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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2020–
0004]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Petitions for Exemption
from the Vehicle Theft Prevention
Standard
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a reinstatement of a
previously-approved information
collection.
AGENCY:
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites
public comments about our intention to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
reinstate a previously-approved
information collection. Before a Federal
agency can collect certain information
from the public, it must receive
approval from 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. This
document describes one collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 19, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. DOT–
NHTSA–2020–0004 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.
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• 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: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Carlita
Ballard, Office of International Policy,
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs,
NHTSA, West Building, W43–439,
NRM–310, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard’s
telephone number is (202) 366–5222.
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 for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB.
Title: Petitions for Exemption From
the Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard
(49 CFR part 543).
OMB Control Number: 2127–0542.
Type of Request: Request for approval
of a reinstatement of a previouslyapproved information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
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Length of Approval Requested: Three
years.
Affected Public: Motor vehicle
manufacturers.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: Three years from approval
date.
Summary of Information Collection:
49 U.S.C. Chapter 331 requires the
Secretary of Transportation to
promulgate a theft prevention standard
to provide for the identification of
certain motor vehicles and their major
replacement parts (parts-marking) to
impede motor vehicle theft. Under 49
U.S.C. 33106, manufacturers may
petition the Secretary of Transportation
(NHTSA by delegation) for an
exemption from the parts-marking
requirement for a line of passenger
motor vehicles equipped with an antitheft device as standard equipment that
the Secretary (NHTSA by delegation)
decides is likely to be as effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle
theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements. In accordance
with the statute, NHTSA promulgated
49 CFR part 543 to provide a process
through which manufacturers may seek
an exemption from the Theft Prevention
Standard. Under these regulations, each
manufacturer may request an exemption
for one vehicle line per model year.
Under the current part 543,
manufacturers choose how they wish to
demonstrate to the agency that the antitheft device they are installing in a
vehicle line meets the requirements for
exemption: by either the factors listed in
§ 543.6 (specific content requirements:
detailed lists, data, and explanations) or
by the criteria listed in § 543.7
(performance criteria). Section 543.6
requires manufacturer to submit: (1) A
statement that an antitheft device will
be installed as standard equipment on
all vehicles in the line for which an
exemption is sought; (2) a list naming
each component in the antitheft system,
and a diagram showing the location of
each of those components within the
vehicle; (3) a discussion that explains
the means and process by which the
device is activated and functions,
including any aspect of the device
designed to facilitate or encourage its
activation by motorists, attract attention
to the efforts of an unauthorized person
to enter or move the vehicle by means
other than a key, prevent defeating or
circumventing the device by an
unauthorized person attempting to enter
a vehicle by means other than a key,
prevent the operation of a vehicle which
an unauthorized person has entered
using means other than a key, and
ensure the reliability and durability of
the device; (4) the reasons for the
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petitioner’s belief that the antitheft
device will be effective in reducing and
deterring motor vehicle theft, including
any theft data and other data that are
available to the petitioner and form the
basis for that belief; (5) the reasons for
the petitioner’s belief that the agency
should determine that the antitheft
device is likely to be as effective as
compliance with the parts-marking
requirements of Part 541 in reducing
and deterring motor vehicle theft,
including any statistical data that are
available to the petitioner and form a
basis for petitioner’s belief that a line of
passenger motor vehicles equipped with
the antitheft device is likely to have a
theft rate equal to or less than that of
passenger motor vehicles of the same, or
similar, line which have parts marked in
compliance with part 541.
Section 543.7 requires manufacturers
to submit a statement that the entire line
of vehicles is equipped with an
immobilizer, as standard equipment,
that meets one of the following: (1) The
performance criteria of (subsections 8
through 21) of C.R.C, c. 1038.114, Theft
Protection and Rollaway Prevention (in
effect March 30, 2011), as excerpted in
appendix A of this part; (2) National
Standard of Canada CAN/ULC–S338–
98, Automobile Theft Deterrent
Equipment and Systems: Electronic
Immobilization (May 1998); (3) United
Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (UN/ECE) Regulation No. 97
(ECE R97), Uniform Provisions
Concerning Approval of Vehicle Alarm
System (VAS) and Motor Vehicles with
Regard to Their Alarm System (AS) in
effect August 8, 2007; or (4) UN/ECE
Regulation No. 116 (ECE R116), Uniform
Technical Prescriptions Concerning the
Protection of Motor Vehicles Against
Unauthorized Use in effect on February
10, 2009. Manufacturers must also
submit documentation kept to
demonstrate that the device conforms
with the performance criteria and a
statement that the immobilizer device is
durable and reliable.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: NHTSA requires this
information to make a determination of
whether an anti-theft device a
manufacturer is installing in a vehicle
line is likely to be as effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle
theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements and therefore
meets the requirements for the grant of
an exemption from Part 541 partsmarking.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12.
The universe of possible petitioners
includes all vehicle manufacturers that
are required to comply with the Theft
Prevention Standard. There are
approximately 23 vehicle
manufacturers. NHTSA received 32
petitions for exemption from the partsmarking requirements for MYs 2017–
2020, and 12 petitions in the most
recent year: 9 respondents filing under
§ 543.6 and 3 respondents filing under
§ 543.7. We anticipate that the number
of petitions received in each of the next
three years will be the same as the
number of petitions received in the most
recent year, with 9 petitions submitted
under § 543.7 and 3 submitted under
§ 543.6 for a total of 12 petitions.
Because each manufacturer is limited to
requesting an exemption for one vehicle
line per model year, NHTSA estimates
that each petition will be submitted by
a different vehicle manufacturer.
Therefore, we estimate the total number
of responses and respondents will be 12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,094.
NHTSA estimates, based on
information provided by manufacturers,
that 226 hours will be required for
exemptions requested under § 543.6,
and 20 hours for exemptions requested
under § 543.7. The agency expects that
nine manufacturers will choose to file
for an exemption under § 543.6 and
three manufacturers will choose to file
for an exemption under § 543.7. The
estimated total annual burden hours are
shown below:
Average
number of
petitions per
year
Total annual
hours
Preparation and Submittal of Petition for Exemption under § 543.6 ...........................................
Preparation and Submittal of Petition for Exemption under § 543.7 ...........................................
9
3
226
20
2,034
60
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ................................................................................
........................
........................
2,094
The labor cost associated with the
burden hours for this collection is
derived by (1) applying appropriate
average hourly labor rate for
‘‘Compliance Officers,’’ Occupation
Code 13–1041, published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics,1 (2) dividing by
0.701 2 (70.1%) to obtain the total
Hourly
labor
cost
Preparation and Submittal of Petition for Exemption under
§ 543.6 ..............................................................................
Preparation and Submittal of Petition for Exemption under
§ 543.7 ..............................................................................
Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information
Collection: ..................................................................
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Average time
per petition
submittal
(hrs)
1 May 2018 National Occupational Employment
and Wage Estimates, United States. Business and
Financial Operations Occupations, Compliance
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Average time
per petition
submittal
Labor
cost/petition
Estimated
number of
petitions/year
Annual
labor
cost
$49.73
226
$11,238.98
9
$101,151
49.73
20
994.60
3
2,984
........................
........................
........................
........................
104,135
Officers, Occupation Code 13–1041; Mean Hourly
Wage = $34.86. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes_nat.htm. Accessed Mar. 9, 2020.
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compensation rate for private industry
workers, and (3) multiplying by the
estimated labor hours for each
exemption type.
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2 See Table 1 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.t01.htm.
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Costs to Respondents or
Recordkeepers: $0.
NHTSA estimates that there will be
no costs to respondents other than costs
associated with burden hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0075]
Receipt of Petitions for Temporary
Exemption From Shoulder Belt
Requirement for Side-Facing Seats on
Motorcoaches
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of receipt of petitions for
temporary exemption; request for
comment.
AGENCY:
NHTSA has received almost
identical petitions from 13 final-stage
manufacturers of ‘‘entertainer-type
motorcoaches,’’ seeking temporary
exemption from a shoulder belt
requirement of Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208,
‘‘Occupant crash protection,’’ for sidefacing seats on motorcoaches. The
petitioners seek to install Type 1 seat
belts (lap belt only) at side-facing
seating positions, instead of Type 2 seat
belts (lap and shoulder belts) required
by FMVSS No. 208. Each petitioner
states that, absent the requested
exemption, it will otherwise be unable
to sell a vehicle whose overall level of
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safety or impact protection is at least
equal to that of a nonexempted vehicle.
NHTSA is publishing this document to
notify the public of the receipt of the
petitions and to request comment on
them, in accordance with statutory and
administrative provisions.
DATES: If you would like to comment,
you should submit your comment not
later than October 19, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deirdre Fujita, Office of the Chief
Counsel, NCC–200, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC,
20590. Telephone: 202–366–2992; Fax:
202–366–3820.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comment, identified by the docket
number in the heading of this
document, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays. To be sure someone is there
to help you, please call (202) 366–9322
before coming.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number.
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 discussion below.
NHTSA will consider all comments
received before the close of business on
the comment closing date indicated
above. To the extent possible, NHTSA
will also consider comments filed after
the closing date.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays. Telephone:
202–366–9826. To be sure someone is
there to help you, please call (202) 366–
9322 before coming.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
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rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice, DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS, accessible through
www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to
facilitate comment tracking and
response, the agency encourages
commenters to provide their name, or
the name of their organization; however,
submission of names is completely
optional. Whether or not commenters
identify themselves, all timely
comments will be fully considered. If
you wish to provide comments
containing proprietary or confidential
information, please see below.
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, at the address given
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. 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.
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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
a. Statutory Authority for Temporary
Exemptions
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act (Safety Act), codified
as 49 U.S.C. chapter 301, provides the
Secretary of Transportation authority to
exempt, on a temporary basis, under
specified circumstances, and on terms
the Secretary deems appropriate, motor
vehicles from a motor vehicle safety
standard or bumper standard. This
authority and circumstances are set
forth in 49 U.S.C. 30113. The Secretary
has delegated the authority for
implementing this section to NHTSA.
NHTSA established 49 CFR part 555,
Temporary Exemption from Motor
Vehicle Safety and Bumper Standards,
to implement the statutory provisions
concerning temporary exemptions.
Under Part 555 subpart A, a vehicle
manufacturer seeking an exemption
must submit a petition for exemption
containing specified information.
Among other things, the petition must
set forth (a) the reasons why granting
the exemption would be in the public
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2020-0004]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Petitions for Exemption from the Vehicle Theft Prevention
Standard
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a reinstatement of a
previously-approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
invites public comments about our intention to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate a previously-
approved information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect
certain information from the public, it must receive approval from 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. This document
describes one collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek
OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 19, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. DOT-
NHTSA-2020-0004 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: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Carlita Ballard, Office of
International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, West
Building, W43-439, NRM-310, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Ballard's telephone number is (202) 366-5222. 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 for which the agency
is seeking approval from OMB.
Title: Petitions for Exemption From the Vehicle Theft Prevention
Standard (49 CFR part 543).
OMB Control Number: 2127-0542.
Type of Request: Request for approval of a reinstatement of a
previously-approved information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three years.
Affected Public: Motor vehicle manufacturers.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from approval
date.
Summary of Information Collection: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331 requires
the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a theft prevention
standard to provide for the identification of certain motor vehicles
and their major replacement parts (parts-marking) to impede motor
vehicle theft. Under 49 U.S.C. 33106, manufacturers may petition the
Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) for an exemption from
the parts-marking requirement for a line of passenger motor vehicles
equipped with an anti-theft device as standard equipment that the
Secretary (NHTSA by delegation) decides is likely to be as effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft as compliance with the
parts-marking requirements. In accordance with the statute, NHTSA
promulgated 49 CFR part 543 to provide a process through which
manufacturers may seek an exemption from the Theft Prevention Standard.
Under these regulations, each manufacturer may request an exemption for
one vehicle line per model year.
Under the current part 543, manufacturers choose how they wish to
demonstrate to the agency that the anti-theft device they are
installing in a vehicle line meets the requirements for exemption: by
either the factors listed in Sec. 543.6 (specific content
requirements: detailed lists, data, and explanations) or by the
criteria listed in Sec. 543.7 (performance criteria). Section 543.6
requires manufacturer to submit: (1) A statement that an antitheft
device will be installed as standard equipment on all vehicles in the
line for which an exemption is sought; (2) a list naming each component
in the antitheft system, and a diagram showing the location of each of
those components within the vehicle; (3) a discussion that explains the
means and process by which the device is activated and functions,
including any aspect of the device designed to facilitate or encourage
its activation by motorists, attract attention to the efforts of an
unauthorized person to enter or move the vehicle by means other than a
key, prevent defeating or circumventing the device by an unauthorized
person attempting to enter a vehicle by means other than a key, prevent
the operation of a vehicle which an unauthorized person has entered
using means other than a key, and ensure the reliability and durability
of the device; (4) the reasons for the
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petitioner's belief that the antitheft device will be effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft, including any theft data
and other data that are available to the petitioner and form the basis
for that belief; (5) the reasons for the petitioner's belief that the
agency should determine that the antitheft device is likely to be as
effective as compliance with the parts-marking requirements of Part 541
in reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft, including any
statistical data that are available to the petitioner and form a basis
for petitioner's belief that a line of passenger motor vehicles
equipped with the antitheft device is likely to have a theft rate equal
to or less than that of passenger motor vehicles of the same, or
similar, line which have parts marked in compliance with part 541.
Section 543.7 requires manufacturers to submit a statement that the
entire line of vehicles is equipped with an immobilizer, as standard
equipment, that meets one of the following: (1) The performance
criteria of (subsections 8 through 21) of C.R.C, c. 1038.114, Theft
Protection and Rollaway Prevention (in effect March 30, 2011), as
excerpted in appendix A of this part; (2) National Standard of Canada
CAN/ULC-S338-98, Automobile Theft Deterrent Equipment and Systems:
Electronic Immobilization (May 1998); (3) United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Regulation No. 97 (ECE R97), Uniform
Provisions Concerning Approval of Vehicle Alarm System (VAS) and Motor
Vehicles with Regard to Their Alarm System (AS) in effect August 8,
2007; or (4) UN/ECE Regulation No. 116 (ECE R116), Uniform Technical
Prescriptions Concerning the Protection of Motor Vehicles Against
Unauthorized Use in effect on February 10, 2009. Manufacturers must
also submit documentation kept to demonstrate that the device conforms
with the performance criteria and a statement that the immobilizer
device is durable and reliable.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: NHTSA requires this information to make a determination of
whether an anti-theft device a manufacturer is installing in a vehicle
line is likely to be as effective in reducing and deterring motor
vehicle theft as compliance with the parts-marking requirements and
therefore meets the requirements for the grant of an exemption from
Part 541 parts-marking.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
The universe of possible petitioners includes all vehicle
manufacturers that are required to comply with the Theft Prevention
Standard. There are approximately 23 vehicle manufacturers. NHTSA
received 32 petitions for exemption from the parts-marking requirements
for MYs 2017-2020, and 12 petitions in the most recent year: 9
respondents filing under Sec. 543.6 and 3 respondents filing under
Sec. 543.7. We anticipate that the number of petitions received in
each of the next three years will be the same as the number of
petitions received in the most recent year, with 9 petitions submitted
under Sec. 543.7 and 3 submitted under Sec. 543.6 for a total of 12
petitions. Because each manufacturer is limited to requesting an
exemption for one vehicle line per model year, NHTSA estimates that
each petition will be submitted by a different vehicle manufacturer.
Therefore, we estimate the total number of responses and respondents
will be 12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,094.
NHTSA estimates, based on information provided by manufacturers,
that 226 hours will be required for exemptions requested under Sec.
543.6, and 20 hours for exemptions requested under Sec. 543.7. The
agency expects that nine manufacturers will choose to file for an
exemption under Sec. 543.6 and three manufacturers will choose to file
for an exemption under Sec. 543.7. The estimated total annual burden
hours are shown below:
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Average time
Average number per petition Total annual
of petitions submittal hours
per year (hrs)
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Preparation and Submittal of Petition for Exemption under Sec. 9 226 2,034
543.6..........................................................
Preparation and Submittal of Petition for Exemption under Sec. 3 20 60
543.7..........................................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........................ .............. .............. 2,094
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The labor cost associated with the burden hours for this collection
is derived by (1) applying appropriate average hourly labor rate for
``Compliance Officers,'' Occupation Code 13-1041, published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics,\1\ (2) dividing by 0.701 \2\ (70.1%) to
obtain the total compensation rate for private industry workers, and
(3) multiplying by the estimated labor hours for each exemption type.
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\1\ May 2018 National Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates, United States. Business and Financial Operations
Occupations, Compliance Officers, Occupation Code 13-1041; Mean
Hourly Wage = $34.86. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm.
Accessed Mar. 9, 2020.
\2\ See Table 1 at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm.
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Average time Estimated
Hourly labor per petition Labor cost/ number of Annual labor
cost submittal petition petitions/year cost
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Preparation and Submittal of $49.73 226 $11,238.98 9 $101,151
Petition for Exemption under
Sec. 543.6...................
Preparation and Submittal of 49.73 20 994.60 3 2,984
Petition for Exemption under
Sec. 543.7...................
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Estimated Annual Labor Cost .............. .............. .............. .............. 104,135
for This Information
Collection:................
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Costs to Respondents or Recordkeepers: $0.
NHTSA estimates that there will be no costs to respondents other
than costs associated with burden hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2020-18216 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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