Document ID: NHTSA-2008-0093-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Posted Date: 2008-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 84)]
[Notices]               
[Page 23524]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 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 22, 2008 at Vol. 73, No. 36 p. 9853-54.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Hershman at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Vehicle Integrity Division, NVS-212, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, phone 202-366-4929.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Record Retention.
    OMB Number: 2127--0042.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 30166(e), NHTSA ``reasonably may require 
a manufacturer of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment to keep 
records, and a manufacturer, distributor or dealer to make reports, to 
enable [NHTSA] to decide whether the manufacturer, distributor, or 
dealer has complied or is complying with this chapter or a regulation 
prescribed or order issued under this chapter.''
    To ensure that NHTSA will have access to this type of information, 
the agency exercised the authority granted in 49 U.S.C. Section 
30166(e) and promulgated 49 CFR Part 576 Record Retention, initially 
published on August 20, 1974 and most recently amended on July 10, 2002 
(67 FR 45873), requiring manufacturers to retain one copy of all 
records that contain information concerning malfunctions that may be 
related to motor vehicle safety for a period of five calendar years 
after the record is generated or acquired by the manufacturer. 
Manufacturers are also required to retain for ten years (five years for 
manufacturers of child seats and tires) the underlying records related 
to early warning reporting (EWR) information submitted under 49 CFR 
Part 579.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 40,020 annual hours burden (20 
respondents times 1 hour, plus 1,000 respondents times 40 hours).

ADDRESSES: 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 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 in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2008.
Kathleen C. DeMeter,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
 [FR Doc. E8-9206 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]

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