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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA–2019–0027]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comments; State Notification to
Consumers of Motor Vehicle Recall
Status
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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. A Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information
collection was published on May 7,
2019. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 26, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Office for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexander Ansley, Program Support
Division, Office of Defects Investigation
(NEF–110), (202) 493–0481, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, W48–336,
Washington, DC 20590. Please identify
the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must first publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
The OMB has promulgated regulations
describing what must be included in
such a document. Under OMB’s
regulation at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), an agency
must ask for public comment on the
SUMMARY:
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following: (i) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; (iv) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information:
Title of Collection: State Notification
to Consumers of Motor Vehicle Recall
Status.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New information
collection request.
Type of Review: Regular.
Form Number: OMB SF 424, OMB SF
424A, and OMB SF 424B.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Abstract: NHTSA is responsible for
reducing deaths, injuries and economic
losses resulting from motor vehicle
crashes. This is accomplished by setting
and enforcing safety performance
standards for motor vehicles and motor
vehicle equipment, and through grants
to state and local governments to enable
them to conduct effective local highway
safety programs. NHTSA investigates
safety defects in motor vehicles; sets
and enforces fuel economy standards;
helps states and local communities
reduce the threat of impaired drivers;
promotes the use of safety belts, child
safety seats and air bags; investigates
odometer fraud; establishes and
enforces vehicle anti-theft regulations;
and provides consumer information on
motor vehicle safety issues.
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. 30101, et.
seq., as amended (the Safety Act),
requires a motor vehicle manufacturer
to notify the owners and purchasers of
its vehicles of a safety-related defect, or
that the vehicle does not comply with
an applicable Federal motor vehicle
safety standard.1 A vehicle
manufacturer must provide notice of a
recall, in a manner prescribed through
1 49
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regulation by NHTSA, to each person
registered under State law as the owner
and whose name and address are
reasonably ascertainable by the
manufacturer through State records or
other available sources or, if a registered
owner is not notified through State
registration information, to the most
recent purchaser known to the
manufacturer.2
In order to identify owners of vehicles
subject to a safety-related recall and
provide notification to them, a motor
vehicle manufacturer typically contracts
with a third party that obtains vehicle
registration data for the affected vehicles
from State motor vehicle
administrations. The motor vehicle
manufacturer then notifies owners and
purchasers by U.S. Mail about the safety
recall and, among other things, about
how to obtain a remedy to fix the defect
or noncompliance.3 To obtain a remedy,
the consumer must then present the
recalled motor vehicle to an authorized
dealer for the dealer to remedy the
defect or noncompliance. 49 U.S.C.
30120.
Recall completion rates can and do
vary widely depending on a variety of
factors such as the age and type of
vehicle, as well as owners’ perception of
relative risk.4 Considering this wide
range, regardless of completion
averages, the fact remains that there are
at any time tens of millions of vehicles
on the road with unremedied safety
defects or noncompliances, each one
creating a safety risk. NHTSA and the
motor vehicle industry have sought to
improve notice of safety-related defects
to owners and to develop ways to
increase the rate at which owners
complete the remedy identified in the
notice.
In 2016, in accordance with Section
24105 of the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law
114–94, NHTSA announced a pilot
program to evaluate the feasibility and
effectiveness of a State process to inform
consumers of open motor vehicle recalls
at the time of motor vehicle registration.
The grant was conditioned upon a State
having the capability to use a vehicle
identification number (VIN) to identify
whether the specific vehicle was subject
to an open safety recall. In 2017,
NHTSA awarded the Maryland Motor
Vehicle Administration a grant to
2 49
U.S.C. 30119(d).
3 49 U.S.C. 30119(d) and 49 CFR part 577.
4 NHTSA, Report to Congress: ‘‘Vehicle Safety
Recall Completion Rates Report’’ (2018). A copy of
the Vehicle Safety Recall Completion Rates Report
is located on NHTSA’s website at: https://
www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/
documents/18-3122_vehicle_safety_recall_
completion_rates_report_to_congress-tag.pdf.
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provide vehicle owners and lessees
notice of open safety related recalls on
their vehicles. Maryland began notifying
vehicle owners and lessees in the Spring
of 2018.
Since the start of the Maryland
notification program, several States have
expressed an interest in partnering with
NHTSA to provide similar recall
notification to consumers in their states.
While the Maryland Pilot Program offers
a promising effort to increase consumer
awareness to repair open safety recalls
(and an opportunity to measure the
effectiveness of such notification),
additional notification by State DMVs
would increase consumer awareness of
open safety recalls and increase the
repair rate of recalled vehicles. NHTSA
believes such efforts will ultimately
reduce the risk of a crash or injury due
to a safety defect. Under its existing
authority provided in the Safety Act,
NHTSA is offering this opportunity to
further develop this State to consumer
notification to increase awareness of
open recalls.
NHTSA encourages applicants to be
creative and innovative when
developing a proposal (application) for
this grant. NHTSA is interested in
proposals that provide vehicle owners
and lessees with frequent notifications
at touchpoints between the State and
the vehicle. For example, NHTSA is
interested in proposals that may offer
options at the time of vehicle
registration and other unique
notification methods (or even follow-up
notification). One potential option is to
have notification at the time of
registration and at motor vehicle
emissions and/or safety inspection
stations. A State is free to propose a
process to make use of the functionality
that may exist through its inspection
stations or other intersection between
the State and the consumer’s vehicle.
NHTSA does not want to discourage
innovative approaches, provided they
satisfy the program requirements of
notification at the intersection of a
vehicle owner or lessee and the State.
NHTSA is also interested in proposals
that provide an analysis of recall
completion data on an ongoing basis to
assist in program evaluation, or
assessment of owners’ attitudes toward
a particular recall notification protocol.
In particular, NHTSA is interested in
ways for a State to identify the motor
vehicles that were remedied following
notification of an open recall by the
State. NHTSA looks forward to
reviewing resourceful approaches that
will motivate owners to remedy open
recalls.
While this funding opportunity will
be made available to all states, NHTSA
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anticipates an estimated twenty (20)
state applications. NHTSA will require
these applications not exceed 25 pages
(not including resumes or appendices).
NHTSA will also require OMB Standard
Form (SF) 424 (including 424
‘‘Application for Federal Assistance,’’
424A ‘‘Budget Information for NonConstruction Programs,’’ and 424B
‘‘Assurances for Non-Construction
Programs’’), with the required
information filled in and certified
assurances signed. NHTSA estimates the
burden for completing these
applications at 3,200 hours total (160
hours × 20 state applicants = 3,200
hours) to allow each applicant thirty
(30) days to conduct the necessary
research, design their program, and
complete the application package.
Affected Public: State vehicle
registration authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Frequency: One-time.
Number of Responses: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
None.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the
Department’s performance, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Department’s estimated burden; (c)
ways for the Department to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (d) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1:48.
Stephen A. Ridella,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA-2019-0027]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comments; State Notification to Consumers of Motor Vehicle Recall
Status
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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. A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information collection was published on May
7, 2019. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Office for the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Ansley, Program Support
Division, Office of Defects Investigation (NEF-110), (202) 493-0481,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W48-336, Washington, DC
20590. Please identify the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation at 5 CFR
1320.8(d), an agency must ask for public comment on the following: (i)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) how to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (iv) how to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collection of information:
Title of Collection: State Notification to Consumers of Motor
Vehicle Recall Status.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New information collection request.
Type of Review: Regular.
Form Number: OMB SF 424, OMB SF 424A, and OMB SF 424B.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Abstract: NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and
economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is
accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for
motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state
and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway
safety programs. NHTSA investigates safety defects in motor vehicles;
sets and enforces fuel economy standards; helps states and local
communities reduce the threat of impaired drivers; promotes the use of
safety belts, child safety seats and air bags; investigates odometer
fraud; establishes and enforces vehicle anti-theft regulations; and
provides consumer information on motor vehicle safety issues.
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. 30101,
et. seq., as amended (the Safety Act), requires a motor vehicle
manufacturer to notify the owners and purchasers of its vehicles of a
safety-related defect, or that the vehicle does not comply with an
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard.\1\ A vehicle
manufacturer must provide notice of a recall, in a manner prescribed
through
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regulation by NHTSA, to each person registered under State law as the
owner and whose name and address are reasonably ascertainable by the
manufacturer through State records or other available sources or, if a
registered owner is not notified through State registration
information, to the most recent purchaser known to the manufacturer.\2\
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\1\ 49 U.S.C. 30118.
\2\ 49 U.S.C. 30119(d).
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In order to identify owners of vehicles subject to a safety-related
recall and provide notification to them, a motor vehicle manufacturer
typically contracts with a third party that obtains vehicle
registration data for the affected vehicles from State motor vehicle
administrations. The motor vehicle manufacturer then notifies owners
and purchasers by U.S. Mail about the safety recall and, among other
things, about how to obtain a remedy to fix the defect or
noncompliance.\3\ To obtain a remedy, the consumer must then present
the recalled motor vehicle to an authorized dealer for the dealer to
remedy the defect or noncompliance. 49 U.S.C. 30120.
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\3\ 49 U.S.C. 30119(d) and 49 CFR part 577.
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Recall completion rates can and do vary widely depending on a
variety of factors such as the age and type of vehicle, as well as
owners' perception of relative risk.\4\ Considering this wide range,
regardless of completion averages, the fact remains that there are at
any time tens of millions of vehicles on the road with unremedied
safety defects or noncompliances, each one creating a safety risk.
NHTSA and the motor vehicle industry have sought to improve notice of
safety-related defects to owners and to develop ways to increase the
rate at which owners complete the remedy identified in the notice.
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\4\ NHTSA, Report to Congress: ``Vehicle Safety Recall
Completion Rates Report'' (2018). A copy of the Vehicle Safety
Recall Completion Rates Report is located on NHTSA's website at:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/18-3122_vehicle_safety_recall_completion_rates_report_to_congress-tag.pdf.
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In 2016, in accordance with Section 24105 of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94, NHTSA announced a
pilot program to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a State
process to inform consumers of open motor vehicle recalls at the time
of motor vehicle registration. The grant was conditioned upon a State
having the capability to use a vehicle identification number (VIN) to
identify whether the specific vehicle was subject to an open safety
recall. In 2017, NHTSA awarded the Maryland Motor Vehicle
Administration a grant to provide vehicle owners and lessees notice of
open safety related recalls on their vehicles. Maryland began notifying
vehicle owners and lessees in the Spring of 2018.
Since the start of the Maryland notification program, several
States have expressed an interest in partnering with NHTSA to provide
similar recall notification to consumers in their states. While the
Maryland Pilot Program offers a promising effort to increase consumer
awareness to repair open safety recalls (and an opportunity to measure
the effectiveness of such notification), additional notification by
State DMVs would increase consumer awareness of open safety recalls and
increase the repair rate of recalled vehicles. NHTSA believes such
efforts will ultimately reduce the risk of a crash or injury due to a
safety defect. Under its existing authority provided in the Safety Act,
NHTSA is offering this opportunity to further develop this State to
consumer notification to increase awareness of open recalls.
NHTSA encourages applicants to be creative and innovative when
developing a proposal (application) for this grant. NHTSA is interested
in proposals that provide vehicle owners and lessees with frequent
notifications at touchpoints between the State and the vehicle. For
example, NHTSA is interested in proposals that may offer options at the
time of vehicle registration and other unique notification methods (or
even follow-up notification). One potential option is to have
notification at the time of registration and at motor vehicle emissions
and/or safety inspection stations. A State is free to propose a process
to make use of the functionality that may exist through its inspection
stations or other intersection between the State and the consumer's
vehicle. NHTSA does not want to discourage innovative approaches,
provided they satisfy the program requirements of notification at the
intersection of a vehicle owner or lessee and the State.
NHTSA is also interested in proposals that provide an analysis of
recall completion data on an ongoing basis to assist in program
evaluation, or assessment of owners' attitudes toward a particular
recall notification protocol. In particular, NHTSA is interested in
ways for a State to identify the motor vehicles that were remedied
following notification of an open recall by the State. NHTSA looks
forward to reviewing resourceful approaches that will motivate owners
to remedy open recalls.
While this funding opportunity will be made available to all
states, NHTSA anticipates an estimated twenty (20) state applications.
NHTSA will require these applications not exceed 25 pages (not
including resumes or appendices). NHTSA will also require OMB Standard
Form (SF) 424 (including 424 ``Application for Federal Assistance,''
424A ``Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs,'' and 424B
``Assurances for Non-Construction Programs''), with the required
information filled in and certified assurances signed. NHTSA estimates
the burden for completing these applications at 3,200 hours total (160
hours x 20 state applicants = 3,200 hours) to allow each applicant
thirty (30) days to conduct the necessary research, design their
program, and complete the application package.
Affected Public: State vehicle registration authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency: One-time.
Number of Responses: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: None.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the Department's
performance, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimated burden; (c)
ways for the Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information collection; and (d) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.
Stephen A. Ridella,
Director, Office of Defects Investigation.
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