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scene; locate, inspect, and photograph
vehicles; conduct a telephone or
personal interview with the involved
individuals or surrogate; and obtain and
record injury information received from
various medical data sources. NASS
CDS data are used to describe and
analyze circumstances, mechanisms,
and consequences of high severity
motor vehicle crashes in the United
States. The collection of interview data
aids in this effort.
Affected Public: Passenger Motor
Vehicle Operators.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,605 hours.
Number of respondents: 9,450.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725–17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
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 Departments 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.
A comment to OMB is most effective if
OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
22, 2013.
Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator for National Center
for Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2013–
0128]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
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AGENCY:
Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
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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 January 28, 2014.
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.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
US 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://www.regulations.gov including
any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.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 Mr. Hisham
Mohamed, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building, Room #
W43–437, 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.
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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
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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 86,780 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 $24 per hour for rubber workers
in the United States, the cost to the
manufacturers is $2,082,670 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
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 $2,520,000. For
the traction testing, it is estimated that
1,750 tires are tested annually with an
estimated cost of $45,000 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
$157,500. A separate temperature grade
testing for tires is required, since the test
is no longer an extension of the high
speed performance test of 49 CFR Part
571.109, which was previously required
for safety certification. Part 571.109 is
replaced by Part 571.139, which has
different test speeds. For the
temperature testing, it is estimated that
1,715 tires are tested annually with an
estimated average cost per test of $454.
Therefore, the estimated UTQGS
temperature annual testing is $778,610.
Thus, the total estimated cost for
UTQGS testing is $3,456,100. The cost
of printing the tread labels is
approximately $28,500,000 and the
estimate for printing brochures is at
$3,163,500. This yields a total annual
financial burden of approximately
$35,120,000 (approximately $35.1
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 approximately $396,000 for
general administration of the program.
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Number of Respondents: There are
approximately 160 individual tire
brands sold in the United States. The
actual number of respondents is much
less than 160 due to company
acquisitions, mergers, and in most cases,
the manufacturer will report for the
various individual brand names for
which they produce tires. The actual
number of respondents is approximately
45.
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.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA—2013–0131]
Amendments to Highway Safety
Program Guidelines
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Revisions to highway safety
program guidelines.
AGENCY:
Section 402 of title 23 of the
United States Code requires the
Secretary of Transportation to
promulgate uniform guidelines for State
highway safety programs.
This notice revises five of the existing
guidelines and adds a new one to reflect
program methodologies and approaches
that have proven to be successful and
are based on sound science and program
administration. The revised guidelines
are Guideline No. 1 Periodic Motor
Vehicle Inspection, Guideline No. 2
Motor Vehicle Registration, Guideline
No. 6 Codes and Laws, Guideline No. 16
Management of Highway Incidents
(formerly Debris Hazard Control and
Cleanup), and Guideline No. 18 Motor
Vehicle Crash Investigation and
Incident Reporting (formerly Accident
Investigation and Reporting). The new
guideline is No. 13 Older Driver Safety.
SUMMARY:
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The revised guidelines become
effective as of the date of publication of
this document in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Michael, Associate Administrator,
Office of Research and Program
Development, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590;
Telephone: 202–366–1755; Fax: 202–
366–7721.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Background
Section 402 of title 23 of the United
States Code requires the Secretary of
Transportation to promulgate uniform
guidelines for State highway safety
programs. As the highway safety
environment changes, it is necessary for
NHTSA to update the guidelines to
provide current information on effective
program content for States to use in
developing and assessing their traffic
safety programs. In a Notice published
in the Federal Register on June 20, 2012
(77 FR 37093), the agency requested
comments on the proposed revisions to
the following guidelines: Guideline No.
1 Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspection,
Guideline No. 2 Motor Vehicle
Registration, Guideline No. 6 Codes and
Laws, Guideline No. 16 Management of
Highway Incidents (formerly Debris
Hazard Control and Cleanup), and
Guideline No. 18 Motor Vehicle Crash
Investigation and Incident Reporting
(formerly Accident Investigation and
Reporting). A new guideline, No. 13
Older Driver Safety, was also developed
to help States develop plans to address
the particular needs of older drivers and
address the emerging challenges from
the increasing population of older
drivers in their States. Because of the
unique issues related to older driver
safety, this guideline also includes
recommendations related to Medical
Providers and Social Services Providers.
Overall, these revisions and additions
will provide up-to-date and current
guidance to States. NHTSA will update
the guidelines periodically to address
new issues and to emphasize program
methodology and approaches that have
proven to be effective in these program
areas.
Each of the revised guidelines reflects
the best available science and the realworld experience of NHTSA and the
States in developing and managing
traffic safety program content. The
guidelines offer direction to States in
formulating their highway safety plans
for highway safety efforts supported
with Section 402 grant funds as well as
safety activities funded from other
sources. The guidelines provide a
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2013-0128]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for 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 one collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 28, 2014.
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.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; US 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://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.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 Mr. Hisham
Mohamed, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room
W43-437, 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
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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 86,780
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 $24 per hour for rubber workers in
the United States, the cost to the manufacturers is $2,082,670 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 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
$2,520,000. For the traction testing, it is estimated that 1,750 tires
are tested annually with an estimated cost of $45,000 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 $157,500. A separate temperature grade testing for tires is
required, since the test is no longer an extension of the high speed
performance test of 49 CFR Part 571.109, which was previously required
for safety certification. Part 571.109 is replaced by Part 571.139,
which has different test speeds. For the temperature testing, it is
estimated that 1,715 tires are tested annually with an estimated
average cost per test of $454. Therefore, the estimated UTQGS
temperature annual testing is $778,610. Thus, the total estimated cost
for UTQGS testing is $3,456,100. The cost of printing the tread labels
is approximately $28,500,000 and the estimate for printing brochures is
at $3,163,500. This yields a total annual financial burden of
approximately $35,120,000 (approximately $35.1 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 approximately $396,000 for general
administration of the program.
Number of Respondents: There are approximately 160 individual tire
brands sold in the United States. The actual number of respondents is
much less than 160 due to company acquisitions, mergers, and in most
cases, the manufacturer will report for the various individual brand
names for which they produce tires. The actual number of respondents is
approximately 45.
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.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2013-28591 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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