[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 56 (Thursday, March 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15158-15159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5846]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 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 December 15, 2004 at Vol. 69, No. 240 p. 75104-05.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Long at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Recall Management Division, NVS-215, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, phone 202-366-6281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Record Retention.
    OMB Number: 2127--0042.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. Section 30166(e), NHTSA ``reasonably may 
require a manufacturer of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment to 
keep records, and a manufacturer, distributor or dealer to make 
reports, to enable [NHTSA] to decide whether the manufacturer, 
distributor, or dealer has complied or is complying with this chapter 
or a regulation prescribed under this chapter.''
    To ensure that NHTSA will have access to this type of information, 
the agency exercised the authority granted in 49 U.S.C. Section 
30166(e) and promulgated 49 CFR part 576 Record

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Retention, initially published on August 20, 1974 and most recently 
amended on July 10, 2002 (67 FR 45873), requiring manufacturers to 
retain one copy of all records that contain information concerning 
malfunctions that may be related to motor vehicle safety for a period 
of five calendar years after the record is generated or acquired by the 
manufacturer. Manufacturers are also required to retain for five years 
the underlying records related to early warning reporting (EWR) 
information submitted under 49 CFR part 579.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 40,020 annual hours burden (20 
respondents times 1 hour, plus 1,000 respondents times 40 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 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.

Kathleen C. DeMeter,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
[FR Doc. 05-5846 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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