[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44493-44494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16023]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket Number NHTSA-2022-0046]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for 
Comment; Replaceable Light Source Dimensional Information Collection

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

ACTION: Notice and request for public comments on a request for 
reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
invites public comments about our intention to request approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a reinstatement of a 
previously approved information collection. Before a Federal agency can 
collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval 
from OMB. Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit 
public comment on proposed collections of information, including 
extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections. This 
document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends 
to seek OMB approval on replaceable light source dimensional 
information.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 26, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number NHTSA-
20##-#### through any of the following methods:
     Electronic Submissions: Go to the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. To be sure someone is 
there to help you, please call (202) 366-9322 before coming.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the street address listed 
above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets via 
internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Evan Frings, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, West 
Building W43-462, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
(202) 366-7021. Please identify the relevant collection of information 
by referring to its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency submits a proposed 
collection of information to OMB for approval, it must publish a 
document in the Federal Register providing a 60-day comment period and 
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning each proposed collection of information. The OMB has 
promulgated regulations describing what must be included in such a 
document. Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must 
ask for public comment on the following: (i) 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; (ii) 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; (iii) how to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (iv) how to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses. In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA 
asks for public comment on the following proposed collection of 
information for which the agency is seeking approval from OMB.
    Title: 49 CFR Part 564, Replaceable Light Source Dimensional 
Information Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0563.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Type of Review Requested: Regular.
    Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of 
approval.
    Summary of the Collection of Information: Pursuant to 49 CFR part 
564, ``Replaceable Light Source and Sealed Beam Headlamp Information,'' 
manufacturers of newly designed or modified replaceable headlamp light 
sources are required to submit interchangeability and performance 
specifications to NHTSA not later than 60 days before beginning 
manufacture of a replaceable light source product. The specific 
dimensional, electrical specification, and marking/designation 
information that must be submitted is specified in Appendices A and B 
of part 564. After a short agency review to assure completeness, the 
information is placed in a public docket for use by any person who 
would like to manufacture headlamp light sources for motor vehicles. In 
Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 108, ``Lamps, 
reflective devices and associated equipment,'' information submitted in 
accordance with Part 564 is referenced as the source for the 
performance and interchangeability information for legal headlamp light 
sources, whether original equipment or replacement equipment. The 
submitted information about headlamp light sources becomes the basis 
for certification of compliance with safety standards.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the 
Information: The purpose of this information collection is to ensure 
the availability to replacement light source manufacturers of the 
manufacturing specifications of original equipment lights sources so 
that replacement light sources are interchangeable with original 
equipment light sources and provide equivalent performance, and to 
ensure that redesigned or newly developed light sources are designated 
as distinct, different, and noninterchangeable with previously existing 
lights sources.
    The information collected is to be placed in a public docket for 
use by vehicle, headlamp and headlamp light source manufacturers for 
determining the interchangeability aspects of headlamp light sources 
for manufacturing purposes. For

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replacement light sources to be designated as acceptable replacements, 
the replacement light sources are required to comply with the 
dimensional and performance information in the docket for its type. A 
manufacturer may also request modification of a light source for which 
information has previously been placed in the public docket. The 
information helps to standardize headlamp bulbs for performance 
interchangeability.
    Affected Public: This information collection affects manufacturers 
of a motor vehicles, original equipment headlamps, or original 
equipment headlamp replaceable light sources, which intend to 
manufacture a replaceable light source as original equipment or to 
incorporate a replaceable light source in its headlamps or motor 
vehicles.
    Number of respondents: 1 annually.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4 hours.
    NHTSA estimates that compiling and submitting the required 
information will take, on average, 4 hours per submission. NHTSA 
estimates, based on past submissions, that the agency will receive 
approximately 1 submission per year. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the 
total burden associated with this information collection to be 4 hours 
per year.
    NHTSA estimates the labor cost associated with this collection of 
information by (1) applying the appropriate average hourly labor rate 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), (2) dividing by 
0.702 \1\ (70.2%), for private industry workers to obtain the total 
cost of compensation, and (3) multiplying by the estimated burden hours 
for each respondent type. NHTSA estimates the hourly cost associated 
with compiling and submitting documentation under part 564 to be $60.26 
\2\ per hour using the mean hourly wage estimate published by BLS for 
compliance officers in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry 
(Standard Occupational Classification # 13-1041). Therefore, NHTSA 
estimates that the total labor cost associated with 564 submissions is 
$241.04 per submission for a total of $241.04 per year for all 
submissions. Table 1 below provides a summary of the estimated burden 
hours and labor costs associated with those submissions.
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    \1\ See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by 
ownership (Mar. 2020), available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06182020.pdf (accessed March 11, 2022).
    \2\ The hourly wage is estimated to be $42.30 per hour. National 
Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 
336100--Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, May 2020, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2020/may/naics4_336100.htm, (accessed August 20, 2021). The 
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that wages represent 70.4 
percent of total compensation to private workers, on average. 
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total hourly compensation cost to be 
$60.09.

                                                                Table 1--Burden Estimates
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  Annual number of                          Estimated burden per  Average hourly labor     Labor cost per
     respondents       Annual submissions    submission (hours)           cost               submission        Total burden hours     Total labor costs
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                1                     1                     4                $60.26               $241.04                     4               $241.04
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $0.
    NHTSA estimates that there are no costs to respondents other than 
labor costs associated with the burden hours.
    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, 49 CFR 1.95 and DOT Order 1351.29.

Ryan R. Posten,
Associate Administrator, Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2022-16023 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
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