[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67351-67352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32013]


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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: Jonathan White at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Defects & Recall Information 
Analysis (NSA-11), 202-366-5227. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5319, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Names and Addresses First Purchasers of Motor Vehicles.
    OMB Number: 2127-0044.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which has expired.
    Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 30117 Providing information to, and maintaining 
records on, purchasers at subparagraph (b) Maintaining purchaser 
records and procedures states in part: A manufacturer of motor vehicle 
or tire (except a retreaded tire) shall maintain a record of the name 
and address of the first purchasers of each vehicle or tire it produces 
and, to the extent prescribed by regulations of the Secretary, shall 
maintain a record of the name and address of the first purchaser of 
replacement equipment (except a tire) that the manufacturer produces. 
This agency has no regulation specifying how the information is to be 
collected or maintained. When NHTSA's authorizing statue was enacted in 
1966, Congress determined that an efficient recall of defective or 
noncomplying motor vehicles required the vehicle manufacturers retain 
an accurate record of vehicle purchasers, By virtue of quick and easy 
access to this information, the manufacturer is able to quickly notify 
vehicle owners in the event of the of a recall. Experience with this 
statutory provision has shown that manufacturers have retained this 
information in a manner sufficient to enable them to expeditiously 
notify vehicle purchasers in case of a recall. Based on this 
experience, NHTSA has determined that no obligation is needed. Without 
this type of information readily available, manufacturers would either 
need to spend more time or money to notify purchasers of a recall.

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    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 950,000.

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. 01-32013 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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