70274 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2014– 

0115] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

extension of a currently approved 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: 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. This document describes an 

existing collection of information for 

motor vehicle tire and rim labeling 

requirements for which NHTSA intends 

to seek renewed OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket number cited at the beginning of 

this notice, and may be submitted 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., 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. Telephone: 1–800–647–2251. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the docket number for this 

document. Please identify the collection 

of information for which a comment is 

provided by referencing the OMB 

Control Number, 2127–0503. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477) or you may visit http://

DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Abigail Morgan, NHTSA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Room W43–467, 

NVS–122, Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: (202) 366–6005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an 

agency must ask for public comment on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(4) How to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following collection of 

information: 

Title: Tires and Rims Labeling. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0503. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard form. 

Abstract: The labeling of motor 

vehicle tires and rims with the 

information required by the regulations 

and standards benefits motor vehicle 

manufacturers and consumers. 

Primarily, these labeling requirements 

help ensure that tires are mounted on 

appropriate rims and that the rims and 

tires are mounted on vehicles for which 

they were intended. If tires and rims 

were not labeled, mismatching of tire 

and rim sizes would likely occur, often 

resulting in poor tire performance. The 

absence of the vehicle label specifying 

vehicle loads, axle loads, and 

recommended tire inflation pressure 

would likely result in improper tire 

selection by a tire dealer or vehicle 

owner. Mismatching of rims and tires 

can greatly reduce the performance of 

tires, may cause tire and rim failure, and 

may result in vehicle handling and 

stability problems, which could result 

in loss of vehicle control. 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (FMVSS) Nos. 109, 117, 119, 

129, and 139 establish a fixed format for 

the labeling requirements to be placed 

into or onto both sidewalls of tires 

manufactured for use on motor vehicles. 

Each new tire manufacturer, brand 

name owner, and retreader must use 

these guidelines to label each tire 

manufactured by engraving tire and 

retreaded tire molds with the 

appropriate labeling information. 

FMVSS Nos. 110 and 120 specify a 

fixed format for the placard labeling 

requirements to be placed on each 

motor vehicle. In addition, FMVSS Nos. 

110 and 120 require that additional 

information be labeled onto the finished 

rim used on vehicles covered by this 

standard. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 274,491 

hours. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,800. 

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. 

R. Ryan Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27890 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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