[Federal Register: September 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA 2002-16042]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Emergency Federal Register notice.
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SUMMARY: NHTSA has submitted the following request for emergency
processing of a public collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
This notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to OMB for review and comment. The
ICR describes the nature of the collection of information and its
expected burden on the public.
This document describes a collection of information by special
order for tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) data from major motor
vehicle manufacturers and TPMS suppliers that have a presence in the
USA. NHTSA seeks OMB approval of that collection.
Comments: Comments should be directed to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer
for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DATES: OMB approval was granted on September 9, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Nakama, Office of the Chief
Counsel, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5219, Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Nakama's telephone number is (202) 366-2992.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Title: Special Order for Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems.
OMB Clearance Number--2127-0633.
Expiration Date of Approval--December 31, 2003.
Summary of Collection of Information--The information requested
from the vehicle manufacturers includes a list of all vehicle models
available for sale or lease in the USA that indicates the motor vehicle
manufacturers' actual or planned TPMS for each vehicle model for model
years (MY) 2001 to 2008. The information requested from TPMS suppliers
includes current and future production capability of TPMSs for motor
vehicles available for sale in the USA.
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Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number and
Frequency of Responses to the Collection of Information)
The tire pressure monitoring system data will be collected from:
(1) Vehicle manufacturers that sell light vehicles having a gross
vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds (except motorcycles,
low-speed vehicles, and trailers) in the United States.
(2) TPMS suppliers that manufacture for sale TPMSs for the above
vehicles.
This information will be provided by the respondents in a
prescribed electronic readily available format, such as Microsoft Word
and Microsoft Excel, for ease of searching, storing, and evaluation.
For both groups of manufacturers, the company that historically
reports phase-in compliance information to the agency will collect the
data from their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. This comports
with the manner in which each manufacturer complies with other phase-in
requirements.
This information will be used by NHTSA to determine the lead-time
and phase-in schedule needed by vehicle manufacturers to comply with a
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) concerning TPMSs.
Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden of the
Collection of Information
NHTSA estimates that the requested information is readily available
from records already kept and maintained by the potential respondents.
NHTSA believes that the burden incurred by vehicle manufacturers will
be limited to a review of actual production or planned production
previously determined by the respondent to determine the type of TPMS
that was or will be installed in the vehicles. For TPMS suppliers, the
burden should be less, as they will state current capacity and estimate
future capacity to supply vehicle manufacturers. Also, this is a one-
time request with no recurring costs. Taking these factors into
account, NHTSA estimates that 65 burden-hours of time per vehicle
manufacturer are sufficient for even the largest manufacturers with
several makes and models. For TPMS suppliers, the burden is less since
the suppliers are not as complex as vehicle manufacturers. As such,
NHTSA estimates that 30 burden-hours per TPMS supplier are sufficient
for even the largest supplier. It is estimated that this collection
affects approximately 27 respondents. The estimates of the burden-hours
on the respondents is as follows:
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Automobile manufacturers that General Motors 65 hours per
sell light vehicles in the U.S. DaimlerChrysler company.
that weigh less than 10,000 Toyota etc., for
pounds GVWR (except a total of 14
motorcycles, low-speed manufacturers.
vehicles, and trailers).
TPMS manufacturers that sell TRW Delphi Visteon 30 hours per
original equipment TPMs for the etc., for a total company.
above vehicles. of 13 suppliers.
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Total....................... 27 companies...... 1300 burden-hours.
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Estimate of the Total Annual Costs of the Collection of Information
There are no annual or recurring costs to respondents associated
with this one-time data collection. The only cost incurred by the
Federal Government, beyond normal overhead costs associated with the
daily activities of NHTSA's Office of Rulemaking, is 20 hours for
agency personnel to analyze the data received as a result of this
collection. Each hour is estimated to cost $40.00 for a total cost of
$800 ($40.00 x 20).
Issued: September 10, 2003.
Jacqueline Glassman,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-23409 Filed 9-10-03; 1:01 pm]
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