Request for Comments on a Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Automotive Fuel Economy Reports, 55898 [2012-22322]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0059]
Request for Comments on a Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Automotive Fuel Economy
Reports
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on May 18, 2012 (77 FR
29751). No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 11, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth R. Katz, Fuel Economy
Division, Office of International Policy,
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs,
NVS–132, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
Phone: (202) 366–4936.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 49 CFR Part 537, Automotive
Fuel Economy Reports.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0019.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: 49 United States Code
(U.S.C.) 32907(a) requires a
manufacturer to submit reports to the
Secretary of Transportation on whether
a manufacturer will comply with an
applicable average fuel economy
standard under 49 U.S.C. 32902 of this
title for the model year for which the
report is made, the actions a
manufacturer has taken or intends to
take to comply with the standard, and
other information the Secretary requires
by regulation. Under 49 CFR Part 537,
NHTSA also requires manufacturers to
provide data on vehicle footprint so that
the agency can determine a
manufacturer’s required fuel economy
level and its compliance with that level.
The information collected provides the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) with advance
indication whether automotive
manufacturers expect to comply with
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the applicable average fuel economy
standards; furnishes NHTSA with the
necessary information to prepare its
annual update on the Automotive Fuel
Economy Program; aids NHTSA in
responding to general requests
concerning automotive fuel economy;
and supplies NHTSA with detailed and
current technical and economic
information that will be used to evaluate
possible future average fuel economy
standards.
Affected Public: Automobile
manufacturers.
Number of Respondents: Thirty.
Number of Responses: Fifty-four;
some manufacturers have multiple fleets
and 49 CFR Part 537 requires a separate
report for each fleet.
Total Annual Burden Hours: Thirty
automotive manufacturers must comply
with 49 CFR 537. For each current
model year, each manufacturer is
required to submit semi-annual reports:
a pre-model year report and a midmodel year report. The pre-model year
report must be submitted during the
month of December, and the mid-model
year report must be submitted during
the month of July. The total number of
responses submitted by automotive
manufacturers is 54. We currently have
a clearance for 2,339 hours based on
reports being received from 22
manufacturers. Including the 8
additional manufacturers results in an
additional reporting burden of 850
hours. Adding that burden to the
existing burden of 2,339 hours results in
a total of 3,189 hours.
Frequency of Collection: A pre-model
report and a mid-model report are
required to be submitted by
manufacturers once per model year for
each applicable fleet (domestic
passenger car, imported passenger car,
light trucks).
ADDRESSES: Please send comments
regarding the burden estimate,
including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to the Office of Management
and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. 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
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1:48.
Issued on: September 5, 2012.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 338X)]
Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Beaufort
County, NC
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 0.76 miles of
rail line between milepost WL 25.94 (at
the line’s crossing of Highway 306) and
milepost WL 26.70, in Aurora, Beaufort
County, NC. 1 The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 27806.
NSR has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic
can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no
formal complaint filed by a user of rail
service on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
1 NSR states that it does not own the right-of-way
(ROW) underlying the line. It seeks this
abandonment at the behest of the ROW owner, PCS
Phosphate, which wants to use the land for its own
industrial purposes.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0059]
Request for Comments on a Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection: Automotive Fuel Economy Reports
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information collection was published on May
18, 2012 (77 FR 29751). No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 11, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Katz, Fuel Economy
Division, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer
Programs, NVS-132, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590, Phone: (202) 366-4936.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 49 CFR Part 537, Automotive Fuel Economy Reports.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0019.
Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 32907(a) requires a
manufacturer to submit reports to the Secretary of Transportation on
whether a manufacturer will comply with an applicable average fuel
economy standard under 49 U.S.C. 32902 of this title for the model year
for which the report is made, the actions a manufacturer has taken or
intends to take to comply with the standard, and other information the
Secretary requires by regulation. Under 49 CFR Part 537, NHTSA also
requires manufacturers to provide data on vehicle footprint so that the
agency can determine a manufacturer's required fuel economy level and
its compliance with that level. The information collected provides the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with advance
indication whether automotive manufacturers expect to comply with the
applicable average fuel economy standards; furnishes NHTSA with the
necessary information to prepare its annual update on the Automotive
Fuel Economy Program; aids NHTSA in responding to general requests
concerning automotive fuel economy; and supplies NHTSA with detailed
and current technical and economic information that will be used to
evaluate possible future average fuel economy standards.
Affected Public: Automobile manufacturers.
Number of Respondents: Thirty.
Number of Responses: Fifty-four; some manufacturers have multiple
fleets and 49 CFR Part 537 requires a separate report for each fleet.
Total Annual Burden Hours: Thirty automotive manufacturers must
comply with 49 CFR 537. For each current model year, each manufacturer
is required to submit semi-annual reports: a pre-model year report and
a mid-model year report. The pre-model year report must be submitted
during the month of December, and the mid-model year report must be
submitted during the month of July. The total number of responses
submitted by automotive manufacturers is 54. We currently have a
clearance for 2,339 hours based on reports being received from 22
manufacturers. Including the 8 additional manufacturers results in an
additional reporting burden of 850 hours. Adding that burden to the
existing burden of 2,339 hours results in a total of 3,189 hours.
Frequency of Collection: A pre-model report and a mid-model report
are required to be submitted by manufacturers once per model year for
each applicable fleet (domestic passenger car, imported passenger car,
light trucks).
ADDRESSES: Please send comments regarding the burden estimate,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the
Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.
Issued on: September 5, 2012.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2012-22322 Filed 9-10-12; 8:45 am]
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