1. This information collection is mandatory for all manufacturers of motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS).
2. The respondents to this information collection are manufacturers of motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS.
3. This information collection requires submission of information to NHTSA.
4. The information is only submitted once unless the information in the original submission needs to be updated.
5. Each manufacturer of motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS must submit identification information and information about the type of motor vehicles and/or motor vehicle equipment it manufacturers.
6. NHTSA will receive the information and then NHTSA will make the information available to the general public on a NHTSA website.
7. The purpose of this information is to collect identification information to ensure that NHTSA is able to locate the manufacturer if a safety-related defect or noncompliance is suspected or found to exist in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment.
8. The revision of this information collection includes the addition of a new type of regulated motor vehicle. NHTSA estimates that in each of the next three years, ten new replica manufacturers will submit identification information under Part 566. Additionally, the total burden hours increased from 131 to 223 hours and the cost increased from $3,930 to $10,809.61 The increase in cost in primarily due to using higher compensation rates and the increase in burden hours. The increase in burden hours accounts for the increase in number of submissions NHTSA receives annually.
US Code:
49 USC 30118
Name of Law: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
The primary difference in this information collection request from the previous submission is that the agency is proposing to update 49 CFR 566 to allow manufacturers to submit the required information electronically. NHTSA has already begun allowing the alternative submission as it reduces processing delays and reduces burdens on respondents. Allowing electronic submissions reduces burdens associated with submissions associated with printing and mailing costs. Although this collection reduces the annual costs to respondents from $3,930 to $0, this change is not a result of the reduced printing and mailing costs, which NHTSA had not appropriately accounted for in our last request. Instead, the reduction from $3,930 to $0 is a result of NHTSA having incorrectly included labor costs associated with the burden hours as annual costs to respondents. Because NHTSA estimates that all respondents will submit the information electronically, NHTSA also estimates that there will be no additional costs to annual respondents.
This information collection also now includes one new category of manufacturers. The type of information collected will remain the same, but it is expected to increase the overall number of respondents. When it last sought approval for this information collection, the agency projected that it would receive approximately 523 Part 566 submissions each year. NHTSA received 882 submissions in 2016 from 821 manufacturers. Due to the increase of submissions and implementation of the replica vehicle program, the agency projects that it will receive, on average 892 submissions in the next three years from 831 manufacturers. The increase in the number of submissions leads to an increase in the in the projected burden hours from 131 hours to 223 hours. Of the increase in burden by 92 hours, 89.5 hours is an adjustment based on NHTSAâs estimates and 2.5 hours is a result of the proposed revision to 566 to accommodate submissions by replica vehicle manufacturers.
NHTSAâs replica vehicle NPRM proposes minimal changes to Part 566 to implement the NHTSAâs replica vehicle program. The changes would add replica motor vehicles as a type of motor vehicles manufactured and would require replica manufacturers to submit Part 566 information electronically. Manufacturers that do not produce replica manufacturers would still have the option to submit Part 566 information by mail. The only estimated burden change from the NPRM would be the additional submissions from replica vehicle manufacturers. NHTSA estimates that there will be 10 additional manufacturers submitting 566 information annually and this change is accounted for in the increase from 523 submissions to 892 submissions. The 10 additional manufacturers represent an additional 2.5 hours of burden.
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.
Form NHTSA Form 1259 Manufacturer Identification -- 49 CFR Part 566
49 USC 30118.pdf
2127-0043 Supporting Statement_Part B_2017.docx
Manufacturer Identification -- 49 CFR Part 566