Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices 67351

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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:

Barbara Williams at the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Office of Safety Performance Standards

(NPS–01), 202–366–4327. 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Room 5319, Washington, DC

20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Title: 49 CFR 556, Petitions for

Inconsequentiality.

OMB Number: 2127–0045.

Type of Request: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which has

expired.

Abstract: The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration’s statue at

49 U.S.C. 30113 General exemptions at

subsection (b) Authority to exempt and

procedures, authorizes the Secretary of

Transportation upon application of a

manufacturer, to exempt the applicant

from the notice and remedy

requirements of 49 U.S.C. Charter 301,

if the Secretary determines that the

defect or noncompliance is

inconsequential as it relates to motor

vehicle safety. The notice and remedy

requirements of Chapter 301 are set

forth in 49 U.S.C. 30120 Remedies for

defects and noncompliance. Those

sections require a manufacturer of motor

vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to

notify distributors, dealers, and

purchasers if any of the manufacturer’s

products are determined either to

contain a safety-related defect or to fail

to comply with an applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standard. The

manufacturer is under a concomitant

obligation to remedy such defects or

noncompliance. NHTSA exercised this

statutory authority to excuse

inconsequential defects or

noncompliance when it promulgated 49

CFR part 556, Petitions for

Inconsequentiality-this regulation

establishes the procedures for

manufacturers to submit such petitions

to the agency will use in evaluating

those petitions. Part 556 allows the

agency to ensure that petitions filed

under 15 U.S.C. 30113 (b0 are both

properly substantiated and efficiently

processed.

Affected Public: Business or other-forprofit.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 30.

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. 01–32012 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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: Names and Addresses First

Purchasers of Motor Vehicles.

OMB Number: 2127–0044.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which has expired.

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 30117 Providing

information to, and maintaining records

on, purchasers at subparagraph (b)

Maintaining purchaser records and

procedures states in part: A

manufacturer of motor vehicle or tire

(except a retreaded tire) shall maintain

a record of the name and address of the

first purchasers of each vehicle or tire it

produces and, to the extent prescribed

by regulations of the Secretary, shall

maintain a record of the name and

address of the first purchaser of

replacement equipment (except a tire)

that the manufacturer produces. This

agency has no regulation specifying how

the information is to be collected or

maintained. When NHTSA’s authorizing

statue was enacted in 1966, Congress

determined that an efficient recall of

defective or noncomplying motor

vehicles required the vehicle

manufacturers retain an accurate record

of vehicle purchasers, By virtue of quick

and easy access to this information, the

manufacturer is able to quickly notify

vehicle owners in the event of the of a

recall. Experience with this statutory

provision has shown that manufacturers

have retained this information in a

manner sufficient to enable them to

expeditiously notify vehicle purchasers

in case of a recall. Based on this

experience, NHTSA has determined that

no obligation is needed. Without this

type of information readily available,

manufacturers would either need to

spend more time or money to notify

purchasers of a recall.

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Affected Public: Business or other-forprofit.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

950,000.

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. 01–32013 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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 August 16,

2001, 66 FR 43037.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 28, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heidi L. Coleman at the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Office of Chief Counsel, NCC–30, 202–

366–1834, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Room 5219, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration

(NHTSA)

Title: 49 CFR Part 512, Confidential

Business Information.

OMB Number: 2127–0025.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: NHTSA’s statutory authority

under title 49 of the United States Code

prohibits the agency, with certain

exceptions, from making public

confidential information which it

obtains. On the other hand, the

Administrative Procedure Act requires

all agencies to make public all nonconfidential information upon request

(5 U.S.C. 552) and all agency rules to be

supported by substantial evidence in the

public record (5 U.S.C. 705). It is

therefore important for the agency to

determine promptly whether or not

information it obtains should be

accorded confidential treatment.

NHTSA promulgated 49 CFR part 512,

Confidential Business Information, to

establish the procedure by which

NHTSA will consider claims that

information submitted to the agency, or

which it otherwise obtains, is

confidential business information.

Because of part 512, both NHTSA and

the submitters of information for which

confidential treatment is requested are

able to ensure that confidentiality

requests are properly substantiated and

expeditiously processed.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit, individuals or households.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1064

hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments 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 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.

A comment to OMB is most effective

if OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication.

Dated: Washington, DC, November 29,

2001.

John Womack,

Acting Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–32014 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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,