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S4.5(a) of FMVSS No. 138 in English, it
is inconsequential as it relates to motor
vehicle safety for the following reasons:
1. All affected owner’s manuals
contain accurate Spanish translations of
the information.
2. In Puerto Rico, Spanish is the
universally prevalent language.
According to a U.S. Census done by the
Census Bureau in 2010, 95.7% of Puerto
Rico’s population speaks Spanish as
their primary language.
3. English owner’s manuals for Mazda
motor vehicles manufactured on or after
2002 can be downloaded from MNAO’s
Web site or upon request through
MNAO dealerships and is available for
customers in Puerto Rico free of charge.
4. MNAO has not received any
complaints or claims in Puerto Rico
with regards to the language of the
owner’s manuals.
MNAO has additionally informed
NHTSA that it has corrected the
noncompliance so that all future
production vehicles will comply with
FMVSS No. 138.
In summation, MNAO believes that
the described noncompliance of the
subject vehicles is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety, and that its
petition, to exempt from providing
recall notification of noncompliance as
required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and
remedying the recall noncompliance as
required by 49 U.S.C. 30120 should be
granted.
NHTSA Decision: NHTSA agrees with
MNAO that the noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
MNAO has provided sufficient
documentation that the language in the
Owner’s Manual is the primary language
for Puerto Rico and does not present a
safety risk.
In consideration of the foregoing,
NHTSA has determined that MNAO has
met its burden of persuasion that the
subject FMVSS No. 138 noncompliance
in the vehicles identified in MNAO’s
Noncompliance Information Report is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Accordingly, MNAO’s petition is hereby
granted and MNAO is exempted from
the obligation of providing notification
of, and a remedy for, that
noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118
and 30120.
NHTSA notes that the statutory
provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to
file petitions for a determination of
inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to
exempt manufacturers only from the
duties found in sections 30118 and
30120, respectively, to notify owners,
purchasers, and dealers of a defect or
noncompliance and to remedy the
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decision only applies to approximately
16,748 vehicles that MNAO no longer
controlled at the time that it determined
that a noncompliance existed in the
subject vehicles. However, the granting
of this petition does not relieve vehicle
distributors and dealers of the
prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale,
or introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of
the noncompliant vehicles under their
control after MNAO notified them that
the subject noncompliance existed.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8.
Issued on: June 18, 2013.
Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013–14920 Filed 6–21–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Information Collection Activities; Endof-Year Railroad Service Outlook
AGENCY:

Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.
Notice and Request for
Comments.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its
intent to seek from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection
resulting from the Board’s annual
request that Class I carriers and other
rail carriers that are members of the
American Shortline and Regional
Railroad Association (ASLRRA) provide
the Board with information about the
plans and preparations that these rail
carriers have made in anticipation of the
increased demand for rail service during
the fall peak demand season.
Comments are requested concerning:
(1) The accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology when
appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
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summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: End-of-Year Railroad Service
Outlook.
OMB Control Number: 2140–XXXX.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Existing collection in
use without an OMB control number.
Respondents: The Class I rail carriers
and carriers that are members of
ASLRRA.
Number of Respondents: An average
of 11 carriers respond to this request to
voluntarily provide this information.
Frequency: Once per year.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): We estimate
a total of 333 hours for all responding
carriers (30.3 hours per response × 11
respondents).
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost:
Because respondents email their
response letters to the Board, there are
no non-hour costs to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The shipping
community and our economy as a whole
depend on reliable and efficient freight
rail service. The Board and rail shippers
need to understand how carriers plan to
meet the increased demand for rail
service during the fall peak demand
season, including capital plans for
relieving bottlenecks. For several years,
the STB has asked Class I railroads,
along with the American Short Line and
Regional Railroad Association
(ASLRRA) member railroads, to provide
a forward-looking assessment of their
ability to meet end-of-year business
demands for rail service, which
typically increase during the fall
shipping season. The Board uses this
information to monitor efforts by the
country’s rail carriers to meet the
increased fall peak demand for rail
service. The Congressional Budget
Office has praised the Board’s efforts in
monitoring the fall peak seasonal
demand for rail service and has said that
it ‘‘may have prompted the railroads to
enhance their efforts to meet demand.’’
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
August 23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Marilyn Levitt, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘End-of-Year
Railroad Service Outlook.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilyn Levitt at (202) 245–0269 or at
[email protected]. [Assistance for the
hearing impaired is available through
the Federal Information Relay Service

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(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] This
collection, as well as instructions for the
collection, are available on the Board’s
Web site at .
Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements or
requests that persons submit reports,
keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public.
Under § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA,
Federal agencies are required to
provide, prior to an agency’s submitting
a collection to OMB for approval, a 60day notice and comment period through
publication in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: June 18, 2013.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013–14948 Filed 6–21–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Information Collection Activities:
Report of Fuel Cost, Consumption, and
Surcharge Revenue
AGENCY:

Surface Transportation Board.

60-day notice of request for
comments and approval.

ACTION:

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its
intent to seek from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an
extension of approval for the collection

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of the Report of Fuel Cost,
Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue.
Comments are requested concerning:
(1) The accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology when
appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Report of Fuel Cost,
Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0014.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads
(railroads with operating revenues
exceeding $250 million in 1991 dollars).
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 84 hours.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None
identified.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
10702, the Surface Transportation Board
has the authority to address the
reasonableness of a rail carrier’s
practices. This information collection
permits the Board to monitor the current
fuel surcharge practices of the Class I
carriers. Failure to collect this
information would impede the Board’s
ability to fulfill its responsibilities
under 49 U.S.C. 10702. The Board has
authority to collect information about
rail costs and revenues under 49 U.S.C.
11144 and 11145.
Retention Period: Information in this
report is maintained on the Board’s Web

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site for a minimum of one year and is
otherwise maintained by the Board for
a minimum of two years.
Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
August 23, 2013.

DATES:

Direct all comments to
Marilyn Levitt, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Report of
Fuel Cost, Consumption, and Surcharge
Revenue.’’
For further information regarding the
Report of Fuel Cost, Consumption, and
Surcharge Revenue, or to obtain a copy
of the reporting form, contact Paul
Aguiar at (202) 245–0323 or
[email protected]. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339.] The
form is also available on the Board’s
Web site.

ADDRESSES:

Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements or
requests that persons submit reports,
keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public.
Under § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA,
Federal agencies are required to
provide, prior to an agency’s submitting
a collection to OMB for approval, a 60day notice and comment period through
publication in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: June 18, 2013.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013–14950 Filed 6–21–13; 8:45 am]
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