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The new model averages 16.8 mpg, the

same as its predecessor despite being

substantially larger and heavier. GM’s

GMC division completely redesigned

the Sonoma’s exterior and interior with

a 2.2L I–4 engine and a 5-speed manual

transmission. The Sonoma average fuel

economy is 25.5 mpg an improvement

of 0.5 mpg over MY 1993 light truck.

GM also redesigned the companion

Chevrolet S–10 pickup.

B. Engine and Transmission

Technology

Some manufacturers made significant

improvements in engine technology for

model year 1994. GM has a new

pushrod engine, which bears a close

resemblance to familiar engines. The

base Chevy Caprices gets a 4.3 L V–8

variant of the LT1 V–8 to replace the 5.0

L V–8. The 4.3 L engine produces 200

hp at 5200 revolutions per minute (rpm)

(30 hp more than last year’s 5.0 L) and

245-pound-feet of torque at 2400 rpm.

Ford introduced a more powerful

engine controller called EEC–V on the

MY 1994 Thunderbird, Cougar, and

Mustang. Compared with EEC–IV, the

new unit operates 20 percent faster and

has 66 percent more memory.

Developed in part through Ford’s

Formula 1 racing program, EEC–V

features a ‘‘Flash Erasable Electrically

Programmable Read Only Memory’’

chip (Flash-EEPROM) that allows

service technicians to reprogram the

computer, rather than replace it, when

defects arise or upgrades becomes

available.

Still in development at Ford is a new

two-stroke gasoline engine. A major

obstacle to two-stroke engine

development in the United States is the

Tier II emissions requirement of 0.2

grams per mile nitrogen oxide (NOx)

which is, at best, marginally achievable

with current lean-system two-stroke

technology. According to Ward’s

Automotive Yearbook 1994, GM’s twostroke development program is winding

down. GM preferred to proceed with

development of its simpler dry-sump,

roller-bearing version but reportedly

was experiencing piston cooling and

cylinder-bore distortion problems. Ford

and Chrysler are moving ahead with

two-stroke programs. Ford is field

testing a two-stroke hybrid vehicle in

Europe, and press reports indicate that

Chrysler expects to show what it

believes is a marketable wet-sump,

externally scavenged engine some time

in the near future.

C. Electronics

Applications of electronic

components in vehicles continue to rise.

Some of the applications include fourwheel steering, tire-pressure sensing,

instrumentation, and in-car

entertainment grouping. However, the

main concentration is in engine

management, powertrain management,

antilock braking systems, air bags, air

conditioning, and, increasingly,

suspension control.

Electronic controllers are gradually

being incorporated in all modern

automatic transmissions, and this year

Ford’s 4R70W four-speed automatic

truck transmission and GM’s 4L60–E

rear-drive four-speed automatic, both

have electronic controls. The GM unit

features a performance mode that

provides quicker shifts and higher shift

point speeds. In a quest for consistent

shift quality, the controller alters

shifting strategies at high altitudes, as

components wear, and as temperatures

rise.

D. Materials

For MY 1994, automakers chose

aluminum, high strength steel, powder

metal (P/M), and magnesium for a

number of significant new component

applications in their cars, and light

trucks. The reduced weight of these

components contributes to improved

fuel economy of the models using them.

Aluminum usage has increased by

five-eight pounds (lbs.) annually per

vehicle since 1990 in North America, as

reported in Ward’s Automotive

Yearbook 1994. Since 1990, the annual

increase of plastic usage has been cut in

half every year and is likely to increase

only 0.5 lbs. per vehicle during MY

1994.

Even as the use of plastics and

aluminum has grown, steel continue as

the primary material in U.S.-built

vehicles, comprising well over 50

percent of the weight of the average

passenger car according to Ward’s 1994

Automotive Yearbook. The amount of

steel used in vehicles continues to grow,

due mainly to redesigned vehicles that

are longer, wider and/or taller than

those they replaced. These models

include the redesigned compact GMC

Sonoma and Chevrolet S–10 pickup

trucks, Cadillac’s new Sedan De Ville

and De Ville Concours, Chrysler’s Dodge

Ram pickup, and Ford’s Mustang. The

new Sonoma/S10 grew 10.6 inches and

added 262 lbs. in MY 1994 over MY

1993. The long-box version of the truck

gained 384 lbs. from the previous year.

Ford added 200 lbs. to the Mustang, and

Chrysler’s new Dodge Ram full-size

pickup has added 226 lbs.

New safety features added to vehicles

also increase the amount of steel usage

in todays vehicles. It is the material

used for most door intrusion beams, roof

structures and undercarriage

reinforcements designed to protect

occupants in crashes, rollovers and side

impacts. The light-truck market has

particularly shown an increase in steel

usage as regulations and consumer

demands force light truck manufacturers

to incorporate the same safety features

as cars. The GMC Jimmy, for instance,

adds new side-door steel guard beams

running the full length of the door. Steel

intrusion beams also are standard in MY

1994 Ford’s F-series pickups.

Other new applications include

composite steel camshafts in GM’s 3.1 L

V–6s and 2.2 L 4-cylinder engines, and

steel tubing on the Dodge Ram’s radiator

enclosure panels. Also the use of

medium-strength steels, mostly bakehardenable varieties, increased in MY

1994.

P/M makes up about 27 lbs. of weight

of a typical family vehicle accordingly

to Ward’s Automotive Yearbook 1994. It

continues to play an increasingly

significant role because it can be used

to make strong and lightweight parts

that have very complex shapes.

Applications for P/M have been growing

steadily in recent years, and several new

and expanded applications were

introduced in MY 1994, including P/M

bearing caps on GM’s 3100 and 3800

series V–6 engines and P/M inserts in

the bearing cap girdles for Ford’s new

aluminum 2.5 L and 3 L V–6 engines.

Magnesium use has risen every year

since 1988 by 10 to 16 percent.

Magnesium firsts in MY 1994 included

knee-bolster retainers, steering wheel

armatures, and seat pedestals, or

stanchions. The knee-bolster retainers,

the first large structural magnesium

component application in the U.S. auto

industry, debuted on several of GM’s

standard-size, front-drive cars,

including the Buick Park Avenue. Ford

replaced steel wheel armature

subassemblies with magnesium on its

Thunderbird, Cougar, Taurus, and

Sable.

E. Summary

The stabilization of oil prices and

supply has been a factor resulting in a

shift of consumer demand in recent

years to more powerful and roomier

passenger cars and light trucks. The

auto industry, responding to this shift,

has increased the horsepower of its

engines and shifted its production mix

to somewhat larger cars. Still, there

were some considerable technical gains,

particularly in lightweight material

usage, that contributed to improvements

in fuel economy on some models in MY

1994.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Public Information Collection

Requirements Submitted to OMB for

Review

March 23, 1995.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,

Public Law 96–511. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–754

Regulation ID Number: LR–255–81 Final

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Substantiation of Charitable

Contributions

Description: Congress intended that the

IRS prescribe rules and requirements

to assure substantiation and

verification of charitable

contributions. The regulations serve

these purposes.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other forprofit

Estimated Number of Respondents:

26,000,000

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 5 minutes

Frequency of Response: Other

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

2,158,000 hours

OMB Number: 1545–0763

Regulation ID Number: LR–200–76 Final

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Qualified Conservation

Contributions

Description: The information is

necessary to comply with various

substantive requirements of section

170(h), which describes situations in

which a taxpayer is entitled to an

income tax deduction for a charitable

contribution for conservation

purposes of a partial in real property.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other forprofit, Farms, Not-for-profit

institutions, Federal Government,

State, Local or Tribal Government

Estimated Number of Respondent: 1,000

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Frequency of Response: Other

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

1,250 hours

OMB Number: 1545–1117

ID Number: IRS Notice 89–61

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Imported Substances; Rules for

Filing a Petition

Description: The Notice sets forth

procedures to be followed in

petitioning the Secretary to modify

the list of taxable substances in

section 4672(a)(3).

Respondents: Business or other forprofit

Estimated Number of Respondents: 100

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 hour

Frequency of Response: On occasion

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 1 hour

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf (202)

395–7340, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10226, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–8024 Filed 3–31–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

Customs Service

List of Foreign Entities Violating

Textile Transshipment Rules

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This document notifies the

public that the list of foreign entities

identified by Customs as having

violated the textile transshipment

rules—authorized to be published by

section 333(a) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act—will not be published

for this semiannual period, because

Customs has not identified any violators

during this time period that clearly fall

within the purview of this section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Richard Crichton, Textile Industry

Team, (202) 927–0001 or 927–0162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 333 of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (Public Law

103–465, 108 Stat. 4809) (signed

December 12, 1994), entitled Textile

Transshipments, amended Part V of title

IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 by creating

a new section 592A, which authorizes

the Secretary of the Treasury to publish

in the Federal Register a list of foreign

entities, i.e., the names of any

producers, manufacturers, suppliers,

sellers, exporters, or any other persons

located outside the Customs territory of

the United States, against whom

Customs has issued a penalty claim

under section 592 of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended, citing a violation of

the Customs textile transshipment rules.

See, 19 U.S.C. 1592A(a)(2). The list is to

be published semiannually not later

than March 31 and September 30 of

each year.

In reviewing all information available,

Customs has found that no one clearly

falls within the purview of this section

during this time period. Accordingly, no

list will be published for the period

ending March 31, 1995.

Dated: March 30, 1995.

Stuart P. Seidel,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of

Regulations and Rulings.

[FR Doc. 95–8163 Filed 3–30–95; 12:01 pm]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

Fiscal Service

[Dept. Circ. 570, 1994 Rev., Supp. No. 15]

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds; Redomestication;

Cumberland Casualty & Surety

Company

Cumberland Casualty & Surety

Company has redomesticated from the

state of Texas to the state of Florida

effective September 1, 1994. The

company was last listed as an

acceptable surety on Federal bonds at 59

FR 34151, July 1, 1994.

Federal bond-approving officers

should annotate their reference copies

of the Treasury Circular 570, 1994

revision, on page 34151 to reflect this

change.

Questions concerning this notice may

be directed to the Surety Bond Branch,

Funds Management Division, Financial

Management Service, Department of the

Treasury, Washington, DC 20227,

telephone (FTS/202) 874–6507.

Dated: March 27, 1995.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 95–8101 Filed 3–31–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

[Dept. Circ. 570, 1994 Rev., Supp. No. 16]

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds; Financial Pacific

Insurance Company

A Certificate of Authority as an

acceptable surety on Federal Bonds is

hereby issued to the following company