[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71789-71790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29543]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2010-0124]


Reports, Forms, and Record keeping Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of 
information, extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from 
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit 
public

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comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions 
and reinstatements of previously approved collections. On September 3, 
2010, NHTSA published a request for comment on one collection of 
information for which it intends to seek OMB approval (75 FR 54217). 
This notice reopens the comment period for this notice.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 27, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the docket number in 
the heading of this document, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on 
the electronic docket site by clicking on ``Help'' or ``FAQ.''
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
Regardless of how you submit comments, you should mention the docket 
number of this document.
    You may call the Docket Management Facility at 202-366-9826.
    Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public 
Participation heading of the Supplementary Information section of this 
document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, or the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kil-Jae Hong, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., W52-232, NPO-520, Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Hong's 
telephone number is (202) 493-0524 and e-mail address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 3, 2010, NHTSA published a 
request for comment on one collection of information for which it 
intends to seek OMB approval (75 FR 54217). That notice explained that 
to further NHTSA's development of a national tire fuel efficiency 
consumer information program required under the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007,\1\ NHTSA is proposing a multi-phased consumer 
research project and is currently requesting comment on the first phase 
of that research, which will consist of qualitative focus group market 
research and tire retailer interviews. On September 27, 2010, NHTSA 
published an amended request for comment with regards to focus group 
location, testing for the impact of basing a tire fuel efficiency 
rating on rolling resistance coefficient (RRC) vs. rolling resistance 
force (RRF), and testing for the recognition of existing labeling. (75 
FR 59319)
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    \1\ Public Law 110-140, 121 Stat. 1492 (Dec. 18, 2007).
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    NHTSA has recently placed in the docket for this notice draft 
documents that may assist commenters in elaborating on NHTSA's proposed 
plan. These documents include a summary of the focus group methodology, 
screening criteria of focus group participants, the draft focus group 
discussion guide, the proposed labels that will be shown and discussed, 
and the tire retailer interview discussion guide.
    NHTSA notes that comments have already been sought on and a public 
meeting has already been held on a draft research plan for the consumer 
research that is the subject of this collection of information.\2\ The 
relevance and poignancy of stakeholders' comments may be enhanced by 
reviewing that draft research plan and comments received in response to 
the draft research plan and public meeting, as well as comments already 
received in response to the original request for comments.
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    \2\ See Docket No. NHTSA-2010-0018.

    Issued on: November 18, 2010.
Gregory A. Walter,
Senior Associate Administrator, Policy and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-29543 Filed 11-23-10; 8:45 am]
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