
[Federal Register: May 7, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 87)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements, Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 60-day comment period was published on March 9, 2009 74 FR 44, pages 
10122 and 10123, or U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2009-0032.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 2009.

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 W43-410, 1200 
New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Lowrie's telephone 
number is (202) 366-5269. Please identify the relevant collection of 
information by referring to its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Vehicle Information for the General Public.
    OMB Number: 2127-0629.
    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.
    ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: NHTSA Desk 
Officer.
    Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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. A Comment to OMB is most effective if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2009.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E9-10596 Filed 5-6-09; 8:45 am]
