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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0013]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Automated Driving
Systems 2.0 A Vision for Safety
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
an extension of a currently-approved
information collection.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below will be forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
is a request for an extension of a
currently-approved information
collection. This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA seeks OMB extension approval,
titled ‘‘Automated Driving Systems 2.0:
A Vision for Safety’’ and identified by
OMB Control Number 2127–0723,
which is currently approved through
May 31, 2021. The burden hour
calculations have been adjusted to
reflect a reduction in burden as well as
a reduction in the frequency of response
resulting in a total annual burden hour
reduction from 86,100 hours to 12,000
hours. A Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection
was published on March 9, 2021.
NHTSA received three comments to this
notice, two of which were generally
supportive of the information collection.
The third comment addressed
accessibility of ADS-equipped vehicles.
None of the comments addressed
burden hours or cost estimates.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under 30day Review—Open for Public
Comment’’ or use the search function.
SUMMARY:
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For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Debbie
Sweet, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590;
Telephone (202) 366–7179; Fax: (202)
366–2106; email address:
Debbie.Sweet@dot.gov. Please identify
the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces the following
information collection request will be
submitted to OMB.
Title: Automated Driving Systems 2.0:
A Vision for Safety.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0723.
Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: In September 2017,
NHTSA published a policy document
titled Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A
Vision for Safety (ADS 2.0). Recognizing
the potential that Automated Driving
Systems (ADSs) have to enhance safety
and mobility, this policy document set
out an approach to enable the safe
deployment of Automated Driving
Systems (SAE Automation Levels 3
through 5—Conditional, High, and Full
Automation Systems as defined in SAE
J3016).1
Consistent with its statutory purpose
to reduce traffic crashes and deaths and
injuries resulting from traffic crashes,2
NHTSA has recommended disclosure of
information via a Voluntary Safety SelfAssessment (VSSA) related to ADS
technologies by vehicle manufacturers
and other entities as described in ADS
2.0. In the section of ADS 2.0 titled,
‘‘Voluntary Guidance for Automated
Driving systems’’ (hereafter referred to
as ‘‘Voluntary Guidance’’), NHTSA
recommended that manufacturers and
other entities assess their ADS-equipped
vehicle against specific safety elements,
summarize that assessment, and then
voluntarily disclose that summary to the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1 For more information about SAE J3016, see
https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j3016_
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2 49 U.S.C. 30101.
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public.3 The Voluntary Guidance
outlines recommended best practices,
many of which should be commonplace
in the industry, for the safe predeployment design, development, and
testing of ADSs prior to commercial sale
or operation on public roads.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: To assist States and the
public in understanding how safety is
being considered by manufacturers and
other entities developing and testing
ADSs, NHTSA has encouraged
disclosures that aid in that mission. The
burden estimates contained in this
notice are based on the Agency’s
understanding of the ADS market and
the time associated with generating a
self-assessment and voluntarily making
a summary of that self-assessment
public. The estimates in this notice are
adjustments from the previous
information collection request (ICR)
demonstrating a decrease in the burdenhour estimate.
The manner by which NHTSA
encourages ADS manufacturers and
other entities to disclose information is
through a VSSA. The VSSA summarizes
how the manufacturer or other entity
has considered the safety elements
contained in the Voluntary Guidance as
shown below:
• System Safety
• Operational Design Domain
• Object and Event Detection and
Response
• Fallback (Minimal Risk Condition)
• Validation Methods
• Human Machine Interface
• Vehicle Cybersecurity
• Crashworthiness
• Post-Crash ADS Behavior
• Data Recording
• Consumer Education and Training
• Federal, State and Local Laws
The Agency believes the work
associated with consideration of the
safety element in the Voluntary
Guidance to be an extension of good and
safe engineering practices already in
place. It therefore believes that
manufacturers and other entities will
have access to all the information
needed to craft a VSSA that discusses
how the safety elements were
considered and, if they choose, release
a summary of that assessment publicly.
Of the manufacturers and other entities
who voluntarily disclose this
information, NHTSA anticipates that
most manufacturers and other entities
will post the VSSAs online. As of
December 28, 2020, NHTSA was aware
of 26 VSSAs, all available online.
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The safety elements are fully
described in the Voluntary Guidance
section (section 1) of ADS 2.0, as is the
VSSA. The VSSA (including the public
release of that summary assessment) is
intended to communicate to the public
(particularly States and consumers) that
entities are (1) considering the safety
aspects of ADSs; (2) communicating and
collaborating with DOT; (3) encouraging
the self-establishment of industry safety
norms for ADSs; and (4) building public
trust, acceptance, and confidence
through transparent testing and
deployment of ADSs.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the information
collection was published on March 9,
2021 (86 FR 13602). The Agency
received three comments on this notice.
Two comments, one from Locomation
and one from the California Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) were generally
supportive of the information collection.
Locomation stated that it ‘‘applauds
NHTSA work to provide voluntary data
sharing platforms to improve the
public’s understanding’’ and believes
the information collection should be
extended for these activities. The
California Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV) and California Highway Patrol
(CHP) stated it was ‘‘pleased to submit
these comments expressing [their]
support for extending the VSSA as a
method to collect information from
Automated Driving System (ADS)
developers about their development of
the technology.’’ The third comment,
from an individual, addressed
accessibility in ADS-equipped vehicles,
but did not provide any specific
comments about this information
collection. None of the comments
addressed burden hours or cost
estimates.
Affected Public: Entities involved in
the testing and deployment of ADSs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
NHTSA estimates that there will be,
on average, 20 respondents a year.
Frequency: On Occasion (based on
information from the current
information collection, respondents are
expected to respond, on average, once
every three years).
Number of Responses: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 12,000 hours.
NHTSA is using the number of
entities that have received permits from
the State of California as surrogate for
the number of respondents that may
choose to develop and issue a VSSA. As
of December 28, 2020, California has
cumulatively issued permits to 58
entities to test Automated Driving
Systems with drivers present, five of
those entities also received permits to
test without a driver present, and one
entity (included on both other lists) has
a permit to deploy.4 At the onset of the
current information collection,
California had issued permits to 45
entities as of November 16, 2017, but
NHTSA had expected the number to
grow to 60 entities within the three
years of the information collection,
assuming an addition of new entrants.
For that reason, the burden hours and
cost were calculated based on 60
respondents. NHTSA expects the
number of potential respondents to
remain at approximately 60 given the
coordinated efforts of some companies
on the list, the departure of some of
those entities from the industry
(departures were not prevalent in 2017
as the industry was new), and
accounting for new entrants. As a point
of reference, since the previous ICR was
approved, NHTSA is aware of 26
published VSSAs. Given that only 26
VSSAs have been published in three
years compared to the 58 activelypermitted entities in California, NHTSA
believes that 60 respondents is an
appropriate high-end estimate for total
respondents. However, based on
observations of the current information,
NHTSA estimates that respondents will
only produce and disclose a new VSSA
once every three years. Therefore,
NHTSA has revised its burden
calculations to reflect estimates based
on 20 respondents each year.
Components of the Voluntary
Guidance in ADS 2.0 and public
disclosure of the VSSA have not
changed since release in 2017. NHTSA
expects the industry burden of
addressing safety elements in the
Voluntary Guidance to be comprised of
efforts entities would already incur in
normal business operation and existing
documentation. While the previous ICR
calculated burden hours associated with
a potential increase in analysis and
review in order to develop the VSSA,
NHTSA has since determined there to
be no increased documentation citing
how an entity addressed the safety
elements in the Voluntary Guidance.
NHTSA does not believe that any entity
is documenting its safety efforts solely
for the purpose of the VSSA and public
disclosure. Therefore, NHTSA reduced
the estimation of burden hours by 835
burden hours per respondent per year
from the previous ICR.
Development and disclosure of a
VSSA is expected to involve burden for
format, content, and summary, varying
by safety element. NHTSA estimates
that each entity will spend
approximately 600 hours to develop and
disseminate a VSSA. This estimate of
burden is comprised of efforts to
transmit information from the existing
format (520 hours for development) into
a summary format that would be
consumable by the public, including
data translation, analysis, and
discussion of traditionally technical
information (80 hours to summarize).
The total estimated burden hours for
a single VSSA is calculated as 600 hours
for each of the 20 respondents. The total
burden hours per year is estimated at
12,000 hours, a reduction from the
86,100 hours in the previous ICR.
In summary, NHTSA estimates the
total burden associated with disclosure
recommendations via a VSSA would be
600 hours per respondent with 20
respondents submitting information
each year. The frequency of responding
is once every three years; therefore,
NHTSA estimates there will be a total of
60 unique responders over the course of
the next three years.
The burden hours associated with
development of a VSSA are detailed in
the tables below.
TABLE 1—BURDEN HOURS ESTIMATES FOR VSSA, PER SAFETY ELEMENT
Burden hours
for VSSA
development
Safety element in voluntary guidance
A. System Safety .........................................................................................................................................
B. Operational Design Domain ....................................................................................................................
C. Object and Event Detection and Response ...........................................................................................
20
20
40
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TABLE 1—BURDEN HOURS ESTIMATES FOR VSSA, PER SAFETY ELEMENT—Continued
Burden hours
for VSSA
development
Safety element in voluntary guidance
Burden hours
for VSSA
summary
D. Fallback ...................................................................................................................................................
E. Validation Methods ..................................................................................................................................
F. Human Machine Interface .......................................................................................................................
G. Vehicle Cybersecurity .............................................................................................................................
H. Crashworthiness .....................................................................................................................................
I. Post-Crash ADS Behavior ........................................................................................................................
J. Data Recording ........................................................................................................................................
K. Consumer Education and Training .........................................................................................................
L. Federal, State, and Local Laws ..............................................................................................................
80
80
20
20
20
20
80
40
80
10
10
5
5
5
5
10
5
5
Total Burden Hours per ADS ...............................................................................................................
520
80
TABLE 2—CALCULATION OF ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Estimated Number of Respondents Annually ...............................................................................................................................
Estimated Burden Hours for Voluntary Assessment Development ..............................................................................................
Estimated Burden Hours for Summarizing Information ................................................................................................................
20.
520 hours.
80 hours.
Total Burden Hours per Respondent .....................................................................................................................................
600 hours.
Total Estimated Burden Hours for Industry per Year .....................................................................................................
NHTSA estimates the hourly cost
associated with preparing VSSAs to be
$97.36 5 per hour using the Bureau of
Labor Statistics’ mean hourly wage
estimate for architectural and
engineering managers in the motor
vehicle manufacturing industry
(Standard Occupational Classification
#11–9041). Therefore, the total
estimated annual burden to each
respondent is $58,416 (600 hours ×
$97.36 = $58,416). Therefore, the total
estimated labor costs to all respondents
to this collection is $1,168,320.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
NHTSA does not anticipate any further
burden to respondents beyond the labor
costs associated with the burden hours.
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 proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) 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; (c)
5 The hourly wage is estimated to be $68.35 per
hour. National Industry-Specific Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 336100—
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, May 2019, https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm, last
accessed June 30, 2020. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that wages represent 70.2
percent of total compensation to private workers, on
average. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total
hourly compensation cost to be $97.36.
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ways for the department 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
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses
without reducing the quality of the
collected information.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety
Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2021-0013]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Automated
Driving Systems 2.0 A Vision for Safety
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a request for approval of an
extension of a currently-approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. This is a request
for an extension of a currently-approved information collection. This
document describes the collection of information for which NHTSA seeks
OMB extension approval, titled ``Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A
Vision for Safety'' and identified by OMB Control Number 2127-0723,
which is currently approved through May 31, 2021. The burden hour
calculations have been adjusted to reflect a reduction in burden as
well as a reduction in the frequency of response resulting in a total
annual burden hour reduction from 86,100 hours to 12,000 hours. A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection was published on March 9, 2021.
NHTSA received three comments to this notice, two of which were
generally supportive of the information collection. The third comment
addressed accessibility of ADS-equipped vehicles. None of the comments
addressed burden hours or cost estimates.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden,
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find this particular information
collection, select ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public
Comment'' or use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Debbie Sweet, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; Telephone (202) 366-7179; Fax: (202)
366-2106; email address: [email protected]. Please identify the
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control
Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces
the following information collection request will be submitted to OMB.
Title: Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0723.
Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information
collection.
Length of Approval Requested: Three years.
Summary of the Collection of Information: In September 2017, NHTSA
published a policy document titled Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A
Vision for Safety (ADS 2.0). Recognizing the potential that Automated
Driving Systems (ADSs) have to enhance safety and mobility, this policy
document set out an approach to enable the safe deployment of Automated
Driving Systems (SAE Automation Levels 3 through 5--Conditional, High,
and Full Automation Systems as defined in SAE J3016).\1\
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Consistent with its statutory purpose to reduce traffic crashes and
deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes,\2\ NHTSA has
recommended disclosure of information via a Voluntary Safety Self-
Assessment (VSSA) related to ADS technologies by vehicle manufacturers
and other entities as described in ADS 2.0. In the section of ADS 2.0
titled, ``Voluntary Guidance for Automated Driving systems'' (hereafter
referred to as ``Voluntary Guidance''), NHTSA recommended that
manufacturers and other entities assess their ADS-equipped vehicle
against specific safety elements, summarize that assessment, and then
voluntarily disclose that summary to the public.\3\ The Voluntary
Guidance outlines recommended best practices, many of which should be
commonplace in the industry, for the safe pre-deployment design,
development, and testing of ADSs prior to commercial sale or operation
on public roads.
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Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: To assist States and the public in understanding how
safety is being considered by manufacturers and other entities
developing and testing ADSs, NHTSA has encouraged disclosures that aid
in that mission. The burden estimates contained in this notice are
based on the Agency's understanding of the ADS market and the time
associated with generating a self-assessment and voluntarily making a
summary of that self-assessment public. The estimates in this notice
are adjustments from the previous information collection request (ICR)
demonstrating a decrease in the burden-hour estimate.
The manner by which NHTSA encourages ADS manufacturers and other
entities to disclose information is through a VSSA. The VSSA summarizes
how the manufacturer or other entity has considered the safety elements
contained in the Voluntary Guidance as shown below:
System Safety
Operational Design Domain
Object and Event Detection and Response
Fallback (Minimal Risk Condition)
Validation Methods
Human Machine Interface
Vehicle Cybersecurity
Crashworthiness
Post-Crash ADS Behavior
Data Recording
Consumer Education and Training
Federal, State and Local Laws
The Agency believes the work associated with consideration of the
safety element in the Voluntary Guidance to be an extension of good and
safe engineering practices already in place. It therefore believes that
manufacturers and other entities will have access to all the
information needed to craft a VSSA that discusses how the safety
elements were considered and, if they choose, release a summary of that
assessment publicly. Of the manufacturers and other entities who
voluntarily disclose this information, NHTSA anticipates that most
manufacturers and other entities will post the VSSAs online. As of
December 28, 2020, NHTSA was aware of 26 VSSAs, all available online.
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The safety elements are fully described in the Voluntary Guidance
section (section 1) of ADS 2.0, as is the VSSA. The VSSA (including the
public release of that summary assessment) is intended to communicate
to the public (particularly States and consumers) that entities are (1)
considering the safety aspects of ADSs; (2) communicating and
collaborating with DOT; (3) encouraging the self-establishment of
industry safety norms for ADSs; and (4) building public trust,
acceptance, and confidence through transparent testing and deployment
of ADSs.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the information collection was published
on March 9, 2021 (86 FR 13602). The Agency received three comments on
this notice. Two comments, one from Locomation and one from the
California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) were generally supportive
of the information collection. Locomation stated that it ``applauds
NHTSA work to provide voluntary data sharing platforms to improve the
public's understanding'' and believes the information collection should
be extended for these activities. The California Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) and California Highway Patrol (CHP) stated it was
``pleased to submit these comments expressing [their] support for
extending the VSSA as a method to collect information from Automated
Driving System (ADS) developers about their development of the
technology.'' The third comment, from an individual, addressed
accessibility in ADS-equipped vehicles, but did not provide any
specific comments about this information collection. None of the
comments addressed burden hours or cost estimates.
Affected Public: Entities involved in the testing and deployment of
ADSs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
NHTSA estimates that there will be, on average, 20 respondents a
year.
Frequency: On Occasion (based on information from the current
information collection, respondents are expected to respond, on
average, once every three years).
Number of Responses: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,000 hours.
NHTSA is using the number of entities that have received permits
from the State of California as surrogate for the number of respondents
that may choose to develop and issue a VSSA. As of December 28, 2020,
California has cumulatively issued permits to 58 entities to test
Automated Driving Systems with drivers present, five of those entities
also received permits to test without a driver present, and one entity
(included on both other lists) has a permit to deploy.\4\ At the onset
of the current information collection, California had issued permits to
45 entities as of November 16, 2017, but NHTSA had expected the number
to grow to 60 entities within the three years of the information
collection, assuming an addition of new entrants. For that reason, the
burden hours and cost were calculated based on 60 respondents. NHTSA
expects the number of potential respondents to remain at approximately
60 given the coordinated efforts of some companies on the list, the
departure of some of those entities from the industry (departures were
not prevalent in 2017 as the industry was new), and accounting for new
entrants. As a point of reference, since the previous ICR was approved,
NHTSA is aware of 26 published VSSAs. Given that only 26 VSSAs have
been published in three years compared to the 58 actively-permitted
entities in California, NHTSA believes that 60 respondents is an
appropriate high-end estimate for total respondents. However, based on
observations of the current information, NHTSA estimates that
respondents will only produce and disclose a new VSSA once every three
years. Therefore, NHTSA has revised its burden calculations to reflect
estimates based on 20 respondents each year.
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Components of the Voluntary Guidance in ADS 2.0 and public
disclosure of the VSSA have not changed since release in 2017. NHTSA
expects the industry burden of addressing safety elements in the
Voluntary Guidance to be comprised of efforts entities would already
incur in normal business operation and existing documentation. While
the previous ICR calculated burden hours associated with a potential
increase in analysis and review in order to develop the VSSA, NHTSA has
since determined there to be no increased documentation citing how an
entity addressed the safety elements in the Voluntary Guidance. NHTSA
does not believe that any entity is documenting its safety efforts
solely for the purpose of the VSSA and public disclosure. Therefore,
NHTSA reduced the estimation of burden hours by 835 burden hours per
respondent per year from the previous ICR.
Development and disclosure of a VSSA is expected to involve burden
for format, content, and summary, varying by safety element. NHTSA
estimates that each entity will spend approximately 600 hours to
develop and disseminate a VSSA. This estimate of burden is comprised of
efforts to transmit information from the existing format (520 hours for
development) into a summary format that would be consumable by the
public, including data translation, analysis, and discussion of
traditionally technical information (80 hours to summarize).
The total estimated burden hours for a single VSSA is calculated as
600 hours for each of the 20 respondents. The total burden hours per
year is estimated at 12,000 hours, a reduction from the 86,100 hours in
the previous ICR.
In summary, NHTSA estimates the total burden associated with
disclosure recommendations via a VSSA would be 600 hours per respondent
with 20 respondents submitting information each year. The frequency of
responding is once every three years; therefore, NHTSA estimates there
will be a total of 60 unique responders over the course of the next
three years.
The burden hours associated with development of a VSSA are detailed
in the tables below.
Table 1--Burden Hours Estimates for VSSA, per Safety Element
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Safety element in voluntary Burden hours for Burden hours for
guidance VSSA development VSSA summary
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A. System Safety.................. 20 10
B. Operational Design Domain...... 20 5
C. Object and Event Detection and 40 5
Response.........................
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D. Fallback....................... 80 10
E. Validation Methods............. 80 10
F. Human Machine Interface........ 20 5
G. Vehicle Cybersecurity.......... 20 5
H. Crashworthiness................ 20 5
I. Post-Crash ADS Behavior........ 20 5
J. Data Recording................. 80 10
K. Consumer Education and Training 40 5
L. Federal, State, and Local Laws. 80 5
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Total Burden Hours per ADS.... 520 80
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Table 2--Calculation of Annual Burden Hours
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Estimated Number of Respondents Annually.... 20.
Estimated Burden Hours for Voluntary 520 hours.
Assessment Development.
Estimated Burden Hours for Summarizing 80 hours.
Information.
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Total Burden Hours per Respondent....... 600 hours.
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Total Estimated Burden Hours for 12,000 hours.
Industry per Year.
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NHTSA estimates the hourly cost associated with preparing VSSAs to
be $97.36 \5\ per hour using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' mean
hourly wage estimate for architectural and engineering managers in the
motor vehicle manufacturing industry (Standard Occupational
Classification #11-9041). Therefore, the total estimated annual burden
to each respondent is $58,416 (600 hours x $97.36 = $58,416).
Therefore, the total estimated labor costs to all respondents to this
collection is $1,168,320.
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\5\ The hourly wage is estimated to be $68.35 per hour. National
Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS
336100--Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, May 2019, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm, last accessed June 30, 2020. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that wages represent 70.2
percent of total compensation to private workers, on average.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total hourly compensation cost to be
$97.36.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: NHTSA does not anticipate any
further burden to respondents beyond the labor costs associated with
the burden hours.
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 proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) 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; (c) ways for the department 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 appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses without reducing the quality of the collected
information.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2021-11150 Filed 5-25-21; 8:45 am]
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