[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14336-14337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6560]


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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 October 27, 1999 [64 FR 57924-57925].

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Entwistle at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Safety Assurance (NSA-
32.2), 202-366-5306, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6240, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration.
    Title: Motor Vehicle Information.
    OMB Number: 2127--0002.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 
(NHTSA's) statute at 49 U.S.C. Subchapter III Importing Noncomplying 
Motor Vehicles and Equipment (49 U.S.C. section 30141 et seq.) Requires 
that a motor vehicle which does not conform to applicable Federal Motor 
vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) be refused admission into the United 
States. NHTSA may authorize importation of nonconforming vehicles upon 
specified terms and conditions to insure that any such vehicle or 
equipment will be brought into conformity with all applicable FMVSS or 
will be exported out of or abandoned to the United States at no cost.
    Affected Public: Those businesses or persons requesting to import a 
motor vehicle into the United States.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 77,500.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th 
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 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, D.C., on March 10, 2000.
Herman L. Simms,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-6560 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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