[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53777-53778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23409]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2002-16042]


Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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

ACTION: Emergency Federal Register notice.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA has submitted the following request for emergency 
processing of a public collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 
This notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below has been forwarded to OMB for review and comment. The 
ICR describes the nature of the collection of information and its 
expected burden on the public.
    This document describes a collection of information by special 
order for tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) data from major motor 
vehicle manufacturers and TPMS suppliers that have a presence in the 
USA. NHTSA seeks OMB approval of that collection.
    Comments: Comments should be directed to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

DATES: OMB approval was granted on September 9, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Nakama, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5219, Washington, DC 
20590. Ms. Nakama's telephone number is (202) 366-2992.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Special Order for Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems.
    OMB Clearance Number--2127-0633.
    Expiration Date of Approval--December 31, 2003.
    Summary of Collection of Information--The information requested 
from the vehicle manufacturers includes a list of all vehicle models 
available for sale or lease in the USA that indicates the motor vehicle 
manufacturers' actual or planned TPMS for each vehicle model for model 
years (MY) 2001 to 2008. The information requested from TPMS suppliers 
includes current and future production capability of TPMSs for motor 
vehicles available for sale in the USA.

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Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number and 
Frequency of Responses to the Collection of Information)

    The tire pressure monitoring system data will be collected from:
    (1) Vehicle manufacturers that sell light vehicles having a gross 
vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds (except motorcycles, 
low-speed vehicles, and trailers) in the United States.
    (2) TPMS suppliers that manufacture for sale TPMSs for the above 
vehicles.
    This information will be provided by the respondents in a 
prescribed electronic readily available format, such as Microsoft Word 
and Microsoft Excel, for ease of searching, storing, and evaluation.
    For both groups of manufacturers, the company that historically 
reports phase-in compliance information to the agency will collect the 
data from their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. This comports 
with the manner in which each manufacturer complies with other phase-in 
requirements.
    This information will be used by NHTSA to determine the lead-time 
and phase-in schedule needed by vehicle manufacturers to comply with a 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) concerning TPMSs.

Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden of the 
Collection of Information

    NHTSA estimates that the requested information is readily available 
from records already kept and maintained by the potential respondents. 
NHTSA believes that the burden incurred by vehicle manufacturers will 
be limited to a review of actual production or planned production 
previously determined by the respondent to determine the type of TPMS 
that was or will be installed in the vehicles. For TPMS suppliers, the 
burden should be less, as they will state current capacity and estimate 
future capacity to supply vehicle manufacturers. Also, this is a one-
time request with no recurring costs. Taking these factors into 
account, NHTSA estimates that 65 burden-hours of time per vehicle 
manufacturer are sufficient for even the largest manufacturers with 
several makes and models. For TPMS suppliers, the burden is less since 
the suppliers are not as complex as vehicle manufacturers. As such, 
NHTSA estimates that 30 burden-hours per TPMS supplier are sufficient 
for even the largest supplier. It is estimated that this collection 
affects approximately 27 respondents. The estimates of the burden-hours 
on the respondents is as follows:

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Automobile manufacturers that     General Motors      65 hours per
 sell light vehicles in the U.S.   DaimlerChrysler     company.
 that weigh less than 10,000       Toyota etc., for
 pounds GVWR (except               a total of 14
 motorcycles, low-speed            manufacturers.
 vehicles, and trailers).
TPMS manufacturers that sell      TRW Delphi Visteon  30 hours per
 original equipment TPMs for the   etc., for a total   company.
 above vehicles.                   of 13 suppliers.
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    Total.......................  27 companies......  1300 burden-hours.
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Estimate of the Total Annual Costs of the Collection of Information

    There are no annual or recurring costs to respondents associated 
with this one-time data collection. The only cost incurred by the 
Federal Government, beyond normal overhead costs associated with the 
daily activities of NHTSA's Office of Rulemaking, is 20 hours for 
agency personnel to analyze the data received as a result of this 
collection. Each hour is estimated to cost $40.00 for a total cost of 
$800 ($40.00 x 20).

    Issued: September 10, 2003.
Jacqueline Glassman,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-23409 Filed 9-10-03; 1:01 pm]
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