Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 19, 2005 / Notices 60877 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2005–

21025] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on April 27, 2005 

[Vol. 70 FR 21838]. This document 

describes collection of information for 

which NHTSA intends to seek OMB 

approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 18, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. It is requested, but not required, 

that 2 copies of the comment be 

provided. The Docket Section is open 

on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Steve Beretzky, Office of Defects 

Investigation, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NVS–217), 400 

Seventh Street, SW. (Room 5326), 

Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Beretzky’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–6761. 

Copies of the ICR may be obtained at no 

charge. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Before a Federal agency can collect 

certain information from the public, it 

must receive approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (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 reinstatement 

of previously approved collections. 

Agency: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration. 

Title: Reporting of Information and 

Documents About Potential Defects. 

OMB Number: 2127–0616. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Under Chapter 301 of Title 

49 of the United States Code, 

manufacturers of motor vehicles and 

items of motor vehicle equipment are 

periodically required to submit certain 

information to NHTSA, including 

information about claims and notices 

about deaths and serious injury, 

property damage data, communications 

to customers and others, and 

information on incidents resulting in 

fatalities or serious injuries from 

possible defects in vehicles or 

equipment in the United States or in 

identical or substantially similar 

vehicles or equipment in foreign 

countries. The statute also authorized 

NHTSA to require the submission of 

other data that may assist in the 

identification of safety-related defects in 

vehicles and equipment. 

Information and documents submitted 

are intended to provide NHTSA with 

‘‘early warning’’ of potential safetyrelated defects in motor vehicles and 

motor vehicle equipment. NHTSA will 

rely on the information provided (as 

well as other relevant information) in 

deciding whether to open safety defect 

investigations. Please note that the 

currently approved ICR, ‘‘Reporting of 

Information About Foreign Safety 

Recalls and Campaigns Related to 

Potential Defects’’ (OMB Control 

Number 2127–0620) is incorporated 

with this request for collections. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers of 

motor vehicles and motor vehicle 

equipment sold in the U.S. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

annual burden is estimated to be 84,218 

hours. The estimated annual cost is 

$8,105,551. 

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. 

Issued on: October 13, 2005. 

Kathleen C. Demeter, 

Director for Office of Defects Investigation. 

[FR Doc. 05–20885 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on April 22, 2005 

(70 FR 20962). 

DATES: OMB approval has been 

requested by November 18, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Evans at the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of 

Crash Avoidance Standards, 202–366–

2272, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: 49 CFR 571.403, Platform lift 

systems for motor vehicles and 49 CFR 

571.404, Platform lift installations in 

motor vehicles. 

OMB Number: 2127–0621. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: FMVSS No. 403, Platform 

lift systems for motor vehicles, 

establishes minimum performance 

standards for platform lifts designed for 

installation on motor vehicles. Its 

purpose is to prevent injuries and 

fatalities to passengers and bystanders 

during the operation of platform lifts 

that assist persons with limited mobility 

in entering and leaving a vehicle. 

FMVSS No. 404, Platform lift 

installations in motor vehicles, places 

specific requirements on vehicle 

manufacturers or alterers who install 

platform lifts in new vehicles. Under 

these regulations, lift manufacturers 

must certify that their lifts meet the 

requirements of FMVSS No. 403 and 

must declare the certification on the 

owner’s manual insert, the installation 

instructions and the lift operating 

instruction label. Certification of 

compliance with FMVSS No. 404 is on 

the certification label already required