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 of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information

Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICRs

describe the nature of the information collections and their expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following information collection was

published on April 6, 1998 [63 FR 16854-16856].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Robinson, NHTSA Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (202) 366-9456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

(1) Title: Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered by the

Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR 542).

OMB Control Number: 2127-0539.

Type Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Abstract: The Anti Car Theft Act of 1992 (amended the Motor Vehicle

Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 (P.L.98-547) requires this collection

of information. One component of the theft prevention package requires

the Secretary of Transportation (delegated to the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to promulgate a theft prevention

standard for the designation of high-theft vehicle lines. Provisions

delineating the information collection requirements include section

33104, which requires NHTSA to promulgate a rule for the identification

of major component parts for vehicles

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having or expected to have a theft rate above the median rate for all

new passenger motor vehicles (cars, MPVs, and light-duty trucks--6000

lbs GVWR and below) sold in the United States, as well as with major

component parts that are interchangeable with those having high-theft

rate.

The specific lines and parts to be identified are to be selected by

agreement between the manufacturer and the agency. If there is a

disagreement of the selection, the statute states that the agency shall

select such lines and parts, after notice to the manufacturer and an

opportunity for written comment. The procedures, contained in Part 542

(1) and (2) will be applied to those lines introduced before or after

the 1997 model year (MY).

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,600 hours.

(2) Title: Petitions for Exemption from the Vehicle Theft

Prevention Standard, 49 CFR Part 543.

OMB Control Number: 2127-0542.

Type Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331 requires the Secretary of

Transportation 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. 49 U.S.C. section

33106 provides for an exemption to this identification process by

petitions from manufactures who equip covered vehicles with standard

original equipment anti theft devices, which the Secretary determines

are likely to be as effective in reducing or deterring theft as the

identification system.

Estimated Annual Burden: 192 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA 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.

A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB

receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 22, 1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation

[FR Doc. 98-17067 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]

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