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reductions in costs, and also may help
to reveal product mix and technology
application trends during model years
for which the agency is currently
receiving actual corporate average fuel
economy (CAFE) compliance data.
Information regarding later model years
helps the agency gain a better
understanding of how manufacturers’
plans through MY 2025 relate to their
longer-term expectations regarding
Energy Independence and Security Act
requirements, market trends and
prospects for more advanced
technologies.
NHTSA will also consider
information from model years before
and after MYs 2016–2025 when
reviewing manufacturers’ planned
schedules for redesigning and
freshening their products in order to
examine how manufacturers anticipate
tying technology introduction to
product design schedules. In addition,
the agency is requesting information
regarding manufacturers’ estimates of
the future vehicle population, and fuel
economy improvements and
incremental costs attributed to this
notice.
Affected Public: Automobile
manufacturers.
Number of Respondents: 30.
Number of Responses: 30.
Total Annual Burden Hours: Reports
are requested from each of the thirty
automotive manufacturers. For each
manufacturer who supplies product
plan reports, NHTSA has made
available a product plan template,
which can be found at: https://
www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+Regulations/
CAFE+-+Fuel+Economy/Current+and+
past+product+plan+requests.
NHTSA currently has a clearance for
16,000 hours, based on reports being
received from 22 manufacturers.
Including reports from eight additional
manufacturers, most of which produce
approximately 500 vehicles per year,
results in an additional reporting
burden of 500 hours. Adding that
burden to the existing burden of 16,000,
results in a total reporting burden of
16,500 hours. The information
requested in the templates may change
from request to request as new fuel
economy technologies are implemented,
which may increase the amount of
information requested, and as older
technologies are phased out, which may
decrease the amount of information
requested. Therefore, the time needed to
complete the templates may vary for
each product plan request. Although the
reporting burden may not be precisely
16,500 hours for each specific product
plan request, NHTSA believes that,
based on prior experience, that this
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burden is representative and accurate
for the purposes of this clearance.
Frequency of Collection: Manufacturer
product plans are requested each time
that NHTSA initiates a rulemaking for
light-duty fuel economy standards.
These standards may be issued for a one
to five year time frame; thus,
manufacturers would be expected to
provide these reports every one to five
years. Recent NHTSA rulemakings have
typically ranged between three and five
years. NHTSA generally requests
product plans prior to issuing a notice
of proposed rulemaking and prior to the
issuance of a final rule. Since the gap
between the two rules generally is less
than a year, manufacturers would be
expected to provide two reports for each
rulemaking cycle.
ADDRESSES: 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: November 15, 2012.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2012–0301; Notice No.
12–10]
Assessment of Hazardous Materials
Incident Data Collection, Analysis,
Reporting, and Use
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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This notice is a request for
comments and information to be used
for an assessment to improve the
collection, analysis, reporting, and use
of data related to accidents and
incidents involving the transportation of
hazardous materials. This notice is
being conducted in support of the
‘‘Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st
Century’’ (MAP–21) Act.
DATES: Comments must be received by
December 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by identification of the docket number
(PHMSA–2012–12–10) by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590.
• Hand Delivery: To Docket
Operations, Room W12–140 on the
ground floor of the West Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice at the beginning
of the comment. All comments received
will be posted without change to the
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS), including any personal
information.
Docket: For access to the dockets to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of any written
communications and comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
document (or signing the document, 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).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Lehman or Ms. Yolanda Braxton,
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
Department of Transportation,
Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366–1074.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
PHMSA, and its predecessor agency
the Research and Special Programs
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Administration (RSPA), have collected
hazardous materials incident reports for
over 40 years. The Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171–
180) establish requirements for an
immediate report (see § 171.15) and a
detailed incident report (Form DOT
F5800.1; see § 171.16). Over 500,000
detailed incident reports have been
collected over time. The incident data
and information is generally used by
PHMSA to:
1. Evaluate regulatory effectiveness;
2. Determine the need for regulatory
changes to address changing
transportation safety problems;
3. Identify major problem or risk areas
that should receive priority attention;
4. Chart trends;
5. Identify problems and training
inadequacies;
6. Evaluate packages and packaging;
7. Assess ways to reduce releases;
8. Aid the targeting of enforcement
activities; and
9. Assist in evaluating fitness for
special permits and approvals.
II. Purpose of This Notice
Section 33006(a) of MAP–21 (Pub. L.
112–141 § 33006(a), 126 Stat. 835, July
6, 2012) requires the Department to
conduct an assessment to improve the
collection, analysis, reporting, and use
of data related to accidents and
incidents involving the transportation of
hazardous materials.
Section 33006(b) requires the
Department to rely on the results of the
assessment to develop an action plan
and timeline for improving the
collection, analysis, reporting, and use
of data related to accidents and
incidents involving the transportation of
hazardous materials.
The provisions of MAP–21 set an
expedited timeline, with the assessment
due not later than six months after the
date of enactment (§ 33006(a)) and the
action plan due three months after
(§ 33006(b)). Upon completion of the
action plan and timeline the agency has
fifteen days to submit them to Congress
(§ 33006(c)).
In this notice, PHMSA is soliciting
information, comments, and inputs
related to the required elements of the
assessment contained in MAP–21.
Specifically, please provide comments
on your view of the methods used by
PHMSA to collect, analyze, report, and
use data. Also, please provide
comments on the adequacy of and
suggestions for improvement to:
1. Information requested on the
accident and incident reporting forms
required to be submitted to PHMSA;
2. Methods used by PHMSA to verify
that the information provided on such
forms is accurate and complete;
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3. Accident and incident reporting
requirements, including whether such
requirements should be expanded to
include shippers and consignees of
hazardous materials;
4. Resources of PHMSA related to
data collection, analysis, and reporting,
including staff and information
technology; and
5. The database used by PHMSA for
recording and reporting such accidents
and incidents, including the ability of
users to adequately search the database
and find information.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
15, 2012 under authority delegated in 49 CFR
Part 1.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2009–0126; Notice No.
12–12]
Advisory Notice: Notice of Intent To
Provide Compliance Date Extension
for Air-Passenger Notification of
Hazardous Material Restrictions
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Advisory notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA and the Federal
Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office
of Security and Hazardous Materials
Safety hereby provide notification of our
intent to extend the compliance date for
certain provisions adopted in a January
19, 2011 final rule (PHMSA–2009–0126;
76 FR 3308) by no less than one year
beyond the current January 1, 2013
compliance date in a future rulemaking
action. This notice is intended to
provide the widest dissemination of our
planned future action to all potentially
affected parties and to allow for
development of a collaborative
approach to implementing air-passenger
notifications between interested
government, commercial, and private
entities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Stevens, Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration,
Standards and Rulemaking Division
(PHH–10), (202) 366–8553, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 175.25 of the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR
Parts 171–180) prescribes the
requirements for air-passenger
notification of hazardous materials
restrictions. One primary purpose for
this regulation is to enhance public
safety awareness regarding the carriage
of hazardous materials onboard aircraft,
either as carry-on items or in checked
baggage. Improved public safety
awareness facilitates passenger
compliance with applicable regulatory
requirements, thus enhancing overall
aviation safety by reducing the
likelihood of inappropriate items being
transported onboard aircraft. On January
19, 2011, PHMSA amended 49 CFR
175.25 (PHMSA–2009–0126; 76 FR
3308). The amendments included
requirements for passenger notification
during ticket purchase and flight checkin, and are effective January 1, 2013.
While PHMSA has the primary
responsibility for issuing 49 CFR
regulations, the FAA has primary
responsibility for overseeing compliance
with these regulations as they pertain to
air transport. Since publication of the
January 19, 2011 final rule, PHMSA and
the FAA have received numerous
inquiries regarding specific
interpretations of the amended
requirements and the acceptability of
certain means of compliance with the
revised regulations. This notice
responds to administrative appeals that
request up to a two-year extension of the
compliance date of the adopted
passenger notification provisions under
§ 175.25 of the HMR.
II. Public Meeting
Subsequent to issuance of the January
19, 2011 final rule, PHMSA and the
FAA received numerous written and
oral comments requesting additional
time for affected entities to implement
the new provisions in a more effective
and cooperative manner. As a result, a
public meeting was held on August 16,
2012, in Washington, DC, to discuss
issues and concerns of participants and
regulators alike. Consequently, PHMSA
and the FAA jointly announced that we
seek further collaboration with the airpassenger transportation community in
defining what constitutes compliance
with the new provisions, to reduce or
eliminate any ambiguities, and to bring
more transparency to the process.
III. Conclusion
PHMSA and FAA agree that delaying
the full compliance date of revised
§ 175.25 is warranted, particularly if a
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2012-0301; Notice No. 12-10]
Assessment of Hazardous Materials Incident Data Collection,
Analysis, Reporting, and Use
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice is a request for comments and information to be
used for an assessment to improve the collection, analysis, reporting,
and use of data related to accidents and incidents involving the
transportation of hazardous materials. This notice is being conducted
in support of the ``Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century''
(MAP-21) Act.
DATES: Comments must be received by December 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by identification of the docket
number (PHMSA-2012-12-10) by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the
ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice at the beginning of the comment. All
comments received will be posted without change to the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS), including any personal information.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any
written communications and comments received into any of our dockets by
the name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, 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).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Lehman or Ms. Yolanda
Braxton, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-1074.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
PHMSA, and its predecessor agency the Research and Special Programs
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Administration (RSPA), have collected hazardous materials incident
reports for over 40 years. The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49
CFR Parts 171-180) establish requirements for an immediate report (see
Sec. 171.15) and a detailed incident report (Form DOT F5800.1; see
Sec. 171.16). Over 500,000 detailed incident reports have been
collected over time. The incident data and information is generally
used by PHMSA to:
1. Evaluate regulatory effectiveness;
2. Determine the need for regulatory changes to address changing
transportation safety problems;
3. Identify major problem or risk areas that should receive
priority attention;
4. Chart trends;
5. Identify problems and training inadequacies;
6. Evaluate packages and packaging;
7. Assess ways to reduce releases;
8. Aid the targeting of enforcement activities; and
9. Assist in evaluating fitness for special permits and approvals.
II. Purpose of This Notice
Section 33006(a) of MAP-21 (Pub. L. 112-141 Sec. 33006(a), 126
Stat. 835, July 6, 2012) requires the Department to conduct an
assessment to improve the collection, analysis, reporting, and use of
data related to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of
hazardous materials.
Section 33006(b) requires the Department to rely on the results of
the assessment to develop an action plan and timeline for improving the
collection, analysis, reporting, and use of data related to accidents
and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials.
The provisions of MAP-21 set an expedited timeline, with the
assessment due not later than six months after the date of enactment
(Sec. 33006(a)) and the action plan due three months after (Sec.
33006(b)). Upon completion of the action plan and timeline the agency
has fifteen days to submit them to Congress (Sec. 33006(c)).
In this notice, PHMSA is soliciting information, comments, and
inputs related to the required elements of the assessment contained in
MAP-21. Specifically, please provide comments on your view of the
methods used by PHMSA to collect, analyze, report, and use data. Also,
please provide comments on the adequacy of and suggestions for
improvement to:
1. Information requested on the accident and incident reporting
forms required to be submitted to PHMSA;
2. Methods used by PHMSA to verify that the information provided on
such forms is accurate and complete;
3. Accident and incident reporting requirements, including whether
such requirements should be expanded to include shippers and consignees
of hazardous materials;
4. Resources of PHMSA related to data collection, analysis, and
reporting, including staff and information technology; and
5. The database used by PHMSA for recording and reporting such
accidents and incidents, including the ability of users to adequately
search the database and find information.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2012 under authority
delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-28245 Filed 11-20-12; 8:45 am]
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