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Preemption
During the period the exemption is in
effect, no State may enforce any law or
regulation that conflicts with or is
inconsistent with this exemption with
respect to a person or entity operating
under the exemption [49 U.S.C.
31315(d)].
Issued on: June 6, 2014.
Anne S. Ferro,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014–13628 Filed 6–9–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Information Collection Activities:
Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Request for Comment
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on June 6, 2013 (Federal
Register/Vol. 78, No. 109/pp. 34152–
34154).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before July 11, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Block at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131),
W46–499, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr.
Block’s phone number is 202–366–6401
and his email address is alan.block@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2127–0645.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with
change.
Title: Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety
Survey (MVOSS).
Form No.: NHTSA Form 1020A and
NHTSA Form 1020B.

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Type of Review: Regular.
Respondents: NHTSA proposes to
conduct the Motor Vehicle Occupant
Safety Survey (MVOSS) among national
probability samples of adults age 16 and
older. The survey is composed of two
questionnaires, each of which will be
administered to independently drawn
samples of respondents. The survey will
use Web as the primary response mode,
with mail and telephone as alternative
response modes. Prior to the survey,
there will be usability tests of each of
the three response modes to assess the
interface between survey and
respondent. The usability tests will be
conducted with a convenience sample
of adults. There also will be a pilot test
of the survey. The pilot test will be
conducted with a sample of randomly
selected people age 16 and older. Full
administration of the survey will be
conducted with probability-based
samples of people ages 16 and older
drawn from an address-based sampling
(ABS) frame.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
There will be 60 respondents
participating in the usability tests. The
pilot test will have a total drawn sample
of 3,000. The response rate it will
achieve is unknown, but for purposes of
burden estimation this project will
assume a response rate upper limit of
50%. The estimated total number of
respondents is therefore 1,500. For the
full administration of the survey, there
will be two versions of the
questionnaire, one focusing on seat belts
and the other focusing on child restraint
use. Sufficient sample will be drawn to
complete 6,000 interviews per
questionnaire, for a total of 12,000
completed interviews.
Estimated Time per Response:
Average duration per respondent for the
usability tests will be two hours.
Average duration per respondent for
both the pilot test and the full
administration of the survey will be 15
minutes.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: The total estimated annual
burden for the usability tests is 60
subjects × 2 hours = 120 hours. The total
estimated annual burden for the pilot
test is 3,000 sample × 50% response rate
× 15 minutes = 375 hours. The total
estimated annual burden for the full
administration of the survey is 6,000
respondents × 2 questionnaires × 15
minutes = 3,000 hours. The total
estimated annual burden for all three
information collections combined is
3,495 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Respondents
will participate a single time in the
usability tests, pilot test, or survey. They
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these forms of information collection.
The usability tests, pilot test, and survey
will be conducted a single time.
Abstract: The Motor Vehicle
Occupant Safety Survey (MVOSS) is
conducted on a periodic basis by the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration to obtain a status report
on attitudes, knowledge, and behavior
related to motor vehicle occupant
protection. It was last conducted in
2007. The survey is composed of two
questionnaires, each administered to a
randomly selected sample of
approximately 6,000 persons age 16 and
older. One questionnaire focuses on seat
belt issues while the other focuses on
child restraint use. Additional topics
addressed by the survey include air
bags, emergency medical services,
wireless phone use in motor vehicles,
and crash injury experience. The
proposed survey is the seventh in the
MVOSS series, which began in 1994.
The proposed MVOSS will collect data
on topics included in the preceding
surveys in order to monitor change over
time in the use of occupant protection
devices and in attitudes and knowledge
related to motor vehicle occupant safety.
The survey will also include new
questions that address emergent issues.
The proposed MVOSS will use a
multi-mode approach that employs Web
as the primary response mode, with the
online technology serving to reduce
length and minimize recording errors.
Mail and telephone will serve as
alternative response modes for
respondents that choose not to
participate on-line. The telephone
interviewers will use computer-assisted
telephone interviewing (CATI). A
Spanish language translation of the
questionnaires, and bilingual
interviewers to conduct the telephone
interviews, will be used to minimize
language barriers to participation.
The multi-mode approach is a major
change in methodology from previous
administrations of the MVOSS, as will
be the use of an address-based sampling
(ABS) frame as opposed to the
telephone sampling frames used during
previous administrations of the MVOSS.
Therefore, the full administration of the
survey will be preceded by usability
tests to assess the interface between
survey and respondents, and a pilot test
to assess the methods for each of the
response modes used in the survey.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk

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Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at [email protected],
or fax: 202–395–5806.
Comments Are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department of
Transportation, 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 most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0068]

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.;
Receipt of Petition for Temporary
Exemption From an Electrical Safety
Requirement of FMVSS No. 305
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of receipt of a petition for
a temporary exemption from a provision
of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) No. 305, Electricpowered vehicles: electrolyte spillage
and electrical shock protection.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
procedures in 49 CFR part 555, Toyota
Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) has
petitioned the agency for a temporary
exemption from one requirement of
FMVSS No. 305. That portion of FMVSS
No. 305 requires manufacturers to
maintain a certain level of electrical
isolation (or reduce the voltage below
specified levels) of high voltage
electrical components of an electric
vehicle (EV) in the event of a crash in
order to protect the vehicle’s occupants
and first responders. Toyota states that
a forthcoming fuel cell vehicle (FCV)

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model cannot meet this requirement due
to certain design characteristics of their
FCVs. Instead, Toyota states that it is
using alternative strategies to help
ensure that occupants and first
responders are protected in the event of
a crash. NHTSA has made no judgment
on the merits of the application. This
notice of receipt of an application for a
temporary exemption is published in
accordance with statutory and
administrative provisions.
DATES: You should submit your
comments not later than July 11, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jesse Chang, Office of the Chief Counsel,
NCC–112, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 366–2992; Fax: (202)
366–3820.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on the application described
above. You may submit comments
identified by docket number in the
heading of this notice by any of the
following methods:
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act discussion
below. We will consider all comments
received before the close of business on
the comment closing date indicated
above. To the extent possible, we will
also consider comments filed after the
closing date.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays. Telephone:
(202) 366–9826.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the

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name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19476) or you may visit http://
www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Confidential Business Information: If
you wish to submit any information
under a claim of confidentiality, you
should submit three copies of your
complete submission, including the
information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief
Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. In addition, you should
submit two copies, from which you
have deleted the claimed confidential
business information, to Docket
Management at the address given above.
When you send a comment containing
information claimed to be confidential
business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the
information specified in our
confidential business information
regulation (49 CFR part 512).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Electrical Safety Requirement in
FMVSS No. 305 and its Purpose
In 2000, the agency created Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 305 to help facilitate the safe
introduction of EVs into the
marketplace.1 While FMVSS No. 305
addresses a number of safety concerns
relevant to EVs (e.g., battery retention
and electrolyte spillage), paragraph S5.3
of the standard, at issue here, requires
EVs to maintain electrical isolation of
various major electrical components
(e.g., components related to the
vehicle’s propulsion) after specified
crash tests. The purpose of the
requirements in S5.3 is to reduce the
risk of high voltage electrical shock to
the vehicle’s occupants and the first
responders in the event of a crash.2
NHTSA published its most recent
major update to the S5.3 requirements
in 2010.3 In this update, NHTSA
expanded the types of electrical
components that would be covered by
the requirement and the options
available for complying with the
requirement. Namely, the agency
expanded the coverage of the standard
to include other high voltage
1 See

65 FR 57980 (September 27, 2000).
id.
3 See 75 FR 33515 (June 14, 2010). NHTSA also
answered petitions for reconsideration on this final
rule on July 29, 2011 dealing with clarifying the
definitions and test procedures of the June 14, 2010
final rule. See 76 FR 45436.
2 See

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