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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 child restraints that Graco no 

longer controlled at the time it 

determined that the noncompliance 

existed. However, any decision on this 

petition does not relieve equipment 

distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant child restraints under 

their control after Graco 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. 

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03202 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0004; Notice 1] 

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, Receipt 

of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Aston Martin Lagonda 

Limited (AML), has determined that 

certain model year (MY) 2009–2015 

Aston Martin DB9 two-door and fourdoor passenger cars do not fully comply 

with paragraph S4.3 of Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

206, Door locks and door retention 

components. Aston Martin Lagonda of 

North America, Inc., filed a report dated 

December 16, 2015, pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports for AML. 

AML then petitioned NHTSA under 49 

CFR part 556 requesting a decision that 

the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is March 18, 2016. 

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: 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 Deliver: Deliver comments by 

hand to: 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 Federal Holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by: logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) Web site at http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

The petition, supporting materials, 

and all comments 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 

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 documents 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 http://www.regulations.gov 

by following the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number for this petition is shown at the 

heading of this notice. 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000, (65 FR 19477–78). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30118(d) and 30120(h) (see 

implementing rule at 49 CFR part 556), 

AML submitted a petition for an 

exemption from the notification and 

remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

Chapter 301 on the basis that this 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of AML’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: Affected are 

approximately 5,516 MY 2009–2015 

Aston Martin DB9 two-door and fourdoor passenger cars that were 

manufactured between September 1, 

2009 and December 9, 2015. 

III. Noncompliance: AML explains 

that the noncompliance occurs when 

the door locking system in the subject 

vehicles is double-locked causing the 

interior operating means for unlocking 

the door locking mechanism to become 

disengaged and therefore does not meet 

the requirements as specified in 

paragraph S4.3 of FMVSS No. 206. 

IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S4.3 of 

FMVSS No. 206 requires in pertinent 

part: 

S4.3 Door Locks. Each door shall be 

equipped with at least one locking device 

which, when engaged, shall prevent 

operation of the exterior door handle or other 

exterior latch release control and which has 

an operating means and a lock release/

engagement device located within the 

interior of the vehicle. 

S4.3.1 Rear side doors. Each rear side 

door shall be equipped with at least one 

locking device which has a lock release/

engagement mechanism located within the 

interior of the vehicle and readily accessible 

to the driver of the vehicle or an occupant 

seated adjacent to the door, and which, when 

engaged, prevents operation of the interior 

door handle or other interior latch release 

control and requires separate actions to 

unlock the door and operate the interior door 

handle or other interior latch release control. 

S4.3.2 Back doors. Each back door 

equipped with an interior door handle or 

other interior latch release control, shall be 

equipped with at least one locking device 

that meets the requirements of S4.3.1. . . . 

V. Summary of AML’s Petition: AML 

described the subject noncompliance 

and stated its belief that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety for the following 

reasons: 

(a) AML stated that the subject 

vehicles can only be double-locked by 

using the key fob (which also serves as 

the ignition key) and that if the vehicle 

is double-locked from the inside, the 

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disengage the double-lock by using the 

key fob. AML believes that as a result, 

the double-locking mechanism could 

not cause a situation in which a vehicle 

is double-locked from the inside by the 

driver and a crash disables the driver, 

leaving the passenger(s) locked inside. 

(b) AML stated that the risks of 

children being locked in the vehicle by 

means of the double-locking 

mechanism, does not pose an 

unacceptable risk to motor vehicle 

safety. AML believes that compared to 

other motor vehicles, AML’s vehicles 

are rarely used to transport children. 

With the exception of the Rapide and 

Rapide S models, all Aston Martin 

vehicles are two-door sports cars. 

Moreover, AML states that the doublelocking mechanism in the subject 

vehicles poses no greater risk to 

children than the child safety locks 

expressly found to be permitted by 

FMVSS No. 206. 

(c) AML stated its belief that there is 

little risk that any adults will be locked 

in its vehicles. 

(d) AML stated that in the event a 

driver were to inadvertently lock a 

passenger in one of the subject vehicles, 

the passenger would be able to sound 

the horn, which would remain 

functional, allowing the passenger to 

alert the driver and passers-by. 

(e) AML also stated that many of the 

subject vehicles have motion sensors 

that would detect the presence of 

someone in the vehicle as soon as that 

person moved, and an alarm would 

sound, which is audible outside the 

vehicle. Thus, deterring inadvertent 

lock-ins of both adults and children and 

would alert passers-by of any passengers 

locked in the subject vehicles. 

(f) AML stated its belief that if an 

adult were locked in a vehicle, he or she 

could alert passers-by and would 

probably be able to contact the driver 

via mobile communication devices that, 

in fact, are ubiquitous today and 

certainly are very likely to be in the 

possession of the average AML vehicle 

passenger. 

AML also stated that they have not 

received any complaints regarding the 

subject noncompliance. 

AML additionally informed NHTSA 

that they have corrected the 

noncompliance in vehicles 

manufactured from production date 

December 9, 2015 and will correct the 

noncompliance in any unsold 

noncompliant vehicles prior to sale. 

In summation, AML believes that the 

described noncompliances are 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety, 

and that its petition, to exempt AML 

from providing notification of the 

noncompliances as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118 and remedying 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 AML 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 AML 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. 

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; 

Leveraged Lending 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct 

or sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a currently 

valid Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. 

The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning the renewal of its 

information collection titled, 

‘‘Leveraged Lending.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 18, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the 

Washington, DC area and at the OCC is 

subject to delay, commenters are 

encouraged to submit comments by 

email, if possible. Comments may be 

sent to: Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 

1557–0315, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 

3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, 

DC 20219. In addition, comments may 

be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by 

electronic mail to prainfo@occ.treas.gov. 

You may personally inspect and 

photocopy comments at the OCC, 400 

7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

For security reasons, the OCC requires 

that visitors make an appointment to 

inspect comments. You may do so by 

calling (202) 649–6700 or, for persons 

who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, 

(202) 649–5597. Upon arrival, visitors 

will be required to present valid 

government-issued photo identification 

and submit to security screening in 

order to inspect and photocopy 

comments. 

All comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and subject to public disclosure. Do not 

include any information in your 

comment or supporting materials that 

you consider confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 

(202) 649–5490 or, for persons who are 

deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649– 

5597, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of 

information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to include 

Agency requests or requirements that 

members of the public submit reports, 

keep records, or provide information to 

a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, the OCC 

is publishing notice of the proposed 

collection of information set forth in 

this document. 


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