This ICR is
approved for 4 months only. NHTSA will need to go through the full
60-day and 30-day public comment periods for further renewals of
this collection. Specifically, NHTSA needs to seek comment on the
frequency, content, mode, and method of recall/defects
notifications from manufacturers to consumers. This ICR did not
account for the additional monthly notification burden and changes
to the content required under recent NHTSA orders. The collection
of the additional information and frequency beyond this ICR is a
violation of the PRA. For the next renewal, NHTSA needs to account
for the full burden associated with recall notifications and
content changes. Public notice and comment is important to avoid
adverse unintended consequences where consumers might ignore new
potentially more dangerous recalls. Consumers could get
"notification fatigue" if they get bombarded with letters every
month. They could ignore all notices, including new ones. NHTSA
should seek and consider all public feedback, and develop a plan
for efficient remedies for recalls.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2017
6,821
0
6,272
36,070
0
46,138
96,630,000
0
45,000
This collection covers the information
collection requirements found in various sections in the Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Act), 49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., that
require manufacturers to notify NHTSA of safety defects and
noncompliances with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
in motor vehicles and equipment, as well as the provision of
information relating to the ensuing owner and dealer notifications
and free remedy campaigns that follow those notifications. Other
collection requirements include submission of certain information
related to tire recalls and the proper disposal of tires, and the
reporting of sales and leases of defective or noncomplaint
tires.
Adjustments to the estimates
detailed in Items 13 and 14 are due to one-time costs that were
incurred in previous years. In the previous renewal of this
information collection, we estimated that both vehicle
manufacturers and NHTSA would incur one-time costs associated with
launching the Online Manufacturers Recall Portal as well as NHTSA’s
VIN Look-up system. Those one-time costs have been removed from
this collection. Also, an increase in the number of safety recalls,
and volume of products in those recalls, has increased the
estimates for certain recalls-related burdens. We previously
estimated that NHTSA administers an average of 680 recalls each
year. However, NTHSA now administers an average of 854 recalls each
year using updated figures from 2013, 2014, and 2015. These
increases are detailed in our burden estimates found in Items 12
and 13.
$227,321
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
alexander ansley 202
493-0481
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Nissan_North_America,_Inc_-_Comments.pdf
2127-0004 Supporting Statements 11-28-2016.docx
Defect and Noncompliance Notification and Reporting