[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-549]


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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 (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

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 document with a 60-day comment period was 
published on September 29, 2004 (69 FR 58219).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlita Ballard at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of International Policy, 
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, (NVS-131), 202-366-0307, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 5320, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration.
    Title: 49 CFR Part 543; Petitions for Exemption from the Vehicle 
Theft Prevention Standard.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0542.
    Type of Request: Request for public comment on a previously 
approved collection of information.
    Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331 requires the Secretary of 
Transportation to promulgate a theft prevention standard to provide for 
the identification of certain motor vehicles and their major 
replacement parts to impede motor vehicle theft. 49 U.S.C. Section 
33106 provides for an exemption to this identification process by 
petitions from manufacturers who equip covered vehicles with standard 
original equipment antitheft devices, which the Secretary determines 
are likely to be as effective in reducing or deterring theft as the 
identification system. Section 543.5 is revised for each model year 
after model year 1996 a manufacturer may petition NHTSA to grant an 
exemption for one additional line of it's passenger motor vehicles from 
the requirements of part 541 of this chapter.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 226 hours.

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 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: January 6, 2005.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 05-549 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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