[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67352-67353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32015]


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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.

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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,

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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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