[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-307]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 August 16, 2001 [66 FR 43037-43039].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan White at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Defects & Recall Information 
Analysis (NSA-11), 202-366-5226. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5319, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: 49 CFR Part 576, Record Retention.
    OMB Number: 2127-0042.
    Type of Request: Extension 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 under this chapter.''
    49 U.S.C. 30118(c) requires manufacturers to notify NHTSA and 
owners, purchasers, and dealers if the manufacturer (1) ``learns'' that 
any vehicle or equipment manufactured by it contains a defect and 
decides in good faith that the defect relates to motor vehicle safety, 
or (2) ``decides in good faith'' that the vehicle or equipment does not 
comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard. The 
only way for the agency to decide if and when a manufacturer 
``learned'' of a safety-related defect or ``decided in good faith'' 
that some products did not comply with an applicable Federal motor 
vehicle safety standard is for the agency to have access to the 
information available to the manufacturer.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit, individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 40,000.
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, DC, on December 31, 2001.
Delmas Johnson,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-307 Filed 1-4-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-59-P