[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 155 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45300-45301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15739]


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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 collection and its expected 
burden. A Federal Register Notice soliciting public comment on the ICR, 
with a 60-day comment period, was published on May 15, 2007 at 72 FR 
27354.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 12, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance (NVS-223), West Building--Room W45-311, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (202-366-3151).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to the Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention Standards.
    OMB Number: 2127-0002.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA) has requested OMB to extend that agency's approval of the 
information collection that is incident to NHTSA's administration of 
the regulations at 49 CFR parts 591, 592, and 593 that govern the 
importation of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. The 
information collection includes declarations that are filed (on the HS-
7 Declaration form) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon 
the importation of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that is 
subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper,

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and theft prevention standards administered by NHTSA. The information 
collection also includes the Department of Transportation (DOT) 
conformance bond that is furnished to CBP (on form HS-474) for each 
motor vehicle offered for importation that does not conform to all 
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). The bond 
ensures that such vehicles are brought into conformity with those 
standards within 120 days from the date of entry or are exported from, 
or abandoned to, the United States. The information collection also 
includes paperwork that must be submitted to NHTSA and in some 
instances retained by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that 
were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS. 
These items include information that a person or business entity must 
submit to NHTSA to be registered as an RI and to retain that status. 
The paperwork also includes the statement of conformity that an RI must 
submit to NHTSA following the completion of conformance modifications 
on an imported nonconforming vehicle to obtain release of the DOT 
conformance bond furnished for the vehicle at the time of entry. Also 
included is the petition that an RI or manufacturer may submit to NHTSA 
for the agency to decide that a vehicle that was not originally 
manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS is capable of being 
modified to conform to those standards and is therefore eligible for 
importation under 49 U.S.C. 30141. The information collection also 
includes applications that are filed with NHTSA for permission to 
import nonconforming vehicles for purposes of research, investigations, 
demonstrations, training, competitive racing events, and show or 
display, as well as applications requesting the agency to recognize 
vehicles manufactured for racing purposes as being qualified to be 
imported as vehicles that were not primarily manufactured for use on 
public roads, precluding the need for those vehicles to comply with the 
FMVSS. This information collection is necessary to ensure that motor 
vehicles and motor vehicle equipment subject to the Federal motor 
vehicle safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards are lawfully 
imported into the United States and that RIs and applicants for RI 
status are capable of meeting their obligations under the statutes and 
regulations governing the importation of nonconforming vehicles.
    Affected Public: Individuals and commercial entities that import 
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS and 
vehicles that are not primarily manufactured for use on public roads, 
as well as applicants for RI status and existing RIs.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 42,413 hours; $1,655,613.00.
    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.
     Whether the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection is accurate.
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     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 on: August 7, 2007.
Daniel C. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
 [FR Doc. E7-15739 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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