New Car Assessment Program (NCAP); Safety Labeling, 74723-74724 [2011-30910]

Agencies

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 74723-74724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30910]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 575

[Docket No. NHTSA 2010-0025]
RIN 2127-AK51


New Car Assessment Program (NCAP); Safety Labeling

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

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to a final rule (49 CFR 
575.302), which was published in the Federal Register of Friday, July 
29, 2011 (76 FR 45453). The final rule amended NHTSA's regulation on 
vehicle labeling of safety rating information to reflect the enhanced 
NCAP ratings program.

DATES: Effective Date: January 3, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For non-legal issues, you may contact 
Ms. Jennifer N. Dang, Office of Crashworthiness Standards (Telephone: 
(202) 366-1740) (Fax: (202) 493-2739). For legal issues, you may call 
Mr. Edward Glancy, Office of the Chief Counsel (Telephone: (202) 366-
2992) (Fax: (202) 366-3820). You may send mail to both of these 
officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NHTSA published in the Federal Register of July 29, 2011 (76 FR 
45453), a final rule revising the agency's regulation on vehicle 
labeling of safety rating information.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulation inadvertently contained several 
errors.

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    In the first sentence of section 575.302(b), pickup trucks were 
incorrectly listed as an example of automobiles that are required by 
the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (AIDA) to have Monroney 
labels (price sticker labels). However, AIDA does not require Monroney 
labels for pickup trucks.\1\ That sentence also included a minor 
typographical error (the first use of the word ``are'' was extraneous).
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    \1\ NHTSA provided a discussion of this issue in the preamble to 
a final rule published in the Federal Register (71 FR 53572) on 
September 12, 2006. See also chapter VIII, Automobile Information 
Disclosure, Monograph, Consumer Protection Branch, Department of 
Justice, available at https://www.justice.gov/civil/docs_forms/CPB_Monograph.pdf.
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    In section 575.302(e)(4)(iii), the regulatory text specifying 
certain language for the label incorrectly indicated that the word 
``only'' is to be in italics, when it should have indicated that the 
word is to be capitalized. We note that the sample label shown in 
Figure 2 to section 575.302 correctly shows the word capitalized.
    Also, separate from the July 2011 final rule, we identified certain 
errors in the authority citation, which we are correcting.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 575

    Consumer protection, Motor vehicle safety, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Tires.

    Accordingly, 49 CFR part 575 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 575--CONSUMER INFORMATION

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1. The authority citation for part 575 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 32302, 32304A, 30111, 30115, 30117, 30123, 
30166, 30168, and 32908, Pub. L. 104-414, 114 Stat. 1800, Pub. L. 
109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, Pub. L. 110-140, 121 Stat. 1492, 15 U.S.C. 
1232(g); delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.


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2. In Sec.  575.302, revise paragraphs (b) and (e)(4)(iii) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  575.302  Vehicle labeling of safety rating information 
(compliance required for model year 2012 and later vehicles 
manufactured on or after January 31, 2012).

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    (b) Application. This section applies to automobiles with a GVWR of 
10,000 pounds or less, manufactured on or after January 31, 2012 that 
have vehicle identification numbers that identify the vehicles to be 
model year 2012 or later and that are required by the Automobile 
Information Disclosure Act, 15 U.S.C. 1231-1233, to have price sticker 
labels (Monroney labels), (e.g., passenger vehicles, station wagons, 
passenger vans, and sport utility vehicles). Model Year 2012 or later 
vehicles manufactured prior to January 31, 2012, at the manufacturer's 
option, may be labeled according to the provisions of this Sec.  
575.302 provided the ratings placed on the safety rating label are 
derived from vehicle testing conducted by the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration under the enhanced NCAP testing and rating 
program.
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    (e) * * *
    (4) * * *
    (iii) The words ``Based on the combined ratings of frontal, side 
and rollover'' followed by the statement ``Should ONLY be compared to 
other vehicles of similar size and weight'' (on the following line) 
must be placed at the bottom of the overall vehicle score area and left 
justified.
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    Issued On: November 23, 2011.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2011-30910 Filed 11-30-11; 8:45 am]
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