[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 13981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6752]


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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 1, 2002 (67 FR 61723 - 61724).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 21, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Culbreath, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Technology and Information 
Management, 202-366-1566. 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration.
    Title: Designation of Agents.
    OMB Number: 2127--0040.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Abstract: This collection of information applies to motor vehicle 
and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers located outside of the United 
States (foreign manufacturers). Every manufacturer offering a motor 
vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment for importation into the 
United States is statutorily required to designate in writing an agent 
upon whom service of all administrative and judicial processes, 
notices, orders, decisions and requirements may be made for and on 
behalf of the manufacturer. (49 U.S.C. 30164) These designations are 
required to be filed with NHTSA. NHTSA needs this information in case 
it needs to advise a foreign manufacturer of a safety related defect in 
its products so that the manufacturer can, in turn, notify purchasers 
and correct the defeat. This information also enables NHTSA to serve a 
foreign manufacturer with all administrative and judicial processes, 
notices, orders, decisions and requirements.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 70.
    Number of Respondents: 70.

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; 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 March 14, 2003.
Delmas Maxwell Johnson,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-6752 Filed 3-20-03; 8:45 am]
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