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Another commenter requested that
FTA retain flexibility in allowing fixed
allocation percentages for sub-area
allocations when they have been
determined to be the most appropriate
method by the MPO members. FTA has
made a minor change to the Circular
language to indicate that the use of a
fixed percentage may not be
appropriate, rather than ‘‘is not
considered satisfactory.’’
This chapter has also been revised to
clarify that recipients should consult
with FTA regarding the proper level of
environmental review prior to
expending funds for a project.
Lastly, two commenters suggested
that, in cases of loss through a natural
disaster, the Circular state that FTA’s
requirement for early disposition
reimbursement may be waived. While
FTA has the authority to grant such a
waiver, it has not determined that such
a waiver will be granted in the future,
and does not want to create an
expectation that such a waiver will be
granted.
G. Chapter VI—Program Management
and Administrative Requirements
The proposed circular updates this
section to add the requirement that
recipients certify compliance with 49
U.S.C. 5329(d), which requires
recipients and States to develop and
implement a Public Transportation
Agency Safety Plan.
The final Circular reflects three major
changes to this Chapter. First, all
references to FTA’s current Electronic
Grants Management System (commonly
known as ‘‘TEAM’’) have been removed
in consideration of a new system,
currently under development. That
system is now generically identified as
the Electronic Award Management
System in this circular. Second, a new
section was added to discuss the
Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act (FFATA)
Requirement which requires recipients
report information about each first tier
sub-award over $25,000 by the end of
the month following the month the
direct recipient makes any sub-award or
obligation.
Lastly, the final Circular clarifies the
discussion in the proposed circular on
NTD Reporting regarding waivers. The
proposed circular stated that FTA
would no longer issue any NTD waivers.
However, FTA has implemented a
reduced reporting requirement for small
systems. Where, under certain
circumstances described in NTD
Reporting Manuals, grant recipients may
apply for reduced NTD reporting
requirements. For instance, under the
Small Systems Waiver, grantees with
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fewer than 30 vehicles in maximum
(peak) service do not have to report
some data items. There are waivers of
other data reporting requirements for
planning/capital only reporters,
reporters that have experienced natural
disasters, and for reporters that are not
able to generate specific data elements.
H. Chapter VII—Other Provisions
This section of the Circular was
revised pursuant to the changes to the
State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program
and the requirements of 49 CFR part 659
made by MAP–21. Section 5330, which
authorizes the SSO Program, will be
repealed three years from the effective
date of the new regulations
implementing the new section 5329
safety requirements. Until then, the
current requirements of 49 CFR part 659
will continue to apply.
I. Tables, Graphs, and Illustrations
There were no changes made to this
section of the Circular.
J. Appendices
There were no substantive changes
made to this section of the Circular.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0002]
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
renewal of existing information
collections.
AGENCY:
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 a
renewal of existing information
collections for which NHTSA intends to
seek OMB approval.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be received by
March 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by one or both of the docket
numbers in the heading of this
document, 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:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
´
Andrea A. Noel, Office of Defects
Investigation, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building, NVS–210,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 493–0210. For access to
background documents, please contact
Ms. Noel.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 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
the proposed collection of information.
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
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comments on the renewal of the
following described collections of
information:
Title: Record Retention.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0042.
Affected Public: Vehicle
manufacturers and vehicle equipment
manufacturers (including tire and child
restraint system manufacturers).
Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 30166(e),
NHTSA ‘‘reasonably may require a
manufacturer of a motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment to keep
records, and a manufacturer, distributor,
or dealer to make reports, to enable
[NHTSA] to decide whether the
manufacturer, distributor or dealer has
complied or is complying with this
chapter or a regulation prescribed or
order issued under this chapter.’’
To ensure that NHTSA will have
access to this type of information, the
agency exercised the authority granted
in 49 U.S.C. 30166(e) and promulgated
49 CFR Part 576, Record Retention,
initially published on August 20, 1974
(39 FR 30045) and most recently
amended on July 10, 2002 (67 FR
45873), requiring manufacturers to
retain one copy of all records that
contain information concerning
malfunctions that may be related to
motor vehicle safety for a period of five
calendar years after the record is
generated or acquired by the
manufacturer. Part 576 also requires
manufacturers to retain for five years the
underlying records related to early
warning reporting (EWR) information
submitted under 49 CFR part 579.
Estimated annual burden:
Approximately one thousand
manufacturers of vehicles and
equipment (including tires and child
restraint systems) are required to
maintain records. We estimate their
burden at 40 hours each for a subtotal
of 40,000 hours (1,000 respondents × 40
hours). In addition, there are
approximately 23,600 equipment
manufacturers (excluding child seat and
tire manufacturers) whose record
retention requirements under part 576
are limited to the documents underlying
their part 579 reporting requirements.
Their part 579 requirements include
only the reporting of incidents involving
deaths. Therefore, based on the number
of death reports submitted to date by
these equipment manufacturers, we
estimate that an additional 20
equipment manufacturers have record
retention requirements imposed by part
576. We estimate that it will take one
hour each to maintain the necessary
records for a subtotal burden of 20 hours
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(20 respondents × one hour).
Accordingly, the estimate of total
annual burden hours is 40,020 hours
(1,000 respondents × 40 hours plus 20
respondents × 1 hour).
Number of respondents: 1,020.
Below are detailed instructions for
submitting comments on this collection
and additional information on the
commenting process.
How do I prepare and submit
comments?
Your comments must be written and
in English. To ensure that your
comments are correctly filed in the
Docket, please include the docket
number of this document in your
comments.
Your comments must not be more
than 15 pages long. (49 CFR 553.21). We
established this limit to encourage you
to write your primary comments in a
concise fashion. However, you may
attach necessary additional documents
to your comments. There is no limit on
the length of the attachments.
Comments may be submitted to the
docket electronically by logging onto the
Docket Management System Web site at
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
You may also submit two copies of
your comments, including the
attachments, to Docket Management at
the address given above under
ADDRESSES.
Please note that pursuant to the Data
Quality Act, in order for substantive
data to be relied upon and used by the
agency, it must meet the information
quality standards set forth in the OMB
and DOT Data Quality Act guidelines.
Accordingly, we encourage you to
consult the guidelines in preparing your
comments. OMB’s guidelines may be
accessed at https://www.whitehouse.gov/
omb/fedreg/reproducible.html. DOT’s
guidelines may be accessed at https://
www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/
rita.dot.gov.bts/files/subject_areas/
statistical_policy_and_research/data_
quality_guidelines/html/
guidelines.html.
How can I be sure that my comments
were received?
If you wish Docket Management to
notify you upon its receipt of your
comments, enclose a self-addressed,
stamped postcard in the envelope
containing your comments. Upon
receiving your comments, Docket
Management will return the postcard by
mail.
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How do I submit confidential business
information?
If you wish to submit any information
under a claim of confidentiality, you
should submit three copies of your
complete submission, including the
information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief
Counsel, NHTSA, at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building,
Washington, DC 20590. In addition, you
should submit two copies, from which
you have deleted the claimed
confidential business information, to
Docket Management at the address
given above under ADDRESSES. When
you send a comment containing
information claimed to be confidential
business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the
information specified in our
confidential business information
regulation. (49 CFR part 512)
Will the agency consider late
comments?
We will consider all comments that
Docket Management receives before the
close of business on the comment
closing date indicated above under
DATES. To the extent possible, we will
also consider comments that Docket
Management receives after that date.
How can I read the comments
submitted by other people?
You may read the comments received
by Docket Management at the address
given above under ADDRESSES. The
hours of the Docket are indicated above
in the same location. You may also see
the comments on the Internet. To read
the comments on the Internet, go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
Please note that even after the
comment closing date, we will continue
to file relevant information in the
Docket as it becomes available. Further,
some people may submit late comments.
Accordingly, we recommend that you
periodically check the Docket for new
material.
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) or you may visit https://
www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
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Issued on: January 9, 2014 in Washington,
DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95.
Frank Borris,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation,
Office of Enforcement.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
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Surface Transportation Board,
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: 60-day notice of request for
approval: Waybill Sample.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUMMARY:
[FR Doc. 2014–00640 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am]
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35751]
Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.—
Acquisition Exemption—Line of BNSF
Railway Company
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of exemption.
The Board is granting an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from
the prior approval requirements of 49
U.S.C. 10902 for Iowa Interstate
Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS), a Class II rail
carrier, to acquire approximately 0.75miles of rail line in Council Bluffs,
Iowa, from BNSF Railway Company
(BNSF), subject to employee protective
conditions.
DATES: The exemption will be effective
on February 5, 2014. Petitions to stay
must be filed by January 27, 2014.
Petitions for reconsideration must be
filed by January 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of
all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35751, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each pleading
must be served on IAIS’s representative:
Thomas J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel
LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920,
Chicago, IL 60606–2832.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathon Binet, (202) 245–0368.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
(800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional information is contained in
the Board’s decision. Board decisions
and notices are available on our Web
site at www.stb.dot.gov.
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SUMMARY:
Decided: January 13, 2014.
By the Board, Chairman Elliott and Vice
Chairman Begeman.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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AGENCY:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its
intent to seek from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an
extension of approval for the collection
of the Waybill Sample.
Comments are requested concerning:
(1) The accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology when
appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Waybill Sample.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0015.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Any railroad that is
subject to the Interstate Commerce Act
and that terminates at least 4,500
carloads on its line in any of the three
preceding years or that terminates at
least 5% of the revenue carloads
terminating in any state in any of the
three preceding years.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Estimated Time Per Response: 75
minutes.
Frequency: Six respondents report
monthly; 45 report quarterly.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 315 hours.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: No
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection have been
identified.
Needs and Uses: The Surface
Transportation Board is, by statute,
responsible for the economic regulation
of common carrier rail transportation in
the United States. Under 49 CFR part
1244, a railroad is required to file
carload waybill sample information
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(Waybill Sample) for all line-haul
revenue waybills terminating on its
lines if, in any of the three preceding
years, it either (1) terminates 4500 or
more carloads, or (2) terminates at least
5% of the total revenue carloads that
terminate in a particular state. The
information in the Waybill Sample is
used by the Board, other Federal and
state agencies, and industry
stakeholders to monitor traffic flows and
rate trends in the industry, and to
develop testimony in Board
proceedings. The Board has authority to
collect this information under 49 U.S.C.
11144 and 11145.
Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
March 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Marilyn Levitt, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001, or to levittm@
stb.dot.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Waybill
Sample collection.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilyn Levitt at (202) 245–0269 or at
levittm@stb.dot.gov. [Assistance for the
hearing impaired is available through
the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]
For Further Information or to Obtain
a Copy of the STB Form, Contact: For
further information regarding the
Waybill Sample collection, contact Paul
Aguiar at (202) 245–0323 or
economic.data@stb.dot.gov. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements or
requests that persons submit reports,
keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public.
Under § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA,
Federal agencies are required to
provide, prior to an agency’s submitting
a collection to OMB for approval, a 60day notice and comment period through
publication in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information.
DATES:
Dated: January 10, 2014.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0002]
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on renewal of existing information
collections.
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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 a renewal of existing information collections for
which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received by March 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by one or both of the
docket numbers in the heading of this document, 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: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andr[eacute]a A. Noel, Office of
Defects Investigation, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building, NVS-210, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 493-0210. For
access to background documents, please contact Ms. Noel.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 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 the proposed
collection of information. 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
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comments on the renewal of the following described collections of
information:
Title: Record Retention.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0042.
Affected Public: Vehicle manufacturers and vehicle equipment
manufacturers (including tire and child restraint system
manufacturers).
Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 30166(e), NHTSA ``reasonably may require
a manufacturer of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment to keep
records, and a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to make reports, to
enable [NHTSA] to decide whether the manufacturer, distributor or
dealer has complied or is complying with this chapter or a regulation
prescribed or order issued under this chapter.''
To ensure that NHTSA will have access to this type of information,
the agency exercised the authority granted in 49 U.S.C. 30166(e) and
promulgated 49 CFR Part 576, Record Retention, initially published on
August 20, 1974 (39 FR 30045) and most recently amended on July 10,
2002 (67 FR 45873), requiring manufacturers to retain one copy of all
records that contain information concerning malfunctions that may be
related to motor vehicle safety for a period of five calendar years
after the record is generated or acquired by the manufacturer. Part 576
also requires manufacturers to retain for five years the underlying
records related to early warning reporting (EWR) information submitted
under 49 CFR part 579.
Estimated annual burden: Approximately one thousand manufacturers
of vehicles and equipment (including tires and child restraint systems)
are required to maintain records. We estimate their burden at 40 hours
each for a subtotal of 40,000 hours (1,000 respondents x 40 hours). In
addition, there are approximately 23,600 equipment manufacturers
(excluding child seat and tire manufacturers) whose record retention
requirements under part 576 are limited to the documents underlying
their part 579 reporting requirements. Their part 579 requirements
include only the reporting of incidents involving deaths. Therefore,
based on the number of death reports submitted to date by these
equipment manufacturers, we estimate that an additional 20 equipment
manufacturers have record retention requirements imposed by part 576.
We estimate that it will take one hour each to maintain the necessary
records for a subtotal burden of 20 hours (20 respondents x one hour).
Accordingly, the estimate of total annual burden hours is 40,020 hours
(1,000 respondents x 40 hours plus 20 respondents x 1 hour).
Number of respondents: 1,020.
Below are detailed instructions for submitting comments on this
collection and additional information on the commenting process.
How do I prepare and submit comments?
Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your
comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the docket
number of this document in your comments.
Your comments must not be more than 15 pages long. (49 CFR 553.21).
We established this limit to encourage you to write your primary
comments in a concise fashion. However, you may attach necessary
additional documents to your comments. There is no limit on the length
of the attachments.
Comments may be submitted to the docket electronically by logging
onto the Docket Management System Web site at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
You may also submit two copies of your comments, including the
attachments, to Docket Management at the address given above under
ADDRESSES.
Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in order for
substantive data to be relied upon and used by the agency, it must meet
the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and DOT Data
Quality Act guidelines. Accordingly, we encourage you to consult the
guidelines in preparing your comments. OMB's guidelines may be accessed
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/reproducible.html. DOT's
guidelines may be accessed at https://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/subject_areas/statistical_policy_and_research/data_quality_guidelines/html/guidelines.html.
How can I be sure that my comments were received?
If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of
your comments, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the
envelope containing your comments. Upon receiving your comments, Docket
Management will return the postcard by mail.
How do I submit confidential business information?
If you wish to submit any information under a claim of
confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete
submission, including the information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building, Washington, DC 20590. In addition, you
should submit two copies, from which you have deleted the claimed
confidential business information, to Docket Management at the address
given above under ADDRESSES. When you send a comment containing
information claimed to be confidential business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the information specified in our
confidential business information regulation. (49 CFR part 512)
Will the agency consider late comments?
We will consider all comments that Docket Management receives
before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated
above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also consider
comments that Docket Management receives after that date.
How can I read the comments submitted by other people?
You may read the comments received by Docket Management at the
address given above under ADDRESSES. The hours of the Docket are
indicated above in the same location. You may also see the comments on
the Internet. To read the comments on the Internet, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
Please note that even after the comment closing date, we will
continue to file relevant information in the Docket as it becomes
available. Further, some people may submit late comments. Accordingly,
we recommend that you periodically check the Docket for new material.
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) or you may visit https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
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Issued on: January 9, 2014 in Washington, DC, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.95.
Frank Borris,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2014-00640 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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