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In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
31315(b)(6), DOT solicits comments
from the public on the exemption
request. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov. As described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy, the comments are
searchable by the name of the submitter.

interstate CMV drivers. Since that time
the Agency has published additional
notices granting requests from hard of
hearing and deaf individuals for
exemptions from the Agency’s physical
qualification standard concerning
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business on the closing date indicated
under the DATES section of the notice.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022–22341 Filed 10–13–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

III. Qualifications of Applicants
Frank Darracott

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Mr. Darracott, 54, holds a class A
commercial learner’s permit in Florida.

National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration

II. Background

Tonnette Garza

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0032]

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315(b), FMCSA may grant an
exemption from the FMCSRs for no
longer than a 5-year period if it finds
such exemption would likely achieve a
level of safety that is equivalent to, or
greater than, the level that would be
achieved absent such exemption. The
statute also allows the Agency to renew
exemptions at the end of the 5-year
period. FMCSA grants medical
exemptions from the FMCSRs for a 2year period to align with the maximum
duration of a driver’s medical
certification.
The 13 individuals listed in this
notice have requested an exemption
from the hearing requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(11). Accordingly, the Agency
will evaluate the qualifications of each
applicant to determine whether granting
the exemption will achieve the required
level of safety mandated by statute.
The physical qualification standard
for drivers regarding hearing found in
§ 391.41(b)(11) states that a person is
physically qualified to drive a CMV if
that person first perceives a forced
whispered voice in the better ear at not
less than 5 feet with or without the use
of a hearing aid or, if tested by use of
an audiometric device, does not have an
average hearing loss in the better ear
greater than 40 decibels at 500 Hz, 1,000
Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without a
hearing aid when the audiometric
device is calibrated to American
National Standard (formerly ASA
Standard) Z24.5–1951.
This standard was adopted in 1970
and was revised in 1971 to allow drivers
to be qualified under this standard
while wearing a hearing aid, 35 FR
6458, 6463 (Apr. 22, 1970) and 36 FR
12857 (July 3, 1971).
On February 1, 2013, FMCSA
announced in a Notice of Final
Disposition titled, ‘‘Qualification of
Drivers; Application for Exemptions;
National Association of the Deaf,’’ (78
FR 7479), its decision to grant requests
from 40 individuals for exemptions
from the Agency’s physical qualification
standard concerning hearing for

Ms. Garza, 44, holds a class E driver’s
license in Florida.

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Consolidated Vehicles’
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Andrew Gibson
Mr. Gibson, 35, holds a class C
driver’s license in Texas.
Tyler Harmount
Mr. Harmount, 22, holds a class C
driver’s license in California.
Maxwell Latin
Mr. Latin, 31, holds a class C driver’s
license in Maryland.
Paradise Larizza
Ms. Larizza, 28, holds a class C
driver’s license in Oregon.
Hank Moore
Mr. Moore, 56, holds a class C driver’s
license in Kansas.
Mayur Motiwale
Mr. Motiwale, 41, holds a class D
driver’s license in New Jersey.
Michael Reed
Mr. Reed, 61, holds a class A
commercial driver’s license in Arkansas.
Chad Smith
Mr. Smith, 43, holds a class D driver’s
license in Ohio.
Justin Turner
Mr. Turner, 23, holds a class C
driver’s license in Texas.
Cody Upchurch
Mr. Upchurch, 44, holds a class C
driver’s license in Texas.
Thomas Williamson
Mr. Williamson, 22, holds a class D
driver’s license in Illinois.
IV. Request for Comments
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315(b), FMCSA requests public
comment from all interested persons on
the exemption petitions described in
this notice. We will consider all
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National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a reinstatement with
modification of a previously approved
information collection.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval on Vehicle
Owner’s Manual Requirements for
Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle
Equipment.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before November 14, 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 James
Myers, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W43–
320, NRM–100, Washington, DC 20590.
Mr. Myers’ telephone number is 202–
493–0031. Please identify the relevant
collection of information by referring to
its OMB Control Number.
SUMMARY:

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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 these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request will be
submitted OMB.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting public
comments on the following information
collection was published on February
22, 2022.
Title: Consolidated Vehicle Owner’s
Manual Requirements for Motor
Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0541.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Request: Request for
reinstatement with modification of a
previously approved collection of
information.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: The National Traffic and
Motor Vehicle Act, authorizes the
Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by
delegation), at 49 U.S.C. 30111, to issue
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
(FMVSS) that set performance standards
for motor vehicles and items of motor
vehicle equipment. Further, the
Secretary (NHTSA by delegation) is
authorized, at 49 U.S.C. 30117, to
require manufacturers to provide
information to first purchasers of motor
vehicles or items of motor vehicle
equipment related to performance and
safety in printed materials that are
attached to or accompany the motor
vehicle or item of motor vehicle
equipment. NHTSA has exercised this
authority to require manufacturers to
provide certain specified safety
information to be readily available to
consumers and purchasers of motor
vehicles and items of motor vehicle
equipment. This information is most
often provided in vehicle owners’
manuals and the requirements are found
in 49 CFR parts 563, 571, and 575. This
information collection request only
covers requirements or requests to
provide information that is not provided
verbatim in the regulation or standard.
The information requirements or
requests are included in: Part 563,
‘‘Event data recorders;’’ FMVSS No. 108,
‘‘Lamps, reflective devices, and
associated equipment;’’ FMVSS No. 110,
‘‘Tire selection and rims;’’ FMVSS No.

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138, ‘‘Tire Pressure Monitoring
Systems;’’ FMVSS No. 202a, ‘‘Head
restraints;’’ FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing
materials;’’ FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant
crash protection;’’ FMVSS No. 210,
‘‘Seat belt assembly anchorages;’’
FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint
systems;’’ FMVSS No. 225, ‘‘Child
restraint anchorage systems;’’ FMVSS
No. 226, ‘‘Ejection mitigation;’’ FMVSS
No. 303, ‘‘Fuel System Integrity of
Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles;’’
section 575.103, ‘‘Truck-camper
loading;’’ section 575.104, ‘‘Uniform tire
quality grading standards;’’ and section
575.105, ‘‘Vehicle rollover.’’
Part 563—Event data recorders.
Section 563.11 requires manufacturers
of vehicles equipped with event data
recorders (EDRs) to provide a prescribed
statement (provided verbatim) in the
owner’s manual,1 which is not an
information collection. Section 563.11
also states that the owner’s manual may
include additional information about
the form, function, and capabilities of
the EDR, in supplement to the required
statement. This voluntary disclosure of
information is an information collection
for which NHTSA is seeking approval.
There is a slight burden for respondents
to include the voluntary additional
information in their owner’s manuals.
The vehicle manufacturers which
provide this additional information in
the owner’s manual incur minimal
burden. We conservatively estimate that
half of the 406 vehicle models for light
duty vehicles will have owner’s
manuals that contain this supplemental
information and that the burden for
updating and reviewing this information
will be 1 hour per model line. This
would result in 203 annual burden
hours (203 vehicle model lines × 1 hour
of time × 1 manual per model).
It is estimated that the word content
in the owner’s manual required by Part
563 would be 100 text words. Hence,
the cost burden to vehicle
manufacturers is estimated to be
$30,566.25 (17,100,939 total vehicles ×
50% of vehicles including added
language in the owner’s manuals × 100
text words × 1.1 production factor × 0.25
printing factor × $0.00013 per word).
Cost burdens for this regulation were
not included in the previous
information collection request.
FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective
devices, and associated equipment.’’
This standard requires that certain
lamps and reflective devices with
certain performance levels be installed
on motor vehicles to assure that the
roadway is properly illuminated, that
vehicles can be readily seen, and the
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signals can be transmitted to other
drivers sharing the road during day,
night, and inclement weather. In
addition to establishing performance
requirements for those lamps and
reflective devices, FMVSS No. 108 also
contains provisions requiring
manufacturers to provide instructions or
information on the lighting device.
FMVSS No. 108, S10.18.8.2 requires
manufacturers to provide instructions
for proper aiming of a vehicle’s Vehicle
Headlamp Aiming Device (VHAD)
headlamps. FMVSS No. 108, S9.4.1.1
requires manufacturers to provide
information regarding how to operate
semiautomatic beam switching devices.
NHTSA estimates 50% of vehicle
models will offer adaptive driving beam
headlighting systems on at least one
trim level that will include a VHAD.
Further, NHTSA estimates
manufacturers will require 4 hours per
each new vehicle model and 1 hour for
carry-over vehicle models to gather the
necessary VHAD aiming instructions for
the owner’s manual. FMVSS No. 108
permits each manufacturer a choice in
placing headlamp aiming instruction in
the owner’s manual or on a label affixed
to the vehicle. We estimate about half of
the VHAD aiming applications would be
on labels attached to the VHAD, with
the remainder (50%) using information
in the owner’s manual to convey the
necessary information. The annual
burden hours required by FMVSS No.
108‘s VHAD section in the owner’s
manual is 383 hours ((438 models × 0.5
use VHAD × 0.25 new models × 4 hours/
model) + (438 models × 0.5 use VHAD
× 0.75 non-new models × 1 hour/
model)).
We estimate that approximately 80%
of new vehicle models include a
semiautomatic beam switching device
(SAB) on at least one trim level for the
U.S. market. For new model vehicles the
time to collect, prepare, and review the
required information is estimated to be
4 hours per manual. For carry-over
vehicles, we estimate 1 hour to review
the required information for continued
accuracy. The annual burden hours
required by FMVSS No. 108’s
semiautomatic beam switching device
section in the owner’s manual is 613
hours ((438 models × 0.8 offer SABs ×
0.25 new models × 4 hours/model) +
(438 models × 0.8 offer SABs × 0.75 nonnew models × 1 hour/model)).
The annual printing annual cost
burden to the respondents to include
the information required by FMVSS No.
108’s VHAD section in the owner’s
manual is $38,208 (17,100,000 vehicles
× 0.5 use VHAD × 0.5 provide info in
manual × 250 words of text × 1.1
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× $0.00013 per word). The annual
printing cost burden to the respondents
to include the information required by
FMVSS No. 108’s semiautomatic beam
switching device section in the owner’s
manual is $244,530 (17,100,000 vehicles
× 0.8 use SABs × 500 words of text × 1.1
production factor × 0.25 printing factor
× $0.00013 per word).
FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and
rims.’’ This standard specifies
requirements for tire selection to
prevent tire overloading. The vehicle’s
normal load and maximum load on the
tire shall not be greater than applicable
specified limits. The standard requires a
permanently affixed vehicle placard
specifying vehicle capacity weight,
designated seating capacity,
manufacturer-recommended cold tire
inflation pressure, and manufacturer’s
recommended tire size. The standard
further specifies rim construction
requirements, load limits of nonpneumatic spare tires, and labeling
requirements for non-pneumatic spare
tires, including a required placard.
Owner’s manual information is required
for non-pneumatic spare tires.
Currently, manufacturers do not equip
current passenger vehicles, trucks,
buses, trailers, or motorcycles with nonpneumatic spare tires. If vehicles were
equipped with non-pneumatic spare
tires, the number of annual burden
hours imposed on manufacturers who
choose to equip their vehicles with this
equipment would be determined from
the number of model lines produced
annually (of which an estimated 25%
are new and 75% are on-new, a repeat
of previous years’ model lines)
multiplied by the portion of vehicle
models equipped with non-pneumatic
spare tires multiplied by the estimated
number of hours required to assemble
the required information (estimated to
be 4 hours of review for new vehicles
and 1 hour to review the information for
non-new vehicles). The product of these
factors would provide the number of
hours required by manufacturers to
produce necessary information to place
into an owner’s manual ‘‘master’’ for
printing. The printing cost burden for
these owner’s manuals would be the
number of vehicles produced annually
multiplied by the portion of vehicles
equipped with non-pneumatic spare
tires, multiplied by certain printing
factors (an estimated 500 text words
required per owner’s manual, a 1.1
multiplier to account for aftermarket
manuals, a 0.25 printing factor, and a
$0.00013 cost per word). Because
manufacturers do not equip current
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the hour burden as 0 hours, and the
printing cost at $0.
FMVSS No. 138, ‘‘Tire pressure
monitoring systems.’’ This standard
specifies requirements for a tire pressure
monitoring system to warn the driver of
an under-inflated tire condition. Its
purpose is to reduce the likelihood of a
vehicle crash resulting from tire failure
due to operation in an under-inflated
condition. The standard requires the
owner’s manual to include specific
information on the low-pressure
warning telltale and the malfunction
indicator telltale.
The information required by FMVSS
No. 138 to be included in the owner’s
manual is provided verbatim and may
be taken from the Federal regulation in
its entirety. FMVSS No. 138, also states
that the owner’s manual may include
additional information about the lowpressure telltale and the malfunction
indicator telltale. NHTSA estimates the
burden to be 1 hour for the respondents
to format their owner’s manuals to
include the text and additional
information. There is an average of 438
model lines each year that include tire
pressure monitoring information in the
owner’s manual. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates the total annual burden hours
for § 571.138 to be 438 hours (438 model
lines × 1 manual per model × 1 hour).
It is estimated that the information
required by FMVSS No. 138 in the
owner’s manual is equivalent to 400
words of text. This would result in
$244,530 in cost burden to the
respondents (17,100,000 vehicles × 400
words of text × 1.1 production factor ×
0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word).
FMVSS No. 202a, ‘‘Head restraints.’’
This standard specifies requirements for
head restraints. The standard, which
seeks to reduce whiplash injuries in rear
collisions, currently requires head
restraints for front outboard designated
seating positions in passenger cars and
in light multipurpose passenger
vehicles, trucks and buses with a gross
vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less
and specifies requirements for
optionally provided rear outboard seat
head restraints in the same vehicles.
The standard requires that vehicle
manufacturers include information in
owner’s manuals for vehicles
manufactured on or after September 1,
2008. The owner’s manual must clearly
identify which seats are equipped with
head restraints. If the head restraints are
removable, the owner’s manual must
provide instructions on how to remove
the head restraint by a deliberate action
distinct from any act necessary for
adjustment, and how to reinstall the
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must warn that all head restraints must
be reinstalled to properly protect
vehicle occupants. Finally, the owner’s
manual must describe, in an easily
understandable format, the adjustment
of the head restraints and/or seat back
to achieve appropriate head restraint
position relative to the occupant’s head.
It is estimated that 438 model lines
need to be reviewed annually, but only
a fraction (25 percent) need major
revision each year. It is further
estimated that it would take 5 hours to
complete the major revisions. The
remaining fraction of model lines (75
percent) only require reverification of
existing information. The total annual
burden hours are estimated to be 876
hours (438 model lines × 0.25 needing
revision × 5 hours plus 438 model lines
× 0.75 needing revision × 1 hour).
The word count required to disclose
the required head restraint information
in the owner’s manual is estimated to be
1,200 words. The annual cost burden to
the respondents to include the
information required by FMVSS No.
202a in the owner’s manual is $733,590
(17,100,000 vehicles × 1,200 words of
text × 1.1 production factor × 0.25
printing factor × $0.00013 per word).
FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials.’’
This standard specifies requirements for
all glazing material used in windshields,
windows, and interior partitions of
motor vehicles. Its purpose is to reduce
injuries resulting from impact to glazing
surfaces, to ensure a necessary degree of
transparency in motor vehicle windows
for driver visibility, and to minimize the
possibility of occupants being thrown
through the vehicle windows in
collisions. More detailed information
regarding the care and maintenance of
plastic glazing items, such as a glassplastic windshield, is required to be
placed in the vehicle owner’s manual.
It is estimated that the burden to
provide information in the owner’s
manual for detailed care and
maintenance is minimal because
manufacturers already provide this type
of information in the vehicle cleaning
and maintenance section of the owner’s
manual. NHTSA estimates a burden for
each manual of 1 hour because
manufacturers would need to verify that
detailed care and maintenance
information has been included in their
cleaning and maintenance section of the
owner’s manual. The annual estimated
burden from § 571.205 is 176.0 hours
(176 model lines × 1 manual per model
× 1 hour).
The word count required in the
owner’s manual is estimated to be 210
words. Only buses and low speed
vehicles currently use plastic type
glazing, so NHTSA estimates there are

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17,400 new vehicles each year that
include glazing information in the
owner’s manual. The annual cost
burden to the respondents to include
the information required by FMVSS No.
205 is $130.15 (17,400 vehicles × 210
words of text × 1.1 production factor ×
0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word).
FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash
protection.’’ This standard specifies
requirements for both active and passive
occupant crash protection systems for
passenger cars, multipurpose passenger
vehicles, trucks, and small buses.
Certain safety features, such as air bags,
or the care and maintenance of air bag
systems, are required to be explained to
the owner by means of the owner’s
manual. For example, the owner’s
manual must describe the vehicle’s air
bag system and provide precautionary
information about the proper
positioning of the occupants, including
children. The owner’s manual must also
warn that no objects should be placed
over or near the air bag covers. There is
also required information about the
operation of seat belt assemblies and
other information that could total up to
about 20 pages in the owner’s manual.
This material would also need to be
kept current with the latest technical
information on an annual basis.
A conservative estimated burden to
produce the required text and
information is 16 hours (or 2 days). It is
also estimated that a fraction (25
percent) of the model lines would
require updates annually. The
remaining fraction of model lines (75
percent) only require reverification (1hour burden) of existing information.
This would result in 2,750 annual
burden hours (579 vehicle model lines
× 0.25 percent that need updating × 16
hours of time plus 579 model lines ×
0.75 needing revision × 1 hour).
It is estimated that the word content
in the owner’s manual required by
FMVSS No. 208 would be 5,400 text
words. Hence, the cost burden to
vehicle manufacturers is estimated to be
$3,397,680 (17,600,000 total vehicles ×
5,400 text words × 1.1 production factor
× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word).
FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly
anchorages.’’ This standard specifies
requirements for seat belt assembly
anchorages to ensure effective occupant
restraint and to reduce the likelihood of
failure in a crash. FMVSS No. 210
requires that manufacturers place the
following information in the vehicle
owner’s manual: (a) an explanation that
child restraints are designed to be
secured by means of the vehicle’s seat
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vehicle owners that children are always
safer in the rear seat.
It is estimated that it would take a
vehicle manufacturer no more than 1
hour per vehicle model line to assemble
all of the FMVSS No. 210 information
for inclusion in the owner’s manual.
This would result in 438 annual burden
hours (438 vehicle model lines × 1
manual per model × 1 hour).
It is estimated that the word content
in the owner’s manual required by
FMVSS No. 210 would be 400 text
words. Hence, the cost burden to
vehicle manufacturers is estimated to be
$244,530 (17,100,000 total vehicles ×
400 text words × 1.1 production factor
× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word).
FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint
systems.’’ This standard specifies
requirements for child restraint systems
and requires that manufacturers provide
consumers with detailed information
relating to child safety in air bagequipped vehicles. The vehicle owner’s
manual must include information about
the operation and do’s and don’ts of
built-in child seats. NHTSA estimates
that there are no more than 20 vehicle
models that are equipped with built-in
child restraints. However, as stated in
FMVSS No. 213, the information must
be made available on strategically
placed labels within the vehicles, in
addition to the vehicle’s owner’s
manual. Thus, it is assumed that the
burden hours would be minimal since
the information is already available
from the information required to
produce the labels. This would result in
20 annual burden hours (20 vehicle
model lines × 1 manual per model × 1
hour).
It is estimated that the recurring
information required for child safety in
the owner’s manual would be 500 text
words. NHTSA estimates that 5% of
vehicles may be in lines that offer built
in child restraints. Hence, the cost
burden to vehicle manufacturers is
estimated to be $15,730 (17,600,000
total vehicles × 5% × 500 text words ×
1.1 production factor × 0.25 printing
factor × $0.00013 per word).
FMVSS No. 225; ‘‘Child restraint
anchorage systems.’’ This standard
establishes requirements for child
restraint anchorage systems to ensure
their proper location and strength for
the effective securing of child restraints,
to reduce the likelihood of the
anchorage systems’ failure, and to
increase the likelihood that child
restraints are properly secured and thus
more fully achieve their potential
effectiveness in motor vehicles. The
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using the tether anchorages and the
child restraint anchorage system in the
vehicle. Instructions must at a minimum
indicate which seating positions in the
vehicle are equipped with tether
anchorages and child restraint
anchorage systems, explain the meaning
of markings provided to locate the lower
anchorages, and include instructions
that provide a step-by-step procedure
(including diagrams) for properly
attaching a child restraint system’s
tether strap to the tether anchorages.
NHTSA estimates that it takes a
vehicle manufacturer no more than 5
hours to compile the required material
and that only a fraction (25 percent)
would need major revisions each year.
The remaining fraction of model lines
(75 percent) only require reverification
(1-hour burden) of existing information.
This would result in 876 annual burden
hours ((438 vehicle model lines × 1
manual per model × 0.25 (percent
requiring major revisions) × 5 hours of
time) + (438 model lines × 1 manual per
model × 0.75 (percent requiring
reverification) × 1 hour)).
NHTSA estimates that the word
content in the owner’s manual required
by FMVSS No. 225 would be 1,500 text
words. Hence, the cost burden to
vehicle manufacturers is estimated to be
$943,800 (17,600,000 total vehicles ×
1,500 text words × 1.1 production factor
× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word).
FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection
mitigation.’’ This standard establishes
vehicle requirements intended to reduce
the partial and complete ejection of
vehicle occupants through side
windows in crashes, particularly
rollover crashes. The standard applies to
passenger cars, and to multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses
with a gross vehicle weight rating of
4,536 kg (10,000 pounds) or less.
Written information must be provided
that describes any ejection mitigation
countermeasure that deploys in the
event of a rollover and a discussion of
the readiness indicator with a list of the
elements of the system being monitored
by the indicator, a discussion of the
purpose and location of the telltale, and
instructions to the consumer on the
steps to take if the telltale is
illuminated.
It is estimated that it would take a
vehicle manufacturer no more than 8
hours to compile the required material
and it is estimated that a fraction (25
percent) would need major revisions
each year. The remaining fraction of
model lines (75 percent) only require
reverification (1-hour burden) of
existing information. This would result
in 1,204.5 annual burden hours (438

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vehicle model lines × 1 manual per
model × 0.25 (percent that need
updating) × 8 hours of time plus 438
model lines × 1 manual per model ×
0.75 (percent needing revision) × 1
hour).
It is estimated that the word content
in the owner’s manual required by
FMVSS No. 226 would be 3,000 text
words. Hence, the cost burden to
vehicle manufacturers is estimated to be
$1,833,975 (17,100,000 total vehicles ×
3,000 text words × 1.1 production factor
× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word).
FMVSS No. 303, ‘‘Fuel System
Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas
Vehicles.’’ This standard specifies
requirements for the integrity of motor
vehicle fuel systems using compressed
natural gas (CNG), including the CNG
fuel systems of bi-fuel, dedicated, and
dual fuel CNG vehicles. This regulation
requires manufacturers to permanently
label CNG vehicles, near the vehicle
refueling connection, with service
pressure information and the statement
‘‘See instructions on fuel container for
inspection and service life.’’
Manufacturers of CNG vehicles shall
also provide a first purchaser this
information in either an owner’s manual
or a one-page document. The service
pressure information required for the
owner’s manuals under FMVSS No. 303
is developed by manufacturers as part of
their routine engineering development
for their vehicles. Therefore, there is a
slight burden of 1 hour for respondents
to include this information in their
owner’s manuals. This would result in
18 annual burden hours (18 vehicle
model lines × 1 manual per model × 1
hour of time).
It is estimated that no more than 50
words are required in the owner’s
manual to comply with the
requirements in FMVSS No. 303. There
are conservatively 20,000 CNG vehicles
produced annually. Hence, the cost
burden to CNG vehicle manufacturers is
estimated to be $35.75 (20,000 total
units × 50 text words × 1.1 production
factor × 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013
per word). Cost burdens for this
regulation were not included in the
previous information collection request.
Section 575.103, ‘‘Truck-camper
loading.’’ This regulation requires
manufacturers of slide-in campers to
affix to each camper a label that
contains information relating to
identification and proper loading of the
camper and to provide more detailed
loading information in the owner’s
manual. This regulation also requires
2 49 CFR 575.105 states Utility vehicles means
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manufacturers of trucks that would
accommodate slide-in campers to
specify the cargo weight ratings and the
longitudinal limits within which the
center of gravity for the cargo weight
rating should be located. The
information required for the owner’s
manuals under section 575.103 is
developed by manufacturers as part of
their routine engineering development
for their vehicles. The figures to include
in truck and slide-in camper owner’s
manuals are provided in the regulation.
Therefore, there is a slight 1-hour
burden for respondents to include this
information in their owner’s manuals.
This would result in 35 annual burden
hours (35 vehicle model lines × 1
manual per model × 1 hour of time).
It is estimated that 480 words are
minimally required in the owner’s
manual to comply with § 575.103. There
are approximately 2,300,000 pickup
trucks and 11,000 truck camper units
produced annually. These total to an
annual production of 2,311,000 units.
Hence, the cost burden to vehicle
manufacturers is estimated to be
$39,656.76 (2,311,000 total units × 480
text words × 1.1 production factor × 0.25
printing factor × $0.00013 per word).
Section 575.104, ‘‘Uniform tire quality
grading standards.’’ This regulation
requires manufacturers of motor
vehicles to inform the drivers of the
type and quality of the tires with which
their vehicles are equipped. A
statement, which manufacturers shall
include in the owner’s manual, is
provided in the regulation in its entirety
or equivalent form. Hence there is a
slight 1-hour burden on the respondents
for inclusion of this information into
their owner’s manuals. This would
result in 579 annual burden hours (579
vehicle model lines × 1 manual per
model × 1 hour of time).
It is estimated that 390 words are
minimally required in the owner’s
manual to comply with § 575.104. There
are approximately 13,857,300 vehicles
covered by this regulation. Hence, the
cost burden to vehicle manufacturers is
estimated to be $193,205.41 (13,857,300
total vehicles × 390 text words × 1.1
production factor × 0.25 printing factor
× $0.00013 per word). Cost burdens for
this regulation were not included in the
previous information collection request.
Section 575.105, ‘‘Vehicle rollover.’’
This regulation requires manufacturers
of utility vehicles 2 to alert the drivers of
those vehicles that they have a higher
possibility of rollover than other vehicle
types and to advise them of steps that
can be taken to reduce the possibility of

rollover and/or to reduce the likelihood
of injury in a rollover. A statement,
which manufacturers shall include in
the owner’s manual, is provided in the
regulation in its entirety or equivalent
form. Hence there is a slight 1-hour
burden on the respondents for inclusion
of this information into their owner’s
manuals. This would result in 18 annual
burden hours (18 vehicle model lines ×
1 manual per model × 1 hour of time).
It is estimated that 117 words are
minimally required in the owner’s
manual to comply with § 575.105. There
are approximately 2,700,000 utility
vehicles with 4-wheel drive and a
wheelbase of 110 inches or less.
Therefore, the cost burden to vehicle
manufacturers is estimated to be
$11,293.43 (2,700,000 total vehicles ×
117 text words × 1.1 production factor
× 0.25 printing factor × $0.00013 per
word). Cost burdens for this regulation
were not included in the previous
information collection request.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information:
The purpose of requiring certain
information to be provided in manuals
is to ensure owners and operators are
provided with readily accessible
important information about critical
components of their vehicles, such as
the performance of their vehicle or
instructions for proper operation. The
Federal program for reducing highway
fatalities, injuries and crashes is likely
to be adversely affected if the
information is not collected, since
consumers would not be made readily
aware of certain important safety
provisions that apply to critical
components of their vehicles and would
not have a readily accessible source of
information when circumstances require
such information.
Earlier 60-Day Notice:
A Federal Register Notice, 87 FR
9787, with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
information collection was published on
February 22, 2022. No comments were
received for that notice.
Affected Public: Vehicle
manufacturers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
52.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Number of Responses: 52.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8,628.
Estimated Total Combined Annual
Burden Costs: $8,406,632.
The table below summarizes the total
hour burden, associated labor costs, and
printing cost estimates.

which are passenger car derivatives) which have a

wheelbase of 110 inches or less and special features
for occasional off-road operation.

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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED HOUR BURDEN AND ASSOCIATED LABOR COSTS
Estimated total
annual burden
hours

Estimated total
annual labor
costs at
$50.44/hour

Event Data Recorders ..................................................
Lighting-VHAD ..............................................................
Lighting-SABs ...............................................................
Tire Selection and Rims ...............................................
Tire Pressure Monitoring ..............................................
Head Restraints ............................................................
Glazing ..........................................................................
Crash Protection ...........................................................
Seat Belt Anchors .........................................................
Child Restraints ............................................................
Child Restraint Anchorages ..........................................
Ejection Mitigation ........................................................
CNG Fuel Systems .......................................................
Truck-Camper Loading .................................................
Tire Quality ...................................................................
Utility Vehicles ..............................................................

203
383
613
0
438
876
176
2,750
438
20
876
1,205
18
35
579
18

$10,239
19,319
30,920
0
22,093
44,185
8,877
138,710
22,093
1,009
44,185
60,755
908
1,765
29,205
908

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8,628

435,171

Part/section

Brief title

563 ................................................................................
571.108 .........................................................................
571.108 .........................................................................
571.110 .........................................................................
571.138 .........................................................................
571.202a .......................................................................
571.205 .........................................................................
571.208 .........................................................................
571.210 .........................................................................
571.213 .........................................................................
571.225 .........................................................................
571.226 .........................................................................
571.303 .........................................................................
575.103 .........................................................................
575.104 .........................................................................
575.105 .........................................................................
Totals .....................................................................

TABLE 2—ESTIMATED PRINTING COSTS
Brief title

563 .................................
571.108 ..........................
571.108 ..........................
571.110 ..........................
571.138 ..........................
571.202a ........................
571.205 ..........................
571.208 ..........................
571.210 ..........................
571.213 ..........................
571.225 ..........................
571.226 ..........................
571.303 ..........................
575.103 ..........................
575.104 ..........................
575.105 ..........................

Event Data Recorders .............................................................................................................................
Lighting-VHAD .........................................................................................................................................
Lighting-SABs ..........................................................................................................................................
Tire Selection and Rims ..........................................................................................................................
Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems ..........................................................................................................
Head Restraints ......................................................................................................................................
Glazing ....................................................................................................................................................
Occupant Crash Protection .....................................................................................................................
Seat Belt Assembly Anchors ..................................................................................................................
Child Restraints Systems ........................................................................................................................
Child Restraint Anchorage Systems .......................................................................................................
Ejection Mitigation ...................................................................................................................................
Fuel System Integrity of Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles .................................................................
Truck-Camper Loading ...........................................................................................................................
Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards ................................................................................................
Vehicle Rollover ......................................................................................................................................

$30,566
38,208
244,530
0
244,530
733,590
131
3,397,680
244,530
15,730
943,800
1,833,975
36
39,657
193,205
11,293

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7,971,461

Total Printing Costs

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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 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)
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
appropriate automated, electronic,
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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.
[FR Doc. 2022–22298 Filed 10–13–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0071]

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition,
DP20–002
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Denial of a petition for a defect
investigation.
AGENCY:

This notice sets forth the
reasons for the denial of a defect
petition, DP20–002, submitted by Mr.
V.T. Wakefield (the Petitioner) to
NHTSA (the Agency) by a letter dated
December 12, 2019. The petition

SUMMARY:

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