Document ID: NHTSA-2008-0006-0002
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements
Posted Date: 2008-03-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 61)]
[Notices]               
[Page 16739-16740]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2008-0006]

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation.

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 January 22, 2008 (73 FR 3798).

DATES: Comments must be submitted to OMB on or before April 28, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: 
Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Timian, Recall Management 
Division (NVS-215), Room W46-324, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 
Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (202) 366-0209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Names and Address of First Purchasers of Motor Vehicles.
    OMB Number: 2127-0044.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or others for profit.
    Abstract: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30117(b) a manufacturer of a motor 
vehicle or tire must 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 regulation of the Secretary, must maintain a record of 
the name and address of the first purchaser of replacement equipment 
(except a tire) that the manufacturer produces.
    Vehicle manufacturers currently collect and maintain purchaser 
information for business reasons, such as warranty claims processing 
and marketing, and experience with this statutory requirement has shown 
that manufacturers have retained this information in a sufficient 
manner to enable them to expeditiously notify vehicle purchasers in the 
case of a safety recall.
    Estimated Annual Burden: Zero. As a practical matter, vehicle 
manufacturers are presently collecting from their dealers and then 
maintaining first purchaser information for their own commercial 
reasons. Therefore, the statutory requirement does not impose any 
additional burden.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    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

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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.

    Issued on: March 25, 2008.
Kathleen C. DeMeter,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
 [FR Doc. E8-6454 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]

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