[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 24163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9122]


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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 June 16, 2004 at Vol. 69, No. 115, p. 33693-94.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 6, 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: Dealer Notification of Defects and Noncompliances.
    OMB Number: 2127-0004.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection adding new requirements.
    Abstract: These are new amendments to regulations that require 
manufacturers of motor vehicles and items of vehicle equipment 
conducting recalls to (1) add information about the manufacturer's 
intended schedule for dealer notification to the manufacturer's 
notifications to NHTSA of defects and noncompliances that are already 
provided pursuant to 49 CFR 573, and (2) include certain specified 
language in the notifications that they send to their dealers and 
distributors pursuant to 49 CFR 577. In addition, vehicle manufacturers 
will now be required to maintain for a period of 5 years a list of its 
dealers and distributors that they have notified (69 FR 33693-33694).
    Affected Public: All manufacturers of motor vehicles and items of 
motor vehicle equipment that conduct safety recalls.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 19,974 hours for manufacturers of 
motor vehicles and items of motor vehicle equipment.
    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 Departments 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. 05-9122 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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