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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA–2015–0100]
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Small Business Impacts of
Motor Vehicle Safety
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review;
Request for comments.
AGENCY:
NHTSA seeks comments on
the economic impact of its regulations
on small entities. As required by Section
610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, we
are attempting to identify rules that may
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
We also request comments on ways to
make these regulations easier to read
and understand. The focus of this notice
is rules that specifically relate to
passenger cars, multipurpose passenger
vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers,
motorcycles, and motor vehicle
equipment.
SUMMARY:
You should submit comments
early enough to ensure that Docket
Management receives them not later
than February 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by Docket Number NHTSA–
2015–0100] by any of the following
methods:
• Internet: To submit comments
electronically, go to the U.S.
Government regulations Web site at
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
• Hand Delivery: If you plan to
submit written comments by hand or
courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey
DATES:
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
• Fax: Written comments may be
faxed to 202–493–2251.
• You may call Docket Management
at 1–800–647–5527.
Instructions: For detailed instructions
on submitting comments and additional
information see the COMMENTS
heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
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 in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Kavalauskas, Office of
Regulatory Analysis and Evaluation,
National Center for Statistics and
Analysis, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590
(telephone 202–366–2584, fax 202–366–
3189).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act
A. Background and Purpose
Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–354),
as amended by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), requires
agencies to conduct periodic reviews of
final rules that have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small business entities. The
purpose of the reviews is to determine
whether such rules should be continued
without change, or should be amended
or rescinded, consistent with the
objectives of applicable statutes, to
minimize any significant economic
impact of the rules on a substantial
number of such small entities.
B. Review Schedule
On November 24, 2008, NHTSA
published in the Federal Register (73
79531
FR 71401) a 10-year review plan for its
existing regulations. The National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA, ‘‘we’’) has divided its rules
into 10 groups by subject area. Each
group will be reviewed once every 10
years, undergoing a two-stage process—
an Analysis Year and a Review Year.
For purposes of these reviews, a year
will coincide with the fall-to-fall
publication schedule of the Semiannual
Regulatory Agenda, see https://
www.regulations.gov. Year 1 (2008)
begins in the fall of 2008 and ends in
the fall of 2009; Year 2 (2009) begins in
the fall of 2009 and ends in the fall of
2010; and so on.
During the Analysis Year, we will
request public comment on and analyze
each of the rules in a given year’s group
to determine whether any rule has a
significant impact on a substantial
number of small entities and, thus,
requires review in accordance with
section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act. In each fall’s Regulatory Agenda,
we will publish the results of the
analyses we completed during the
previous year. For rules that have
subparts, or other discrete sections of
rules that do have a significant impact
on a substantial number of small
entities, we will announce that we will
be conducting a formal section 610
review during the following 12 months.
The section 610 review will
determine whether a specific rule
should be revised or revoked to lessen
its impact on small entities. We will
consider: (1) The continued need for the
rule; (2) the nature of complaints or
comments received from the public; (3)
the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent
to which the rule overlaps, duplicates,
or conflicts with other federal rules or
with state or local government rules;
and (5) the length of time since the rule
has been evaluated or the degree to
which technology, economic conditions,
or other factors have changed in the area
affected by the rule. At the end of the
Review Year, we will publish the results
of our review. The following table
shows the 10-year analysis and review
schedule:
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SECTION 610 REVIEWS
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CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
Analysis year
571.223 through 571.500, and parts 575 and 579 ..........................................................
parts 1200 and 1300 ........................................................................................................
parts 501 through 526 and 571.213 ................................................................................
571.131, 571.217, 571.220, 571.221, and 571.222 .........................................................
571.101 through 571.110, and 571.135, 571.138 and 571.139 ......................................
parts 529 through 578, except parts 571 and 575 ..........................................................
571.111 through 571.129 and parts 580 through 588 .....................................................
571.201 through 571.212 .................................................................................................
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Review year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SECTION 610 REVIEWS—Continued
Year
Regulations to be reviewed
9 ..................
10 ................
49 CFR 571.214 through 571.219, except 571.217 ......................................................................
49 CFR parts 591 through 595 and new parts and subparts .......................................................
C. Regulations Under Analysis
During Year 8, we will continue to
conduct a preliminary assessment of the
Analysis year
Review year
2016
2017
2017
2018
following sections of 49 CFR 571.201
through 571.212:
Section
Title
571.201 ........................
571.202 ........................
571.202a ......................
571.203 ........................
571.204 ........................
571.205 ........................
571.205(a) ....................
Occupant Protection in Interior Impact.
Head Restraints; Applicable at the Manufacturers Option Until September 1, 2009.
Head Restraints; Mandatory Applicability Begins on September 1, 2009.
Impact Protection for the Driver From the Steering Control System.
Steering Control Rearward Displacement.
Glazing Materials.
Glazing Equipment Manufactured Before September 1, 2006 and Glazing Materials Used in Vehicles Manufactured
Before November 1, 2006.
Door Locks and Door Retention Components.
Seating Systems.
Occupant Crash Protection.
Seat Belt Assemblies.
Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages.
[Reserved].
Windshield Mounting.
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571.206
571.207
571.208
571.209
571.210
571.211
571.212
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We are seeking comments on whether
any requirements in 49 CFR 571.201
through 571.212 have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. ‘‘Small
entities’’ include small businesses, notfor-profit organizations that are
independently owned and operated and
are not dominant in their fields, and
governmental jurisdictions with
populations under 50,000. Business
entities are generally defined as small
businesses by Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) code, for the
purposes of receiving Small Business
Administration (SBA) assistance. Size
standards established by SBA in 13 CFR
121.201 are expressed either in number
of employees or annual receipts in
millions of dollars, unless otherwise
specified. The number of employees or
annual receipts indicates the maximum
allowed for a concern and its affiliates
to be considered small. If your business
or organization is a small entity and if
any of the requirements in 49 CFR
571.201 through 571.212 have a
significant economic impact on your
business or organization, please submit
a comment to explain how and to what
degree these rules affect you, the extent
of the economic impact on your
business or organization, and why you
believe the economic impact is
significant.
If the agency determines that there is
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities, it
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will ask for comment in a subsequent
notice during the Review Year on how
these impacts could be reduced without
reducing safety.
II. Plain Language
A. Background and Purpose
Executive Order 12866 and the
Presidential memorandum of June 1,
1998 entitled ‘‘Plain Language in
Government Writing’’ require each
agency to write all rules in plain
language. Application of the principles
of plain language includes consideration
of the following questions:
• Have we organized the material to
suit the public’s needs?
• Are the requirements in the rule
clearly stated?
• Does the rule contain technical
language or jargon that is not clear?
• Would a different format (grouping
and order of sections, use of headings,
paragraphing) make the rule easier to
understand?
• Would more (but shorter) sections
be better?
• Could we improve clarity by adding
tables, lists, or diagrams?
• What else could we do to make the
rule easier to understand?
If you have any responses to these
questions, please include them in your
comments on this document.
B. Review Schedule
In conjunction with our section 610
reviews, we will be performing plain
language reviews over a ten-year period
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on a schedule consistent with the
section 610 review schedule. We will
review 49 CFR 571.201 through 571.212
determine if these regulations can be
reorganized and/or rewritten to make
them easier to read, understand, and
use. We encourage interested persons to
submit draft regulatory language that
clearly and simply communicates
regulatory requirements, and other
recommendations, such as for putting
information in tables that may make the
regulations easier to use.
Comments
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.
Please submit one copy 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
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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. DOT’s
guidelines may be accessed at https://
dmses.dot.gov/submit/DataQuality
Guidelines.pdf.
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) or you may visit https://
www.regulations.gov.
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?
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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, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In
addition, you should submit a copy,
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.)
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, take the following steps:
(1) Go to the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) at https://
www.regulations.gov.
(2) FDMS provides two basic methods
of searching to retrieve dockets and
docket materials that are available in the
system: (a) ‘‘Quick Search’’ to search
using a full-text search engine, or (b)
‘‘Advanced Search,’’ which displays
various indexed fields such as the
docket name, docket identification
number, phase of the action, initiating
office, date of issuance, document title,
document identification number, type of
document, Federal Register reference,
CFR citation, etc. Each data field in the
advanced search may be searched
independently or in combination with
other fields, as desired. Each search
yields a simultaneous display of all
available information found in FDMS
that is relevant to the requested subject
or topic.
(3) You may download the comments.
However, since the comments are
imaged documents, instead of word
processing documents, the ‘‘pdf’’
versions of the documents are word
searchable.
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.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National
Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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Will the agency consider late
comments?
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2015–0164;
4500030113]
RIN 1018–BA16
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 90-Day and 12-Month
Findings on a Petition To List the
Miami Tiger Beetle as an Endangered
or Threatened Species; Proposed
Endangered Species Status for the
Miami Tiger Beetle
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of 90-day
and 12-month findings.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), propose to
list the Miami tiger beetle (Cicindelidia
floridana) as an endangered species
throughout its range under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act). If we finalize this rule
as proposed, it would extend the Act’s
protections to this species.
This document also serves as the 90day and 12-month findings on a petition
to list the species as an endangered or
threatened species.
DATES: Written Comments: We will
accept comments received or
postmarked on or before February 22,
2016. Comments submitted
electronically using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES,
below) must be received by 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on the closing date. We
have scheduled a public hearing for
January 13, 2016 (see Public Hearing,
below).
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You may submit comments
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enter FWS–R4–ES–2015–0164, which is
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Processing, Attn: FWS–R4–ES–2015–
0164, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
MS: BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041–3803.
We request that you send comments
only by the methods described above.
We will post all comments on https://
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA-2015-0100]
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Small Business Impacts of
Motor Vehicle Safety
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review; Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NHTSA seeks comments on the economic impact of its regulations
on small entities. As required by Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, we are attempting to identify rules that may have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
We also request comments on ways to make these regulations easier to
read and understand. The focus of this notice is rules that
specifically relate to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles,
trucks, buses, trailers, motorcycles, and motor vehicle equipment.
DATES: You should submit comments early enough to ensure that Docket
Management receives them not later than February 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket Number NHTSA-
2015-0100] by any of the following methods:
Internet: To submit comments electronically, go to the
U.S. Government regulations Web site at https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by
hand or courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Fax: Written comments may be faxed to 202-493-2251.
You may call Docket Management at 1-800-647-5527.
Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and
additional information see the COMMENTS heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. 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
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita Kavalauskas, Office of
Regulatory Analysis and Evaluation, National Center for Statistics and
Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone 202-366-2584, fax 202-366-3189).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
A. Background and Purpose
Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-
354), as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), requires agencies to conduct periodic
reviews of final rules that have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small business entities. The purpose of the
reviews is to determine whether such rules should be continued without
change, or should be amended or rescinded, consistent with the
objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any significant economic
impact of the rules on a substantial number of such small entities.
B. Review Schedule
On November 24, 2008, NHTSA published in the Federal Register (73
FR 71401) a 10-year review plan for its existing regulations. The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, ``we'') has
divided its rules into 10 groups by subject area. Each group will be
reviewed once every 10 years, undergoing a two-stage process--an
Analysis Year and a Review Year. For purposes of these reviews, a year
will coincide with the fall-to-fall publication schedule of the
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, see https://www.regulations.gov. Year 1
(2008) begins in the fall of 2008 and ends in the fall of 2009; Year 2
(2009) begins in the fall of 2009 and ends in the fall of 2010; and so
on.
During the Analysis Year, we will request public comment on and
analyze each of the rules in a given year's group to determine whether
any rule has a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities and, thus, requires review in accordance with section 610 of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act. In each fall's Regulatory Agenda, we
will publish the results of the analyses we completed during the
previous year. For rules that have subparts, or other discrete sections
of rules that do have a significant impact on a substantial number of
small entities, we will announce that we will be conducting a formal
section 610 review during the following 12 months.
The section 610 review will determine whether a specific rule
should be revised or revoked to lessen its impact on small entities. We
will consider: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of
complaints or comments received from the public; (3) the complexity of
the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or
conflicts with other federal rules or with state or local government
rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or
the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors
have changed in the area affected by the rule. At the end of the Review
Year, we will publish the results of our review. The following table
shows the 10-year analysis and review schedule:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Section 610 Reviews
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Regulations to be
Year reviewed Analysis year Review year
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1................ 49 CFR 571.223 2008 2009
through 571.500, and
parts 575 and 579.
2................ 23 CFR parts 1200 and 2009 2010
1300.
3................ 49 CFR parts 501 2010 2011
through 526 and
571.213.
4................ 49 CFR 571.131, 2011 2012
571.217, 571.220,
571.221, and 571.222.
5................ 49 CFR 571.101 2012 2013
through 571.110, and
571.135, 571.138 and
571.139.
6................ 49 CFR parts 529 2013 2014
through 578, except
parts 571 and 575.
7................ 49 CFR 571.111 2014 2015
through 571.129 and
parts 580 through
588.
8................ 49 CFR 571.201 2015 2016
through 571.212.
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9................ 49 CFR 571.214 2016 2017
through 571.219,
except 571.217.
10............... 49 CFR parts 591 2017 2018
through 595 and new
parts and subparts.
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C. Regulations Under Analysis
During Year 8, we will continue to conduct a preliminary assessment
of the following sections of 49 CFR 571.201 through 571.212:
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Section Title
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571.201........................... Occupant Protection in Interior
Impact.
571.202........................... Head Restraints; Applicable at the
Manufacturers Option Until
September 1, 2009.
571.202a.......................... Head Restraints; Mandatory
Applicability Begins on September
1, 2009.
571.203........................... Impact Protection for the Driver
From the Steering Control System.
571.204........................... Steering Control Rearward
Displacement.
571.205........................... Glazing Materials.
571.205(a)........................ Glazing Equipment Manufactured
Before September 1, 2006 and
Glazing Materials Used in Vehicles
Manufactured Before November 1,
2006.
571.206........................... Door Locks and Door Retention
Components.
571.207........................... Seating Systems.
571.208........................... Occupant Crash Protection.
571.209........................... Seat Belt Assemblies.
571.210........................... Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages.
571.211........................... [Reserved].
571.212........................... Windshield Mounting.
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We are seeking comments on whether any requirements in 49 CFR
571.201 through 571.212 have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. ``Small entities'' include small
businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are independently owned
and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and governmental
jurisdictions with populations under 50,000. Business entities are
generally defined as small businesses by Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) code, for the purposes of receiving Small Business
Administration (SBA) assistance. Size standards established by SBA in
13 CFR 121.201 are expressed either in number of employees or annual
receipts in millions of dollars, unless otherwise specified. The number
of employees or annual receipts indicates the maximum allowed for a
concern and its affiliates to be considered small. If your business or
organization is a small entity and if any of the requirements in 49 CFR
571.201 through 571.212 have a significant economic impact on your
business or organization, please submit a comment to explain how and to
what degree these rules affect you, the extent of the economic impact
on your business or organization, and why you believe the economic
impact is significant.
If the agency determines that there is a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities, it will ask for
comment in a subsequent notice during the Review Year on how these
impacts could be reduced without reducing safety.
II. Plain Language
A. Background and Purpose
Executive Order 12866 and the Presidential memorandum of June 1,
1998 entitled ``Plain Language in Government Writing'' require each
agency to write all rules in plain language. Application of the
principles of plain language includes consideration of the following
questions:
Have we organized the material to suit the public's needs?
Are the requirements in the rule clearly stated?
Does the rule contain technical language or jargon that is
not clear?
Would a different format (grouping and order of sections,
use of headings, paragraphing) make the rule easier to understand?
Would more (but shorter) sections be better?
Could we improve clarity by adding tables, lists, or
diagrams?
What else could we do to make the rule easier to
understand?
If you have any responses to these questions, please include them
in your comments on this document.
B. Review Schedule
In conjunction with our section 610 reviews, we will be performing
plain language reviews over a ten-year period on a schedule consistent
with the section 610 review schedule. We will review 49 CFR 571.201
through 571.212 determine if these regulations can be reorganized and/
or rewritten to make them easier to read, understand, and use. We
encourage interested persons to submit draft regulatory language that
clearly and simply communicates regulatory requirements, and other
recommendations, such as for putting information in tables that may
make the regulations easier to use.
Comments
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.
Please submit one copy 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
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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.
DOT's guidelines may be accessed at https://dmses.dot.gov/submit/DataQualityGuidelines.pdf.
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) or you may visit https://www.regulations.gov.
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, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In
addition, you should submit a copy, 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, take the following steps:
(1) Go to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at https://www.regulations.gov.
(2) FDMS provides two basic methods of searching to retrieve
dockets and docket materials that are available in the system: (a)
``Quick Search'' to search using a full-text search engine, or (b)
``Advanced Search,'' which displays various indexed fields such as the
docket name, docket identification number, phase of the action,
initiating office, date of issuance, document title, document
identification number, type of document, Federal Register reference,
CFR citation, etc. Each data field in the advanced search may be
searched independently or in combination with other fields, as desired.
Each search yields a simultaneous display of all available information
found in FDMS that is relevant to the requested subject or topic.
(3) You may download the comments. However, since the comments are
imaged documents, instead of word processing documents, the ``pdf''
versions of the documents are word searchable.
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.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; delegation of authority at 49
CFR 1.95 and 501.8.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
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