Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2002-13387]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of

information.

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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from

the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and

Budget (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 reinstatement of previously approved collections.

This document describes one collection of information for which

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the docket notice numbers cited at

the beginning of this notice and be submitted to Docket Management,

Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Please

identify the proposed collection of information for which a comment is

provided, by referencing its OMB clearance number. It is requested, but

not required, that 2 copies of the comment be provided. The Docket

Section is open on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luke Loy, Office of Safety Assurance,

(NVS-233), Room 6115, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Mr. Loy's telephone number is (202) 366-5308. Please identify the

relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control

Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB

for approval, it must first 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 regulation (at 5 CFR

1320.8(d), an

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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;

(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

submission of responses.

In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public

comments on the following proposed collections of information:

Title: Motor Vehicle Information.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

OMB Control Number: 2127-0002.

Affected Public: Those business or persons requesting to import

motor vehicle into the United States.

Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's

(NHTSA's) statute at 49 U.S.C. Subchapter III Importing Noncomplying

Motor Vehicles and Equipment (49 U.S.C. section 30141 et seq.) requires

that a motor vehicle which does not conform to applicable Federal Motor

vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) be refused admission into the United

States. NHTSA may authorize importation of nonconforming vehicles upon

specified terms and conditions to insure that any such vehicle or

equipment will be brought into conformity with all applicable FMVSS or

will be exported out of or abandoned to the United States at no cost.

Estimated Annual Burden: 77,500.

Delmas Maxwell Johnson,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 02-24890 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]

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