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TABLE 3—ESTIMATE ANNUAL LABOR COST
Average wage

Total compensation rate

Annual hours

Annual labor
cost

Data Entry ............................................................................
Technical Information Validation ..........................................
Technical Content Approval .................................................

$47.59
54.82
77.54

70.5
70.5
70.5

$67.60
77.87
110.14

3,600
4,500
900

$243,013
349,915
98,987

Estimated Annual Labor Cost for This Information
Collection ...................................................................

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

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691,915

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
There are no costs associated with this
collection other than the labor costs
associated with the burden hours.
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,
mechanical, or other technological
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
1351.29A.
David M. Hines
Acting Associate Administrator for
Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2025–0053]

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Percent of
total compensation

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; 49 CFR Part 585; Phase-In
Reporting Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for reinstatement
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with modification of a previously
approved information collection.
NHTSA invites public
comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a reinstatement
with modification of a previouslyapproved 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
to seek OMB approval on phase-in
reporting requirements as part of a final
rule in which NHTSA amended Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash protection.’’
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2025–0053 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic submissions: Go to the
Federal eRulemaking 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.
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
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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 Ms.
Carla Rush at (202) 366–1810. Address:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 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
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

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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: 49 CFR part 585; Phase-In
Reporting Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0535.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with
modification of a previously approved
information collection.1
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: On August 22, 2024,
NHTSA published a final rule amending
FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash
protection.’’ 2 Among other
requirements, FMVSS No. 208 mandates
that motor vehicles be equipped with
advanced air bag systems capable of
deactivating or adjusting the force with
which the air bags deploy depending on
size of the occupant seated in positions
with frontal air bags. Manufacturers
must certify that their advanced air bag
systems comply with the requirements
when certain child restraint systems
(CRSs) are installed in their vehicles
with specific dummies listed in the
standard. These specific CRSs are listed
in Appendix A–1 of FMVSS No. 208,
and the August 2024 final rule updated
the list of CRSs listed in Appendix A–
1 to ensure the CRSs being used for
testing are representative of the current
CRS market.
As part of the update to FMVSS No.
208, there is a phase-in of the
requirements for testing with the new
CRSs listed in Appendix A–1. As with
all phase-ins, the agency is adopting a
reporting and recordkeeping
requirement to facilitate the agency’s
enforcement of the standard by aiding
NHTSA in determining whether a
manufacturer has complied with the
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1 This

information collection request (ICR) is to
request a reinstatement with modification of a
previously approved information collection for
mandatory phase-in reporting for vehicle
manufacturers (OMB Control No. 2127–0535) and
requesting that it be renamed as ‘‘49 CFR part 585;
Phase-In Reporting Requirements.’’ This ICR will be
used to consolidate all phase-in reporting
requirements that are included in 49 CFR part 585
and was chosen because the OMB Control Number
is currently listed in 49 CFR 509 as being associated
with information collections contained in part 585.
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recordkeeping requirements require that
manufacturers submit an annual
production report to NHTSA that
includes the number of vehicles
manufactured in the current production
year and the production of complying
vehicles and retain records of
compliance with the phase-in
requirements for five years. NHTSA
estimates this collection will impact 22
manufacturers each year and will have
a total annual burden of 22 hours and
$0 in total annual cost.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The purpose of the
reporting requirements is to aid NHTSA
in determining whether a manufacturer
has complied with the phase-in
requirements during the phase-in
period. Without the reporting
requirements, NHTSA would have no
way of knowing whether a manufacturer
has complied with the phase-in
requirements during the phase-in
period.
Affected Public: The only required
respondents for the reporting
requirements are applicable light
vehicle manufacturers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The agency expects 22 vehicle
manufacturers to be required to respond
to the information collection request.
Frequency: The final rule requires the
following implementation schedule:
Forty percent of all of a manufacturer’s
light vehicles must comply with the
revised appendix by September 1, 2025,
and all light vehicles must be fully
compliant no later than September 1,
2026. The phase-in plan requires
manufacturers to report achievement of
the annual production quota in the
phase-in period. These requirements are
found in 49 CFR part 585, ‘‘Phase-In
Reporting Requirements.’’ The reporting
and recordkeeping requirements require
that manufacturers submit an annual
production report to NHTSA that
includes the number of vehicles
manufactured in the current production
year and the production of complying
vehicles and that they retain records of
compliance with the phase-in
requirements for five years. The report
is due within 60 days after the end of
the production year ending August 31,
2026. After the report is received,
requirements will cease and no further
report will be required during that year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
annual burden involves the tasks of
collection of the information required
by the annual report as well as placing
the information in a form suitable for
record keeping and data retrieval. Since
almost all of the information required is
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as part of their production control and
tracking systems, a nominal assessment
of half a burden hour per respondent is
estimated for data retrieval and report
preparation and half a burden hour per
respondent for the record keeping of the
data.
NHTSA estimates the labor costs
associated with these labor hours using
hourly labor rates published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). BLS
estimates that hourly wages represent
approximately 70.5 percent of total
compensation for private industry
workers.3 For the labor costs associated
with this ICR, NHTSA uses the mean
hourly wage of $40.64 per hour for
‘‘Technical Writers’’ (occupational code
27–3042) for the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing Industry 4 and applies
the 70.5 percent factor to find the total
compensation rate of $57.65 per hour
($40.64 per hour divided by 0.705). The
total annual labor cost associated with
the burden hours is estimated to be
$1,268.20 (time burden of 22 hours ×
$57.65 cost per hour).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0. There are no additional costs to
respondents other than the labor cost
associated with the burden hours
described above.
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.
David Hines,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Rulemaking.
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3 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership (Dec. 2024), available
at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
(accessed April 1, 2025).
4 See May 2023 National Industry-Specific
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates,
NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing,
available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/
naics4_336100.htm#27-0000 (accessed April 1,
2025).

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