notice announces 

receipt of MNA’s petition. 

DATES: Send comments on or before July 

18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Federal 

holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Comments may also be faxed to 

(202) 493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that comments you have 

submitted by mail were received, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard with the comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

All comments and supporting 

materials received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

above will be filed in the docket and 

will be considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the fullest extent 

possible. 

When the petition is granted or 

denied, notice of the decision will also 

be published in the Federal Register 

pursuant to the authority indicated at 

the end of this notice. 

All comments, background 

documentation, and supporting 

materials submitted to the docket may 

be viewed by anyone at the address and 

times given above. The documents may 

also be viewed on the internet at https:// 

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket. The docket ID number for this 

petition is shown in the heading of this 

notice. 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in a 

Federal Register notice published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477—78). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ahmad Barnes, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA, (202) 366–7236. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

MNA has determined that certain MY 

2017 2021 Maserati Levante motor 

vehicles do not fully comply with the 

requirements of paragraph S4.3(c) of 

FMVSS No. 110, Tire selection and rims 

and motor home/recreation vehicle 

trailer load carrying capacity 

information for motor vehicles with a 

GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 

pounds) or less (49 CFR 571.110). MNA 

filed a noncompliance report dated June 

7, 2021, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. MNA 

subsequently petitioned NHTSA on 

June 24, 2021, for an exemption from 

the notification and remedy 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 

on the basis that this noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30118(d) and 30120(h) and 49 CFR part 

556, Exemption for Inconsequential 

Defect or Noncompliance. 

This notice of receipt of MNA’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any Agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

II. Vehicles Involved 

Approximately 2,917 MY 2017 2021 

Maserati Levante motor vehicles 

equipped with 21-inch and 22-inch tires 

and manufactured between July 14, 

2016, and May 3, 2021, are potentially 

involved. 

III. Noncompliance 

MNA explains that the 

noncompliance is that the subject 

vehicles are equipped with a vehicle 

placard affixed to the driver’s side Bpillar erroneously understating the 

maximum permissible cold tire pressure 

and therefore, do not fully meet the 

requirements specified in paragraph 

S4.3(c) of FMVSS No. 110. Specifically, 

the vehicle placards for the subject 

vehicles state that the rear 265/40 R21 

(105Y) XL and 105W XL tires have a 

maximum cold tire pressure of 36 psi, 

when it should state a maximum cold 

tire pressure of 38 psi, the front 265/35 

ZR22 (102Y) XL tires state a maximum 

cold tire pressure of 33 psi, when it 

should state a maximum cold tire 

pressure of 36 psi, and the rear 295/30 

ZR22 (103Y) XL tires state a maximum 

cold tire pressure of 36 psi, when it 

should state a maximum cold tire 

pressure of 40 psi. 

IV. Rule Requirements 

Paragraph S4.3(c) of FMVSS No. 110 

includes the requirements relevant to 

this petition. Each vehicle, except for a 

trailer or incomplete vehicle, shall show 

the information specified in S4.3(a) 

through (g), and may show, at the 

manufacturer’s option, the information 

specified in S4.3(h) and (i), on a placard 

permanently affixed to the driver’s side 

B-pillar. This information shall be in the 

English language and conform in color 

and format, not including the border 

surrounding the entire placard, as 

shown in the example set forth in Figure 

1 in this standard. At the manufacturer’s 


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option, the information specified in S4.3 

(c), (d), and, as appropriate, (h) and (i) 

may be shown, alternatively to being 

shown on the placard, on a tire inflation 

pressure label which must conform in 

color and format, not including the 

border surrounding the entire label, as 

shown in the example set forth in Figure 

2 in this standard. 

V. Summary of MNA’s Petition 

The following views and arguments 

presented in this section, ‘‘V. Summary 

of MNA’s Petition,’’ are the views and 

arguments provided by MNA. They 

have not been evaluated by the Agency 

and do not reflect the views of the 

Agency. MNA describes the subject 

noncompliance and contends that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

In support of its petition, MNA 

submitted the following reasoning: 

1. The incorrect pressure values are 

all within the range of acceptable tire 

inflation and would not cause a Tire 

Pressure Monitoring System (‘‘TPMS’’) 

alert. 

a. The affected Maserati Levante 

vehicles are compliant with FMVSS No. 

138. 

b. Consistent with FMVSS No. 138, 

the TPMS illuminates at equal to or less 

than the pressure 25 percent below the 

correct vehicle manufacturer’s 

recommended cold inflation pressure. 

The TPMS warning telltale will 

illuminate prior to the tire pressure 

dropping to the range of 24.7–27 PSI on 

the affected Maserati Levante vehicles, 

which is significantly above the 23.2 PSI 

requirement called out, and tested to, in 

FMVSS No. 139 (discussed below). 

c. Maserati believes the warning 

provided by the TPMS will give drivers 

ample time to check and inflate tires 

well before low tire inflation becomes a 

safety concern. 

2. The subject tires passed a lowinflation-pressure performance test. 

a. The affected Maserati Levante 

vehicles are equipped with tires that are 

compliant with FMVSS No. 139. 

b. Tire manufacturers are required to 

certify the tires meet all applicable 

requirements of FMVSS No. 139. 

c. FMVSS No. 139 specifies a lowinflation-pressure performance test in 

which the tire is loaded to its maximum 

tire load capacity and inflated to only 

160 kPa (23.2 PSI), significantly less 

than the TPMS telltale activation 

pressure for the subject Maserati 

Levante vehicles. In order to pass this 

test, the tires are loaded to 100 percent 

of the tire’s maximum load-carrying 

capacity and then run on a test axle for 

1.5 hours at 23.2 PSI. 

3. MNA is not aware of any crashes, 

injuries, or customer complaints 

associated with this condition. 

4. NHTSA has previously granted 

inconsequential treatment for FMVSS 

No. 110 noncompliance for incorrect 

vehicle placard values; see examples 

below: 

a. General Motors, LLC, 83 FR 24162 

(May 24, 2018); 

b. Volkswagen Group of America, 

Inc., 81 FR 38772 (June 14, 2016); and 

c. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 82 FR 

17515 (April 11, 2017). 

MNA concludes that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety and that 

its petition to be exempted from 

providing notification of the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. 

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, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that MNA no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. However, 

any decision on this petition does not 

relieve vehicle distributors and dealers 

of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after MNA notified them that the 

subject noncompliance existed. 

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

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13081 Filed 6–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0045; Notice 1] 

Vermeer Manufacturing Company, 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Vermeer Manufacturing 

Company (‘‘Vermeer’’) has determined 

that certain Model Year (MY) 2006– 

2021 Vermeer, Vac-Tron, and 

McLaughlin trailers manufactured by its 

subsidiary, Vermeer MV Solutions, Inc. 

(including its predecessors in interest 

Mclaughlin Group, Inc. and Vac-Tron 

Equipment, LLC) do not fully comply 

with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (FMVSS) No. 110, Tire 

Selection and Rims and Motor Home/ 

Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load 

Carrying Capacity Information for Motor 

Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 

Kilograms (10,000 Pounds) or Less. 

Vermeer filed a noncompliance report 

dated April 26, 2021, and amended it on 

May 14, 2021, and May 20, 2021. 

Simultaneously, Vermeer petitioned 

NHTSA on May 20, 2021, and amended 

it on June 10, 2021, for a decision that 

the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. This notice announces 

receipt of Vermeer’s petition. 

DATES: Send comments on or before July 

18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Federal 

holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Comments may also be faxed to 

(202) 493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that comments you have 


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