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(c) The tire size designation as listed in the
documents and publications designated in
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V. Summary of CTA’s Analyses
CTA stated its belief that the subject
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety for the following
reasons:
(A) CTA notes that the only improper
marking on the sidewall of the subject
tires is the use of the letter character
‘‘B’’ in the tire size designation instead
of a hyphen character ‘‘-,’’ and that from
its experience it believes that most
motorcycle tire consumers do not
understand the differences in tire
construction and therefore do not base
tire purchases on the tire construction
type.
(B) CTA stated that the subject tires
were built as designed and that the
performance requirements and testing
requirements specified in FMVSS No.
119 are exactly the same for both biasbelted and diagonal (bias) tires.
(C) CTA believes that the subject
noncompliance has no impact on the
safety of vehicles on which the subject
tires are mounted and that the subject
tires meet or exceed all the performance
requirement of FMVSS No. 119.
(D) CTA also stated that it is not
aware of any crashes, injuries, customer
complaints, or field reports associated
with the subject noncompliance.
CTA additionally informed NHTSA
that the molds at the manufacturing
plant have been corrected so that no
additional tires will be manufactured or
sold with the noncompliance.
In summation, CTA believes that the
described noncompliance of the subject
tires is inconsequential to motor vehicle
safety, and that its petition, to exempt
CTA 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’s Decision
NHTSA’s Analysis of CTA’s
Arguments: CTA acknowledges that the
subject tires were wrongly stamped with
the size marking ‘‘120/70B19 M/C 60Q,’’
which includes the construction code
designator ‘‘B’’ that incorrectly indicates
bias-belted ply construction. The tires
should have been marked ‘‘120/70-19M/
C 60Q,’’ which includes the hyphen
‘‘-’’ indicating diagonal (bias) ply
construction.
Because bias-belted motorcycle tires
and diagonal (bias) motorcycle tires
require the same rim specification, there
is no additional possibility of confusion
when mounting a bias-belted or a
diagonal bias tire due to the
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Furthermore, there is no additional
safety risk of overloading or over
pressurization due to the subject
noncompliance because the maximum
permissible pressures and maximum
permissible loads for the subject tires as
listed in the Tire and Rim Association
Yearbook are the same for all three types
of motorcycle tire ply construction;
radial, diagonal (bias), and bias-belted.
Because mislabeling has no impact on
the operational performance or
durability of these tires, or on the safety
of vehicles on which these tires are
mounted, NHTSA agrees with CTA that
the noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety.
NHTSA’s Decision: In consideration
of the foregoing, NHTSA has decided
that CTA has met its burden of
persuasion that the noncompliance
described is inconsequential to motor
vehicle safety. Accordingly, CTA’s
petition is hereby granted and CTA is
exempted from the obligation of
providing notification of, and remedy
for the subject noncompliance.
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
defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this
decision only applies to the subject tires
that CTA no longer controlled at the
time it determined that the
noncompliance existed. However, the
granting of this petition does not relieve
tire distributors and dealers of the
prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale,
or introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of
the noncompliant tires under their
control after CTA 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.
Jeffrey Giuseppe,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review;
Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR
22264). No comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, Telephone Number (202)
366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383
or E–MAIL [email protected].
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST
Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0004.
Title: Submission of Audit Reports—
Part 248.
Form No.: None.
Type Of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 63.
Number of Responses: 63.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS collects
independent audited financial reports
from U.S. certificated air carriers.
Carriers not having an annual audit
must file a statement that no such audit
has been performed. In lieu of the audit
report, BTS will accept the annual
report submitted to the stockholders.
The audited reports are needed by the
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Department of Transportation as: (1) A
means to monitor an air carrier’s
continuing fitness to operate; (2)
reference material used by analysts in
examining foreign route cases; (3)
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Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of a
United States treaty obligation; and, (5)
corroboration of a carrier’s Form 41
filings.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), requires a
statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, and submission of
the information to agencies outside BTS
for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department
concerning consumer protection.
Comments should address 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26,
2015.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Agency Information Collection;
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Required for International Civil
Aviation Organization
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(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR
22265). No comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 7, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001, Telephone Number
(202) 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–
3383 or E–MAIL [email protected].
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST
Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0039.
Title: Reporting Required for
International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
Form No.: BTS Form EF.
Type Of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 38.
Number of Responses: 38.
Total Annual Burden: 26 hours.
Needs and Uses: As a party to the
Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Treaty), the United States is
obligated to provide ICAO with
financial and statistical data on
operations of U.S. air carriers. Over 99%
of the data filed with ICAO is extracted
from the air carriers’ Form 41
submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the
means by which BTS supplies the
remaining 1% of the air carrier data to
ICAO.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), requires a
statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
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this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, and submission of
the information to agencies outside BTS
for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department
concerning consumer protection.
Comments should address 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26,
2015.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Paperwork Reduction Notice]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Extension of Credit to Political
Candidates
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request, abstracted below, is
being forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
of currently approved reporting
requirement. Earlier, a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
was published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR
22265).
The agency did not receive any
comments to its previous notice.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 7, 2015.
SUMMARY:

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