Reporting of Information and
Documents About Potential Defects
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
12/02/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
139,035
0
53,810
0
0
0
. This information collection request
(ICR) is for a reinstatement for NHTSA’s information collection for
reporting of information and documents about potential defects.
Under 49 CFR Part 579, manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor
vehicle equipment must report information and communications to
NHTSA with respect to possible safety-related defects and
non-compliances in their products, including the reporting of
safety recalls and other safety campaigns the manufacturer conducts
outside the United States. Under Part 579, there are three
categories of reporting requirements: (1) requirements at § 579.5
to submit notices, bulletins, customer satisfaction campaigns,
consumer advisories, and other communications (found in Subpart A
of Part 579); (2) requirements at § 579.11 to submit information
related to safety recalls and other safety campaigns in foreign
countries (found in Subpart B of Part 579); and (3) requirements at
§§ 579.21-28 to submit Early Warning Information (found in Subpart
C of Part 579). The Early Warning Reporting (EWR) requirements (49
U.S.C. 30166(m); 49 CFR Part 579, Subpart C) specify that
manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment must
submit to NHTSA information, periodically (quarterly or monthly) or
upon NHTSA’s request, that includes claims for deaths and serious
injuries, property damage data, communications from customers and
others, information on incidents resulting in fatalities or serious
injuries from possible defects in vehicles or equipment in the
United States or in identical or substantially similar vehicles or
equipment in a foreign country, and other information that assist
NHTSA in identifying potential safety-related defects. In addition
to requiring submissions periodically and upon request, this ICR
includes a requirement to submit information within 5 days of
information becoming available regarding foreign safety campaigns.
The purpose of this information collection is to provide early
warning of potential safety-related defects to NHTSA. NHTSA is
modifying this request to include reporting for common green tires
and additional information requested by NHTSA per 579.28(l) which
were left out of the previous information collection request.
Because this ICR is for a reinstatement, the increase in burden is
53,810 hours. This is 4,567 hours more than when NHTSA last
received approval for this information collection (from 49,243
hours to 53,810). This increase is due in part to the modification
to the request and in part as a result of an increase in
submissions since NHTSA last sought approval.
US Code:
49
USC 30166 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety
PL: Pub.L. 106 - 414 30166 Name of Law:
Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and
Documentation (TREAD) Act
Because this ICR is for a
reinstatement, the increase in burden is 53,810 hours. This is
4,567 hours more than when NHTSA last received approval for this
information collection (from 49,243 hours to 53,810). The increase
in burden hours is due to increases in the number of submissions
and modifying this request to include reporting for common green
tires and additional information requested by NHTSA per §
579.28(l), which were left out of the previous information
collection request. For the number of submissions and the addition
of common green tire reporting, the reporting burden increased
4,558 hours and 9 hours, respectively. The updated submission
totals represent a 12% increase from the previously approved
information collection. Submission totals for each category have
risen with an average of 11,887 injury and fatality claims in the
United States (previously 9,804 claims), 330 foreign death claims
(previously 101 claims), 12,212 claims involving specific system or
event (previously 11,481 claims), 88,409 manufacturer field reports
(previously 79,297 field reports), 112 common green tire reports,
and 190 death and injury or comprehensive inquiry follow-up
sequences per 579.28(l), totaling 113,140 submissions on average
(previously estimated at 100,683 submissions).
$3,046,485
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Jeff Quandt 202
366-5207
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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