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 review and comment. 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 on September 23,1996

FR 61 (49809).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Kosek, NHTSA Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (202) 366-2589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Title: Evaluation Study of Odometer Tampering in Passenger Cars.

OMB No.: New.

Type of Request: Request for comment on a new proposed collection

of information.

Affected Public: Dealers and distributors of motor vehicles: State

motor vehicle departments.

Abstract: NHTSA is initiating a comprehensive study of odometer

fraud in accordance with Congressional directive (House Report 103-190

of July 27, 1993). The study will consist of three primary components.

The first component will be the development of first-time national

estimates of the incidence rate of odometer fraud and the costs

associated with odometer fraud. The second component of the study will

be an evaluation of the efforts of the states to combat odometer fraud.

This will include an assessment of state compliance with 49 CFR Part

580, ``Odometer Disclosure Requirements,'' which implemented the Truth

in Mileage Act (Public Law 99-579). A review and assessment of other

efforts undertaken at the state level to counter odometer tampering

will also be made. The third component of the odometer fraud evaluation

will be an assessment of the various Federal efforts carried out over

the last several years to combat odometer and the effects of those

efforts. Primarily, this will be a review of NHTSA's investigatory and

related odometer enforcement activities. The results of the three-part

evaluation study will provide a basis for developing recommendations

for the future direction of odometer fraud programs at the Federal and

State levels.

Need: The results of this evaluation will provide a basis for

developing recommendations for the future direction of odometer fraud

programs at the Federal and State levels.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,168 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 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 29, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-14861 Filed 6-5-97; 8:45 am]

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