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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement. The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the

following collection of information was published in 61 FR 68811-68812,

December 30, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Kosek, NHTSA Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (202) 366-2589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Title: Insurer Reporting Requirement for 49 CFR Part 544--Motor

Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984.

OMB No.: 2127-0547.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: Specific vehicle insurance companies, and rental/

leasing companies (which have a fleet size of 50,000 or more and are

not covered by theft insurance policies issued by motor vehicle

insurers). Specific motor vehicle insurance companies and subject

rental and leasing companies are listed in Appendices A, B, and C of

Part 544.

Abstract: The Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 was

amended by the Anti Car Theft Act (ACTA) of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-519)

which mandated this information collection. One component of the

comprehensive theft prevention package required the Secretary of

Transportation (delegated to the NHSTA) to promulgate a theft

prevention standard to provide for the identification of certain motor

vehicles and their major replacement parts to impede motor vehicle

theft. Section 615 of the ACTA requires insurance companies and rental/

leasing companies to provide information to NHTSA on comprehensive

insurance premiums which address motor vehicle theft.

Need: These reports are required to be submitted in a specified

format as shown in Parts 544.5 and 544.6, giving requirements and

contents of the report. The information will be used by NHTSA in

exercising its statutory authority to help reduce comprehensive

insurance premiums charged by insurers of motor vehicles due to motor

vehicle thefts. The report will also show the rate of theft and

recoveries of stolen vehicles that they insure by type and other

categories. Without this information, the agency cannot adequately

assess the effectiveness of the ACTA as directed by Congress.

Estimated Annual Burden: 197,390 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725--17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT 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

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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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 20, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-13741 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]

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