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Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
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 an
existing collection of information for an
existing regulation for the aftermarket
modification of vehicles to
accommodate people with disabilities,
for which NHTSA intends to seek
renewed OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the
docket number cited at the beginning of
this notice, and may be submitted by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
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through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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include the docket number for this
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of information for which a comment is
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Control Number, 2127–0635. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
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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 https://
DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Gayle Dalrymple, NHTSA, 1200 New
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 25,
2010.
Michael J. Logue,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Compliance and Program Implementation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
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ACTION: Request for public comment on
extension of a currently approved
collection of information.
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Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W45–333,
NVS–123, Washington, DC 20590. Mrs.
Dalrymple’s telephone number is (202)
366–5559.
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:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(4) 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 collection of
information:
Title: Exemption for the Make
Inoperative Prohibition.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0635.
Form Number: This collection of
information uses no standard form.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Abstract: On February 27, 2001
NHTSA published a final rule (66 FR
12638) to facilitate the modification of
motor vehicles so that persons with
disabilities can drive or ride in them as
passengers. In that final rule, the agency
issued a limited exemption from a
statutory provision that prohibits
specified types of commercial entities
from either removing safety equipment
or features installed on motor vehicles
pursuant to the Federal motor vehicle
safety standards or altering the
equipment or features so as to adversely
affect their performance. The exemption
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is limited in that it allows repair
businesses to modify only certain types
of Federally-required safety equipment
and features, under specified
circumstances. The regulation is found
at 49 CFR Part 595 Subpart C—‘‘Vehicle
Modifications to Accommodate People
with Disabilities’’.
This final rule included two new
‘‘collections of information,’’ as that term
is defined in 5 CFR Part 1320
‘‘Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the
Public’’: Modifier identification and a
document to be provided to the owner
of the modified vehicle stating the
exemptions used for that vehicle and
any reduction in load carrying capacity
of the vehicle of more than 100 kg (220
lbs).
Modifiers who take advantage of the
exemption created by this rule are
required to furnish NHTSA with a
written document providing the
modifier’s name, address, and telephone
number, and a statement that the
modifier is availing itself of the
exemption. The rule requires:
‘‘S595.6 Modifier Identification.
(a) Any motor vehicle repair business
that modifies a motor vehicle to enable
a person with a disability to operate, or
ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle
and intends to avail itself of the
exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7
shall furnish the information specified
in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this
section to: Administrator, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590.
(1) Full individual, partnership, or
corporate name of the motor vehicle
repair business.
(2) Residence address of the motor
vehicle repair business and State of
incorporation if applicable.
(3) A statement that the motor vehicle
repair business modifies a motor vehicle
to enable a person with a disability to
operate, or ride as a passenger in, the
motor vehicle and intends to avail itself
of the exemption provided in 49 CFR
595.7.
(b) Each motor vehicle repair business
required to submit information under
paragraph (a) of this section shall
submit the information not later than
August 27, 2001. After that date, each
motor vehicle repair business that
modifies a motor vehicle to enable a
person with a disability to operate, or
ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle
and intends to avail itself of the
exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7
shall submit the information required
under paragraph (a) not later than 30
days after it first modifies a motor
vehicle to enable a person with a
disability to operate, or ride as a
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passenger in, the motor vehicle. Each
motor vehicle repair business who has
submitted required information shall
keep its entry current, accurate and
compete by submitting revised
information not later than 30 days after
the relevant changes in the business
occur.’’
This requirement is a one-time
submission unless changes are made to
the business as described in paragraph
(b). NHTSA estimates that there are
currently 471 businesses making
modifications to motor vehicles to
accommodate persons with disabilities.
Of those 471, we estimate 85 percent
will need to use the exemptions
provided by 49 CFR 595.7 (400
businesses). The initial registration of
modifiers wishing to use the exemptions
occurred in 2001. Now, we assume that
five percent of the 400 businesses
currently modifying vehicles will need
to change their information or new
registrants will elect to use the
exemptions. We estimate registrations
from 20 businesses each year of: 20
businesses × 10 minutes/business = 3.33
hours.
We estimate the material cost
associated with each submission to be
54 cents per responding business, or
$10.80 nationwide annually.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by a
person to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for
a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instruction; develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
We seek comment on:
1. Is our estimate of 471 businesses
engaged in vehicle modification to
accommodate people with disabilities
correct?
2. Are we correct in assuming that a
maximum of 85 percent of those 471
businesses, or 400 businesses, will need
to use the exemptions provided by 49
CFR 595.7?
3. Are our estimates of the burden
hours and material cost of compliance
with 49 CFR 595.6 reasonable?
Modifiers who avail themselves of the
exemptions in 49 CFR 595.7 are
required to keep a record, for each
applicable vehicle, listing which
standards, or portions thereof, no longer
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comply with the Federal motor vehicle
safety standards and to provide a copy
to the owner of the vehicle modified
(see 49 CFR 595.7 (b) and (e) as
published in the final rule).
We estimate that:
1. There are approximately 2,700
vehicles modified for persons with
disabilities per year by 471 businesses;
2. If 85 percent of the 471 businesses
use the exemptions provided by 49 CFR
595.7, those 400 businesses will modify
2300 vehicles annually; and
3. The burden for producing the
record required by 49 CFR 595.7 in
accordance with paragraph (e) for those
vehicles will be 767 hours per year
nationwide.
In the final rule we anticipated that
the least costly way for a repair business
to comply with this portion of the new
rule would be to annotate the vehicle
modification invoice as to the
exemption, if any, involved with each
item on the invoice. The cost of
preparing the invoice is not a portion of
our burden calculation, as that
preparation would be done in the
normal course of business. The time
needed to annotate the invoice, we
estimate, is 20 minutes. Therefore, the
burden hours for a full year are
calculated as:
2300 vehicles × 20 minutes/vehicle =
766.7 hours.
This burden includes the calculation
required by 49 CFR 595.7(e)5, but not
the gathering of the information
required for the calculation. That
information would be gathered in the
normal course of the vehicle
modification. The only extra burden
required by the rule is the calculation of
the reduction in loading carrying
capacity and conveying this information
to the vehicle owner. Again we are
assuming that annotation on the invoice
is the least burdensome way to
accomplish this customer notification.
There will be no additional material
cost associated with compliance with
this requirement since no additional
materials need be used above those used
to prepare the invoice in the normal
course of business. We are assuming it
is normal and customary in the course
of vehicle modification business to
prepare an invoice, to provide a copy of
the invoice to the vehicle owner, and to
keep a copy of the invoice for five years
after the vehicle is delivered to the
owner in finished form.
We seek comment on whether our
assumptions about the following are
reasonable:
1. The document required by 49 CFR
595.7(b) and specified in paragraph (e)
will need to be prepared for
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approximately 2300 vehicles modified
nationwide per year,
2. Annotation of each vehicle
modification invoice as to which
exemptions were used will take an
average of 20 minutes, and
3. It is normal in the course of vehicle
modification business to prepare an
invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice
to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy
of the invoice for five years after the
vehicle is delivered to the owner in
finished form.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 770 hours,
and $10.80.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
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: June 25, 2010.
Nathaniel M. Beuse,
Office of Crash Avoidance Standards,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on a continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The OCC is
soliciting comment concerning an
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extension of OMB approval of the
information collection titled, ‘‘Real
Estate Lending and Appraisals (12 CFR
34).’’ The OCC is also giving notice that
it has submitted the collection to OMB
for review.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Communications Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Mailstop 2–3, Attention:
1557–0190, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219. In addition,
comments may be sent by fax to (202)
874–5274, or by electronic mail to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You may
personally inspect and photocopy
comments at the OCC, 250 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20219. For
security reasons, the OCC requires that
visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may do so by calling
(202) 874–4700. Upon arrival, visitors
will be required to present valid
government-issued photo identification
and to submit to security screening in
order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Additionally, please send a copy of
your comments to OCC Desk Officer,
1557–0190, by mail to U.S. Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC
20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may request additional information or a
copy of the collection and supporting
documentation submitted to OMB by
contacting: Mary H. Gottlieb, (202) 874–
5090, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Real Estate Lending and
Appraisals (12 CFR 34).
OMB Control No.: 1557–0190.
Type of Review: Extension, without
revision, of a currently approved
collection.
Description: Twelve CFR Part 34
contains a number of reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. Subpart B
(Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (ARM)) and
Subpart E (Other Real Estate Owned)
contain reporting requirements. Subpart
C (Appraisal Requirements) and Subpart
D (Real Estate Lending Standards)
contain recordkeeping requirements.
Subpart B, § 34.22(a) requires that for
ARM loans, the loan documentation
must specify an index or combination of
indices to which changes in the interest
rate will be linked. Section 34.22(b)
provides notice procedures to be used
when a national bank seeks to use an
index other than the one described in
paragraph (a).
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Subpart C, § 34.44 provides minimum
standards for the performance of real
estate appraisals, including the
requirement that appraisals be written
and contain sufficient information and
analysis to support the institution’s
decision to engage in the transaction.
Subpart D, § 34.62(a) requires each
national bank to adopt and maintain
written policies that establish
appropriate limits and standards for
extensions of credit that are secured by
liens on or interests in real estate, or
that are made for the purpose of
financing permanent improvements to
real estate. Section 34.62(b)(iii) requires
real estate lending policies to be
reviewed and approved by the bank’s
board of directors at least annually.
Subpart E, § 34.83(b) provides that
national banks must maintain
documentation adequate to reflect their
efforts to dispose of each parcel of
OREO. Section 34.84 requires that after
holding any real estate acquired for
future bank expansion for one year, a
national bank must state, by resolution
or other official action, definite plans for
the use of the property and make the
resolution or other action available for
inspection by bank examiners. Section
34.85(a)(2) requires banks to develop a
prudent real estate collateral evaluation
policy to monitor the value of each
parcel of OREO in a manner consistent
with prudent banking practice. Section
34.86(b) requires banks to notify the
appropriate supervisory office at least
30 days before making advances under
a development or improvement plan for
OREO if the total investment in the
property will exceed 10 percent of the
bank’s capital and surplus.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Burden Estimates:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,650.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,650.
Estimated Annual Burden: 94,095
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Comments: The OCC issued a 60-Day
Federal Register notice on April 21,
2010. 75 FR 20883. No comments were
received. Comments continue to be
invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
OCC, including whether the information
has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the OCC’s
estimate of the information collection
burden;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2010-0086]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on extension of a currently approved
collection of information.
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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 comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This
document describes an existing collection of information for an
existing regulation for the aftermarket modification of vehicles to
accommodate people with disabilities, for which NHTSA intends to seek
renewed OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the docket number cited at the
beginning of this notice, and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1-800-
647-2251.
Instructions: All submissions must include the docket
number for this document. Please identify the collection of information
for which a comment is provided by referencing the OMB Control Number,
2127-0635. Note that all comments received will be posted without
change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
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 https://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gayle Dalrymple, NHTSA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W45-333, NVS-123, Washington, DC 20590. Mrs.
Dalrymple's telephone number is (202) 366-5559.
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:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(4) 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 collection of information:
Title: Exemption for the Make Inoperative Prohibition.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0635.
Form Number: This collection of information uses no standard form.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
Abstract: On February 27, 2001 NHTSA published a final rule (66 FR
12638) to facilitate the modification of motor vehicles so that persons
with disabilities can drive or ride in them as passengers. In that
final rule, the agency issued a limited exemption from a statutory
provision that prohibits specified types of commercial entities from
either removing safety equipment or features installed on motor
vehicles pursuant to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards or
altering the equipment or features so as to adversely affect their
performance. The exemption
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is limited in that it allows repair businesses to modify only certain
types of Federally-required safety equipment and features, under
specified circumstances. The regulation is found at 49 CFR Part 595
Subpart C--``Vehicle Modifications to Accommodate People with
Disabilities''.
This final rule included two new ``collections of information,'' as
that term is defined in 5 CFR Part 1320 ``Controlling Paperwork Burdens
on the Public'': Modifier identification and a document to be provided
to the owner of the modified vehicle stating the exemptions used for
that vehicle and any reduction in load carrying capacity of the vehicle
of more than 100 kg (220 lbs).
Modifiers who take advantage of the exemption created by this rule
are required to furnish NHTSA with a written document providing the
modifier's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that
the modifier is availing itself of the exemption. The rule requires:
``S595.6 Modifier Identification.
(a) Any motor vehicle repair business that modifies a motor vehicle
to enable a person with a disability to operate, or ride as a passenger
in, the motor vehicle and intends to avail itself of the exemption
provided in 49 CFR 595.7 shall furnish the information specified in
paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this section to: Administrator,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590.
(1) Full individual, partnership, or corporate name of the motor
vehicle repair business.
(2) Residence address of the motor vehicle repair business and
State of incorporation if applicable.
(3) A statement that the motor vehicle repair business modifies a
motor vehicle to enable a person with a disability to operate, or ride
as a passenger in, the motor vehicle and intends to avail itself of the
exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7.
(b) Each motor vehicle repair business required to submit
information under paragraph (a) of this section shall submit the
information not later than August 27, 2001. After that date, each motor
vehicle repair business that modifies a motor vehicle to enable a
person with a disability to operate, or ride as a passenger in, the
motor vehicle and intends to avail itself of the exemption provided in
49 CFR 595.7 shall submit the information required under paragraph (a)
not later than 30 days after it first modifies a motor vehicle to
enable a person with a disability to operate, or ride as a passenger
in, the motor vehicle. Each motor vehicle repair business who has
submitted required information shall keep its entry current, accurate
and compete by submitting revised information not later than 30 days
after the relevant changes in the business occur.''
This requirement is a one-time submission unless changes are made
to the business as described in paragraph (b). NHTSA estimates that
there are currently 471 businesses making modifications to motor
vehicles to accommodate persons with disabilities. Of those 471, we
estimate 85 percent will need to use the exemptions provided by 49 CFR
595.7 (400 businesses). The initial registration of modifiers wishing
to use the exemptions occurred in 2001. Now, we assume that five
percent of the 400 businesses currently modifying vehicles will need to
change their information or new registrants will elect to use the
exemptions. We estimate registrations from 20 businesses each year of:
20 businesses x 10 minutes/business = 3.33 hours.
We estimate the material cost associated with each submission to be
54 cents per responding business, or $10.80 nationwide annually.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by a person to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instruction; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
We seek comment on:
1. Is our estimate of 471 businesses engaged in vehicle
modification to accommodate people with disabilities correct?
2. Are we correct in assuming that a maximum of 85 percent of those
471 businesses, or 400 businesses, will need to use the exemptions
provided by 49 CFR 595.7?
3. Are our estimates of the burden hours and material cost of
compliance with 49 CFR 595.6 reasonable?
Modifiers who avail themselves of the exemptions in 49 CFR 595.7
are required to keep a record, for each applicable vehicle, listing
which standards, or portions thereof, no longer comply with the Federal
motor vehicle safety standards and to provide a copy to the owner of
the vehicle modified (see 49 CFR 595.7 (b) and (e) as published in the
final rule).
We estimate that:
1. There are approximately 2,700 vehicles modified for persons with
disabilities per year by 471 businesses;
2. If 85 percent of the 471 businesses use the exemptions provided
by 49 CFR 595.7, those 400 businesses will modify 2300 vehicles
annually; and
3. The burden for producing the record required by 49 CFR 595.7 in
accordance with paragraph (e) for those vehicles will be 767 hours per
year nationwide.
In the final rule we anticipated that the least costly way for a
repair business to comply with this portion of the new rule would be to
annotate the vehicle modification invoice as to the exemption, if any,
involved with each item on the invoice. The cost of preparing the
invoice is not a portion of our burden calculation, as that preparation
would be done in the normal course of business. The time needed to
annotate the invoice, we estimate, is 20 minutes. Therefore, the burden
hours for a full year are calculated as:
2300 vehicles x 20 minutes/vehicle = 766.7 hours.
This burden includes the calculation required by 49 CFR 595.7(e)5,
but not the gathering of the information required for the calculation.
That information would be gathered in the normal course of the vehicle
modification. The only extra burden required by the rule is the
calculation of the reduction in loading carrying capacity and conveying
this information to the vehicle owner. Again we are assuming that
annotation on the invoice is the least burdensome way to accomplish
this customer notification.
There will be no additional material cost associated with
compliance with this requirement since no additional materials need be
used above those used to prepare the invoice in the normal course of
business. We are assuming it is normal and customary in the course of
vehicle modification business to prepare an invoice, to provide a copy
of the invoice to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy of the invoice
for five years after the vehicle is delivered to the owner in finished
form.
We seek comment on whether our assumptions about the following are
reasonable:
1. The document required by 49 CFR 595.7(b) and specified in
paragraph (e) will need to be prepared for
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approximately 2300 vehicles modified nationwide per year,
2. Annotation of each vehicle modification invoice as to which
exemptions were used will take an average of 20 minutes, and
3. It is normal in the course of vehicle modification business to
prepare an invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice to the vehicle
owner, and to keep a copy of the invoice for five years after the
vehicle is delivered to the owner in finished form.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 770 hours, and $10.80.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 400.
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: June 25, 2010.
Nathaniel M. Beuse,
Office of Crash Avoidance Standards, Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-16036 Filed 6-30-10; 8:45 am]
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