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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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[Docket No. MARAD–2020–0022]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
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Notice.
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By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
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[FR Doc. 2020–02290 Filed 2–5–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA–2019–0146]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Platform Lift Systems for
Motor Vehicles
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a reinstatement of a
previously-approved information
collection.
AGENCY:
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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, before
seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies
must solicit public comment on
proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatements
of previously approved collections. This
document describes an Information
Collection Request (ICR) for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. DOT–
NHTSA–2019–0146 through any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Pyne, 202–366–4171, Office of
Rulemaking (NRM230), National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W43–457,
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.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information:
Title: 49 CFR 571.403, Platform lift
systems for motor vehicles, and 49 CFR
571.404, Platform lift installations in
motor vehicles.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0621.
Type of Request: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved information collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Abstract: Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 403,
Platform lift systems for motor vehicles,
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establishes minimum performance
standards for platform lifts intended for
installation in motor vehicles to assist
wheelchair users and other persons of
limited mobility in entering and exiting
a vehicle. The standard’s purpose is to
prevent injuries and fatalities to
passengers and bystanders during the
operation of platform lifts. The related
standard FMVSS No. 404, Platform lift
installations in motor vehicles,
establishes specific requirements for
vehicle manufacturers or alterers that
install platform lifts in new vehicles.
Lift manufacturers must certify that
their lifts meet the requirements of
FMVSS No. 403 and must declare in the
owner’s manual, in the installation
instructions, and on the operating
instruction label that the lift is certified.
Certification of compliance with FMVSS
No. 404 is included on the vehicle
certification label required on all motor
vehicles under 49 CFR part 567. Both
FMVSS No. 403 and FMVSS No. 404
contain requirements related to
information collections. FMVSS No. 403
requires lift manufacturers to produce
an insert that is placed in the vehicle
owner’s manual and lift installation
instructions. Additionally, lift
manufacturers must affix either one or
two labels to be placed near the controls
for the lift. The latter illustrate and
describe procedures for operating the
lift. Our estimates of burden and cost to
lift manufacturers to meet these
requirements are described below.
FMVSS No. 404 requires manufacturers
or alterers that install platform lifts to
insert the instructions provided by the
lift manufacturer into the vehicle
owners’ manuals and ensure that labels
with lift operating procedures are
affixed to a location adjacent to the
controls.
Affected Public: Platform lift
manufacturers and vehicle
manufacturers or alterers that install
platform lifts in motor vehicles prior to
first vehicle sale. There is no burden to
the general public.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
NHTSA estimates that there are 10
platform lift manufacturers doing
business at a given time. Platform lift
manufacturers typically have a design
cycle of approximately 5 years.
Therefore, there are aspects of the
information collection that only require
the manufacturers to incur burden every
5 years, such as changing the owner’s
manual inserts and labels. However,
other aspects of the information
collection, such as printing the inserts
and labeling the lifts, require
manufacturers to incur burden every
year.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,562 hours.
NHTSA estimates that a total of 10 lift
manufacturers will incur 1,562 hours of
burden annually. This estimate is
comprised of time to make changes to
required language and the time to
distribute that information by affixing
labels or placards, placing inserts into
owners’ manuals, and providing
installation instructions.
NHTSA estimates that every year
approximately two lift manufacturers
will need to change the language of the
insert for the vehicle owners’ manual
stating the lift’s platform operating
volume, maintenance schedule, and
operating procedures. NHTSA estimates
that it will take manufacturers
approximately 24 hours to make those
changes. Therefore, NHTSA estimates
that changes to the owners’ manual
inserts will take 48 hours annually (2
manufacturers × 24 hrs = 48 hours per
year).
NHTSA estimates that every year
approximately two manufacturers will
need to change the installation
instructions identifying the types of
vehicles on which each lift is designed
to be installed. NHTSA estimates that it
will take manufacturers approximately
24 hours to make those changes.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that
changes to the installation instructions
will take 48 hours annually (2
manufacturers × 24 hrs = 48 hours per
year).
NHTSA estimates that every year
approximately two manufacturers will
need to make changes to labels or
placards which identify the operating
functions of the lift. NHTSA estimates
that it will take manufacturers
approximately 24 hours to make those
changes. Therefore, NHTSA estimates
that changes to the labels or placards for
lift functions will take 48 hours
annually (2 manufacturers × 24 hrs = 48
hours per year).
NHTSA estimates that every year
approximately two lift manufacturers
will need to make changes to labels and
placards detailing back-up operating
procedures. NHTSA estimates that it
will take manufacturers approximately
24 hours to make those changes.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that
changes to the language of labels or
placards for back-up operating
procedures will take 48 hours annually
(2 manufacturers × 24 hrs = 48 hours per
year).
In addition to making periodic
changes to the wording of the owners’
manual inserts, installation instructions,
label or placard for lift operating
procedures, and the label or placard for
lift back-up operation, lift
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manufacturers also incur burden
associated with distributing that
information by affixing labels or
placards, placing inserts into owners’
manuals, and providing installation
instructions.
lifts annually (27,398 lifts × 3 minutes
per lift = 82,194 minutes, 82,194
minutes ÷ 60 = 1,370 hours).
NHTSA estimates that there will be
27,398 lifts manufactured in each of the
next three years. NHTSA estimates that
distributing the required information
will take approximately 3 minutes per
lift or approximately 1,370 hours for all
Lift
manufacturers
Per
Per
Per
Per
Year
Year
Year
Year
Insert Language ...........................................................................................................
Install Instruct ...............................................................................................................
Label Change/Operating ..............................................................................................
Label Change/Back-up .................................................................................................
2
2
2
2
Lifts-each
year
next 3 years
Annual
hours
24
24
24
24
Mins. to
distribute
48
48
48
48
Total hours
Distribution ...................................................................................................................................
27,398
3
1,370
Estimated Total Burden Hours .............................................................................................
........................
........................
1,562
Estimated Cost for This Information
Collection:
The cost of this collection of
information will comprise printing costs
and hourly labor costs. NHTSA’s
estimate of printing costs can be broken
down as follows:
D Owner’s manual insert—27,398 lifts ×
$0.04 per page × 1 page = $1,095.92
D Installation instructions—27,398 lifts
× $0.04 per page × 1 page = $1,095.92
D Label/placard for lift operating
procedures—27,398 lifts × $0.13 per
label = $3,561.74
D Label/placard for lift backup
operation—27,398 lifts × $0.13 per
label = $3,561.74
Based on this breakdown, NHTSA
estimates the total printing cost
associated with this information
collection is $9,315.32 annually.
Lifts-each
year next
3 years
Per unit
Total cost
Owner’s Manual Insert .................................................................................................................
Install Instructions ........................................................................................................................
Label Change/Operating Procedure ............................................................................................
Label Change/Back-up Operation ...............................................................................................
27,398
27,398
27,398
27,398
$0.04
0.04
0.13
0.13
$1,095.92
1,095.92
3,561.74
3,561.74
Estimated Annual Printing Cost for This Information Collection ..........................................
........................
........................
9,315.32
The labor cost is derived by applying
appropriate hourly labor rates published
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1 (BLS)
to the hourly burden discussed
previously in this notice. There are two
categories of labor involved. First, for
‘‘Assemblers and Fabricators’’
(Occupation code 51–2000) with an
average wage of $22.94/hour, the labor
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Hours to
make change
rate is $32.72/hour (based on BLS
statistics showing wages for private
industry workers are 70.1 percent of
total compensation 2). Multiplying that
hourly labor rate by the estimated 1,370
labor hours needed annually to affix and
distribute the required informational
materials yields an annual labor cost of
$44,832.81. Second, for ‘‘Technical
Writers’’ (Occupation code 27–3042)
with an average wage of $33.98/hour,
the labor rate is $47.47/hour.
Multiplying that hourly labor rate by the
estimated 192 labor hours needed for
revisions to labels and printed materials
yields an annual labor cost of $9,306.93.
The total annual labor cost is thus
estimated to be $54,139.74.
Average wage
Percent of
total
compensation
Assemblers and Fabricators ................................................
Technical Writers .................................................................
$22.94
33.98
70.1
70.1
$32.72
48.47
1,370
192
$44,832.81
9,306.93
Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information
Collection ...................................................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
54,139.74
Labor
rate
Combining the above estimated
printing costs and estimated labor costs,
NHTSA estimates that the total cost of
this information collection is $63,455.06
per year.
1 Available online at https://www.bls.gov/oes/
current/naics4_336100.htm.
2 See Table 1 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
pdf/ecec.pdf.
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Annual
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Estimated Annual Printing Cost for This Information Collection .........................................................................................................
Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information Collection ............................................................................................................
$9,315.32
54,139.74
Combined Estimated Annual Printing Cost & Labor Cost for This Information Collection ..........................................................
63,455.06
Public Comments Invited: 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: (1)
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;
(2) 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;
(3) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35; and delegation
of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2019–0179]
Notice of Request for Comments:
Ensuring American Leadership in
Automated Vehicle Technologies:
Automated Vehicles 4.0 (AV 4.0)
Office of the Secretary (OST),
U.S. Department of Transportation
(USDOT).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:
The USDOT and the White
House Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP) invites public comment
on the document, Ensuring American
Leadership in Automated Vehicle
Technologies: Automated Vehicles 4.0
(AV 4.0). This document builds upon
Preparing for the Future of
Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0
(AV 3.0) and expands the scope to 38
relevant United States Government
(USG) components which have direct or
SUMMARY:
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tangential equities in safe development
and integration of AV technologies.
DATES: You should submit your
comments prior to April 2nd, 2020.
Written Comments: Comments should
refer to the docket number above and be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: 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: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Instructions: For detailed instructions
on submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process,
see the Public Participation 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.
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 USDOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or at https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or to the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact us at automation@dot.gov
or Sujeesh Kurup (202–604–9102,
SujeeshKurup.SudarsanaKurup@
ostp.eop.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AV 4.0
builds on AV 3.0 by expanding the
scope to 38 Federal departments,
independent agencies, commissions,
and Executive Offices of the President.
AV 4.0 is structured around three key
areas: (1) USG AV technologies
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principles, (2) Administration Efforts
Supporting AV Technology Growth and
Leadership, and (3) USG Activities and
Opportunities for Collaboration. The AV
4.0 document is available at:
www.transportation.gov/av/4.
The USDOT and OSTP sees AV 4.0 as
a method to ensure a consistent USG
approach to AV technologies and to
ensure that the United States continues
to lead AV technologies’ research,
development, and integration. The
USDOT and OSTP are seeking public
comments on the document, Ensuring
American Leadership in Automated
Vehicle Technologies: Automated
Vehicles 4.0.
Public Participation
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Your comments must be written and
in English. To ensure that your
comments are filed correctly in the
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comments.
Please submit one copy (two copies if
submitting by mail or hand delivery) of
your comments, including the
attachments, to the docket following the
instructions given above under
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submitting comments electronically as a
PDF (Adobe) file, we ask that the
documents submitted be scanned using
an Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
process, thus allowing the agency to
search and copy certain portions of your
submissions.
How do I submit confidential business
information?
Any submissions containing
Confidential Information must be
delivered to OST in the following
manner:
• Submitted in a sealed envelope
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requested’’;
• Accompanied by an index listing
the document(s) or information that the
submitter would like the Department to
withhold. The index should include
information such as numbers used to
identify the relevant document(s) or
information, document title and
description, and relevant page numbers
and/or section numbers within a
document; and
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA-2019-0146]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Platform Lift Systems for Motor Vehicles
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a reinstatement of a
previously-approved information collection.
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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, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions
and reinstatements of previously approved collections. This document
describes an Information Collection Request (ICR) for which NHTSA
intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. DOT-
NHTSA-2019-0146 through any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Pyne, 202-366-4171, Office of
Rulemaking (NRM230), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W43-457,
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.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collection of information:
Title: 49 CFR 571.403, Platform lift systems for motor vehicles,
and 49 CFR 571.404, Platform lift installations in motor vehicles.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0621.
Type of Request: Reinstatement without change of a previously
approved information collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Abstract: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 403,
Platform lift systems for motor vehicles, establishes minimum
performance standards for platform lifts intended for installation in
motor vehicles to assist wheelchair users and other persons of limited
mobility in entering and exiting a vehicle. The standard's purpose is
to prevent injuries and fatalities to passengers and bystanders during
the operation of platform lifts. The related standard FMVSS No. 404,
Platform lift installations in motor vehicles, establishes specific
requirements for vehicle manufacturers or alterers that install
platform lifts in new vehicles. Lift manufacturers must certify that
their lifts meet the requirements of FMVSS No. 403 and must declare in
the owner's manual, in the installation instructions, and on the
operating instruction label that the lift is certified. Certification
of compliance with FMVSS No. 404 is included on the vehicle
certification label required on all motor vehicles under 49 CFR part
567. Both FMVSS No. 403 and FMVSS No. 404 contain requirements related
to information collections. FMVSS No. 403 requires lift manufacturers
to produce an insert that is placed in the vehicle owner's manual and
lift installation instructions. Additionally, lift manufacturers must
affix either one or two labels to be placed near the controls for the
lift. The latter illustrate and describe procedures for operating the
lift. Our estimates of burden and cost to lift manufacturers to meet
these requirements are described below. FMVSS No. 404 requires
manufacturers or alterers that install platform lifts to insert the
instructions provided by the lift manufacturer into the vehicle owners'
manuals and ensure that labels with lift operating procedures are
affixed to a location adjacent to the controls.
Affected Public: Platform lift manufacturers and vehicle
manufacturers or alterers that install platform lifts in motor vehicles
prior to first vehicle sale. There is no burden to the general public.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
NHTSA estimates that there are 10 platform lift manufacturers doing
business at a given time. Platform lift manufacturers typically have a
design cycle of approximately 5 years. Therefore, there are aspects of
the information collection that only require the manufacturers to incur
burden every 5 years, such as changing the owner's manual inserts and
labels. However, other aspects of the information collection, such as
printing the inserts and labeling the lifts, require manufacturers to
incur burden every year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,562 hours.
NHTSA estimates that a total of 10 lift manufacturers will incur
1,562 hours of burden annually. This estimate is comprised of time to
make changes to required language and the time to distribute that
information by affixing labels or placards, placing inserts into
owners' manuals, and providing installation instructions.
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two lift
manufacturers will need to change the language of the insert for the
vehicle owners' manual stating the lift's platform operating volume,
maintenance schedule, and operating procedures. NHTSA estimates that it
will take manufacturers approximately 24 hours to make those changes.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that changes to the owners' manual inserts
will take 48 hours annually (2 manufacturers x 24 hrs = 48 hours per
year).
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two manufacturers
will need to change the installation instructions identifying the types
of vehicles on which each lift is designed to be installed. NHTSA
estimates that it will take manufacturers approximately 24 hours to
make those changes. Therefore, NHTSA estimates that changes to the
installation instructions will take 48 hours annually (2 manufacturers
x 24 hrs = 48 hours per year).
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two manufacturers
will need to make changes to labels or placards which identify the
operating functions of the lift. NHTSA estimates that it will take
manufacturers approximately 24 hours to make those changes. Therefore,
NHTSA estimates that changes to the labels or placards for lift
functions will take 48 hours annually (2 manufacturers x 24 hrs = 48
hours per year).
NHTSA estimates that every year approximately two lift
manufacturers will need to make changes to labels and placards
detailing back-up operating procedures. NHTSA estimates that it will
take manufacturers approximately 24 hours to make those changes.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that changes to the language of labels or
placards for back-up operating procedures will take 48 hours annually
(2 manufacturers x 24 hrs = 48 hours per year).
In addition to making periodic changes to the wording of the
owners' manual inserts, installation instructions, label or placard for
lift operating procedures, and the label or placard for lift back-up
operation, lift
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manufacturers also incur burden associated with distributing that
information by affixing labels or placards, placing inserts into
owners' manuals, and providing installation instructions.
NHTSA estimates that there will be 27,398 lifts manufactured in
each of the next three years. NHTSA estimates that distributing the
required information will take approximately 3 minutes per lift or
approximately 1,370 hours for all lifts annually (27,398 lifts x 3
minutes per lift = 82,194 minutes, 82,194 minutes / 60 = 1,370 hours).
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Lift Hours to make
manufacturers change Annual hours
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Per Year Insert Language........................................ 2 24 48
Per Year Install Instruct....................................... 2 24 48
Per Year Label Change/Operating................................. 2 24 48
Per Year Label Change/Back-up................................... 2 24 48
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Lifts-each Mins. to Total hours
year distribute
next 3 years
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Distribution.................................................... 27,398 3 1,370
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Estimated Total Burden Hours................................ .............. .............. 1,562
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Estimated Cost for This Information Collection:
The cost of this collection of information will comprise printing
costs and hourly labor costs. NHTSA's estimate of printing costs can be
broken down as follows:
[ssquf] Owner's manual insert--27,398 lifts x $0.04 per page x 1 page =
$1,095.92
[ssquf] Installation instructions--27,398 lifts x $0.04 per page x 1
page = $1,095.92
[ssquf] Label/placard for lift operating procedures--27,398 lifts x
$0.13 per label = $3,561.74
[ssquf] Label/placard for lift backup operation--27,398 lifts x $0.13
per label = $3,561.74
Based on this breakdown, NHTSA estimates the total printing cost
associated with this information collection is $9,315.32 annually.
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Lifts-each
year next 3 Per unit Total cost
years
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Owner's Manual Insert........................................... 27,398 $0.04 $1,095.92
Install Instructions............................................ 27,398 0.04 1,095.92
Label Change/Operating Procedure................................ 27,398 0.13 3,561.74
Label Change/Back-up Operation.................................. 27,398 0.13 3,561.74
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Estimated Annual Printing Cost for This Information .............. .............. 9,315.32
Collection.................................................
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The labor cost is derived by applying appropriate hourly labor
rates published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics \1\ (BLS) to the
hourly burden discussed previously in this notice. There are two
categories of labor involved. First, for ``Assemblers and Fabricators''
(Occupation code 51-2000) with an average wage of $22.94/hour, the
labor rate is $32.72/hour (based on BLS statistics showing wages for
private industry workers are 70.1 percent of total compensation \2\).
Multiplying that hourly labor rate by the estimated 1,370 labor hours
needed annually to affix and distribute the required informational
materials yields an annual labor cost of $44,832.81. Second, for
``Technical Writers'' (Occupation code 27-3042) with an average wage of
$33.98/hour, the labor rate is $47.47/hour. Multiplying that hourly
labor rate by the estimated 192 labor hours needed for revisions to
labels and printed materials yields an annual labor cost of $9,306.93.
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\1\ Available online at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm.
\2\ See Table 1 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf.
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The total annual labor cost is thus estimated to be $54,139.74.
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Percent of
Average wage total Labor rate Annual hours Annual labor
compensation cost
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Assemblers and Fabricators...... $22.94 70.1 $32.72 1,370 $44,832.81
Technical Writers............... 33.98 70.1 48.47 192 9,306.93
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Estimated Annual Labor Cost .............. .............. .............. .............. 54,139.74
for This Information
Collection.................
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Combining the above estimated printing costs and estimated labor
costs, NHTSA estimates that the total cost of this information
collection is $63,455.06 per year.
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Estimated Annual Printing Cost for This Information $9,315.32
Collection.............................................
Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information 54,139.74
Collection.............................................
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Combined Estimated Annual Printing Cost & Labor Cost 63,455.06
for This Information Collection....................
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Public Comments Invited: 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: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) how to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35; and delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2020-02297 Filed 2-5-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-59-P
