Document ID: NHTSA-2009-0053-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
Posted Date: 2009-07-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 137)]
[Notices]               
[Page 35227-35228]
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-2009-0053]

 
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Request for public comment on the reinstatement of a collection 
of information for which has Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval has expired.

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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from 
the public, it must receive approval from the OMB. Under procedures 
established

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by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, 
Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of 
information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously 
approved collections.
    This document describes one collection of information for which 
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 18, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-
2009-0053] by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1-800-647-
5527.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this proposed collection of information. Note that 
all comments received will be posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. 
Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the 
online instructions for assessing the dockets. Alternately, you may 
visit in person the Docket Management Facility at the street address 
listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance (NVS-223), National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, West Building--4th Floor--Room W43-481, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Sachs' telephone number is (202) 
366-3151. Please identify the relevant collection of information by 
referring to its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB 
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register 
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of 
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of 
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must 
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
    (i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public 
comments on the following proposed collection of information:
    Title: 49 CFR part 566 Manufacturer Identification.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0043.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit organization.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: If a motor vehicle or item of replacement motor vehicle 
equipment contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety or fails to 
comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard 
(FMVSS), the manufacturer is required under 49 U.S.C. 30118 to furnish 
notification of the defect or noncompliance to the Secretary of 
Transportation, as well as to owners, purchasers, and dealers of the 
motor vehicle or replacement equipment, and to remedy the defect or 
noncompliance without charge to the owner. To ensure that manufacturers 
are meeting these and other responsibilities under the statutes and 
regulations administered by NHTSA, the agency issued 49 CFR part 566, 
Manufacturer Identification. The regulations in part 566 require 
manufacturers of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, other than 
tires, to which a FMVSS applies, to submit to NHTSA, on a one-time 
basis, identifying information on themselves and on the products that 
they manufacture to those standards. The information must be submitted 
no later than 60 days after the manufacturer begins to manufacture 
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS. No 
specific form need be used for the submission of this information. 
Manufacturers who have previously submitted identifying information 
must ensure that the information on file is accurate and complete by 
submitting revised information no later than 30 days after a change in 
the business that affects the validity of that information has 
occurred.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 33 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 200 new manufacturers per year.
    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.

    Issued on: July 14, 2009.
Daniel C. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. E9-17113 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am]

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