Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects

ICR 202109-2127-005

OMB: 2127-0616

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ICR Details
2127-0616 202109-2127-005
Received in OIRA 201612-2127-003
DOT/NHTSA
Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection   No
Regular 12/02/2021
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
139,035 0
53,810 0
0 0

. This information collection request (ICR) is for a reinstatement for NHTSA’s information collection for reporting of information and documents about potential defects. Under 49 CFR Part 579, manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment must report information and communications to NHTSA with respect to possible safety-related defects and non-compliances in their products, including the reporting of safety recalls and other safety campaigns the manufacturer conducts outside the United States. Under Part 579, there are three categories of reporting requirements: (1) requirements at § 579.5 to submit notices, bulletins, customer satisfaction campaigns, consumer advisories, and other communications (found in Subpart A of Part 579); (2) requirements at § 579.11 to submit information related to safety recalls and other safety campaigns in foreign countries (found in Subpart B of Part 579); and (3) requirements at §§ 579.21-28 to submit Early Warning Information (found in Subpart C of Part 579). The Early Warning Reporting (EWR) requirements (49 U.S.C. 30166(m); 49 CFR Part 579, Subpart C) specify that manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment must submit to NHTSA information, periodically (quarterly or monthly) or upon NHTSA’s request, that includes claims for deaths and serious injuries, property damage data, communications from customers and others, information on incidents resulting in fatalities or serious injuries from possible defects in vehicles or equipment in the United States or in identical or substantially similar vehicles or equipment in a foreign country, and other information that assist NHTSA in identifying potential safety-related defects. In addition to requiring submissions periodically and upon request, this ICR includes a requirement to submit information within 5 days of information becoming available regarding foreign safety campaigns. The purpose of this information collection is to provide early warning of potential safety-related defects to NHTSA. NHTSA is modifying this request to include reporting for common green tires and additional information requested by NHTSA per 579.28(l) which were left out of the previous information collection request. Because this ICR is for a reinstatement, the increase in burden is 53,810 hours. This is 4,567 hours more than when NHTSA last received approval for this information collection (from 49,243 hours to 53,810). This increase is due in part to the modification to the request and in part as a result of an increase in submissions since NHTSA last sought approval.

US Code: 49 USC 30166 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety
  
PL: Pub.L. 106 - 414 30166 Name of Law: Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act

Not associated with rulemaking

  85 FR 85848 12/29/2020
86 FR 60096 10/29/2021
No

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 139,035 0 0 139,035 -1,345 1,345
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 53,810 0 0 49,252 -44,685 49,243
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
Because this ICR is for a reinstatement, the increase in burden is 53,810 hours. This is 4,567 hours more than when NHTSA last received approval for this information collection (from 49,243 hours to 53,810). The increase in burden hours is due to increases in the number of submissions and modifying this request to include reporting for common green tires and additional information requested by NHTSA per § 579.28(l), which were left out of the previous information collection request. For the number of submissions and the addition of common green tire reporting, the reporting burden increased 4,558 hours and 9 hours, respectively. The updated submission totals represent a 12% increase from the previously approved information collection. Submission totals for each category have risen with an average of 11,887 injury and fatality claims in the United States (previously 9,804 claims), 330 foreign death claims (previously 101 claims), 12,212 claims involving specific system or event (previously 11,481 claims), 88,409 manufacturer field reports (previously 79,297 field reports), 112 common green tire reports, and 190 death and injury or comprehensive inquiry follow-up sequences per 579.28(l), totaling 113,140 submissions on average (previously estimated at 100,683 submissions).

$3,046,485
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Jeff Quandt 202 366-5207

  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.
12/02/2021


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