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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.
Joseph S. Carra,
Associate Administrator for National Center
for Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. E7–14026 Filed 7–19–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2007–
28138]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
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AGENCY:
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
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatement of previously approved
collections.
This document describes one
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 18, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the
docket notice numbers cited at the
beginning of this notice and be
submitted to Docket Management, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590 by any of the
following methods.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Agency Web site: https://
dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the Docket
Management System.
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• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1–
800–647–5527.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this proposed collection of
information. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://dms.dot.gov including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room
W12–140 on the ground level of the
DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Complete copies of each request for
collection of information may be
obtained at no charge from Hisham T.
Mohamed, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building, Room
W43–437 (fourth floor), NVS–131,
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Mohamed’s
telephone number is (202) 366–0307.
Please identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to its OMB
Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must first publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
The OMB has promulgated
regulations describing what must be
included in such a document. Under
OMB’s regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)),
an agency must ask for public comment
on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
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(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collections of information:
Title: 49 CFR part 575, 104; Uniform
Tire Quality Grading Standard.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0519.
Affected Public: All passenger car tire
manufacturers and brand name owners
offering passenger car tires for sale in
the United States.
Form Number: The collection of this
information uses no standard form.
Abstract: Part 575 requires tire
manufacturers and tire brand owners to
submit reports to NHTSA regarding the
UTQGS grades of all passenger car tire
lines they offer for sale in the United
States. This information is used by
consumers of passenger car tires to
compare tire quality in making their
purchase decisions. The information is
provided in several different ways to
insure that the consumer can readily see
and understand the tire grade: (1) The
grades are molded into the sidewall of
the tire so that they can be reviewed on
both the new tire and the old tire that
is being replaced; (2) a paper label is
affixed to the tread face of the new tire
that provides the grade of that particular
tire line along with an explanation of
the grading system; (3) tire
manufacturers provide dealers with
brochures for public distribution listing
the grades of all of the tirelines they
offer for sale; and (4) NHTSA compiles
the grading information of all
manufacturers’ tirelines into a booklet
that is available to the public both in
printed form and on the Web site.
Estimated Annual Burden: NHTSA
estimates that a total of 89,730 manhours are required to write the
brochures, engrave the new passenger
car tire molds, and affix the paper labels
to the tires. Based on an average hourly
rate of $22 per hour for rubber workers
in the United States, the cost to the
manufacturers is $1,974,060 to perform
those items listed above. The largest
portion of the cost burden imposed by
the UTQGS program arises from the
testing necessary to determine the
grades that should be assigned to the
tires. An average of 125 convoys, driven
7,200 miles each, consisting of four
vehicles and four drivers, are run each
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year for treadwear testing. NHTSA
estimates it cost $0.60 per vehicle mile
including salaries, overhead and
reports. This brings the annual
treadwear testing cost to $2,160,000. For
the traction testing, it is estimated that
1,900 tires are tested annually with an
estimated cost of $38,000 for use of the
government test facility. Using a factor
of 3.5 times to cover salary and
overhead of test contractors, the
estimated cost of traction testing is
$133,000. A separate temperature grade
testing for tires is required, since the test
will not be an extension of the high
speed performance test of 49 CFR
571.109 which is required for safety
certification. Section 571.109 is
replaced by § 571.139, which has
different test speeds. For the
temperature testing, it is estimated that
1,900 tires are tested annually with an
estimated average cost per test of $423.
Therefore, the estimated UTQGS
temperature annual testing is $803,700.
Thus the total estimated cost for UTQGS
testing is $3,096,700. The cost of
printing the tread labels is
approximately 21,890,000 and estimate
for printing brochures is at $999,000.
This yields a total annual financial
burden of approximately $25,985,700
(approximately $26 million) on the tire
manufacturers.
Estimated Annual Burden to the
Government: The estimated annual cost
of UTQGS to the Federal government is
$1,278,000. The cost consists of
approximately $152,000 for data
management $730,000 for enforcement
testing, and about $396,000 for general
administration of the program.
Number of Respondents: There are
approximately 163 individual tire
brands sold in the United States. The
actual number of respondents is much
less than 163 due to company
acquisitions, mergers, and in most cases,
the manufacturer will report for the
various individual brand names that
they produce tires for. The actual
number of respondents is about 65
individual responses.
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.
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16:19 Jul 19, 2007
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Issued on: July 16, 2007.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E7–14094 Filed 7–19–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Petition for Exemption From the
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard;
Mercedes-Benz
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document grants in full
the Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.’s,
(MBUSA) petition for exemption of the
C-Line Chassis vehicle line in
accordance with 49 CFR part 543,
Exemption from the Theft Prevention
Standard. This petition is granted
because the agency has determined that
the antitheft device to be placed on the
line as standard equipment is likely to
be as effective in reducing and deterring
motor vehicle theft as compliance with
the parts-marking requirements of the
Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR part
541).
DATES: The exemption granted by this
notice is effective beginning with model
year (MY) 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carlita Ballard, Office of International
Vehicle, Fuel Economy and Consumer
Standards, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., NVS–131, Room W43–439
(4th Floor), Washington, DC 20590. Ms.
Ballard’s phone number is (202) 366–
5222. Her fax number is (202) 493–2990.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
petition dated August 8, 2006, MBUSA
requested exemption from the partsmarking requirements of the theft
prevention standard (49 CFR part 541)
for the C-Line Chassis vehicle line,
beginning with the 2008 model year.
The petition has been filed pursuant to
49 CFR part 543, Exemption from
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard,
based on the installation of an antitheft
device as standard equipment for an
entire vehicle line.
Under § 543.5(a), a manufacturer may
petition NHTSA to grant exemptions for
one line of its vehicle lines per model
year. In its petition, MBUSA provided a
detailed description and diagram of the
identity, design, and location of the
components of the antitheft device for
the C-Line Chassis vehicle line. MBUSA
stated that all C-Line Chassis vehicles
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will be equipped with a passive,
transponder-based electronic
immobilizer device as standard
equipment beginning with MY 2008.
Features of the antitheft device will
include an electronic key, a passive
immobilizer system (FBS III) which
includes an electronic ignition starter
switch control unit (EIS) and an engine
control unit (ECU). The device will also
have a visible and audible alarm. The
alarm system will provide protection for
all four doors, the trunk and the engine
hood. If any of the protected areas are
violated, the four turn signal lamps and
the left and right side turn signal marker
lamps will flash, the interior lamps will
switch on and the alarm will sound.
MBUSA’s submission is considered a
complete petition as required by 49 CFR
543.7, in that it meets the general
requirements contained in § 543.5 and
the specific content requirements of
§ 543.6.
MBUSA stated that the transmitter
key, the electronic ignition starter
switch control unit and the engine
control unit will work collectively to
perform the immobilizer function. The
immobilizer will prevent the engine
from running unless a valid key is used
in the ignition switch. Immobilization is
activated when the key is removed from
the ignition switch, whether the doors
are open or closed. Once activated, a
valid, coded-key must be inserted into
the ignition switch to disable
immobilization and permit the vehicle
to start.
In addressing the specific content
requirements of § 543.6, MBUSA
provided information on the reliability
and durability of its proposed device.
To ensure reliability and durability of
the device and to verify its ability to
satisfactory perform under extreme
conditions, MBUSA conducted various
tests based on its own specified
standards. MBUSA provided a detailed
list of the various tests conducted and
believes that the device is reliable and
durable since the device complied with
its own specific test conditions.
MBUSA also compared the device
proposed for its vehicle line with other
devices which NHTSA has determined
to be as effective in reducing and
deterring motor vehicle theft as would
compliance with the parts-marking
requirements. MBUSA stated that its
proposed device is functionally
equivalent to the systems used in the SLine Chassis and E-Line Chassis
vehicles which the agency has granted
exemptions from the parts-marking
requirements of the theft prevention
standard. MBUSA concluded that the
antitheft device for its C-Line Chassis
vehicle line is no less effective than
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2007-28138]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections.
This document describes one collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 18, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the docket notice numbers cited at
the beginning of this notice and be submitted to Docket Management,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590 by any of the following methods.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Agency Web site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments on the Docket Management System.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery/Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Telephone: 1-800-647-5527.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this proposed collection of information. Note that
all comments received will be posted without change to https://
dms.dot.gov including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Complete copies of each request for
collection of information may be obtained at no charge from Hisham T.
Mohamed, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room W43-
437 (fourth floor), NVS-131, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Mohamed's
telephone number is (202) 366-0307. Please identify the relevant
collection of information by referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information.
The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must be
included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collections of information:
Title: 49 CFR part 575, 104; Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0519.
Affected Public: All passenger car tire manufacturers and brand
name owners offering passenger car tires for sale in the United States.
Form Number: The collection of this information uses no standard
form.
Abstract: Part 575 requires tire manufacturers and tire brand
owners to submit reports to NHTSA regarding the UTQGS grades of all
passenger car tire lines they offer for sale in the United States. This
information is used by consumers of passenger car tires to compare tire
quality in making their purchase decisions. The information is provided
in several different ways to insure that the consumer can readily see
and understand the tire grade: (1) The grades are molded into the
sidewall of the tire so that they can be reviewed on both the new tire
and the old tire that is being replaced; (2) a paper label is affixed
to the tread face of the new tire that provides the grade of that
particular tire line along with an explanation of the grading system;
(3) tire manufacturers provide dealers with brochures for public
distribution listing the grades of all of the tirelines they offer for
sale; and (4) NHTSA compiles the grading information of all
manufacturers' tirelines into a booklet that is available to the public
both in printed form and on the Web site.
Estimated Annual Burden: NHTSA estimates that a total of 89,730
man-hours are required to write the brochures, engrave the new
passenger car tire molds, and affix the paper labels to the tires.
Based on an average hourly rate of $22 per hour for rubber workers in
the United States, the cost to the manufacturers is $1,974,060 to
perform those items listed above. The largest portion of the cost
burden imposed by the UTQGS program arises from the testing necessary
to determine the grades that should be assigned to the tires. An
average of 125 convoys, driven 7,200 miles each, consisting of four
vehicles and four drivers, are run each
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year for treadwear testing. NHTSA estimates it cost $0.60 per vehicle
mile including salaries, overhead and reports. This brings the annual
treadwear testing cost to $2,160,000. For the traction testing, it is
estimated that 1,900 tires are tested annually with an estimated cost
of $38,000 for use of the government test facility. Using a factor of
3.5 times to cover salary and overhead of test contractors, the
estimated cost of traction testing is $133,000. A separate temperature
grade testing for tires is required, since the test will not be an
extension of the high speed performance test of 49 CFR 571.109 which is
required for safety certification. Section 571.109 is replaced by Sec.
571.139, which has different test speeds. For the temperature testing,
it is estimated that 1,900 tires are tested annually with an estimated
average cost per test of $423. Therefore, the estimated UTQGS
temperature annual testing is $803,700. Thus the total estimated cost
for UTQGS testing is $3,096,700. The cost of printing the tread labels
is approximately 21,890,000 and estimate for printing brochures is at
$999,000. This yields a total annual financial burden of approximately
$25,985,700 (approximately $26 million) on the tire manufacturers.
Estimated Annual Burden to the Government: The estimated annual
cost of UTQGS to the Federal government is $1,278,000. The cost
consists of approximately $152,000 for data management $730,000 for
enforcement testing, and about $396,000 for general administration of
the program.
Number of Respondents: There are approximately 163 individual tire
brands sold in the United States. The actual number of respondents is
much less than 163 due to company acquisitions, mergers, and in most
cases, the manufacturer will report for the various individual brand
names that they produce tires for. The actual number of respondents is
about 65 individual responses.
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.
Issued on: July 16, 2007.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E7-14094 Filed 7-19-07; 8:45 am]
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