[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 67351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32012]



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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 February 28, 2001 [66 FR 12829-12831].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 28, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Williams at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Safety Performance 
Standards (NPS-01), 202-366-4327. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5319, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: 49 CFR 556, Petitions for Inconsequentiality.
    OMB Number: 2127-0045.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which has expired.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 
statue at 49 U.S.C. 30113 General exemptions at subsection (b) 
Authority to exempt and procedures, authorizes the Secretary of 
Transportation upon application of a manufacturer, to exempt the 
applicant from the notice and remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C. Charter 
301, if the Secretary determines that the defect or noncompliance is 
inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. The notice and 
remedy requirements of Chapter 301 are set forth in 49 U.S.C. 30120 
Remedies for defects and noncompliance. Those sections require a 
manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to notify 
distributors, dealers, and purchasers if any of the manufacturer's 
products are determined either to contain a safety-related defect or to 
fail to comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety 
standard. The manufacturer is under a concomitant obligation to remedy 
such defects or noncompliance. NHTSA exercised this statutory authority 
to excuse inconsequential defects or noncompliance when it promulgated 
49 CFR part 556, Petitions for Inconsequentiality-this regulation 
establishes the procedures for manufacturers to submit such petitions 
to the agency will use in evaluating those petitions. Part 556 allows 
the agency to ensure that petitions filed under 15 U.S.C. 30113 (b0 are 
both properly substantiated and efficiently processed.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 30.

ADDRESS: 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, DC on December 21, 2001.
Delmas Johnson,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-32012 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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