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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 70 / Friday, April 11, 2014 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Linda Williams, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W23–453, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@ dot.gov. As described by the applicant the intended service of the vessel DESIDERATA is Intended Commercial Use Of Vessel: ‘‘Small group passenger charters on San Francisco Bay and tributaries’’ Geographic Region: ‘‘California’’ The complete application is given in DOT docket MARAD–2014–0054 at https://www.regulations.gov. Interested parties may comment on the effect this action may have on U.S. vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 388, that the issuance of the waiver will have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a waiver will not be granted. Comments should refer to the docket number of this notice and the vessel name in order for MARAD to properly consider the comments. Comments should also state the commenter’s interest in the waiver application, and address the waiver criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). By Order of the Maritime Administrator. Dated: April 7, 2014. Julie P. Agarwal, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2014–08201 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4910–81–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:55 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 232001 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0147; Notice 2] Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice soliciting public comment on the ICR, with a 60-day comment period was published on January 21, 2014, at 79 FR 3467. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Stevens, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W43–490, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Steven’s telephone number is (202) 366–5308. Please identify the relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control Number. 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Title: 49 CFR Part 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance. OMB Number: 2127–0045. Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection. Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s statute at 49 U.S.C. 30118, Notification of Defects and Noncompliance, and 49 U.S.C. 30120, Remedies for Defects and Noncompliance, generally requires manufacturers of motor vehicles and items of replacement equipment to conduct a notification and remedy campaign (recall) when their products are determined to contain a safetyrelated defect or a noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20303 (FMVSS). Those sections require a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to notify distributors, dealers, and purchasers if any of the manufacturer’s products are determined to either contain a safety-related defect or fail to comply with an applicable FMVSS. The manufacturer is under a concomitant obligation to remedy such defect or noncompliance. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Exemptions, a manufacturer may seek an exemption from these notification and remedy requirements on the basis that the defect or noncompliance is inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. NHTSA exercised this statutory authority to excuse inconsequential defects or noncompliances when it promulgated 49 CFR part 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance. This regulation establishes the procedures for manufacturers to submit exemption petitions to the agency and the procedures the agency will use in evaluating those petitions. The petition must state the full name and address of the applicant, the nature of its organization (e.g., individual, partnership, or corporation), and the name of the State or country under the laws of which it is organized. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(3). The petition must also describe the motor vehicle or item of replacement equipment, including the number involved and the period of production, and the defect or noncompliance concerning which an exemption is sought. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(4). The petition must also set forth all data, views, and arguments of the petitioner supporting the petition, and be accompanied by three copies of the report the manufacturer has submitted, or is submitting, to NHTSA in accordance with 49 CFR part 573, relating to its determination of the existence of the safety-related defect or noncompliance that is the subject of the petition. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(5) and (6). These requirements allow the agency to ensure that inconsequentiality petitions are both properly substantiated and efficiently processed. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit entities that manufacture or import motor vehicles or motor vehicle replacement equipment. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 150 hours. Comments are Invited On: 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; the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1 20304 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 70 / Friday, April 11, 2014 / Notices 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. Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. [FR Doc. 2014–07945 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–59–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0004; Notice 2] Extension of Comment Period on Whether Nonconforming 2012 McLaren MP4[12C] Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. ACTION: Extension of comment period. AGENCY: This document announces the extension of the comment period on a petition for NHTSA to decide that 2012 McLaren MP4[12C] passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States. DATES: The closing date for comments on the petition is April 16, 2014. ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the docket and notice numbers above and be submitted 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: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: 202–493–2251 Instructions: Comments must be written in the English language, and be no greater than 15 pages in length, although there is no limit to the length of necessary attachments to the tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:55 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 232001 comments. If comments are submitted in hard copy form, please ensure that two copies are provided. If you wish to receive confirmation that your comments were received, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard with the comments. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. 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 19477–78). How to Read Comments submitted to the Docket: You may read the comments received by Docket Management at the address and times given above. You may also view the documents from the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets. The docket ID number and title of this notice are shown at the heading of this document notice. 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 search the Docket for new material. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Stevens, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202 366 5308). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 3, 2014, NHTSA published a notice (at 79 FR 11869) that it had received a petition to decide that nonconforming 2012 McLaren MP4[12C] passenger cars are eligible for importation into the United States. The notice solicited public comments on the petition and stated that the closing date for comments is April 2, 2014. This is to notify the public that NHTSA is extending the comment period on this petition, and allowing it to run until April 16, 2014. This reopening is based on a request dated March 27, 2014, from McLaren Automotive, Inc. (‘‘McLaren’’) the vehicle’s manufacturer. McLaren stated that the extension was needed because, in McLaren’s view, the petitioner cannot satisfy the statutory criteria, since it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to bring nonconforming MP4[12C] vehicles into compliance PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 with all applicable FMVSSs. However, because many of the compliance issues that are raised by the subject petition are complex, McLaren will not be able to complete the preparation of its comments in time to meet the current due date. McLaren believes that this short extension will allow the preparation of a response that will address the relevant issues, and that it will not cause any hardship to the petitioner or to any other interested person. NHTSA has granted McLaren’s request. All comments received before the close of business on the closing date indicated above will be considered, and will be available for examination in the docket at the above address both before and after that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the closing date will also be considered. Notice of final action on the petition will be published in the Federal Register pursuant to the authority indicated below. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.7; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8. Jeffrey Giuseppe, Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. [FR Doc. 2014–08094 Filed 4–10–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–59–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board Notice and Request for Comments AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT. 60-day notice of request for approval: Applications for Land-Use Exemption Permits. ACTION: 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 Applications for Land-Use Exemption Permits (for Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities). Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10501(c)(2), as amended by the Clean Railroads Act of 2008 (CRA), the Board issued rules in Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities, EP 684 (served on March 24, 2011). Under these rules, a person seeking a Land-Use Exemption Permit must file an application including substantial facts and argument as to why a permit is necessary and, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act, an SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20303-20304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07945]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0147; Notice 2]


Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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

ACTION: Notice.

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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 has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collections and their expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice soliciting public comment on the 
ICR, with a 60-day comment period was published on January 21, 2014, at 
79 FR 3467.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Stevens, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Room W43-490, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Steven's telephone 
number is (202) 366-5308. Please identify the relevant collection of 
information by referring to its OMB Control Number.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: 49 CFR Part 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or 
Noncompliance.
    OMB Number: 2127-0045.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 
statute at 49 U.S.C. 30118, Notification of Defects and Noncompliance, 
and 49 U.S.C. 30120, Remedies for Defects and Noncompliance, generally 
requires manufacturers of motor vehicles and items of replacement 
equipment to conduct a notification and remedy campaign (recall) when 
their products are determined to contain a safety-related defect or a 
noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS). 
Those sections require a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor 
vehicle equipment to notify distributors, dealers, and purchasers if 
any of the manufacturer's products are determined to either contain a 
safety-related defect or fail to comply with an applicable FMVSS. The 
manufacturer is under a concomitant obligation to remedy such defect or 
noncompliance. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Exemptions, 
a manufacturer may seek an exemption from these notification and remedy 
requirements on the basis that the defect or noncompliance is 
inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. NHTSA exercised 
this statutory authority to excuse inconsequential defects or 
noncompliances when it promulgated 49 CFR part 556, Exemption for 
Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance. This regulation establishes 
the procedures for manufacturers to submit exemption petitions to the 
agency and the procedures the agency will use in evaluating those 
petitions. The petition must state the full name and address of the 
applicant, the nature of its organization (e.g., individual, 
partnership, or corporation), and the name of the State or country 
under the laws of which it is organized. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(3). The 
petition must also describe the motor vehicle or item of replacement 
equipment, including the number involved and the period of production, 
and the defect or noncompliance concerning which an exemption is 
sought. See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(4). The petition must also set forth all 
data, views, and arguments of the petitioner supporting the petition, 
and be accompanied by three copies of the report the manufacturer has 
submitted, or is submitting, to NHTSA in accordance with 49 CFR part 
573, relating to its determination of the existence of the safety-
related defect or noncompliance that is the subject of the petition. 
See 49 CFR 556.4(b)(5) and (6). These requirements allow the agency to 
ensure that inconsequentiality petitions are both properly 
substantiated and efficiently processed.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit entities that 
manufacture or import motor vehicles or motor vehicle replacement 
equipment.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 150 hours.
    Comments are Invited On: 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; the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of

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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.

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-07945 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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