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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, 

Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27585 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0106; Notice 1] 

Oreion Motors, LLC, Receipt of Petition 

for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Oreion Motors, LLC (Oreion) 

has determined that certain 2011–2013 

Oreion Reeper low speed vehicles, do 

not fully comply with paragraph 

S5.(b)(10) of Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 500 

which requires installation of seat belts 

that conform to FMVSS No. 209, Seat 

Belt Assemblies. Oreion has filed an 

appropriate report dated August 13, 

2014, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is December 22, 2014. 

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 at the beginning 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 your comments were 

received, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard with the comments. 

Note that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Documents submitted to a 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. DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000, (65 FR 19477–78). 

The petition, supporting materials, 

and all comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated below will be filed 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 be published 

in the Federal Register pursuant to the 

authority indicated below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Oreion’s Petition: Pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h) (see 

implementing rule at 49 CFR part 556), 

Oreion 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 Oreion’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. Low Speed Vehicles Involved: 

Affected are approximately 526 2011– 

2013 Oreion Reeper low speed vehicles 

originally manufactured with seatbelts 

manufactured by Changzhou Dongchen. 

III. Noncompliance: Oreion explains 

that the noncompliance is that the 

seatbelts installed in the subject 

vehicles do not fully comply with the 

requirements of paragraph S5.(b)(10) of 

FMVSS No. 500 because the year that 

the seatbelts were manufactured is not 

included on the seatbelts as specified in 

paragraph S4.1(j) of FMVSS No. 209. 

V. Rule Text: Paragraph S5.(b) of 

FMVSS No. 500 requires in pertinent 

part: 

(b) Each low-speed vehicle shall be 

equipped with: . . . (10) A Type 1 or Type 

2 seat belt assembly conforming to Sec. 

571.209 of this part, Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard No. 209, Seat belt 

assemblies, installed at each designated 

seating position. 

Paragraph S4.1(j) of FMVSS No. 209 

requires in pertinent part: 

S4.1(j) Marking. Each seat belt assembly 

shall be permanently and legibly marked or 

labeled with year of manufacture . . . 

V. Summary of Oreion’s Analyses: 

Oreion believes that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety because they 

believe that the lack of the year of 

manufacture on the seat belts has no 

effect on the operational safety of the 

seat belts installed in the subject 

noncompliant vehicles. 

Oreion stated its belief that the seat 

belts in the subject vehicles have 

functioned as deigned during normal 

use. They contend that this is supported 

by their observation that no vehicle 

owner has brought their vehicle back to 

a dealership for seat belt related repairs. 

Oreion stated its awareness that the 

year date stamp may be used with the 

seat belt model number to identify seat 

belt assemblies recalled by the seat belt 

manufacturer. In the event of a safety 

related recall by the seat belt 

manufacturer, Oreion will cooperate 

with the seat belt manufacturer to 

identify the vehicle owners of the 

vehicles containing affected seat belts 

without the need for the year stamp on 

the label. Oreion believes that the model 

number and the build date of the 

vehicle will be sufficient to accomplish 

this task. 

In summation, Oreion believes that 

the described noncompliance of the 

subject low speed vehicle’s seat belt 

assemblies is inconsequential to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition, to 

exempt Oreion from providing recall 

notification of noncompliance as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 

remedying the recall 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 allows 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 

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noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject low speed vehicles that 

Oreion 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 low speed vehicles 

under their control after Oreion 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, 

Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27582 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0006; Notice 2] 

General Motors, LLC, Grant of Petition 

for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of Petition. 

SUMMARY: General Motors, LLC (GM), 

has determined that certain model year 

(MY) 2007 through 2013 GM trucks and 

multipurpose passenger vehicles 

(MPVs) manufactured from June 19, 

2006, through December 6, 2012 do not 

fully comply with paragraph S4.3 of 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 110, Tire Selection and 

Rims for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR 

of 4,536 Kilograms or less. GM filed an 

appropriate report dated December 19, 

2012 pursuant to 49 CFR part 573 Defect 

and Noncompliance Responsibility and 

Reports. 

ADDRESSES: For further information on 

this decision contact Stuart Seigel, 

Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, the 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA), telephone 

(202) 366–2587, facsimile (202) 366– 

5930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. GM’s Petition: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30118(d) and 30120(h) and the rule 

implementing those provisions at 49 

CFR Part 556, GM has petitioned 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. 

Notice of receipt of the petition was 

published, with a 30-day public 

comment period, on June 27, 2013 in 

the Federal Register (78 FR 38801). No 

comments were received. To view the 

petition and all supporting documents 

log onto the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Web site 

at: http://www.regulations.gov/. Then 

follow the online search instructions to 

locate docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2013– 

0006.’’ 

II. Vehicles Involved: Affected are 

approximately 5,690: MY 2007 through 

2013 Chevrolet Silverado trucks, 

Suburban MPVs and Tahoe MPVs; MY 

2007 through 2013 GMC Sierra trucks; 

MY 2012 GMC Yukon MPVs; and MY 

2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Yukon 

XL MPV’s. The affected vehicles were 

manufactured from June 19, 2006 

through December 6, 2012. 

III. Noncompliance: GM explains that 

the noncompliance is that the subject 

vehicles are equipped with special 

equipment options 9S1 & 9U3 and are 

built with 2 front seating positions 

separated by floor space. However, the 

tire and loading placards incorrectly 

indicate that the vehicles have 3 front 

seating positions and therefore do not 

fully comply with paragraph S4.3 of 

FMVSS No. 110. 

IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S4.3 of 

FMVSS No. 110 requires in pertinent 

part: 

S4.3 Placard. Each vehicle, except for a 

trailer or incomplete vehicle, shall show the 

information specified in S4.3(a) through (g), 

and may show, at the manufacturer’s option, 

the information specified in S4.3(h) and (i), 

on a placard permanently affixed to the 

driver’s side B-pillar. In each vehicle without 

a driver’s side B-pillar and with two doors on 

the driver’s side of the vehicle opening in 

opposite directions, the placard shall be 

affixed on the forward edge of the rear side 

door. If the above locations do not permit the 

affixing of a placard that is legible, visible 

and prominent, the placard shall be 

permanently affixed to the rear edge of the 

driver’s side door. If this location does not 

permit the affixing of a placard that is legible, 

visible and prominent, the placard shall be 

affixed to the inward facing surface of the 

vehicle next to the driver’s seating position. 

This information shall be in the English 

language and conform in color and format, 

not including the border surrounding the 

entire placard, as shown in the example set 

forth in Figure 1 in this standard. At the 

manufacturer’s option, the information 

specified in S4.3(c), (d), and, as appropriate, 

(h) and (i) may be shown, alternatively to 

being shown on the placard, on a tire 

inflation pressure label which must conform 

in color and format, not including the border 

surrounding the entire label, as shown in the 

example set forth in Figure 2 in this standard. 

The label shall be permanently affixed and 

proximate to the placard required by this 

paragraph. The information specified in 

S4.3(e) shall be shown on both the vehicle 

placard and on the tire inflation pressure 

label (if such a label is affixed to provide the 

information specified in S4.3(c), (d), and, as 

appropriate, (h) and (i)) may be shown in the 

format and color scheme set forth in Figures 

1 and 2. If the vehicle is a motor home and 

is equipped with a propane supply, the 

weight of full propane tanks must be 

included in the vehicle’s unloaded vehicle 

weight. If the vehicle is a motor home and 

is equipped with an on-board potable water 

supply, the weight of such on-board water 

must be treated as cargo . . . 

(b) Designated seated capacity (expressed 

in terms of total number of occupants and 

number of occupants for each front and rear 

seat location) . . . 

V. Summary of GM’S Analyses: GM 

states that the error resulted in the 

following condition on the subject 

placards of these vehicles: 

• The seating capacity for the front 

row seat is incorrectly shown as 3 

instead of 2. 

• The total seating capacity is 

overstated by 1. For example, the total 

seating capacity is incorrectly shown as 

3 instead of 2 for the vehicles with one 

row of seats, and as 6 instead of 5 for 

the vehicles with two rows of seats. 

• The vehicle capacity weight 

(expressed as a combined weight of 

occupants and cargo) on the placard is 

correct. The seating capacity error has 

no impact on the vehicle capacity 

weight. 

• All other information (front, rear 

and spare tire size designations and 

their respective cold tire inflation 

pressures as well as vehicle capacity 

weight) on the subject placards is 

correct. 

GM stated its belief that this 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety for the following 

reasons: 

1. The subject vehicles are equipped 

with two bucket seats with one seat belt 

each in the front row. GM believes that 

the number of seats and the number of 

seat belts installed in the vehicle will 

clearly indicate to the customers the 

actual seating capacity, and it will be 

apparent to any observer that there are 

only two front seating positions. Even if 

an occupant references the tire 

information placard to determine the 

vehicle’s seating capacity, it will be 

readily apparent that the front row 

seating capacity is 2 and not 3. 

2. The vehicle capacity weight 

(expressed as a combined weight of 

occupants and cargo) on the placard is 

correct. The seating capacity error has 

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