Continental Tire North America, Inc., Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance, 53710-53711 [05-17902]
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Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: Section 801, Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, as amended, requires
retention of records pertaining to
financial assistance programs for ship
construction and ship operations. These
records are required to be retained to
permit proper financial review of
pertinent records at the conclusion of a
contract when the contractor was
receiving government financial
assistance.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information is needed in order that
MARAD may conduct financial reviews
of pertinent records at the conclusion of
a contract.
Description of Respondents: U.S.
shipping companies receiving
government financial aid.
Annual Responses: One response.
Annual Burden: 50 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400
Seventh Street, Southwest, Washington,
DC 20590. Comments also may be
submitted by electronic means via the
Internet at https://dms.dot.gov/submit.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
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(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.)
Dated: August 31, 2005.
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By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2005 22328]
Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before November 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Olsen, Maritime
Administration, 400 Seventh Street
Southwest, Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–2313, FAX: 202–
366–9580; or E-mail:
Thomas.olsen@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Determination of
Fair and Reasonable Rates for Carriage
of Agriculture Cargoes on U.S.-flag
Commercial Vessels.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0514.
Form Numbers: MA–1025, MA–1026,
and MA–172.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: This data collection
requires U.S.-flag operators to submit
vessel operating costs and capital costs
data to MARAD officials on an annual
basis.
Need and Use of the Information: This
information is needed by MARAD to
establish fair and reasonable guideline
rates for carriage of specific cargoes on
U.S. vessels.
Description of Respondents: U.S.
citizens who own and operate U.S.-flag
vessels.
Annual Responses: 260 responses.
Annual Burden: 740 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
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top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400
Seventh Street Southwest, Washington,
DC 20590. Comments also may be
submitted by electronic means via the
Internet at https://dms.dot.gov/submit.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at https://dms.dot.gov.
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 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.)
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: August 30, 2005.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05–17913 Filed 9–8–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–21925; Notice 2]
Continental Tire North America, Inc.,
Grant of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
Continental Tire North America, Inc.
(Continental) has determined that
certain tires that it produced do not
comply with S6.5 of 49 CFR 571.119,
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) No. 119, ‘‘New pneumatic tires
for vehicles other than passenger cars.’’
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h), Continental has petitioned for
a determination that this
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety and has filed an
appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR
part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance
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Reports.’’ Notice of receipt of a petition
was published, with a 30-day comment
period, on July 27, 2005, in the Federal
Register (70 FR 43507). NHTSA
received no comments.
Affected are a total of approximately
430 tires produced on May 24, 2005.
One requirement of S6.5 of FMVSS No.
119, tire markings, is that the tire
identification shall comply with 49 CFR
part 574, ‘‘Tire Identification and
Recordkeeping,’’ which includes the
marking requirements of 574.5(b) DOT
size code, and 574.5(c) DOT tire type.
The subject tires are incorrectly marked
for both size code and tire type. The
markings read ‘‘A3 3T 1WP XXXX’’
when they should read ‘‘A3 55 1N1
XXXX.’’
Continental Tire explained:
[T]he curing mold used in the production
of the tires was being serviced. During the
service, the interchangeable plugs that
contain the DOT size and type information
came out of the mold. The individual
replacing the plugs inserted plugs engraved
with the incorrect information. The
noncompliance was discovered after 430 tires
had been cured in this mold.
Continental Tire believes that the
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety and that no
corrective action is warranted.
Continental Tire stated that ‘‘[a]ll other
sidewall identification markings and
safety information are correct, referring
to recognizable size markings and load
carrying capacities. A consumer or
dealer examining the DOT Code could
still determine the correct
manufacturing plant and correct
manufacturing date.’’
NHTSA agrees with Continental that
the noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety. As Continental
points out, the tires do have markings
which provide the correct size and load
carrying capacities, and the correct
manufacturing plant and date can be
determined. Therefore, there should be
no confusion by the user of this
information, and Continental should be
able to identify the tires in the event of
recall. Continental has corrected the
problem.
In consideration of the foregoing,
NHTSA has decided that the petitioner
has met its burden of persuasion that
the noncompliance described is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Accordingly, Continental’s petition is
granted and the petitioner is exempted
from the obligation of providing
notification of, and a remedy for, the
noncompliance.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120;
delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and
501.8)
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Issued on: September 2, 2005.
Ronald L. Medford,
Senior Associate Administrator for Vehicle
Safety.
[FR Doc. 05–17902 Filed 9–8–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–21926; Notice 2]
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Grant
of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
(Cooper) has determined that the
markings on certain tires that it
produced in 2004 and 2005 do not
comply with S4.3(a) of 49 CFR 571.109,
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) No. 109, ‘‘New pneumatic
tires.’’ Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d)
and 30120(h), Cooper has petitioned for
a determination that this
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety and has filed an
appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR
part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance
Reports.’’ Notice of receipt of a petition
was published, with a 30-day comment
period, on July 29, 2005 in the Federal
Register (70 FR 43934). NHTSA
received no comments.
Affected are a total of approximately
2,606 Cooper Discoverer AST II tires in
the 265/70R16 size, produced between
October 10, 2004 and April 16, 2005.
S4.3, Labeling requirements, requires
compliance with 49 CFR 574.5, ‘‘Tire
Identification and Record Keeping, Tire
Identification Requirements.’’ The size
designation required by Part 574.5 was
incorrectly marked on the subject tires,
which were molded with the letters
‘‘TY’’ as the second grouping of symbols
in the tire identification number. The
correct stamping should have been
‘‘C2.’’
Cooper believes that the
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety and that no
corrective action is warranted. Cooper
states that the purpose of the tire
identification number marking
requirements is to facilitate the ability of
the tire manufacturer to identify the
tires in the event of a recall. Cooper
asserts that the incorrect size
designation in this case does not affect
the ability to identify defective or
nonconforming tires. Cooper points out
that the tire size is correctly stamped on
the sidewalls of the subject tires, and
states that the tires comply with all
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other requirements of FMVSS No. 109
and 49 CFR 574.5.
NHTSA agrees with Cooper that the
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety. As Cooper points
out, the tires do have sidewall markings
which provide the correct size for the
user of this information. In addition, the
incorrect marking does not affect the
ability to identify the tires in the event
of recall. Cooper has corrected the
problem.
In consideration of the foregoing,
NHTSA has decided that the petitioner
has met its burden of persuasion that
the noncompliance described is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Accordingly, Cooper’s petition is
granted and the petitioner is exempted
from the obligation of providing
notification of, and a remedy for, the
noncompliance.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120;
delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and
501.8)
Issued on: September 2, 2005.
Ronald L. Medford,
Senior Associate Administrator for Vehicle
Safety.
[FR Doc. 05–17903 Filed 9–8–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–21930; Notice 2]
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Grant
of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
(Cooper) has determined that certain
tires it produced in 2005 do not comply
with S4.3(e) of 49 CFR 571.109, Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 109, ‘‘New pneumatic tires.’’
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h), Cooper has petitioned for a
determination that this noncompliance
is inconsequential to motor vehicle
safety and has filed an appropriate
report pursuant to 49 CFR part 573,
‘‘Defect and Noncompliance Reports.’’
Notice of receipt of a petition was
published, with a 30-day comment
period, on July 29, 2005 in the Federal
Register (70 FR 43934). NHTSA
received no comments.
Cooper produced approximately 3,070
Cooper brand tires during the period
from January 30, 2005 through May 21,
2005 that do not comply with FMVSS
No. 109, S4.3(e). S4.3(e) of FMVSS No.
109 requires that ‘‘each tire shall have
permanently molded into or onto both
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2005-21925; Notice 2]
Continental Tire North America, Inc., Grant of Petition for
Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance
Continental Tire North America, Inc. (Continental) has determined
that certain tires that it produced do not comply with S6.5 of 49 CFR
571.119, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 119, ``New
pneumatic tires for vehicles other than passenger cars.'' Pursuant to
49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Continental has petitioned for a
determination that this noncompliance is inconsequential to motor
vehicle safety and has filed an appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR
part 573, ``Defect and Noncompliance
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Reports.'' Notice of receipt of a petition was published, with a 30-day
comment period, on July 27, 2005, in the Federal Register (70 FR
43507). NHTSA received no comments.
Affected are a total of approximately 430 tires produced on May 24,
2005. One requirement of S6.5 of FMVSS No. 119, tire markings, is that
the tire identification shall comply with 49 CFR part 574, ``Tire
Identification and Recordkeeping,'' which includes the marking
requirements of 574.5(b) DOT size code, and 574.5(c) DOT tire type. The
subject tires are incorrectly marked for both size code and tire type.
The markings read ``A3 3T 1WP XXXX'' when they should read ``A3 55 1N1
XXXX.''
Continental Tire explained:
[T]he curing mold used in the production of the tires was being
serviced. During the service, the interchangeable plugs that contain
the DOT size and type information came out of the mold. The
individual replacing the plugs inserted plugs engraved with the
incorrect information. The noncompliance was discovered after 430
tires had been cured in this mold.
Continental Tire believes that the noncompliance is inconsequential
to motor vehicle safety and that no corrective action is warranted.
Continental Tire stated that ``[a]ll other sidewall identification
markings and safety information are correct, referring to recognizable
size markings and load carrying capacities. A consumer or dealer
examining the DOT Code could still determine the correct manufacturing
plant and correct manufacturing date.''
NHTSA agrees with Continental that the noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. As Continental points out, the
tires do have markings which provide the correct size and load carrying
capacities, and the correct manufacturing plant and date can be
determined. Therefore, there should be no confusion by the user of this
information, and Continental should be able to identify the tires in
the event of recall. Continental has corrected the problem.
In consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA has decided that the
petitioner has met its burden of persuasion that the noncompliance
described is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. Accordingly,
Continental's petition is granted and the petitioner is exempted from
the obligation of providing notification of, and a remedy for, the
noncompliance.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; delegations of authority at CFR
1.50 and 501.8)
Issued on: September 2, 2005.
Ronald L. Medford,
Senior Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-17902 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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