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published on December 9, 2020 (85 FR
79256). The current number of
certificate holders in 2020 is 68
compared to 90 in 2015. The 68 part 121
certificate holders implemented a Safety
Management System by the March 9,
2018 part 5 deadline. The burden
analysis has been revised reflecting part
121 SMS implementation, revised

industry numbers, and analysis of postimplementation recordkeeping.
Respondents: All 68 existing part 121
certificate holders.
Frequency: Implementation Plan
collection: 1 future applicant for part
121 certificate (anticipating no more
than one new applicant a year).
Recordkeeping requirement: Annual

recordkeeping requirements for all 68
existing part 121 certificates.
Number of
air carriers

Air carrier groups
Large (50+ aircraft) .........................
Medium (10–49 aircraft) ..................
Small (<9 aircraft) ............................
Number of Operators ......................

25
19
24
68

Respondents:

Summary
(annual number)

Reporting

Recordkeeping

Disclosure

Large Air Carrier
Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................
Number of Responses per Respondents ..................................................................................
Time per Response ...................................................................................................................
Total Number of Responses ......................................................................................................
Total burden (hours) ..................................................................................................................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

25
1
2,000
25
50,000

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

19
1
4,000
19
76,000

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

24
1
1,000
24
24,000

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Medium Air Carrier
Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................
Number of Responses per Respondents ..................................................................................
Time per Response ...................................................................................................................
Total Number of Responses ......................................................................................................
Total burden (hours) ..................................................................................................................
Small Air Carrier
Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................
Number of Responses per Respondents ..................................................................................
Time per Response ...................................................................................................................
Total Number of Responses ......................................................................................................
Total burden (hours) ..................................................................................................................

Estimated annual collection activity
for one new medium part 121 air carrier.
Summary
(annual number)

Gap analysis

Number of Respondents ............................................................................................................
Number of Responses per Respondents ..................................................................................
Time per Response ...................................................................................................................
Total number of responses ........................................................................................................
Total burden (hours) ..................................................................................................................

........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2,732 Hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
Large Air Carriers 50,000, Medium Air
Carriers 76,000, Small Air Carriers
24,000, total annual burden 150,000
hours.
Robert C. Carty,
Acting Executive Director, Flight Standards
Service, AFX–1.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0094]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comments; Exemption for the Make
Inoperative Prohibition To
Accommodate People With Disabilities
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for reinstatement
of a previously approved collection of
information.
AGENCY:

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Implementation
plan
1
1
2,732
1
2,732

SMS
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The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites
public comments about our intention to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection. Before a Federal
agency can collect certain information
from the public, it must receive
approval from OMB. Under procedures
established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB
approval, Federal agencies must solicit
public comment on proposed
collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatement of
previously approved collections. This
document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends

SUMMARY:

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to seek OMB approval on the
information collections related to
aftermarket modification of vehicles to
accommodate people with disabilities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2021–0094 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic submissions: Go to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays. To
be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9322 before
coming.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. Note that all
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets
via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact
Gunyoung Lee, Office of Rulemaking
(NRM230), 202–366–6005, Room W43–
463, U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, Please identify
the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency
submits a proposed collection of
information to OMB for approval, it
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Federal Register providing a 60-day
comment period and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulation (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) How to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB.
Title: Exemption for the Make
Inoperative Prohibition to
Accommodate People With Disabilities.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0635.
Form Number: This collection of
information uses no standard form.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection of
information.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information:
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act (49 U.S.C. Chapter
301) authorizes NHTSA to issue Federal
motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS)
applicable to new motor vehicle and
new items of motor vehicle equipment.
In addition to regulating the
manufacture and sale of new motor
vehicles and items of motor vehicle
equipment, the act also prohibits certain
regulated entities from knowingly
making inoperative a part of a device or
element of design installed on or in a
motor vehicle or motor vehicle in
compliance with an applicable FMVSS
(49 U.S.C. 30122). The statute
authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation (NHTSA) to prescribe
regulations to exempt a regulated entity
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motor vehicle safety (49 U.S.C.
30122(c)(1)).
On February 27, 2001, NHTSA
published a final rule (66 FR 12638) to
facilitate the modification of motor
vehicles so that persons with disabilities
can drive or ride in them as passengers.
In that final rule, the agency issued a
limited exemption from a statutory
provision that prohibits specified types
of commercial entities from either
removing safety equipment or features
installed on motor vehicles pursuant to
the Federal motor vehicle safety
standards or altering the equipment or
features to adversely affect their
performance. The exemption is limited
in that it allows repair businesses to
modify only certain types of FMVSSrequired safety equipment and features,
under specified circumstances. The
regulation is found at 49 CFR part 595
subpart C, ‘‘Vehicle Modifications to
Accommodate People with Disabilities.’’
The regulation includes three
collections of information: (1) A
requirement for modifiers to submit
identification information to NHTSA;
(2) a requirement for modifiers to
provide a document to the owner of the
modified vehicle stating the exemptions
used for that vehicle and any reduction
in load carrying capacity of the vehicle
of more than 100 kg (220 lbs); and (3)
a requirement for modifiers to retain a
copy of the information provide to the
owner of the modified vehicle for five
years.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information
Commercial entities that modify
vehicles after the first retail sale and
wish to use the exemptions offered
under this rule are required to provide
NHTSA with their identification
information. The registration involves a
one-time submission using NHTSA’s
online Manufacturer Portal 1 containing
only the name, address, and telephone
number of the modifier and a prescribed
statement that they will modify vehicles
for persons with disabilities and intend
to avail themselves of the exemptions.
Any changes in the identification
information must be conveyed to the
agency within 30 days. This information
will be used by the agency to track
entities involved in vehicle
modification for persons with
disabilities and is available to the public
on NHTSA’s website.
Modifiers must also provide each
customer whose vehicle modification
involves the use of the make inoperative
1 NHTSA’s Manufacturer’s Portal is found at
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exemptions with a list of the
exemptions used in the process of
modifying that vehicle.2 The simplest
form of this document is an annotated
invoice. No specific or special forms are
required. A copy of this document must
also be retained by the modifier for five
years. This document will be used by
the consumer to understand the
modifications made to his/her vehicle
and their effect on vehicle safety. It may
be requested by NHTSA in the event of
an inquiry about the safety of the
modified vehicles.
Affected Public: Motor vehicle repair
business.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
765.
For this estimate, NHTSA assumed
that there are 900 businesses making
vehicle modifications for people with
disabilities, and 85 percent of these (i.e.,
765 businesses) will elect to use the
exemptions available under the rule.
Frequency: On occasion (e.g., a
customer demands a vehicle
modification to accommodate people
with disabilities, or a company decides
to become an adaptive vehicle
modification business or changes its
identification information).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,432.
This ICR is for three information
collections. We estimate the total
burden hours for this ICR to be 1,432.
The burden hours for the three
information collections were calculated
as follows:
Information Collection 1: Requirement
To Submit Identification Information to
NHTSA To Use the Exemptions
NHTSA estimates that compiling and
submitting the identification
information will take approximately 10
minutes. NHTSA estimates that there
are approximately 900 businesses
making vehicle modifications for
persons with disabilities in the United
States and that 85 percent of these, or
765 businesses, will elect to use the
exemptions available under the rule.

After the initial registration (which
occurred in 2001), NHTSA estimates
that 90 businesses will either need to
change their information or become new
registrants who elect to use the
exemptions each year. Therefore,
NHTSA estimates the total burden hours
associated with submitting new or
updated identification information is 15
hours (90 business × 10 minutes).
To calculate the labor cost associated
with submitting modifier identification
information, NHTSA looked at wage
estimates for the type of personnel
involved with compiling and submitting
the information. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) estimates that the
average hourly wage for ‘‘General Office
Clerks’’ (BLS Occupation code 43–9061)
is $16.98.3 The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that private industry
workers’ wages represent 70.4% of total
labor compensation costs.4 Therefore,
NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs
to be $24.12for ‘‘General Office Clerks’’
(BLS Occupation code 43–9061).
NHTSA estimates the total labor cost
associated with the 15 burden hours (for
submitting modifier identification by
‘‘office clerks’’) to be approximately
$362. (15 × $24.12 = $361.80.)
Information Collection 2: Requirement
To Provide a Document to the Owner of
the Modified Vehicle
The second information collection in
part 595 is the requirement to provide
a disclosure to the vehicle owner. This
disclosure is made with each vehicle
modified using exemptions under part
595. In the final rule, we anticipated
that the least costly way for a repair
business to comply with this portion of
the new rule would be to annotate the
vehicle modification invoice as to the
exemption, if any, involved with each
item on the invoice. The cost of
preparing the invoice is not a portion of
our burden calculation, as that
preparation would be done in the
normal course of business. Additionally,
NHTSA’s burden estimate does not
include an estimate for the time to

gather the information required for the
disclosure as it is assumed that this
information would be gathered in the
normal course of vehicle modification.
Instead, NHTSA estimates that the only
extra burden would be incurred for
calculation of the reduction in loadingcarrying capacity and annotating the
information on the invoice. NHTSA
estimates the time needed to annotate
the invoice is 20 minutes. NHTSA
estimates that there are approximately
4,250 vehicles modified under
exemptions provided by 49 CFR 595.7
each year. Therefore, NHTSA estimates
the total burden associated with
providing disclosures to vehicle owners
is 1,417 hours (20 minutes × 4,250
vehicles = 1,416.67 hours).
To calculate the labor cost associated
with the 1,417 burden hours for the
disclosure document requirement,
NHTSA looked at the average hourly
wage for ‘‘Mechanical Engineering
Technicians’’ (BLS Occupation code 17–
3027). With the BLS’s average hourly
wage of $28.00 (which represents 70.4%
of total compensation according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics), NHTSA
estimates the hourly labor costs to be
$39.78 for ‘‘Mechanical Engineering
Technicians (BLS Occupation code 17–
3027). Therefore, NHTSA estimates the
total labor cost associated with the 1,417
burden hours (for providing disclosure
documents to vehicle owners by
‘‘engineering technicians’’) to be
$56,368 (1,417 × $39.78 = $56,368.28).
Information Collection 3: Retaining a
Copy of the Document Provided to
Vehicle Owners
NHTSA estimates that there are no
additional burden hours associated with
the requirement to retain a copy of the
disclosures provided to vehicle owners.
Accordingly, there are also no labor
costs associated with this requirement.
Table 1 provides a summary of the
estimated burden hours and labor costs
associated with this collection of
information request.

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES

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Annual
submissions or
responses
Modifier identification .................................
Disclosure document (to vehicle owners)
Retention of a copy of document provided
to vehicle owner.

2 49

CFR 595.7(b) and (e).
May 2020 National Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates, United States,
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4,250
4,250

Estimated
burden per
submission

Average
hourly labor
cost

10 minutes
20 minutes
0 minutes

$24.12
39.78
N/A

available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_
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$4.02
13.26
$0.00

Total burden
hours
15
1,417
0

Total labor
costs
$362
56,368
0.00

4 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership (Mar. 2021), available
at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm.

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TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Annual
submissions or
responses

Annual total burden hours & labor
costs.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
NHTSA estimates that there are no
additional costs associated with this
information collection request. There
will be no additional material cost
associated with complying with this
requirement because no additional
materials need to be used except those
used to prepare the invoice in the
normal course of business. We are
assuming that it is normal and
customary in the course of vehicle
modification business to prepare an
invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice
to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy
of the invoice for five years after the
vehicle is delivered to the owner in
finished form.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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burden per
submission

Average
hourly labor
cost

Labor cost per
submission

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0031]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Motorcycle Helmets
(Labeling)
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a reinstatement of a
previously approved collection of
information.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below is being submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
for motorcycle helmet labeling describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on May 12, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Ms.
Cristina Echemendia, U.S. Department
of Transportation, NHTSA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Room
W43–447, NRM–130, Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Cristina Echemendia’s
telephone number is 202–366–6345 and
fax number is 202–366–7002. Please
identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to its OMB
Control Number.
SUMMARY:

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Total labor
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56,730

Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public, and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with those requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request is being
submitted to OMB.
Title: Motorcycle Helmets (Labeling).
OMB Control Number: 2127–0518.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of
previously approved collection of
information.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of the Collection of
Information
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act, at 49 U.S.C. 30111,
authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation (NHTSA by delegation)
to issue Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards (FMVSS) that set
performance standards for motor
vehicles and items of motor vehicle
equipment. Vehicle and equipment
manufacturers must certify that their
vehicles and equipment comply with
the safety standards. Moreover, under
49 U.S.C. 30117, the Secretary (NHTSA
by delegation) is also authorized to
require manufacturers to provide
information to first purchasers of motor
vehicles or motor vehicle equipment
when the vehicle equipment is
purchased, in the form of printed matter
placed in the vehicle or attached to the
motor vehicle or motor vehicle
equipment.
Using this authority, NHTSA issued
the initial FMVSS No. 218 in 1974.
Motorcycle helmets are devices used to
protect motorcyclists from head injury
in motor vehicle crashes. Manufacturers
must label every helmet produced to
indicate that the helmet is in
compliance with the requirements of the
standard. The certification label consists
of the symbol ‘‘DOT,’’ the term ‘‘FMVSS
No. 218,’’ the word ‘‘CERTIFIED,’’ the

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