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ensure motor vehicle safety in atypical
and emergency use conditions as well.
In some catastrophic failures—such as
compressor and system valve failure—
the presence of an adequate air reserve
as required by S5.1.2.1 would provide
critical braking capacity for these large
vehicles. A vehicular crash is a potential
consequence of an inadequate air
reserve in the event that critical braking
is required, and a recall would
otherwise protect against such an event.
VII. NHTSA’s Decision: In
consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA
has decided that Spartan has not met its
burden of persuasion that the subject
FMVSS No. 121 noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Accordingly, Spartan’s petition is
hereby denied. Spartan is obligated to
provide notification of, and free remedy
for, that noncompliance under 49 U.S.C.
30118 and 30120.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8.)
Anne L. Collins,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0080]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Child Passenger Safety
Perceptions and Practices in
Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
a new information collection.
AGENCY:

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 a
new 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

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information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval on Child
Passenger Safety Perceptions and
Practices in Ridesharing and
Autonomous Vehicles.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 16, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2022–0080 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Go to the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at http://
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 http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to 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 http://
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
Margaret Hendricks, Ph.D., Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NPD–320),
(202) 366–2305, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, W46–466,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency
submits a proposed collection of
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must first publish a document in the
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: Child Passenger Safety
Perceptions and Practices in
Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Numbers: 1687, 1688, 1689,
1690.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
of the U.S. Department of
Transportation is seeking approval for a
one-time voluntary information
collection from 24 caregivers of children
8 years old or younger and 12 licensed
drivers of rideshare vehicles. The
purpose of the collection is to describe
child passenger safety (CPS) attitudes
and behaviors from caregivers and
rideshare drivers. A NHTSA contractor
expects to provide screening
questionnaires to 200 potential
participants to determine their
eligibility for the focus group study and
to collect contact information for
scheduling with a potential burden of
15 minutes per respondent or 50 hours.
From the 200 potential participants, the
contractor will contact and enroll up to
36 participants in the study. Six 90-

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minute focus groups will be conducted,
each with six participants. Including the
five minutes for participants to
complete informed consent, the burden
per focus group participant is 95
minutes or 57 hours. The total expected
burden for screening, scheduling, and
participating in the focus groups is 107
hours. A trained moderator will conduct
separate virtual focus groups for
caregivers/parents of at least one child
8 years old or younger who frequently
use rideshare vehicles to transport
children (two groups) and those who
infrequently transport children in
rideshare vehicles (two groups) as well
as for rideshare drivers who frequently
have child passengers 8 years old or
younger (one group) and those who
infrequently have child passengers (one
group). The contractor will collect
participants’ attitudes and self-reported
behaviors from the focus groups.
NHTSA’s contractor received
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
approval to conduct the focus groups.
NHTSA will use the information to
produce a technical report containing
descriptive and qualitative assessments
of caregivers/parents’ and rideshare
drivers’ attitudes and behaviors related
to CPS in rideshare vehicles. NHTSA
will make the technical report available
to a variety of audiences interested in
improving highway safety through the
agency website and the National
Transportation Library. This collection
will inform the development of
behavioral safety countermeasures,
particularly in the areas of
communications and training related to
CPS in rideshare vehicles and
potentially future vehicles with
Automated Driving Systems.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: NHTSA has estimated that
using a car seat reduces the risk of fatal
injury for infants (under 1 year old) by
71 percent for passenger cars and by 58
percent for light trucks such as pickups,
SUVs, and minivans. For toddlers (1 to
4 years old), the corresponding
reductions are 54 percent and 59
percent. 1 However, children are not
always restrained appropriately. In 2020
there were 181 passenger vehicle
occupant fatalities among children
under 4 years old, and 31 percent were
1 Kahane, C. J. (2015, January). Lives saved by
vehicle safety technologies and associated Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 1960 to 2012—
Passenger cars and LTVs—With reviews of 26
FMVSS and the effectiveness of their associated
safety technologies in reducing fatalities, injuries,
and crashes (Report No. DOT HS 812 069). National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://
crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/
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unrestrained (based on known restraint
use). In the 4-to-7 age group, there were
207 fatalities; 43 percent were
unrestrained (based on known restraint
use).2
The use of ridesharing services has
increased dramatically over the past few
years. In 2018, 36 percent of U.S. adults
used ridesharing services, such as Uber
and Lyft. This percentage is more than
twice the share of the population who
used ridesharing apps in 2015.3 As the
use of ridesharing vehicles increases,
concerns regarding how children are
being transported in these vehicles are
emerging.
Limited research has been conducted
on CRS use in ridesharing vehicles. A
study conducted by Prince, et al.
showed lower rates of CRS use and
higher rates of injuries in crashes
involving taxis in New York City.4 In an
online national survey of parents with
children under eight, 59 percent
reported that they transported their
children differently when traveling in
rideshare vehicles compared with
private vehicles.5 Of those, 37 percent
reported holding the child on their lap
and 25 percent allowed the child to ride
without a CRS. Several online and inperson surveys with parents and
caregivers point to specific
circumstances in which non-use of CRS
is perceived as more acceptable,
including riding in a rideshare or taxi;
traveling while on vacation, carpooling,
when traveling short distances; and
finding there is no CRS available.6 7 8
2 National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
(2022, July). Occupant protection in passenger
vehicles: 2020 data (Traffic Safety Facts. Report No.
DOT HS 813 326). National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Api/Public/ViewPublication/813326.
3 Pew Research Center (2019, January 4). More
Americans are using ride-hailing apps. https://
www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/04/moreamericans-are-using-ride-hailing-apps/.
4 Prince, P., Hines, L. M., Bauer, M. J., Liu, C.,
Luo, J., Garnett, M., & Pressley, J. C. (2019).
Pediatric Restraint Use and Injury in New York City
Taxis Compared with Other Passenger Vehicles.
Transportation Research Record, 2673(7), 541–549.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119843091.
5 Owens, J. M., Womack, K. T., & Barowski, L.
(2019, September). Factors Surrounding Child Seat
Usage in Rideshare Services (Technical Report No.
01–005). Safety through Disruption (Safe-D)
University Transportation Center. https://
rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63050.
6 Levi, S., Lee, H., Ren, W., Polson, A., &
McCloskey, S. (2020, December). Awareness and
availability of child passenger safety information
resources (Report No. DOT HS 813 035). National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://
rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54283.
7 McDonald, C., Kennedy, E., Fleisher, L., &
Zonfrillo, M. (2018). Situational Use of Child
Restraint Systems and Carpooling Behaviors in
Parents and Caregivers.International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health,
15(8),1788.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081788.

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There also is a lack of research on best
practice approaches for promoting child
safety in rideshare vehicles, and
regulatory inconsistencies (e.g., types of
vehicles covered under restraint laws,
severity of fines for violations of the
law, age of child covered by child
restraint laws, etc.) only contribute to
the confusion on the part of caregivers
and rideshare drivers. A better
understanding of caregiver and
rideshare driver behaviors and attitudes
related to restraint use in rideshare
services is needed to inform the
development of public policy,
regulations, enforcement measures, and
educational campaigns.
Affected Public: Parents of children 8
years old or younger and adult licensed
drivers of ridesharing vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200 potential participants with 36
participating in focus groups.
Frequency: This study is a one-time
information collection, and there will be
no recurrence.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The total estimated burden with
this collection is 107 hours. NHTSA
estimates that up to 200 potential
respondents will need to be screened for
eligibility by completing a 10-minute
screening questionnaire before finding
36 people to participate in the focus
groups. The contractor will contact the
eligible participants to determine
whether they are still interested and if
so, to schedule a focus group for an
additional potential burden of five
minutes. As such, screening and
scheduling may take up to 15 minutes
per potential participant. The goal is to
schedule 36 participants for six focus
groups (four caregiver groups and two
driver groups).
Each focus group is estimated to last
90 minutes. Including informed
consent, NHTSA estimates the burden
as 95 minutes per participant. During
the focus group, participants will
discuss their experiences in traveling
with children in rideshare vehicles,
behavior with respect to using seat belts
or CRSs when travelling in personal
vehicles and rideshare vehicles,
opinions regarding CPS in rideshare
vehicles, etc. Assuming a 10-minute
completion time for the recruitment
screener questionnaire, 5 minutes for
contacting and scheduling potential
participants for the focus group
sessions, 5 minutes for informed
consent for participants, and 90 minutes
8 Niu, L., Gao, Y. M., Tian, Y., & Pan, S. M.
(2019). Safety awareness and use of child safety
seats among parents after the legislation in
Shanghai. Chinese journal of traumatology =
Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi, 22(2), 85–87.
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for participating in the focus groups the
total hour burden 107 hours. The

calculation of the total estimated burden
is shown in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS BY FORM
Form No.
1687
1688
1689
1690

Form name and description

Respondents

Time per
respondent
(minutes)

Total
time
(hours)

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

Screener and Follow-Scheduling ...............................................................
Informed Consent (Caregivers) ..................................................................
Informed Consent (Drivers) ........................................................................
Focus Group Participation .........................................................................

200
24
12
36

15
5
5
90

50
2
1
54

Total ......

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

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

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

107

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
NHTSA estimates that there are no costs
to respondents beyond the time spent
participating in the study.
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
1351.29A.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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Application No.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions
on Special Permits
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of actions on special
permit applications.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special
permits from the Department of
Transportation’s Hazardous Material
Regulations, notice is hereby given that
the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
has received the application described
herein.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 16, 2022
ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration U.S. Department of
Transportation Washington, DC 20590.
Comments should refer to the
application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of
comments is desired, include a selfSUMMARY:

Applicant

Regulation(s) affected

addressed stamped postcard showing
the special permit number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald Burger, Chief, Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety General
Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, East Building, PHH–13,
1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–
4535.
Copies of
the applications are available for
inspection in the Records Center, East
Building, PHH–13, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC.
This notice of receipt of applications
for special permit is published in
accordance with part 107 of the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law
(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 06,
2022.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits
Branch.

Nature of the special permits thereof

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SPECIAL PERMITS DATA—Granted
14546–M ...........

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc ..

15146–M ...........

Tech Spray L P .....................

16365–M ...........

RDS Manufacturing, Inc ........

180.209(a),
180.209(b),
180.209(b)(1)(iv).
172.200, 172.400, 172.500,
173.304(a).
177.834(h), 178.700(c)(1) ..........

20482–M ...........

Solid Power Operating, Inc ...

173.35(e) ....................................

21259–N ...........

Quantum Fuel Systems LLC

173.302(a)(1) .............................

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To modify the special permit to authorize a 15-year periodic requalification interval for certain cylinders.
To modify the permit to include additional hazardous materials.
To modify the special permit to authorize two additional
packagings.
To modify the special permit to authorize an additional
hazardous material.
To authorize the manufacture, mark, sale, and use of a
non-DOT specification fully wrapped fiber reinforced
composite gas cylinder with a non-load sharing plastic
liner. Except as specified, the cylinder is designed in accordance with the ISO 11515:2013 Standard for the
transportation in commerce of the hazardous materials
authorized herein.

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