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Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 17 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

19,487 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202)395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

20, 2010. 

Carla Scott, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24106 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0086] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits public 

comment on continuation of the 

requirements for the collection of 

information on safety standards. 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 approval, Federal 

agencies must solicit public comment 

on proposed collections of information, 

including extensions and reinstatement 

of previously approved collections. This 

document describes a collection of 

information for an exisiting regulation 

for the aftermarket modifications of 

vehicles to accommodate people with 

disabilities for which NHTSA intends to 

seek renewed OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 27, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice number cited at the 

beginning of this notice, and the OMB 

control number, 2127–0635, and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Attn: Desk 

Officer for NHTSA, 725 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20503. It is 

requested, but not required, that 2 

copies of the comment be provided. 

Commenters may also, but are not 

required to, submit their comments to 

the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

You may call the Docket Management 

Facility at 202–366–9826. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, you should mention the 

docket number of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection may be obtained from Mrs. 

Gayle Dalrymple, NVS–123, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Mrs. Dalrymple’s telephone 

number is (202) 366–5559. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 27, 2001 NHTSA published a 

final rule (66 FR 12638) to facilitate the 

modification of motor vehicles so that 

persons with disabilities can drive or 

ride in them as passengers. In that final 

rule, the agency issued a limited 

exemption from a statutory provision 

that prohibits specified types of 

commercial entities from either 

removing safety equipment or features 

installed on motor vehicles pursuant to 

the Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards or altering the equipment or 

features so as to adversely affect their 

performance. The exemption is limited 

in that it allows repair businesses to 

modify only certain types of Federallyrequired safety equipment and features, 

under specified circumstances. The 

regulation is found at 49 CFR part 595 

subpart C—Vehicle Modifications to 

Accommodate People with Disabilities. 

This final rule included two new 

‘‘collections of information,’’ as that term 

is defined in 5 CFR part 1320 

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 

Public: modifier identification and a 

document to be provided to the owner 

of the modified vehicle stating the 

exemptions used for that vehicle and 

any reduction in load carrying capacity 

of the vehicle of more than 100 kg (220 

lbs). 

Modifiers who take advantage of the 

exemption created by this rule are 

required to furnish NHTSA with a 

written document providing the 

modifier’s name, address, and telephone 

number, and a statement that the 

modifier is availing itself of the 

exemption. The rule requires: 

‘‘S595.6 Modifier Identification 

(a) Any motor vehicle repair business 

that modifies a motor vehicle to enable 

a person with a disability to operate, or 

ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle 

and intends to avail itself of the 

exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7 

shall furnish the information specified 

in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this 

section to: Administrator, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

(1) Full individual, partnership, or 

corporate name of the motor vehicle 

repair business. 

(2) Residence address of the motor 

vehicle repair business and State of 

incorporation if applicable. 

(3) A statement that the motor vehicle 

repair business modifies a motor vehicle 

to enable a person with a disability to 

operate, or ride as a passenger in, the 

motor vehicle and intends to avail itself 

of the exemption provided in 49 CFR 

595.7. 

(b) Each motor vehicle repair business 

required to submit information under 

paragraph (a) of this section shall 

submit the information not later than 

August 27, 2001. After that date, each 

motor vehicle repair business that 

modifies a motor vehicle to enable a 


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person with a disability to operate, or 

ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle 

and intends to avail itself of the 

exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7 

shall submit the information required 

under paragraph (a) not later than 30 

days after it first modifies a motor 

vehicle to enable a person with a 

disability to operate, or ride as a 

passenger in, the motor vehicle. Each 

motor vehicle repair business who has 

submitted required information shall 

keep its entry current, accurate and 

compete by submitting revised 

information not later than 30 days after 

the relevant changes in the business 

occur.’’ 

This requirement is a one-time 

submission unless changes are made to 

the business as described in paragraph 

(b). NHTSA estimates that there are 

currently 471 businesses making 

modifications to motor vehicles to 

accommodate persons with disabilities. 

Of those 471, we estimate 85 percent 

will need to use the exemptions 

provided by 49 CFR 595.7 (400 

businesses). The initial registration of 

modifiers wishing to use the exemptions 

occurred in 2001. Now, we assume that 

five percent of the 400 businesses 

currently modifying vehicles will need 

to change their information or new 

registrants will elect to use the 

exemptions. We estimate registrations 

from 20 businesses each year of: 20 

businesses × 10 minutes/business = 3.33 

hours. 

We estimate the material cost 

associated with each submission to be 

54 cents per responding business, or 

$10.80 nationwide annually. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by a 

person to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide information to or for 

a Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

We seek comment on: 

1. Is our estimate of 471 businesses 

engaged in vehicle modification to 

accommodate people with disabilities 

correct? 

2. Are we correct in assuming that a 

maximum of 85 percent of those 471 

businesses, or 400 businesses, will need 

to use the exemptions provided by 49 

CFR 595.7? 

3. Are our estimates of the burden 

hours and material cost of compliance 

with 49 CFR 595.6 reasonable? 

Modifiers who avail themselves of the 

exemptions in 49 CFR 595.7 are 

required to keep a record, for each 

applicable vehicle, listing which 

standards, or portions thereof, no longer 

comply with the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards and to provide a copy 

to the owner of the vehicle modified 

(see 49 CFR 595.7(b) and (e) as 

published in the final rule). 

We estimate that: 

1. There are approximately 2,700 

vehicles modified for persons with 

disabilities per year by 471 businesses, 

2. If 85 percent of the 471 businesses 

use the exemptions provided by 49 CFR 

595.7, those 400 businesses will modify 

2,300 vehicles annually, and 

3. The burden for producing the 

record required by 49 CFR 595.7 in 

accordance with paragraph (e) for those 

vehicles will be 767 hours per year 

nationwide. 

In the final rule we anticipated that 

the least costly way for a repair business 

to comply with this portion of the new 

rule would be to annotate the vehicle 

modification invoice as to the 

exemption, if any, involved with each 

item on the invoice. The cost of 

preparing the invoice is not a portion of 

our burden calculation, as that 

preparation would be done in the 

normal course of business. The time 

needed to annotate the invoice, we 

estimate, is 20 minutes. Therefore, the 

burden hours for a full year are 

calculated as: 2,300 vehicles × 20 

minutes/vehicle = 766.7 hours. 

This burden includes the calculation 

required by 49 CFR 595.7(e)5, but not 

the gathering of the information 

required for the calculation. That 

information would be gathered in the 

normal course of the vehicle 

modification. The only extra burden 

required by the rule is the calculation of 

the reduction in loading carrying 

capacity and conveying this information 

to the vehicle owner. Again we are 

assuming that annotation on the invoice 

is the least burdensome way to 

accomplish this customer notification. 

There will be no additional material 

cost associated with compliance with 

this requirement since no additional 

materials need be used above those used 

to prepare the invoice in the normal 

course of business. We are assuming it 

is normal and customary in the course 

of vehicle modification business to 

prepare an invoice, to provide a copy of 

the invoice to the vehicle owner, and to 

keep a copy of the invoice for five years 

after the vehicle is delivered to the 

owner in finished form. 

We seek comment on whether our 

assumptions about the following are 

reasonable: 

1. The document required by 49 CFR 

595.7(b) and specified in paragraph (e) 

will need to be prepared for 

approximately 2,300 vehicles modified 

nationwide per year, 

2. Annotation of each vehicle 

modification invoice as to which 

exemptions were used will take an 

average of 20 minutes, and 

3. It is normal in the course of vehicle 

modification business to prepare an 

invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice 

to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy 

of the invoice for five years after the 

vehicle is delivered to the owner in 

finished form. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 770 hours, 

and $10.80. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

400. 

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: September 22, 2010. 

Nathaniel M. Beuse, 

Office of Crash Avoidance Standards, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24127 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Availability of Answers to 

Frequently Asked Questions 

Regarding Buy America & FRA’s HighSpeed Intercity Passenger Rail 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), United States 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the 

availability of Answers to Frequently 

Asked Questions regarding Buy America 

and FRA’s High Speed Intercity 


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