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Download as PDF 4036 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 16 / Monday, January 26, 2015 / Notices as matches or cigarettes.1’’ The noncompliant seat heater assemblies would normally not be exposed to open flame or an ignition source (like matches or cigarettes) in its installed application, because it is installed within and surrounded by complying materials that meet FMVSS No. 302. 4. The seat heater assembly is a very small portion of the overall mass of the soft material portions comprising the entire seat assembly (i.e. less than 1%), and is significantly less in relation to the entire vehicle interior surface area that could potentially be exposed to flame. Therefore, Toyota believes that it would have an insignificant adverse effect on interior material burn rate and the potential for occupant injury due to interior fire. 5. Toyota is not aware of any data suggesting that fires have occurred in the field due to the installation of the non-complying seat heater assemblies. 6. Toyota also expressed its belief that in similar situations NHTSA has granted petitions for inconsequential noncompliance relating to FMVSS No. 302 requirements. Toyota additionally informed NHTSA that it has corrected the noncompliance so that all future production vehicles will comply with FMVSS No. 302. Toyota also provided Transport Canada’s October 1, 2014, grant letter to exempt it from conducting a recall and remedy campaign for the identical issue for vehicles that were sold in Canada.2 In summation, Toyota believes that the described noncompliance of the subject vehicles is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety, and that its petition, to exempt Toyota from providing recall notification of noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and remedying the recall noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. 30120 should be granted. emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES NHTSA Decision NHTSA Analysis: NHTSA has reviewed and accepts Toyota’s analyses that the subject noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. Specifically, the fact that the front and rear seat cushions and front and rear seat backs in the subject vehicles fail to meet the burn rates requirement, poses little if any risk to motor vehicle safety. NHTSA’s greatest concern was that as a seat heater, the device itself is the most likely ignition source. However, Toyota stated that it is not aware of any data suggesting that vehicle fires have occurred in the field due to the non1 Paragraph S2 of FMVSS No. 302 Flammability of Interior Materials. 2 Docket ID: NHTSA–2014–0028–0003. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:48 Jan 23, 2015 Jkt 235001 complying seat heaters. NHTSA searched its complaints database from the year 2000 to current and also found no complaints concerning the subject vehicles. We did find four Toyota seat heater complaints concerning older vehicles (three Toyota Sienna’s model years 2006 and two 2004’s and a 2007 Toyota Camry). While these complaints appear to show that seat heaters can be potential ignition sources, the hazard does not appear to be widespread or an issue with the subject vehicles. Toyota also conducted various testing to show that the seat heater element would not act as an ignition source when overdriven electrically, nor would it accommodate a flame rate beyond what is permitted by FMVSS No. 302 when exposed directly to an open flame in the installed condition (as a composite). Toyota also demonstrated that the seat heater is a very small portion of the overall mass of the seat assembly and that NHTSA has granted prior inconsequentiality petitions for similar issues. Based on its review of Toyota’s submission, the agency has concluded that the ‘‘seat heaters’’ in the noncompliant vehicles are unlikely to pose a flammability risk. This conclusion is consistent with Transport Canada’s review of the identical issue. NHTSA’s evaluation of the consequentiality of this noncompliance should not be interpreted as a diminution of the agency’s safety concern for the flammability of interior materials. Rather, it represents NHTSA’s assessment of the gravity of this specific noncompliance based upon the likely consequences. Ultimately, the issue is whether this particular noncompliance is likely to create a risk to safety. NHTSA is not aware of any occupant injuries regarding these seat heaters. Based on the foregoing, NHTSA has decided that Toyota has met its burden of persuasion that the noncompliance herein described is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. To avoid confusion, NHTSA would like to note that an existing NHTSA safety recall campaign involving approximately 3,233 Toyota vehicles is unaffected by this inconsequential noncompliance decision. That safety recall campaign is being conducted by an independent motor vehicle distributor that modified Toyota vehicles with defective aftermarket seat heaters that can malfunction and burn holes in the seating materials. For more information refer to NHTSA Recall ID Number 14V–743 at: https:// www.safercar.gov. NHTSA Decision: In consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA has decided that PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Toyota has met its burden of persuasion that the FMVSS No. 302 noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, Toyota’s petition is hereby granted and Toyota is exempted from the obligation of providing notification of, and a remedy for, that noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120. NHTSA notes that the statutory provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to file petitions for a determination of inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to exempt manufacturers only from the duties found in sections 30118 and 30120, respectively, to notify owners, purchasers, and dealers of a defect or noncompliance and to remedy the defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any decision on this petition only applies to the subject vehicles that Toyota no longer controlled at the time it determined that the noncompliance existed. However, the granting of this petition does not relieve Toyota distributors and dealers of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, or introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of the noncompliant vehicles under their control after Toyota notified them that the subject noncompliance existed. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8. Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. [FR Doc. 2015–01204 Filed 1–23–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–59–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request January 21, 2015. Department of the Treasury. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 13, on or after the date of publication of this notice. DATES: Comments should be received on or before February 25, 2015 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 16 / Monday, January 26, 2015 / Notices (1) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@ OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC 20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submission may be obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202) 927–5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov. Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS) OMB Number: 1530–0010. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Title: Claim Against the United States for the Proceeds of a Government Check. Abstract: This series of forms are used to collect information needed to process an individual’s claim for non-receipt of proceeds from a U.S. Treasury check or electronic benefit payments. Once the information is analyzed, a determination is made and a recommendation is submitted to the program agency to either settle or deny the claim. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,609. Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220. The meeting will be open to the public. Because the meeting will be held in a secured facility, members of the public who plan to attend the meeting must contact the Federal Insurance Office (Office), at (202) 622– 5892, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 6, 2015, to inform the Office that they would like to attend the meeting and to provide building clearance information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett D. Hewitt, Policy Advisor to the Federal Insurance Office, Room 1410, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, at (202) 622–5892 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. II, 10(a)(2), through implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102–3.150. Public Comment: Members of the public wishing to comment on the business of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance are invited to submit written statements by any of the following methods: Electronic Statements Dawn D. Wolfgang, Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. • Send electronic comments to faci@ treasury.gov. [FR Doc. 2015–01280 Filed 1–23–15; 8:45 am] Paper Statements BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P • Send paper statements in triplicate to the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, Room 1410, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220. In general, the Department of the Treasury will post all statements on its Web site https://www.treasury.gov/ about/organizational-structure/offices/ Pages/Federal-Insurance.aspx without change, including any business or personal information provided such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. The Department of the Treasury will also make such statements available for public inspection and copying in the Department of the Treasury’s Library, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can make an appointment to inspect statements by telephoning (202) 622– 0990. All statements, including attachments and other supporting materials, received are part of the public DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Open Meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: This notice announces that the Department of the Treasury’s Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance will convene a meeting on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, in the Cash Room, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, from 1–5 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting is open to the public, and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, from 1–5 p.m. Eastern Time. ADDRESSES: The Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance meeting will be held in the Cash Room, 1500 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:48 Jan 23, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4037 record and subject to public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. Tentative Agenda/Topics for Discussion: This is a periodic meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance. In this meeting, the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance will discuss retirement security, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and the evolving insurance issues related to ride-sharing companies. The Committee will also receive updates from three subcommittees. Michael T. McRaith, Director, Federal Insurance Office. [FR Doc. 2015–01272 Filed 1–23–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–25–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Capital Distribution Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Under the PRA, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information collection titled, ‘‘Capital Distribution.’’ DATES: Comments must be received by March 27, 2015. ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email if possible. Comments may be sent to: Legislative and Regulatory SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 21, 2015.
AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before February 25, 2015 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to

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(1) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for Treasury, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email at 
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 
1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC 20220, or email 
at PRA@treasury.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submission may be 
obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202) 927-5331, or 
viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS)

    OMB Number: 1530-0010.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Claim Against the United States for the Proceeds of a 
Government Check.
    Abstract: This series of forms are used to collect information 
needed to process an individual's claim for non-receipt of proceeds 
from a U.S. Treasury check or electronic benefit payments. Once the 
information is analyzed, a determination is made and a recommendation 
is submitted to the program agency to either settle or deny the claim.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,609.

Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-01280 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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