Federal Register: May 7, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 87)
DOCID: fr07my09-146 FR Doc E9-10596
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr07my09-146
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements, Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) in support of the New Car Assessment Program has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60day comment period was published on March 9, 2009 74 FR 44, pages 10122 and 10123, or U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA20090032.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Title: Vehicle Information for the General Public.
OMB Number: 21270629.
Type of Request: Regular.
Abstract: NHTSA's mission is to save lives, prevent injury, and reduce motor vehicle crashes. Providing consumer information on vehicle safety is an important means of improving vehicle safety through market forces. NHTSA provides consumers with vehicle safety information such as front and side crash results, rollover propensity, and the availability of a wide array of safety features provided on each vehicle model. NHTSA also uses this safety feature information when responding to public inquiries and analyzing rulemaking petitions which ask the agency to mandate certain safety features.
The agency has attempted to coordinate and reduce the reporting burden associated with this information collection. Another information collection obtains data related to motor vehicle compliance with the agency's Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Although the consumer information collection data is distinct and unique from the compliance data, respondents to both collections are the same. Consequently, the consumer information collection is closely coordinated with the compliance collection to enable responders to assemble the data most efficiently. The burden is further made easier by sending electronic files to the respondents in which the data is entered and
electronically returned to the agency.
The consumer information collected is used on the agency's http:// www.safercar.gov Web site, in the ``Buying a Safer Car'' and ``Buying a Safer Car for Child Passengers'' brochures, in other consumer publications, as well as for internal agency analyses and responses to consumer inquiries.
Affected Public: Manufacturers that sell motor vehicles in the United States under 10,000 lbs of Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 924 hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Complete copies of each request for collection of information may be obtained at no charge from Johanna Lowrie, U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, Room W43410, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Lowrie's telephone number is (202) 3665269. Please identify the relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control Number.