[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44417-44418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15177]


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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 an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) in support of the New Car Assessment Program 
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 May 11, 2005 [70 FR 24859, or 
U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2005-21068].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Johanna Lowrie at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Crashworthiness Standards 
(NVS-111) (202) 366-5269, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 5311, Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Vehicle Information for the General Public.
    OMB Number: 2127-0629.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Abstract: NHTSA currently collects vehicle information through the 
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance and through the Office of 
Crashworthiness Standards. The information collected has been useful to 
the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in selecting vehicles for it's 
crash testing programs, and providing information to consumers on 
vehicle safety features. The public's interest in vehicle information 
continues to grow. The public is interested not only in crash test 
results and other vehicle ratings, but is also interested in 
information on the benefit and availability of safety features. NHTSA 
also needs safety feature information when it attempts to analyze 
petitions for rulemaking asking the agency to mandate certain safety 
features.
    An example of the type of information we propose to collect 
includes: Specific advanced frontal air bag information that would 
include the number of air

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bag deployment stages; technologies air bag deployment is dependent 
upon; air bag on/off switch information; child restraint anchorages 
system information; seat belt information that would include 
pretensioners, load limiters or other energy management systems for the 
seat belt, seat belt extenders and adjustable upper belt anchorages; 
dynamic head restraints; side air bag information that would include 
where the side air bag is mounted, what type of side bag is mounted and 
whether the side air bags meet the requirements of the recommendations 
of the Technical Working Group on Out of Position Occupants (TWG); 
Automatic Door Lock (ADL) information; Electronic Stability Control 
(ESC), and anti-theft devices. We are also collecting information about 
safety belt reminder systems, crash data recorders and safety power 
windows.
    NHTSA will use this information on the NHTSA Web site (http://www.safercar.gov), in the ``Buying a Safer Car'' and ``Buying a Safer 
Car for Child Passengers'' brochures, other consumer publications, as 
well as for rulemaking benefit analyses. On average, the agency 
register's 80 thousand unique visitors to the safercar.gov Web site per 
week.
    NHTSA is making this burden easier by sending out formatted 
electronic files with the information request.
    Affected Public: Manufacturers that sell motor vehicles in the 
United States under 10,000 lbs.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 924 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2005.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 05-15177 Filed 8-1-05; 8:45 am]
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