[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9028-9029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4634]


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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 5, 2001 (66 FR 51093).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Morgan at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Plans and Policy (NPP-22), 
202-366-2562. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5208, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Highway Crash Data Collection for Evaluation of Antilock 
Braking Systems (ABS) & Rear Impact Guards.
    OMB Number: 2127--New.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Abstract: Safety standard 121 (49 CFR 571.121) requires Antilock 
Brake Systems (ABS) on air-brake equipped truck-tractors manufactured 
on or after March 1, 1997 and on semi trailers and single-unit trucks 
equipped with air-brakes and manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 
Safety Standards 223 (49 CFR 571.223) and 224 (49 CFR 571.224) set 
minimum requirements for the geometry, configuration, strength and 
energy absorption capability of rear impact guards on full trailers and 
semi trailers over 10,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight Rating 
manufactured on or after, January 26, 1998. NHTSA's Office of Plans and 
Policy is planning a highway crash data collection effort that will 
provide adequate information to perform an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of ABS and rear impact guards for heavy trucks.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,373.

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 Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection;

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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 February 20, 2002.
Delmas Maxwell Johnson,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-4634 Filed 2-26-02; 8:45 am]
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