39898 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Notices 

including a car number and build date. 

FRA uses the identification marks to 

help obtain certain information related 

to a car’s compliance with Federal 

safety laws. The marks are used 

consistently across railroad records to 

identify the car and show: the type of 

car, what it’s carrying, its movement 

history, and current maintenance 

schedule. Using the marks to identify 

the cars helps FRA determine the 

application of Federal safety laws to that 

car and who is responsible for 

compliance. FRA also uses this 

information to determine if the freight 

car qualifies for dedicated service and is 

excluded from the requirements of part 

215. Railroads use the required 

information to provide identification 

and control so that dedicated cars 

remain in the prescribed service. 

In this 60-day notice, FRA decreased 

the estimated paperwork burden under 

§ 215.11 by 250 hours. The decreased 

burden reflects the reduction in number 

of mechanical employees in the railroad 

industry. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 754 railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

Section Respondent universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time per 

responses 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent in 

U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C * wage 

rates) 

215.9(a)(2)—Movement of defective 

cars for repair—Tagging.

754 railroads .......... 150,000 Tags ........... 5 minutes ................. 12,500 753,375 

—(a)(3) Notifications of removal of defective car tags.754 railroads .......... 75,000 notifications .. 2 minutes ................. 2,500 150,675 

215.11—Designated inspectors— 

Records.

754 railroads .......... 30,000 records ......... 1 minute ................... 500 30,135 

215.301—Stenciling—General ............... 754 railroads .......... 30,000 stenciled ....... 45 minutes ............... 22,500 1,356,075 

Total ................................................ 754 railroads .......... 285,000 responses .. N/A ........................... 38,000 2,290,260 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

285,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

38,000 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $2,290,260. 

Title: Rear End Marking Devices. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0523. 

Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 221 

contains requirements for rear end 

marking devices. Railroads must 

provide FRA with a detailed description 

of the type of marking devices used for 

any locomotive operating singly or for 

cars or locomotives operating at the end 

of a train (trailing end) to ensure that 

they meet minimum standards for 

visibility and display. Specifically, part 

221 requires railroads to furnish a 

certification that each device has been 

tested in accordance with current 

‘‘Guidelines for Testing of Rear End 

Marking Devices.’’ Additionally, part 

221 requires railroads to furnish 

detailed test records, which include the 

names of testing organizations, test 

descriptions, number of samples tested, 

and the test results, to demonstrate 

compliance with the performance 

standard. 

In this 60-day notice, FRA made no 

adjustments to the previously approved 

burden hours. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 754 railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

Section Respondent universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time per 

responses 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent in 

U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C * wage 

rates) 

221.14—Marking Devices, and Appendix A.754 railroads + 24 

manufacturers.

2 submissions + 

records.

1 hour ....................... 2 155 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $155. 

FRA informs all interested parties that 

it may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information that does 

not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14244 Filed 7–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0047] 

Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria 

(MMUCC) Committee 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of the Transportation 

(DOT). 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Notices 39899 

ACTION: Notice of the creation of the 

MMUCC Committee. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA has led the 

development of the Model Minimum 

Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) since 

the first edition was published in 1998. 

NHTSA announces that it will form a 

MMUCC Committee to inform the 

development and revision of the 

MMUCC Guideline, sixth edition. The 

MMUCC Committee’s objectives are: (1) 

to exchange views, information, and 

advice to further refine the collection of 

motor vehicle crash data and (2) to 

exchange views, information, and 

advice on institutional barriers 

preventing MMUCC implementation. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System Docket ID NHTSA–2022–0047 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Send comments to: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Fax: Written comments may be 

faxed to (202) 493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: If you plan to 

submit written comments by hand or 

courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Please submit all comments to the 

Docket by September 6, 2022. 

Whichever way you submit your 

comments, please remember to mention 

the agency and the docket number of 

this document within your 

correspondence. Please note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comments (or signing the comments, 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://

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information, please contact John Siegler, 

National Center for Statistics and 

Analysis, NHTSA (telephone: 202–366– 

1268 or email: john.siegler@dot.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MMUCC Guideline identifies a 

voluntary, minimum set of motor 

vehicle crash data elements and their set 

of attributes that States can consider 

collecting and including on their law 

enforcement traffic crash report forms 

and in their electronic crash data 

systems. MMUCC promotes data 

uniformity within the highway safety 

community by creating a common 

foundation for State crash data systems 

to provide the information necessary to 

improve highway safety. Crash data is 

used to identify problems, determine 

highway safety messages and strategic 

communication campaigns, optimize 

the location of selective law 

enforcement, inform decision-makers of 

needed highway safety legislation, and 

evaluate the impact of highway safety 

countermeasures. NHTSA first 

published MMUCC with the Governors 

Highway Safety Association, Federal 

Highway Administration, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, State and 

industry partners in 1998. The 

Guideline has been regularly updated to 

address emerging highway safety issues, 

with the most recent 5th Edition 

published in 2017. 

While MMUCC is a voluntary 

Guideline for States, the crash data that 

NHTSA obtains from the States feeds 

both the Fatality Analysis Reporting 

System (FARS) and the Crash Report 

Sampling System (CRSS), which are 

essential to traffic safety research by 

NHTSA as well as by other agencies. 

Therefore, it is critical that the 

recommended MMUCC data elements 

be designed with clarity, purpose, and 

efficiency. 

The MMUCC Committee will be 

comprised of employees of State, Local, 

or Tribal governments acting in their 

official capacity that collectively will 

represent government agencies that are 

stakeholders in the collection, 

management, and analysis of crash data. 

These employees will include law 

enforcement officers, data analysts, IT 

database administrators or managers, 

traffic records coordinating committee 

members, governors’ representatives for 

highway safety, and Federal liaisons. 

The MMUCC Committee will exist until 

NHTSA determines that it has fulfilled 

its mission, and Committee members 

will serve until they resign or are 

replaced by NHTSA. 

The intent of the MMUCC Committee 

will be for NHTSA to obtain information 

or viewpoints specific to the expertise of 

the Committee members on changes to 

the MMUCC Guideline. While MMUCC 

is a voluntary guideline for States, it is 

fundamental for NHTSA’s crash data 

programs and, therefore, important that 

MMUCC data elements and attributes 

agree with CRSS and FARS. NHTSA, in 

consultation with this Committee, 

intends to produce the next edition of 

the MMUCC Guideline. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 5, 

2022 under authority delegated in 49 

CFR part 1.95. 

Chou-Lin Chen, 

Associate Administrator, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14240 Filed 7–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–055] 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, 

DP21–004 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Denial of petition for a defect 

investigation. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

reasons for the denial of a petition 

submitted to NHTSA on September 14, 

2021, requesting that the agency 

investigate whether a defect related to 

motor vehicle safety exists in van-type 

or box semi-trailers due to a lack of side 

underride guards. On November 17, 

2021, NHTSA opened Defect Petition 

DP21–004 to evaluate petitioners’ 

request. After a review of the petition 

and other information, NHTSA has 

concluded that the issues presented by 

the petitioners will be examined in 

work undertaken pursuant to 

congressional direction under the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

Accordingly, the agency has denied the 

petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Nate Seymour, Medium and Heavy Duty 

Vehicle Division, Office of Defects 

Investigation (ODI), NHTSA, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–2069. Email: 

nate.seymour@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a letter 

dated September 14, 2021, Marianne 

and Jerry Karth, Eric Hein, and Lois 

Durso (petitioners) petitioned the 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a 

defect investigation into van-type or box 

semi-trailers for a lack of side underride 

guards (SUGs). NHTSA’s Office of 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1