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 21814-21815).

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before October 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Fan at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Safety Performance Standards (NPS-11), 202-366-4922. 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5320, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Title: Part 589-Upper Interior Component Head Impact Protection Phase-in Reporting Requirements.

OMB Number: 2127-0581.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms or less and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 3,860 kilograms or less required to respond to NHTSA inquiries, to submit a report, concerning the number of such vehicles that meet the upper interior component head impact protection requirements of Standard No. 201, Occupant Protection in Interior Impact (49 CFR 571.201).

Affected Public: Businesses and for-profit institutions.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,260.

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 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.