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###### Department of Transportation

###### National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

# AGENCY:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

                        In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501*et seq.*), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The                         **Federal Register**                         Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on May 1, 2001 [66 FR 21813-21814].                    

# DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before January 17, 2002.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Benn at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Safety Performance Standards (NPS-20), 202-366-2264. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5320, Washington, DC 20590.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

## National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

*Title:*                     Consolidated Justification of Owner's Manual Requirements for Motor Vehicles and Equipment.                

*OMB Number:*                     2127-0541.                

*Type of Request:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Abstract:*49 U.S.C. 30117 authorizes the Secretary to require that manufacturers provide technical information, as for example information directed for publication in a vehicle owner's manual, related to the performance and safety specified in the Federal motor vehicle safety standards for the purposes of educating the consumer and providing safeguards against improper use. Using this authority, the agency issued the following FMVSS and regulations, specifying that certain safety precautions regarding items of motor vehicle equipment appear in the vehicle owner's manual to aid the agency in achieving many of its safety goals.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals, households, business, other-for-profit, not-for-profit, farms, Federal Government and State, Local, or Tribal Government.                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden:*                     1371.                

# ADDRESSES:

Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

*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 Departments estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be                               ( print page 65252)                            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.                    

A Comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2001.

Delmas Johnson,

Acting Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 01-31114 Filed 12-17-01; 8:45 am]

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