[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49263-49264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19200]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 573, 574, 576, 579

[Docket No. NHTSA 2001-8677; Notice 4]
RIN 2127-AI25


Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects 
Retention of Records That Could Indicate Defects

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document is the assessment of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the applicability of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act which was inadvertently omitted from the 
preamble of the final rule adopting the early warning reporting 
provisions of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, 
and Documentation (TREAD) Act and amending other associated agency 
regulations.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule remains August 9, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Vinson, Office of Chief 
Counsel, NHTSA (phone: 202-366-5263).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 02-17103, 67 FR 45822, July 10, 
2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
inadvertently omitted its assessment of the applicability of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act from Section X of the preamble, titled 
``Regulatory Analyses.'' This document provides that assessment.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-4) 
requires agencies to prepare a written assessment of the costs, 
benefits, and other effects of proposed or final rules that include a 
Federal mandate likely to result in the expenditures by State, local or 
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of more 
than $100 million annually (adjusted annually for inflation with base 
year of 1995). Adjusting this amount by the implicit gross domestic 
product price deflator for the year 2000 results in $109 million 
(106.99/98.11 = 1.09). The assessment may be included in conjunction 
with other assessments.
    The final rule (67 FR 45822 at 45872-45883) is not estimated to 
result in expenditures by State, local or tribal governments of more 
than $109 million

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annually. It is not estimated to result in the expenditure by motor 
vehicle and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers, child restraint 
system manufacturers, and tire manufacturers of more than $109 million 
annually.

    Authority: Sec. 3, Pub. L. 106-414, 114 Stat. 1800 (49 U.S.C. 
30102-103, 30112, 30117-121, 30166-167); delegation of authority at 
49 CFR 1.50.

    Issued on: July 24, 2002.
Jeffrey W. Runge,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-19200 Filed 7-29-02; 8:45 am]
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