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Based on the presentation of
additional test data, analysis, or other
relevant and appropriate evidence, by
Takata, an automobile manufacturer, or
any other credible source, NHTSA may,
after consultation with Takata, alter the
schedule set forth in Paragraph 14 to
modify or amend a DIR or to defer
certain inflator types or vehicles, or a
portion thereof, to a later DIR filing date.
Any such evidence must be submitted
to NHTSA no later than one-hundredtwenty (120) days before the relevant
DIR filing date. This paragraph applies
only to the DIRs scheduled to be issued
on or after December 31, 2016 under the
schedule established by Paragraph 14 of
this Amendment.
The Agency believes it is important to
provide additional guidance on the
process and conditions under which
NHTSA would consider altering the
recall schedule to modify or amend a
DIR or defer the filing of a DIR, as well
as guidance on the standards and
criteria that would guide such decisionmaking. This process shall not be used
to expedite or expand the DIR schedule,
nor shall it be used to eliminate a
population of vehicles from the recall.
II. Process and Procedure
A. Petition: No later than 120 days
before the applicable DIR filing date,
Takata, a vehicle manufacturer, or other
credible source (the ‘‘petitioner’’) may
petition the Agency for a modification
or amendment to the DIR schedule. The
petition shall be in writing and shall be
directed to the Associate Administrator
for Enforcement, with a copy to Chief
Counsel. The petition shall specify the
precise modification or amendment to
the DIR schedule being requested by the
petitioner, including the affected
vehicle makes, models, and model years
(the ‘‘particular class of vehicles’’). The
petition shall also set forth all data,
information, and arguments of the
petitioner supporting its petition. To the
extent the petitioner requests
confidential treatment under 49 CFR
part 512 in connection with any data,
information, and arguments, it shall
submit a publicly available summary of
such confidential materials.
B. Public Notice and Comment:
Within 14 days of receiving a petition,
NHTSA shall publish a notice of the
petition in the Federal Register. The
notice shall include a brief summary of
the petition, a description of the
particular class of vehicles, a statement
of the availability of the petition and
other relevant information for public
inspection, and an invitation to
interested persons to submit written
data, information, and arguments
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docket. The notice of the petition shall
also specify the deadline for submitting
data, information, and arguments
concerning the petition, which deadline
shall not be less than 14 days after the
Federal Register notice.
C. Disposition of the Petition: After
reviewing the written data, views, and
arguments from the petitioner and any
interested persons, as well as other
available information, and after
consulting with Takata, the Associate
Administrator for Enforcement shall
make a decision whether to grant or
deny the petition. Notice of the grant or
denial of the petition shall be issued to
the petitioner, and to Takata and any
affected vehicle manufacturer, no less
than 45 days before the relevant DIR
filing date. Notice of the grant or denial
of the petition shall also be published in
the Federal Register.
D. Appeal: Within 14 days of notice
of a grant or denial in the Federal
Register, any interested person may
appeal the grant or denial of the petition
to the Administrator. An appeal shall be
in writing and shall be directed to the
Administrator, with a copy to the Chief
Counsel. The Administrator will base
his final decision on the data,
information, and arguments submitted
in support of the petition and during the
comment period, and other available
information. The final decision will be
issued no less than 5 days before the
applicable DIR filing date. Notice of
final decision shall also be published in
the Federal Register.

moisture content (over time), wafer
diameter, and closed-bomb test data. In
evaluating this evidence, the Agency
will closely scrutinize the number of
inflators tested, the age of the inflators
tested, and the history of the vehicles
from which the inflators were removed.
A petitioner may also satisfy the
standard of proof through robust
predictive modeling, which modeling
shall be independently verified by
NHTSA’s expert, Dr. Harold Blomquist.
In all instances, a petition will be
denied if there has been a rupture
incident in the field or in testing that
involves the inflator type contained in
the particular class of vehicles at issue.
Applicability/Legal Statement: This
Enforcement Guidance Bulletin sets
forth NHTSA’s current interpretation
and thinking on the process and
procedures under Paragraph 17 of the
Amendment, and the standards and
criteria that will guide its decisionmaking. This Bulletin is not a final
agency action and is intended as
guidance only. This Bulletin is not
intended, nor can it be relied upon, to
create any rights enforceable by any
party against NHTSA, the Department of
Transportation, or the United States.
Moreover, the process and procedures
set forth herein do not establish any
defense to any violations of the statutes
and regulations that NHTSA
administers. This Bulletin may be
revised without notice to reflect changes
in NHTSA’s evaluation and analysis, or
to clarify and update text.

III. Standard of Proof
NHTSA may grant the petition if the
Agency finds that the written data,
information, and arguments regarding
the petition and other available
information demonstrate, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that
either: (i) There has not yet been, nor
will be for some period of years in the
future, sufficient propellant degradation
to render the inflators contained in the
particular class of vehicles unreasonably
dangerous in terms of susceptibility to
rupture; or (ii) the service life
expectancy of the inflators installed in
the particular class of vehicles is
sufficiently long that they will not pose
an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle
safety if recalled at a later date.
The Agency may rely on any relevant
criteria in determining whether the
available evidence satisfies the standard
of proof. Generally, a petitioner may
satisfy the standard of proof by
submitting evidence concerning the
physical attributes of the category of
inflators at issue. Such evidence may
include, but is not limited to, inflator
diffusion rates, booster and propellant

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., 30118,
30162, 30166(b)(1), 30166(g)(1); delegation of
authority at 49 CFR 1.95(a).

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Issued: July 15, 2016.
Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D.
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016–17356 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0095]

Agency Information Collection
(Pension Claim Questionnaire for Farm
Income, VA Form 21P–4165); Activity
Under OMB Review
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of

SUMMARY:

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Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0095’’ in any
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise
Records Service (005R1B), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420,
(202) 632–7474 or email [email protected] . Please refer to ‘‘OMB
control No. 2900–0095.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Pension Claim Questionnaire for
Farm Income, VA Form 21P–4165.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0095.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), through its Veterans
Benefits Administration (VBA),
administers an integrated program of
benefits and services, established by
law, for veterans, service personnel and
their survivors.
38 U.S.C. 1521 establishes a pension
benefit for Veterans of a period of war
who are permanently and totally
disabled. 38 U.S.C. 1541 and 38 U.S.C.
1542 establish a survivor’s pension
benefit for the surviving dependents of
Veterans of a period of war. Entitlement
to pension benefits for Veterans and
their surviving dependents is based on
the family’s countable annual income as
required by 38 U.S.C. 1503 and net
worth as required by 38 U.S.C. 1522.
The information collected on VA
Form 21P–4165 will be used by VA to
evaluate a claimant’s income and net
worth related to the operation of a farm
for the purpose of establishing
entitlement to pension benefits and to
evaluate a beneficiary’s ongoing
entitlement to pension benefits.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,038
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.

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Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,075.
By direction of the Secretary:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Program Specialist, Office of Privacy and
Records Management, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016–17336 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0020]

Agency Information Collection:
(Designation of Beneficiary) (29–336)
Activity: Under OMB Review
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0020’’ in any
correspondence.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise
Records Service (005R1B), Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420,
(202) 461–5870 or email [email protected]. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0020.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Designation of Beneficiary, VA
From 29–336.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0020.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 29–336 is used by
the insured to designate a beneficiary

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and select an optional settlement to be
used when the insurance matures by
death. This information is required to
determine the claimant’s eligibility to
receive the processed. The information
on the form is request by la, 38 U.S.C.
Sections 1917, 1949, and 1952.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 80 FR
15151–15152 on March 21, 2016.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 13,917
hours.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
83,500.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Program Specialist, Office of Privacy and
Records Management, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016–17338 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0021]

Proposed Information Collection (VA
Loan Electronic Reporting Interface
(VALERI) System); Activity: Comment
Request
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before September 20,
2016.
SUMMARY:

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