[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18870-18871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09045]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2018-2127-0008]


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on 03/19/2018. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph R. Reid, Office of Defects 
Investigation (NEF-100) 202-366-4383, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, W48-311, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, West Building W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Consumer Complaints.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0008.
    Type of Request: Renewal of current information collection.
    Summary: The purpose of this collection provides a benefit to 
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Consumer vehicle safety 
complaints submitted to ODI are analyzed to determine if a defect trend 
exists that may require an investigation or the initiation of a recall. 
An ODI investigator may respond to a consumer submitting a complaint if 
they require more information. Complaints are collected daily through 
NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Hotline, www.nhtsa.gov website, or through 
correspondence. The complaints contain a consumer's allegation of a 
safety defect that they experienced with their vehicle or vehicle 
equipment, including injuries, crashes, property damage, and death. All 
complaints are converted to a Vehicle Owner Questionnaire (VOQ) format 
and reviewed by ODI investigation/engineer staff. ODI staff determines 
if the collection of complaints/VOQs describing an unreasonable safety 
risk in a specific make, model and model year of a vehicle or vehicle 
equipment warrants further action by the agency.
    Abstract: Chapter 301 of title 49 of the United States Code, the 
Secretary of Transportation is authorized to require manufacturers of 
motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment to conduct owner 
notification and remedy, i.e., a recall campaign, when it has been 
determined that a safety defect exists in the performance, 
construction, components, or materials in motor vehicles and motor 
vehicle equipment. To make this determination, the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) solicits information from vehicle 
owners which is used to identify and evaluate possible safety-related 
defects and provide the necessary evidence of the existence of such a 
defect. Under the Authority of chapter 301 of Title 49 of the United 
States Code, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to require 
manufacturers of motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment which do not 
comply with the applicable motor vehicle safety standards or contains a 
defect that relates to motor vehicle safety to notify each owner that 
their vehicle contains a safety defect or noncompliance. Also, the 
manufacturer of each such motor vehicle item of replacement equipment 
presented for remedy pursuant to such notification shall cause such 
defect or noncompliance to be remedied without charge. In the case of a 
motor vehicle presented for remedy pursuant to such notification, the 
manufacturer shall

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cause the vehicle remedied by whichever of the following means he 
elects: (1) By repairing such vehicle; (2) by replacing such motor 
vehicle without charge; or (3) by refunding the purchase price less 
depreciation. To ensure these objectives are being met, NHTSA audits 
recalls conducted by manufacturer. These audits are performed on a 
randomly selected number of vehicle owners for verification and 
validation purposes.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 70,000.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Number of Responses: 69,181.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,295 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $242,134.00.
    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; and 49 CFR 1:48.

Randolph R. Reid,
Chief, Correspondence Research Division, Office of Defects 
Investigation.
[FR Doc. 2018-09045 Filed 4-27-18; 8:45 am]
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