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stop at a signalized intersection to travel
through the area. The proposed
improvements to MoPac consist of two
12-foot lanes with one auxiliary lane in
each direction, and 10-foot outside
shoulders and 4-foot inside shoulders in
each direction. The construction limits
extend from approximately 2,500 feet
north of Slaughter Lane to
approximately 3,700 feet south of La
Crosse Avenue, which results in a total
project length of 2.07 miles. The
construction limits allow the
intersection improvements to tie back
into the existing MoPac facility north of
Slaughter Lane and south of La Crosse
Avenue. The proposed improvements
will be constructed within existing
right-of-way.
The actions by TxDOT and the
Federal agencies, and the laws under
which such actions were taken, are
described in the Final Environmental
Assessment (Final EA) for the project,
approved on December 22, 2015, in the
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) issued on December 22, 2015,
and in other documents in the TxDOT
administrative record. The Final EA,
FONSI, and other documents in the
administrative record file are available
by contacting TxDOT at the address
provided above. The Final EA and
FONSI can be viewed on the project
Web site at www.mopacsouth.com/
intersections/overview.php.
This notice applies to all TxDOT
decisions and Federal agency decisions
as of the issuance date of this notice and
all laws under which such actions were
taken, including but not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–4351]; FederalAid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109].
2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401–
7671(q)].
3. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department of
Transportation Act of 1966 [49 U.S.C. 303];
Landscaping and Scenic Enhancement
(Wildflowers), 23 U.S.C. 319.
4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16
U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 1536]; Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C.
661–667(d)]; Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16
U.S.C. 703–712].
5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.];
Archeological Resources Protection Act of
1977 [16 U.S.C. 470(aa)–11]; Archeological
and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 469–
469(c)]; Native American Grave Protection
and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C.
3001–3013].
6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of
1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–2000(d)(1)];
American Indian Religious Freedom Act [42
U.S.C. 1996]; Farmland Protection Policy Act
(FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 4201–4209].
7. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251–1377 (Section 404,

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Section 401, Section 319); Land and Water
Conservation Fund (LWCF) [16 U.S.C. 4601–
4604]; Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) [42
U.S.C. 300(f)–300(j)(6)]; Rivers and Harbors
Act of 1899 [33 U.S.C. 401–406]; Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 1271–1287];
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act [16
U.S.C. 3921, 3931]; TEA–21 Wetlands
Mitigation [23 U.S.C. 103(b)(6)(m),
133(b)(11)]; Flood Disaster Protection Act [42
U.S.C. 4001–4128].
8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990, Protection
of Wetlands; E.O. 11988, Floodplain
Management; E.O. 12898, Federal Actions to
Address Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low Income Populations;
E.O. 11593, Protection and Enhancement of
Cultural Resources; E.O. 13007, Indian
Sacred Sites; E.O. 13287, Preserve America;
E.O. 13175, Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 11514,
Protection and Enhancement of
Environmental Quality; E.O. 13112, Invasive
Species; E.O. 12372, Intergovernmental
Review of Federal Programs.

The environmental review,
consultation, and other actions required
by applicable Federal environmental
laws for this project are being, or have
been, carried-out by TxDOT pursuant to
23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of
Understanding dated December 16,
2014, and executed by FHWA and
TxDOT.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Issued on: February 8, 2016.
Michael T. Leary,
Director, Planning and Program Development,
Federal Highway Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2016–0002–N–5]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

FRA hereby gives notice that
it is submitting the following
information collection request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Emergency Processing under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
FRA is republishing its February 12,
2016, Notice, see 81 FR 7628, to include
two accompanying documents that were
not included with that Notice. FRA
requests that OMB authorize the
collection of information identified

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below seven days after publication of
this Notice for a period of 180 days.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Regulatory Safety
Analysis Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6132).
(These telephone numbers are not tollfree.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, sec. 2, 109
Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised at
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide notice to the public for
comment on information collection
activities before seeking approval for
reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically,
FRA invites interested respondents to
comment on the following summary of
proposed information collection
activities regarding (i) whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (iii) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)(I)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(I)–(iv). FRA believes that
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information mandated
by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources

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expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Organizations and individuals
desiring to submit comments on these
information collection requirements
should send them directly to the Office
of Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725
17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments
may also be sent via email to the Office
of Management and Budget at the
following address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov
Below is a brief summary of the
currently approved ICR that FRA will
submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: Bridge Safety Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0586.
Abstract: On December 4, 2015,
President Obama signed into law the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114–94).
Section 11405, ‘‘Bridge Inspection
Reports,’’ provides a means for a State
or a political subdivision of a State to
obtain a public version of a bridge
inspection report generated by a railroad
for a bridge located within their
respective jurisdiction. While the FAST
Act specifies that requests for such
reports are to be filed with the Secretary
of Transportation, the responsibility for
fulfilling these requests is delegated to
FRA. See 49 CFR 1.89.
FRA is revising its currently approved
information collection to account for the
additional burden that will be incurred
by States and political subdivisions of
States requesting a public version of a
bridge inspection report generated by a
railroad for a bridge located within their
respective jurisdiction. FRA has
developed a new form titled ‘‘Bridge
Inspection Report Public Version
Request Form’’ (see below) to facilitate
such requests by States and their
political subdivisions. Additionally,
FRA is revising its currently approved
information collection to account for the

additional burden that will be incurred
by railroads to provide the public
version of a bridge inspection report
upon agency request to FRA.
As background, on July 15, 2010, FRA
published its Bridge Safety Standards
Final Rule. See 75 FR 41281. The final
rule on bridge safety standards
normalized and established federal
requirements for railroad bridges. The
final rule established minimum
requirements to assure the structural
integrity of railroad bridges and to
protect the safe operation of trains over
those bridges. The final rule required
railroads/track owners to implement
bridge management programs to prevent
the deterioration of railroad bridges and
to reduce the risk of human casualties,
environmental damage, and disruption
to the Nation’s transportation system
that would result from a catastrophic
bridge failure. Bridge management
programs were required to include
annual inspection of bridges as well as
special inspections, which must be
conducted if natural or accidental
events cause conditions that warrant
such inspections. Lastly, the final rule
required railroads/track owners to audit
bridge management programs and
bridge inspections and to keep records
mandated under 49 CFR part 237. This
final rule culminated FRA’s efforts to
develop and promulgate bridge safety
regulations and fulfilled the Railroad
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110–432, Division A) mandate.
The information collected is used by
FRA to ensure that railroads/track
owners meet Federal standards for
bridge safety and comply with all the
requirements of this regulation. In
particular, the collection of information
is used by FRA to confirm that
railroads/track owners adopt and
implement bridge management
programs to properly inspect, maintain,
modify, and repair all bridges that carry
trains over them for which they are
responsible. Railroads/track owners
Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time
per response

50 States/State Political Subdivision.
693 Railroads .......................

75 forms ................................

5 minutes .......

6 hours.

75 reports .............................

60 minutes .....

75 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

15 notifications ......................

90 minutes .....

22.5 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

15 signed statements ...........

30 minutes .....

7.5 hours.

693 Railroads .......................
693 Railroads .......................

6 petitions .............................
5 plans ..................................

4 hours ..........
24 hours ........

24 hours.
120 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

1,000 designations ...............

30 minutes .....

400 hours.

CFR Section

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NEW FAST ACT REQUIREMENTS
—Form FRA F 6180.167 ..............................
—Railroad Submission to FRA of Bridge Inspection Report—Public Version.
237.3—Notifications to FRA of Assignment
of Bridge Responsibility.
—Signed Statement by Assignee Concerning Bridge Responsibility.
237.9—Waivers—Petitions ...........................
23731/33—Development/Adoption of Bridge
Management Program.
237.57—Designation of Qualified Individuals

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must conduct annual inspections of
railroad bridges. Further, railroads/track
owners must incorporate provisions for
internal audit into their bridge
management program and must conduct
internal audits of bridge inspection
reports. The internal audit information
is used by railroads/track owners to
verify that the inspection provisions of
the bridge management program are
being followed and to continually
evaluate the effectiveness of their bridge
management program and bridge
inspection activities. FRA uses this
information to ensure that railroads/
track owners implement a safe and
effective bridge management program
and bridge inspection regime.
As provided under 49 CFR 1320.13,
FRA is requesting emergency processing
for this new collection of information as
specified in the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 and its implementing
regulations. FRA cannot reasonably
comply with normal clearance
procedures since they would be
reasonably likely to disrupt the
collection of information. With the
recent passage of the FAST Act, FRA
expects States and their political
subdivisions to immediately request a
public version of bridge inspection
reports that affect critical infrastructure
within their jurisdiction to ensure
public safety. Upon receipt of such
requests, FRA will require railroads to
submit to the agency a public version of
the most recent bridge inspection report.
Therefore, FRA is requesting OMB
approval as soon as possible (i.e., 7 days
after publication of this Notice) for this
collection of information.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.167.
Affected Public: States/Political
Subdivisions of States and Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 50 States/State
Political Subdivisions and 693
Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

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CFR Section

Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time
per response

237.71—Determination of Bridge Load Capacities.
237.73—Issuance of Instructions to Railroad
Personnel by Track Owner.
237.105—Special Bridge Inspections and
Reports/Records.
—Special Underwater Inspections ...............
237.107 and 237.109—Nationwide Annual
Bridge Inspections—Reports.
—Records .....................................................
—Report of Deficient Condition on a Bridge
237.111—Review of Bridge Inspection Reports by RR Bridge Engineers.
—Prescription of Bridge Insp. Procedure
Modifications After Review.
237.131—Design of Bridge Modifications or
Bridge Repairs.
—Bridge Modification Repair Reviews/Supervisory Efforts.
—Common Standard Designed by Railroad
Bridge Engineer.
237.153—Audits of Inspections ....................

693 Railroads .......................

2,000 determinations ............

8 hours ..........

16,000 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

2,000 instructions .................

2 hours ..........

4,000 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

12.50 hours ...

93,750 hours.

693 Railroads .......................
693 Railroads .......................

7,500 insp. and reports/
records.
50 insp. and Reports/rcds. ...
15,450 insp. & reports ..........

40 hours ........
4 hours ..........

2,000 hours
61,800 hours.

693 Railroads .......................
693 Railroads .......................
693 Railroads .......................

15,450 records ......................
50 reports .............................
2,000 insp. rpt. reviews ........

1 hour ............
30 minutes .....
30 minutes .....

15,450 hours.
25 hours.
1,000 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

200 insp. proc. modifications

30 minutes .....

100 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

1,250 designs .......................

16 hours ........

20,000 hrs.

693 Railroads .......................

1,250 br. mod. repair reviews

1.50 hours .....

1,875 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

50 standards .........................

24 hours ........

1,200 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

725 insp. audits ....................

5,534 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

5 systems .............................

80 hours/24
hours/6
hours.
80 hours ........

400 hours.

693 Railroads .......................

100 employees .....................

8 hours ..........

800 hours.

237.155—Documents and Records—Establishment of RR Monitoring and Info. Technology Security Systems for Electronic
Recordkeeping.
—Employees Trained in System ..................

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Total Estimated Responses for New
FAST Act Requirements: 150.
Total Estimated Responses for Entire
Information Collection: 49,271.
Total Estimated Total Annual Burden
for New FAST Act Requirements: 81
hours.
Total Estimated Total Annual Burden
Entire Information Collection: 224,689
hours.

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Type of Request: Emergency
Clearance to the revision of a currently
approved information collection.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it

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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 12,
2016.
Corey Hill,
Acting Executive Director.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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FAST Act Bridge Inspection Report
Requests
The Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114–
94) (Dec. 4, 2015), Section 11405, ‘‘Bridge
Inspection Reports,’’ provides a means for a
State or a political subdivision of a State to
obtain a public version of a bridge inspection
report generated by a railroad for a bridge
located within their respective jurisdiction.
While the FAST Act specifies that requests
for such reports are to be filed with the
Secretary of Transportation, the
responsibility for fulfilling these requests is
delegated to the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA). See 49 CFR 1.89. The
text of Section 11405 of the FAST Act is
provided in attachment 1.

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Q. Who can make a request for a bridge
inspection report under Section 11405 of the
FAST Act?
A. Section 11405 of the FAST Act permits
a State or a political subdivision of a State
to file a request for a public version of a
bridge inspection report for a bridge located
in that State or political subdivision’s
jurisdiction. Thus, any duly elected or
appointed official of a State or political
subdivision of a State, acting in his or her
official capacity, may file a request. This
includes officials of a State, city, county,
town, municipality or other political
subdivision of a State.
Q. What information do I need to provide in
my request?
A. Go to FRA’s Web site (www.fra.dot.gov)
and click on the Bridge Inspection Report
link and fill out the ‘‘Bridge Inspection
Report Public Version Request Form’’ (FRA
F 6180.167) in its entirety (a link to the form

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is provided at the end of these questions).
Please provide the following information:
• Your name and title;
• Official address;
• Email address;
• Telephone number;
• Identification of the individual bridge(s)
for which you are requesting a public version
of a bridge inspection report(s). Bridge
identification information could include a
street name, a nearby intersecting street, a
waterway or a recognizable land feature
where appropriate;
• Name of the railroad that owns and/or
operates over the requested bridge(s) (if
known); and
• An indication that the request is being
made in your official capacity as a
representative of a State or a political
subdivision of a State. The bridge(s) for
which the inspection report(s) is sought must
be within the jurisdiction of the political
subdivision of the State you represent.

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Q. How do I file my request?
A. You can file a request by going to FRA’s
Web site (www.fra.dot.gov) and clicking on
the Bridge Inspection Report link. There you
will find the ‘‘Bridge Inspection Report
Public Version Request Form’’ (FRA F
6180.167). Please complete this pdf fillable
form by providing all of the information
listed in the question above and click on the
‘‘submit’’ box when completed. This will
automatically create an email that will send
the completed form directly to FRA. A link
to the form has also been provided at the end
of these questions below.
If you are unable to submit the form to FRA
directly, please fill out the ‘‘Bridge Inspection
Report Public Version Request Form’’ (FRA F
6180.167) and attached it in an email to
[email protected].
Requests will only be accepted through this
email address with the proper form
completely filled out and attached.
Q. How will FRA handle a request?
A. FRA will evaluate the request and, if
found to be compliant with law, FRA will
promptly request that the railroad
responsible for the bridge provide a public
version of the most recent inspection
report(s) to FRA. Once FRA has received the
report(s), FRA will review the report(s) to
ensure that at least the minimum information
required by law has been provided. Once
determined to be satisfactory, the report(s)
will be sent to the requester electronically by
reply to the request unless the requester
provides an alternate email address to send
the report to.
Q. What information must a railroad include
in the public version of the bridge inspection
report provided to FRA?
A. The FAST Act requires the following
information to be included in a public
version of a bridge inspection report:
1. The date of the last inspection;
2. Length of bridge;
3. Location of bridge;
4. Type of bridge (superstructure);
5. Type of structure (substructure);
6. Features crossed by the bridge;
7. Railroad contact information; and
8. A general statement on the condition of
the bridge.

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Q. How much time does a railroad have to
provide the public version of a bridge
inspection report to FRA?
A. FRA interprets the statute to require a
railroad to provide a requested report
containing at least the minimum specified
information within a reasonable amount of
time. FRA believes that a reasonable time for
a railroad to provide a requested report is
within 30 days of receipt of FRA’s request.
Q. How long will it take FRA to produce a
public version of a bridge inspection report
to a requester?
A. FRA will handle these requests as
expeditiously as possible and generally
expects to respond to most requests by
providing the requester with a public version
of a bridge inspection report within 45 days
of receipt of the request.
(Link to Form will be located here)

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Attachment 1 to Frequently Asked
Questions
FAST Act—SECTION 11405—BRIDGE
INSPECTION REPORTS
Section 417(d) of the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C. 20103
note) is amended—(1) by striking ‘‘The
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(1)
IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and (2) by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2)
AVAILABILITY OF BRIDGE CONDITION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or political
subdivision of a State may file a request with
the Secretary for a public version of a bridge
inspection report generated under subsection
(b)(5) for a bridge located in such State or
political subdivision’s jurisdiction.
‘‘(B) PUBLIC VERSION OF REPORT.—If
the Secretary determines that the request is
reasonable, the Secretary shall require a
railroad to submit a public version of the
most recent bridge inspection report, such as
a summary form, for a bridge subject to a
request under subparagraph (A). The public
version of a bridge inspection report shall
include the date of last inspection, length of
bridge, location of bridge, type of bridge, type
of structure, feature crossed by bridge, and
railroad contact information, along with a
general statement on the condition of the
bridge.
‘‘(C) PROVISION OF REPORT.—The
Secretary shall provide to a State or political
subdivision of a State a public version of a
bridge inspection report submitted under
subparagraph (B).
‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The
Secretary, upon the reasonable request of
State or political subdivision of a State, shall
provide technical assistance to such State or
political subdivision of a State to facilitate
the understanding of a bridge inspection
report.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Petition for Exemption From the
Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention
Standard; Toyota
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption.
AGENCY:

This document grants in full
the Toyota Motor North America, Inc.’s,
(Toyota) petition for an exemption of
the Lexus RX vehicle line in accordance
with 49 CFR part 543, Exemption from
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard. This
petition is granted because the agency
has determined that the antitheft device
to be placed on the line as standard
equipment is likely to be as effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle
theft as compliance with the parts-

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marking requirements of the 49 CFR
part 541, Federal Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard (Theft Prevention
Standard).
DATES: The exemption granted by this
notice is effective beginning with the
2017 model year (MY).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carlita Ballard, International Policy,
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs,
NHTSA, W43–439, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms.
Ballard’s phone number is (202) 366–
5222. Her fax number is (202) 493–2990.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
petition dated December 1, 2015, Toyota
requested an exemption from the partsmarking requirements of the Theft
Prevention Standard for the Lexus RX
vehicle line beginning with MY 2017.
The petition requested an exemption
from parts-marking pursuant to 49 CFR
part 543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard, based on the
installation of an antitheft device as
standard equipment for the entire
vehicle line.
Under 49 CFR part 543.5(a), a
manufacturer may petition NHTSA to
grant an exemption for one vehicle line
per model year. In its petition, Toyota
provided a detailed description and
diagram of the identity, design, and
location of the components of the
antitheft device for the Lexus RX
vehicle line. Toyota stated that its MY
2017 Lexus RX vehicle line and RX
hybrid vehicle model (HV) will be
installed with a ‘‘smart entry and start’’
system and an engine immobilizer
device as standard equipment. Toyota
further explained that the ‘‘smart entry
and start’’ system on its Lexus RX
vehicle line will have slightly different
components than those on its RX HV
model. Key components of the ‘‘smart
entry and start’’ system on the Lexus RX
vehicle line will include an engine
immobilizer, a certification electronic
control unit (ECU), engine switch,
steering lock ECU, security indicator,
door control receiver, electrical key, an
electronic control module (ECM) and an
ID code box. The key components
installed on its RX HV model will also
include a power switch and a power
source HV–ECU. Toyota stated that it
will also install an audible and visual
alarm system on its Lexus RX vehicle
line as standard equipment and that
there will be position switches installed
on the vehicle to protect the hood and
doors from unauthorized tampering/
opening. Toyota further explained
locking of the doors can be
accomplished through use of a
conventional key, wireless switch
incorporated within the keyfob or its

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