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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 February 28, 2001 [66 FR 12829-12831].                    

# DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before January 28, 2002.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan White at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Defects & Recall Information Analysis (NSA-11), 202-366-5227, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5319, Washington, DC 20590.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

*Title:*49 CFR part 566 Manufacturer's Identification.                

*OMB Number:*                    2127-0043.                

*Type of Request:*                    Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which has expired.                

*Abstract:*                    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's statute at 49 U.S.C. 30118 Notification of defects and noncompliance requires manufacturers to determine if the motor vehicle or item or replacement equipment contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety or fails to comply with an applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. Following such determination, the manufacturer is required to notify the Secretary of Transportation, owners, purchasers and dealers of motor vehicles or replacement equipment, of the defect or noncompliance and to remedy the defect or noncompliance without charge to the owner. With this determination,                           ( print page 67353)                        NHTSA issued 49 CFR part 566, Manufacturer Identification. Part 566 requires every manufacturer of motor vehicles and/or replacement equipment to file with the agency on a one time basis, the required information specified in part 566.                

*Affected Public:*                     Business or other-for-profit.                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden:*                     25.                

# ADDRESS:

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 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 21, 2001.

Delmas Johnson,

Acting Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 01-32015 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]

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