01-26233. Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period was published on May 1, 2001 [66 FR 21814].

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before November 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Mazyck at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Safety Performance Standards (NPS-32), 202-366-0846. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6240, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Title: 49 CFR part 542, Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard.

OMB Number: 2127-0539.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information collection.

Abstract: The Anti-Car Act of 1992 amended the Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-547) and requires this collection of information. One component of the theft prevention legislation required the Secretary of Transportation (delegated to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) 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 having or expected to have a theft rate above the median rate for all new passenger motor vehicles (cars, MPV's, and light-duty trucks) sold in the United States, as well as with major component parts that are interchangeable with those having high-theft-rates.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 640.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725—17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 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 Departments 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 most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2001.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.