[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 48508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23429]


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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 May 1, 2001 (66 FR 21814-21815).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Fan at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Safety Performance Standards 
(NPS-11), 202-366-4922. 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5320, Washington, 
DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Part 589-Upper Interior Component Head Impact Protection 
Phase-in Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Number: 2127-0581.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, and multipurpose 
passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 
kilograms or less and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 3,860 
kilograms or less required to respond to NHTSA inquiries, to submit a 
report, concerning the number of such vehicles that meet the upper 
interior component head impact protection requirements of Standard No. 
201, Occupant Protection in Interior Impact (49 CFR 571.201).
    Affected Public: Businesses and for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,260.

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 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 September 14, 2001.
Herman L. Simms,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-23429 Filed 9-19-01; 8:45 am]
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