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National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and in other documents in the
FTA environmental project files for the
project. Interested parties may contact
either the project sponsor or the relevant
FTA Regional Office for more
information. Contact information for
FTA’s Regional Offices may be found at
https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/
regional-offices/regional-offices.
This notice applies to all FTA
decisions on the listed project as of the
issuance date of this notice and all laws
under which such actions were taken,
including, but not limited to, NEPA (42
U.S.C. 4321–4375), section 4(f)
requirements (49 U.S.C. 303), section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108),
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531), Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251),
Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. 408),
the Uniform Relocation and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act (42
U.S.C. 4601), and the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401–7671q). This notice does
not, however, alter or extend the
limitation period for challenges of
project decisions subject to previous
notices published in the Federal
Register. The project modifications and
actions that are the subject of this notice
follow:
Project name and location: West
Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor
Project (Project), Cities of Los Angeles,
Vernon, Huntington Park, Bell, Cudahy,
South Gate, Downey, Paramount,
Bellflower, Cerritos, and Artesia; County
of Los Angeles, California.
Project sponsor: Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(LACMTA), City of Los Angeles, County
of Los Angeles, California.
Project description: The Project would
construct an approximately 14.5-mile
light rail transit (LRT) line from the
northern terminus at the City of Los
Angeles/Florence-Firestone
unincorporated area of Los Angeles
County to a southern terminus in the
City of Artesia. The Project would be
primarily within the right-of-way (ROW)
of the Union Pacific Railroad, Port of
Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, or
LACMTA. The Project would also
include nine LRT stations along the new
alignment, one infill station on the C
(Green) Line, and five parking facilities.
Final agency actions: Section 106 no
adverse effect determination, dated
March 12, 2024; section 4(f) de minimis
impact determination, dated March 29,
2024; West Santa Ana Branch Corridor
Project Record of Decision (ROD), dated
August 23, 2024.
Supporting documentation: West
Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor
Project Final Environmental Impact

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Statement/Final Environmental Impact
Report (Final EIS/EIR), dated March 29,
2024. West Santa Ana Branch Transit
Corridor Project Draft EIS/EIR, dated
July 30, 2021. The ROD, Final EIS/EIR,
Draft EIS/EIR and associated documents
can be viewed and downloaded from:
https://www.metro.net/projects/
southeastgateway/
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Megan Blum,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning
and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2024–21582 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–57–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0055]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Reporting of Information
and Documents About Potential
Defects
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on an extension without
change of a currently approved
collection of information.
AGENCY:

NHTSA invites public
comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension
without change of a currently 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
to seek OMB approval on the reporting
of information and documents about
potential safety defects.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before November 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2024–0055 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.
SUMMARY:

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• 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 can search for
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 the internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Jeff
Quandt, Trends Analysis Division
(NEF–108), Room W48–312, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone (202) 366–5207.
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

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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: Reporting of Information and
Documents About Potential Defects.
OMB Control: 2127–0616.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: This notice requests
comment on NHTSA’s intention to seek
approval from OMB to extend without
change a currently approved collection
of information, OMB No. 2127–0616,
covering requirements in 49 CFR 579,
Reporting of Information and
Communications about Potential
Defects. Part 579 implements, and
addresses with more specificity,
requirements from the Transportation
Recall Enhancement Accountability and
Documentation (TREAD) Act (Pub. L.
106–414), which was enacted on
November 1, 2000, and is codified at 49
U.S.C. 30166.
The purpose of part 579 is to enhance
motor vehicle safety by specifying
information and documents that
manufacturers of motor vehicles and
motor vehicle equipment must provide
to NHTSA concerning possible safetyrelated defects and non-compliances in
their products, including the reporting
of safety recalls and other safety
campaigns the manufacturers conduct
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 the foreign countries
(found in subpart B of part 579); and (3)
requirements at §§ 579.21–28 to submit
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Warning Reporting (EWR) requirements
(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 or upon
NHTSA’s request, that includes claims
or notices for incidents involving death
or injury; numbers of property damage
claims, consumer complaints, warranty
claims, and field reports; copies of field
reports; and other information that may
assist NHTSA in identifying potential
safety-related defects. The intent of this
information collection is to provide
early warning of such potential safetyrelated defects to NHTSA.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The information required
under 49 U.S.C. 30166 and 49 CFR part
579 is used by NHTSA to promptly
identify potential safety-related defects
in motor vehicles and motor vehicle
equipment in the United States. When
a trend in incidents arising from a
potentially safety-related defect is
discovered, NHTSA relies on this
information, along with other agency
data, to determine whether to open a
defect investigation.
Affected Public: Manufacturers of
motor vehicles and motor vehicle
equipment.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
NHTSA receives part 579 submissions
from approximately 297 manufacturers
per year. We estimate that there will be
a total of 297 respondents per year to
this extension of the OMB No. 2127–
0616, instead of the previously
estimated 337 respondents per year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: When this approved information
collection was last renewed in April
2022, NHTSA estimated the annual
burden associated with this collection to
be 53,810 burden hours. NHTSA is
updating these estimates to better align
with the current volume of submissions.
NHTSA now estimates the annual
burden hours associated with this
collection to be 54,088 hours based on
analysis of EWR reporting data from the
2021 through 2023 reporting years.
NHTSA estimated the burdens
associated with this collection by
calculating the burden associated with
submitting information under each
subpart of part 579. In addition to these
burdens, NHTSA also estimates that
manufacturers will incur computer
maintenance burden hours, which are
estimated on a per manufacturer basis.
Requirements Under Part 579, Subpart
A
The first component of this collection
request covers the requirements found

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in part 579 subpart A, § 579.5, Notices,
bulletins, customer satisfaction
campaigns, consumer advisories, and
other communications. Section 579.5
requires manufacturers to furnish (1) a
copy of all notices, bulletins, and other
communications sent to more than one
manufacturer, distributor, dealer, lessor,
lessee, owner, or purchaser, in the
United States, regarding any defect in its
vehicles or items of equipment
(including any failure of malfunction
beyond normal deterioration in use, or
any failure of performance, or any flaw
or unintended deviation from design
specifications), whether or not such
defect is safety-related and (2) a copy of
each communication relating to a
customer satisfaction campaign,
consumer advisory, recall, or other
safety activity involving the repair or
replacement of motor vehicles or
equipment, that the manufacturer issued
to, or made available to, more than one
dealer, distributor, lessor, lessee, other
manufacturer, owner, or purchaser, in
the United States. Manufacturers are
required to submit these documents
monthly. Section 579.5 does not require
manufacturers to create these
documents. Instead, only copies of these
documents must be submitted to
NHTSA, and manufacturers must index
these communications and email them
to NHTSA within 5 working days after
the end of the month in which they
were issued. Therefore, the burden
hours are only those associated with
collecting the documents and
submitting copies to NHTSA.
NHTSA estimates that it receives
approximately 17,615 notices a year. We
estimate that it takes about 5 minutes to
collect, index, and submit each notice to
NHTSA. Therefore, we estimate that it
takes 1,468 hours for manufacturers to
submit notices as required under
Section 579.5 (17,615 notices × 5
minutes = 88,075 minutes or 1,468
hours).
To calculate the labor cost associated
with submitting Section 579.5 notices,
bulletins, customer satisfaction
campaigns, consumer advisories and
other communications that are sent to
more than one dealer or owner, NHTSA
looked at wage estimates for the type of
personnel submitting the documents.
While some manufacturers employ
clerical staff to collect and submit the
documents, others use technical
computer support staff to complete the
task. Because we do not know what
percent of the work is completed by
clerical or technical computer support
staff, NHTSA estimates the total labor
costs associated with these burden
hours by looking at the average wage for
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support staff. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) estimates that the
average hourly wage for Computer
Support Specialists (BLS Occupation
code 15–1230) in the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing Industry is $37.62.1 The
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that
private industry workers’ wages
represented 70.4 percent of employer
costs for employee compensation in
December 2023 (ECEC adjustment).2
Based on the BLS average hourly wage
and ECEC adjustment factor, NHTSA
estimates the hourly labor costs to be
$53.44 for Computer Support Specialists

($37.62 ÷ 0.704 = $53.44). The
incremental labor cost per submission is
estimated to be $4.45 ($53.44 per hour
× 5 minutes). NHTSA estimates the total
labor cost associated with the 1,468
burden hours for § 579.5 submissions to
be $78,387 ($4.45 × 17,615
submissions). Table 1 provides a
summary of the burden estimates using
the average annual submission count for
monthly reports submitted pursuant to
§ 579.5 and the estimated burden hours
and labor costs associated with those
submissions. The average number of
annual submissions under § 579.5

decreased by approximately 29 percent
from the currently approved
information collection, dropping from
24,884 to 17,615 manufacturer
communication submissions. The
incremental cost per submission rose
from $3.73 to $4.45, a 19 percent
increase. The annual burden hours
dropped from 2,074 to 1,468, matching
the 29 percent drop in submissions. The
annual labor costs dropped from
$92,817 to $78,387, a 16 percent
decrease with the reduction in
submissions partially offset by the
increased labor cost per submission.

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATE FOR § 579.5 SUBMISSIONS
Average annual § 579.5 submissions

Estimated burden
per submission
(minutes)

17,615 ...............................................

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Requirements Under Part 579, Subpart
B (Foreign Reporting)
The second component of this
information collection request covers
the requirements found in part 579
subpart B, ‘‘Reporting of Safety Recalls
and Other Safety Campaigns in Foreign
Countries.’’ Pursuant to § 579.11,
whenever a manufacturer determines to
conduct a safety recall or other safety
campaign in a foreign country, or
whenever a foreign government has
determined that a safety recall or other
safety campaign must be conducted,
covering a motor vehicle, item of motor
vehicle equipment, or tire that is
identical or substantially similar to a
vehicle, item of equipment, or tire sold
or offered for sale in the United States,
the manufacturer must report to NHTSA
not later than 5 working days after the
manufacturer makes such determination
or receives written notification of the
foreign government’s determination.
Section 579.11(e) also requires each
manufacturer of motor vehicles to
submit, not later than November 1 of
each year, a document that identifies
foreign products and their domestic
counterparts.
To provide the information required
for foreign safety campaigns,
manufacturers must (1) determine
whether vehicles or equipment that are
covered by a foreign safety recall or

1 May 2023 National Industry-Specific Wage
Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computer Support
Analyst (Code 15–1230), $37.62, https://
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Average hourly
labor cost

Labor cost per
submission

$53.44

Total burden
hours

$4.45

1,468

Total labor costs
$78,386.75 or $78,387.

other safety campaign are identical or
substantially similar to vehicles or
equipment sold in the United States, (2)
prepare and submit reports of these
campaigns to the agency, and (3) where
a determination or notice has been made
in a language other than English,
translate the determination or notice
into English before transmitting it to the
agency.
NHTSA estimates that there is no
burden associated with determining
whether an individual safety recall
covers a foreign motor vehicle or item
of motor vehicle equipment that is
identical or substantially similar to
those sold in the United States because
manufacturers can simply consult the
list that they are required to submit each
year. Therefore, the only burden
associated with determining whether a
foreign safety recall or other safety
campaign is required to be reported to
NHTSA is the burden associated with
creating the annual list. NHTSA
continues to estimate that it takes
approximately 9 hours per manufacturer
to develop and submit the list. The 9
hours are comprised of 8 attorney hours
and 1 hour for IT work. NHTSA receives
these lists from 99 manufacturers, on
average, resulting in 891 burden hours
(99 vehicle manufacturers × 8 hours for
attorney support = 792 hours) + (99
vehicle manufacturers × 1 hour for IT
support = 99 hours).

NHTSA estimates that preparing and
submitting each foreign defect report
(foreign recall campaign) requires 1
hour of clerical staff and that translation
of determinations into English requires
2 hours of technical staff (note: This
assumes that all foreign campaign
reports require translation, which is
unlikely). Between 2021 and 2023
NHTSA received a yearly average of 262
foreign campaign reports. NHTSA
estimates that in each of the next three
years, NHTSA will receive, on average,
262 foreign recall reports. NHTSA
estimates that each report will take 3
hours (1 hour to prepare by a clerical
employee and 2 hours for translation).
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that the
burden hours associated with
submitting these reports will be 786
hours (3 hours per report × 262 reports).
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total
annual burden hours for reporting
foreign campaigns and substantially
similar vehicles is 1,677 hours (891
hours for submitting annual lists + 786
hours for submitting foreign recall and
safety campaign reports). This is an
increase of 87 burden hours from our
previous estimate (1,677 hours for the
current estimate—1,590 hours for the
previous estimate). Table 2 provides a
summary of the estimated burden hours
for Part 579 Subpart B submissions.

0000, divided by 70.4 percent for total employer
costs for employee compensation, https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_
03132024.pdf. Last Accessed August 12, 2024.

2 March 2024 News Release—Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation—December 2023, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last Accessed August 12,
2024.

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TABLE 2—BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR FOREIGN REPORTING
Annual
number of
submissions

Submission type

Total burden
hours

Burden hours per report

Foreign Campaign Report ............................................
Annual List ....................................................................

262
99

1 hour clerical + 2 hours translation = 3 hours ............
8 hours attorney + 1 hour IT = 9 hours .......................

786
891

Total .......................................................................

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

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

1,677

To calculate the labor cost associated
with Part 579 foreign reporting
submissions, NHTSA looked at wage
estimates for the type of personnel
submitting the documents. As stated
above, NHTSA estimates that submitting
annual lists under § 579.11(e) will
involve 8 hours of attorney time and 1
hour of IT work. The average hourly
wage for Lawyers (BLS Occupation code
23–1000) in the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing Industry is $112.21.3
After applying the 70.4 percent ECEC
adjustment, NHTSA estimates the
hourly labor costs for manufacturers to
be $159.39 for Lawyers. The ECEC
adjusted hourly cost for Computer
Support Specialists (BLS Occupation
code 15–1230) in the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing Industry is $53.44 as
reviewed in the discussion of Table 1

data in the Subpart A reporting burden
analysis. NHTSA estimates the
incremental labor cost associated with
submitting each annual list to be
$1,328.56 or $1,329 ($159.39 per hour ×
8 attorney hours + $53.44 per hour × 1
IT hour), resulting in an estimated
annual labor cost of $131,527 for
submitting all 99 annual lists each year.
NHTSA estimates that submitting
each foreign recall or safety campaign
report involves 1 hour of clerical work
and 2 hours of translation work. The
average hourly wage for Office Clerks
(BLS Occupation code 43–9061) in the
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry
is $26.65 4 and the average hourly wage
for Interpreters and Translators (BLS
Occupation code 27–3091) is $30.33.5
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the ECEC
adjusted hourly labor costs to be $37.86

for Office Clerks and $43.08 for
Interpreters and Translators. NHTSA
estimates the total labor cost associated
with submitting one foreign recall or
safety campaign report to be $124.02 or
$124 ($37.86 per hour × 1 Clerical hour
+ $43.08 per hour × 2 Translator hours)
and $32,493.24 or $32,493 for all 262
foreign recall or safety campaign reports
NHTSA estimates will be submitted
annually.
Table 3 provides a summary of the
labor costs associated with the foreign
reporting requirements in part 579,
subpart B. NHTSA estimates that the
total labor costs associated with the
annual list requirement and the
requirement to report foreign recalls and
safety campaigns is $164,020.68 or
$164,021 ($131,527.44 + $32,493.24).

TABLE 3—ANNUAL LABOR COST ESTIMATES FOR FOREIGN REPORTING
Hours per
submission

Submission type and labor category

Labor cost per
submission

Number of
submissions

Total labor
cost

Annual List-Lawyer ..............................................................
Annual List-Computer Specialist ..........................................

8
1

$159.39
53.44

$1,275.12
53.44

99
99

$126,236.88
5,290.56

Totals for Annual List ....................................................
Foreign Campaign Report-Clerical ......................................
Foreign Campaign Report-Translator ..................................

9
1
2

........................
37.86
43.08

1,328.56
37.86
86.16

........................
262
262

131,527.44
9,919.32
22,573.92

Totals for Foreign Campaign Report ............................

3

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

124.02

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

32,493.24

Total Labor Costs for Part 579 Subpart B Requirements .........................................................

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

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

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

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

164,020.68
or 164,021

Requirements Under Part 579, Subpart
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Hourly labor
cost

The third component of this
information collection covers the
requirements found in part 579 subpart
C, ‘‘Reporting of Early Warning
Information.’’ Besides production
information, there are five major
3 May 2023 National Industry-Specific Wage
Estimates,—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Lawyers (Code 23–1011),
$112.21, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/naics4_
336100.htm#23-0000, divided by 70.4 percent for
total employer costs for employee compensation,
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_
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categories requiring reporting of
incidents or claims in Subpart C, with
the specific requirements and
applicability of those categories varying
by vehicle and equipment type and, in
some circumstances, manufacturer
volume. Sections 579.21–27 require
manufacturers to submit the following:

(1) Production information; (2) reports
on incidents involving death or injury
in the United States that are identified
in claims or notices alleging that the
death or injury was caused by a possible
defect; (3) reports on incidents
identified in a claim against a
manufacturer that involve one or more
deaths in a foreign country and involve

4 May 2023 National Industry-Specific Wage
Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office Clerks (Code 43–
9061), $26.65, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/
naics4_336100.htm#43-0000, divided by 70.4
percent for total employer costs for employee
compensation, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
archives/ecec_03132024.pdf. Last Accessed August
12, 2024.

5 May 2023 National Occupational Employment
and Wage Estimates United States, U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Interpreters and Translators (Code
27–3091), $30.33, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/
may/oes273091.htm, divided by 70.4 percent for
total employer costs for employee compensation,
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_
03132024.pdf. Last Accessed August 12, 2024.

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a vehicle or item of equipment that is
identical or substantially similar to a
vehicle or item of equipment that is
offered for sale in the United States; (4)
separate reports on the number of
property damage claims, consumer
complaints, warranty claims, and field
reports that involve a specified system
or event; (5) copies of field reports; and,
for manufacturers of tires, (6) a list of
common green tires (applicable to only
tire manufacturers). Section 579.28(l)
allows NHTSA to request additional
information to help identify a defect
related to motor vehicle safety. The
regulation specifies the time frame for
reporting for each category. Foreign
recalls of substantially similar vehicles
and manufacturer communications are
required to be submitted monthly,
substantially similar vehicle listings are
required annually, and all other report
types are required to be submitted every
quarter.
Quarterly Reporting
Manufacturers are required to report
specific information to NHTSA every
quarter. Manufacturers are required to
submit production information,6 nondealer field reports, aggregate

submissions, and death and injury
submissions every quarter. Estimates of
the burden hours and reporting costs are
based on:
• The number of manufacturers
reporting;
• The frequency of required reports;
• The number of hours required per
report; and
• The cost of personnel to report.
The number of hours for reporting
ranges from 1 hour for trailer, child
restraint, low volume vehicle, and
equipment manufacturers to 8 hours for
light vehicle manufacturers (Table 4).
Quarterly reporting burden hours are
calculated by multiplying hours used to
report for a given category by the
number of manufacturers for the
category and by the four times per year
quarterly reporting. Using these
methods and the average number of
manufacturers who report annually, we
estimate the annual burden hours for
quarterly reporting of production
information at 4,176 hours as detailed
below in Table 4.
NHTSA assumes that the hourly wage
rate for each quarterly report is split
evenly between technical and clerical
personnel and a weighted hourly rate is

developed from this assumption.
Therefore, using the BLS total hourly
compensation rates discussed above of
$53.44 for a Computer Support
Specialist and $37.86 for an Office
Clerk, the weighted hourly rate is $45.65
(Technical Mean Hourly Wage of $53.44
× 0.5 + Clerical Mean Hourly Wage of
$37.86 × 0.5). The estimated reporting
costs are calculated as follows:
(M × Tp × $45.65) = Quarterly cost of
reporting × 4 = Annual cost of reporting *
* M = Manufacturers reporting data in the
category; Tp = Reporting time for the
category; $45.65 = Reporting labor cost
compensation rate; 4 = Quarterly reports
per year

For example, the estimated reporting
cost for light vehicles is $59,892.80 (41
manufacturers × 8 hours × $45.65
compensation rate × 4 quarters), and the
total annual labor costs associated with
quarterly reporting are estimated to be
$190,634. Table 4 includes the
estimated burden hours and reporting
costs for production information, nondealer field reports, aggregate
submissions, and death and injury
submissions, as well as the quarterly
and annual labor costs associated with
reporting.

TABLE 4—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS AND LABOR COSTS FOR QUARTERLY REPORTING
Vehicle/equipment category

Average
number of
manufacturers

Blended hourly
comp. rate

Quarterly labor
costs per
manufacturer

Annual burden
hours for
reporting

Annual labor
costs

Light Vehicles .........................................
Medium-Heavy Vehicles ........................
Buses .....................................................
Emergency Vehicles ..............................
Motorcycles ............................................
Trailers ...................................................
Child Restraints ......................................
Tires .......................................................
Low Volume & Equipment 7 ...................

41
41
30
9
16
91
35
31
3

8
5
5
5
2
1
1
5
1

$45.65
45.65
45.65
45.65
45.65
45.65
45.65
45.65
45.65

$365.20
228.25
228.25
228.25
91.30
45.65
45.65
228.25
45.65

1,312
820
600
180
128
364
140
620
12

$59,892.80
37,433.00
27,390.00
8,217.00
5,843.20
16,616.60
6,391.00
28,303.00
1,095.60

Totals ..............................................

297

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

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

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

4,176

190,634.40
or 190,634

Early Warning Reporting Field Data
Submissions

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Quarterly
hours to
report per
manufacturer

Table 5 provides an average annual
submission count for each category
submitted per the requirements of 49
CFR part 579, subpart C: reports on
incidents identified in claims or notices
involving death or injury in the United
States; reports on incidents involving

6 Low volume and equipment manufacturers are
not required to submit production information.
7 Reporting requirements for low volume vehicle
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one or more deaths in a foreign country
identified in claims involving a vehicle
or item of equipment that is identical or
substantially similar to a vehicle or item
of equipment that is offered for sale in
the United States; separate reports on
the number of property damage claims,
consumer complaints, warranty claims,
and field reports that involve a specified
system or event; copies of field reports;

and, for manufacturers of tires; a list of
common green tires; and additional
follow-up information per 579.28(l)
related to injury and fatality claims.
Each reporting category has specific
requirements and types of reports that
need to be submitted and we state ‘‘N/
A’’ where there is no requirement for
that reporting category.

reporting fatal incidents in the United States and
foreign countries and responding to inquiries about
those incidents, see § 579.27 and § 579.28(l). Table
4 manufacturer counts are calculated by dividing
the number of total manufacturer reporting quarters

(1 manufacturer reporting in 1 quarter = 1
manufacturer reporting quarter) by 4 quarters to
show the number of equivalent full manufacturer
reporting years (4 manufacturer reporting quarters).

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TABLE 5—ANNUAL AVERAGE OF EWR SUBMISSIONS BY MANUFACTURERS
[2021–2023]

Category of claims

Bus,
emergency,
heavy, &
medium
vehicles
§ 579.22

Light vehicles
§ 579.21

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S ............................
Incidents Involving Fatality in
Foreign Country .....................
Reports on Number of Claims
Involving Specific System or
Event ......................................
Mfr. Field Reports .....................
Common Green Tire Reporting
Average Number of Follow-Up
Sequences per 579.28(l) .......
Totals .................................

Motorcycles
§ 579.23

Child
restraints
§ 579.25

Trailers
§ 579.24

Tires § 579.26

Low volume
vehicles &
equipment
§ 579.27

Totals

6,338

223

109

44

133

35

11

6,893

38

0

2

1

0

0

0

41

7,985
83,360
NA

831
18,650
NA

23
1,456
NA

55
81
NA

NA
2,859
NA

298
NA
99

NA
NA
NA

9,192
106,406
99

1,425

91

67

14

64

44

13

1,718

99,146

19.795

1,657

195

3,056

476

24

124,349

The submission totals summarized in
Table 5 represent a 10 percent increase
from the currently approved
information collection with two
reporting categories responsible for all
of the increase. Submission totals
increased for manufacturer field reports
and follow-up sequence inquiries
conducted per § 579.28(l) but saw a net
decrease of 34 percent for the other four
categories combined. Average annual
injury and fatality claims in the United
States dropped from 11,887 to 6,893
claims per year, a 42 percent decrease;
foreign death claims dropped from 330
to 41 per year, an 88 percent decrease;
claims involving specific systems or
events dropped from 12,212 to 9,192, a
25 percent decrease; and common green

tire reports dropped from 112 to 99 per
year, a 12 percent decrease.
Manufacturer field reports, which
accounted for the majority of
submissions in both the current and
prior approved information collection
requests, rose from 88,409 to 106,406
per year, a 20 percent increase.8 Death
and injury follow-up sequence inquiries
conducted per § 579.28(l) saw a much
larger change, rising from 190 to 1,718
average incident inquiries per year, an
increase of 804 percent. The net effect
of these changes was an increase from
113,140 to 124,349 submissions per year
on average.
The agency estimates that an average
of 5 minutes is required for a
manufacturer to process each report,

except for foreign death claims and
follow-up responses. We estimate
foreign death claims and follow-up
responses per § 579.28(l) require an
average of 15 minutes to process.
Multiplying the total average number of
minutes by the number of submissions
NHTSA receives in each reporting
category yields the burden hour
estimates found below in Table 6. Our
previous estimates of EWR associated
submission burden hours totaled 9,515
hours, and we now update that total to
10,655 burden hours, a 12 percent
increase, associated with the above
noted claim categories.

TABLE 6—ANNUAL MANUFACTURER BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR EWR SUBMISSIONS
Annual
average of
EWR
submissions

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Category of claims

Average time
to process
each report

Estimated
annual
burden hours

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S .................................................................................
Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign Country ...........................................................................
Reports on Number of Claims Involving Specific System or Event ............................................
Mfr. Field Reports ........................................................................................................................
Common Green Tire Reporting ...................................................................................................
Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 579.28(l) ...........................................................

6,893
41
9,192
106,406
99
1,718

5
15
5
5
5
15

574
10
766
8,867
8
430

Totals ....................................................................................................................................

124,349

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

10,655

We have also calculated hourly labor
costs for each claim type with an
incremental reporting burden based on
time to process and labor costs for
employee positions required for
processing each submission. Table 7
shows the employee positions required
for processing submissions for each
claim type, the time required for each

position to process each submission,
and the weighted hourly rates for each
claim type. The employee positions
analyzed in Table 7 include three that
have been introduced in prior sections
of this information collection request:
Lawyers (BLS Occupation code 23–
1000), Computer Support Specialists
(BLS Occupation code 15–1230), and

Office Clerks (BLS Occupation code 43–
9061).9 Cost analysis for Computer
Support Specialists was provided in the
discussion of Table 1 data for Subpart
A labor costs analysis and analyses for
Lawyers and Office Clerks were
provided in the discussion of Table 3
data for Subpart B labor cost burden
analysis. Labor cost analysis for

8 Manufacturer field reports rose from 78 percent
of EWR submissions in the currently approved

information collection to 86 percent of submissions
in the current information collection request.

9 Table 7 references Computer Support Specialists
as ‘‘Technical’’ and Office Clerks as ‘‘Clerical’’.

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Engineers (BLS Occupation code 17–
2000) is introduced in Table 7. The
average hourly wage for Engineers in the
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry

is $52.56.10 After applying the 70.4
percent ECEC adjustment, NHTSA
estimates the hourly labor costs for
manufacturers to be $74.66 for

Engineers. Table 7 shows the weighted
hourly rates for each submission claim
type.

TABLE 7—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER TIME ALLOCATION BY CLAIM TYPE AND WEIGHTED HOURLY RATE
Estimated time (in minutes) to review a claim
Claim type

Lawyer
(rate: $159.39)

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S ..............................
Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign Country .........................
Reports on Number of Claims Involving Specific System or
Event ......................................................................................
Mfr. Field Reports .....................................................................
Common Green Tire Reporting ................................................
Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 579.28(l) ........

These rates are calculated by
summing the weighted employer costs
for each employee position required to

Engineer
(rate: $74.66)

Technical
(rate: $53.44)

Clerical
(rate: $37.86)

Weighted
hourly rate

Total time

3
3

0
10

0
0

2
2

5
15

$110.78
86.70

0
0
0
3

0
0
0
10

3
3
0
0

2
2
5
2

5
5
5
15

47.21
47.21
37.86
86.70

review each submission claim type
using the formula:

rr=l Ci X c;;) = Weighted Hourly Rate CW) for each claim type*
*C; =Employer cost for position i; T; =Claim type review time for position i; Tt =Total review
time for the claim type; n =4 (number of employee positions in Table 7)
The annual labor costs for
submissions of claims data are shown in
Table 8. Labor Cost per Submission is

the product of the Average Time to
Process Each Report and the Weight
Hourly Rate calculated in Table 7.

Annual labor cost is the product of the
labor cost per submission and the
average annual submissions.

TABLE 8—ESTIMATED EWR ANNUAL LABOR COSTS BY CATEGORY

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Average time
to process
each report

Weighted
hourly rate

Estimated
labor cost
per
submission

Estimated
annual labor
cost

Incidents Involving Injury or Fatality in U.S .........................
Incidents Involving Fatality in Foreign Country ...................
Reports on Number of Claims Involving Specific System
or Event ............................................................................
Mfr. Field Reports ................................................................
Common Green Tire Reporting ...........................................
Average Number of Follow-Up Sequences per 579.28(l) ...

6,893
41

5
15

$110.78
86.70

$9.23
21.68

$63,633.88
888.68

9,192
106,406
99
1,718

5
5
5
15

47.21
47.21
37.86
86.70

3.93
3.93
3.16
21.68

36,162.86
418,618.94
312.35
37,237.65

Totals ............................................................................

124,349

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

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

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

556,854.35
or 556,854

The total annual manufacturer burden
hours for subpart C reporting of EWR
data (Sections 579.21–28) is calculated
by summing the burden hour estimates
for quarterly reporting in Table 4 (4,176
hours) and submission reporting in
Table 6 (10,655 hours). This produces
an EWR annual burden hour estimate of
14,831 hours. The total annual labor
cost for subpart C reporting is calculated
by summing the labor cost estimates in
Table 4 ($190,634.40) and Table 8
($556,854.35), producing a total annual

labor cost estimate for Subpart C
reporting of $747,488.75 or $747,489.

In addition to the burden associated
with submitting documents under each
subpart of Part 579, NHTSA also
estimates that manufacturers will incur
computer maintenance burden hours
associated with the information
collection requirements. The estimated
manufacturer burden hours associated
with aggregate data submissions for
consumer complaints, warranty claims,

and dealer field reports are included in
reporting and computer maintenance
hours. The burden hours for computer
maintenance are calculated by
multiplying the hours of computer use
(for a given category) by the number of
manufacturers reporting in a category.
NHTSA estimates that light vehicle
manufacturers will spend
approximately 347 hours per year on
computer maintenance and that other
vehicle manufacturers will spend about
22 percent as much time as light vehicle
manufacturers on computer

10 May 2023 National Industry-Specific Wage
Estimates—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Engineers (Code 17–

2000), $52.56, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/
naics4_336100.htm#17-0000, divided by 70.4
percent for total employer costs for employee

compensation, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
archives/ecec_03132024.pdf. Last Accessed August
12, 2024.

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maintenance. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates that medium-heavy truck,
trailer, motorcycle manufacturers,
emergency vehicle, and bus
manufacturers will each spend
approximately 86.5 hours on computer
maintenance each year. NHTSA
estimates that tire manufacturers and
child restraint manufacturers will also
spend 86.5 hours on computer
maintenance per year. Therefore,
NHTSA estimates the total burden for
computer maintenance to be 36,112
hours per year (based on there being an

estimated 41 light vehicle
manufacturers, 41 medium-heavy
vehicle manufacturers, 91 trailer
manufacturers, 16 motorcycle
manufacturers, 9 emergency vehicle
manufacturers, 30 bus manufacturers,
31 tire manufacturers, and 35 child
restraint manufactures).
To calculate the labor cost associated
with computer maintenance hours,
NHTSA looked at wage estimates for the
type of personnel submitting the
documents. The ECEC adjusted average
hourly wage for Computer Support
Specialists (BLS Occupation code 15–

1230) in the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing Industry is $53.44 as
reviewed in the discussion of Table 1
data in the Subpart A reporting burden
analysis. For the estimated total of
36,112 annual computer maintenance
burden hours, NHTSA estimates the
associated labor costs will be
approximately $1,929,799. Table 9
shows the annual estimated burden
hours for computer maintenance by
vehicle/equipment category and the
estimated labor costs associated with
those burden hours.

TABLE 9—ESTIMATED MANUFACTURER ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS FOR COMPUTER MAINTENANCE FOR REPORTING
Average
number of
manufacturers

Vehicle/equipment category

Hours for
computer
maintenance
per
manufacturer

Average
hourly labor
cost

Annual labor
cost per
manufacturer

Total annual
burden hours

Total annual
labor costs

Light vehicles .........................................
Medium-Heavy Vehicles ........................
Buses .....................................................
Emergency Vehicles ..............................
Motorcycles ............................................
Trailers ...................................................
Child Restraints ......................................
Tires .......................................................

41
41
30
9
16
91
35
31

347
86.5
86.5
86.5
86.5
86.5
86.5
86.5

$53.44
53.44
53.44
53.44
53.44
53.44
53.44
53.44

$18,543.68
4,622.56
4,622.56
4,622.56
4,622.56
4,622.56
4,622.56
4,622.56

14,227
3,547
2,595
779
1,384
7,872
3,028
2,682

$760,290.88
189,524.96
138,676.80
41,603.04
73,960.96
420,652.96
161,789.60
143,299.36

Totals ..............................................

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

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

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

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

36,112

$1,929,798.56
or $1,929,799

Based on the foregoing, we estimate
the burden hours for industry to comply
with the current part 579 reporting
requirements (EWR requirements,
foreign campaign requirements and part

579.5 requirements) to be 54,088 hours
per year. The total annual burden hours,
labor costs, and changes from for this
information collection consisting of
manufacturer communications under

section 579.5 (subpart A), foreign
reporting (subpart B), EWR submissions
and reporting (subpart C), and computer
maintenance are outlined in Table 10
below.

TABLE 10—TOTAL MANUFACTURER BURDEN HOURS AND LABOR COSTS
Currently approved part 579
information collection request

Pending part 579 information
collection request

Changes in burden hours and
labor costs

Reporting type
Annual burden
hours
Subpart A: Manufacturer Communications § 579.5 (Table 1) .........................
Subpart B: Foreign Reporting (Tables 2
& 3) .......................................................
Subpart C: EWR Submissions and Quarterly Reporting (Tables 4 & 6/8) ...........
Computer Maintenance (Table 9) ............
Total ..................................................

Annual labor
costs

Annual burden
hours

Annual labor
costs

Annual burden
hours

Annual labor
costs

2,074

$92,817

1,468

$78,387

* (606)

* ($14,430)

1,590

139,464

1,677

164,021

87

24,557

14,731
35,415

621,260
1,585,861

14,831
36,112

747,489
1,929,799

100
697

126,229
343,938

53,810

2,439,402

54,088

2,919,696

278

480,294

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* Reduction from currently approved ICR.

The burden estimates show overall
increases in annual burden hours of 278
hours and annual labor costs of
$480,294 from the Part 579 information
collection request approved in April
2022. These represent increases of 0.5
percent in burden hours and 19.7
percent in labor costs. The changes in
annual burden hours are due to changes

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in the number of submissions in Tables
1, 2, and 6 and changes in the number
of manufacturers reporting in each
category in Tables 4 and 9. The changes
in annual labor costs are attributed to
changes in burden hours as well as
changes in labor costs for the
manufacturer employee positions
required for reporting Part 579

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information. The wage estimates have
been adjusted to reflect the latest
available rates from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
NHTSA estimates the collection
requires no additional costs to the
respondents beyond the labor costs
associated with the burden hours to

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collect and submit the reports to
NHTSA and the labor hours and
associated labor costs for computer
maintenance.
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.
Eileen Sullivan,
Associate Administrator, Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2024–21509 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2024–0104]

Advanced Research Projects Agency—
Infrastructure; Request for Information
Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for information
(RFI).
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Advanced
Research Projects Agency—
Infrastructure (ARPA–I) is seeking
statements of qualifications from
eligible entities, defined by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
as ‘‘an accredited university of higher
education in the northeast United States
that has experience leading a regional
university transportation center [defined
as a current or past U.S. DOT-funded
Regional University Transportation
Center (UTC) grantee] and a proven
record of developing, patenting,
deploying, and commercializing
innovative composite materials and
technologies for bridge and other
transportation applications, as well as
conducting research and developing
prototypes using very large-scale
polymer-based additive manufacturing’’.
The purpose of this Request for
Information (RFI) is for the U.S. DOT to
determine the eligibility of entities

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seeking to perform research,
development, and demonstration tasks
on durability, resiliency, and
sustainability of bridges and other
infrastructure to be funded by ARPA–I
as stated in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024. This request
for information is not a request for
proposals or a notice of funding
opportunity. Subsequent to this RFI,
ARPA–I intends to develop a
Cooperative Agreement with a single
institution of higher education if only
one respondent is found to be eligible,
or to issue a subsequent Request for
Proposals to the multiple eligible
institutions of higher education
identified. Respondents are required to
meet the legislative requirements
detailed in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024.
DATES: Written submissions must be
received by October 21, 2024.
Submission Instructions: Responses
should be submitted electronically as a
Microsoft Word document, not to
exceed 15 single-sided pages in length,
and 15 MB in file size. Recommended
format for responses includes Times
New Roman 12-point font and 1 inch
page margins. Responses should be
emailed to ARPA-I@dot.gov (with the
Subject Line of ‘‘ARPA–I RFI Response
’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about this RFI, please email
ARPA-I@dot.gov. You may also contact
Mr. Timothy A. Klein, Director,
Technology Policy and Outreach, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Research
and Technology (202–366–0075), U.S.
DOT or by email at timothy.klein@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This RFI
seeks information that will assist
ARPA–I in carrying out its research and
development funding responsibilities as
set forth in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118–
42; Division F, Title I; March 9, 2024)
and authorized under 49 U.S.C. 119,
‘‘Advanced Research Projects Agency—
Infrastructure’’.
About ARPA–I
The Advanced Research Projects
Agency—Infrastructure (ARPA–I) is an
agency within U.S. DOT (see https://
www.transportation.gov/arpa-i) that
Congress established ‘‘to support the
development of science and technology
solutions that overcomes long-term
challenges and advances the state of the
art for United States transportation
infrastructure.’’ (49 U.S.C. 119(b)).
ARPA–I is modeled after the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Defense and the Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E)
within the U.S. Department of Energy.
ARPA–I offers a once-in-a-generation
opportunity to improve our nation’s
transportation infrastructure, both
physical and digital, and supports
DOT’s strategic goals of Safety,
Economic Strength and Global
Competitiveness, Equity, Climate and
Sustainability, and Transformation.
ARPA–I focuses on developing and
implementing technologies, rather than
developing policies and processes or
providing regulatory support. ARPA–I
has a single overarching goal and focus:
to fund external innovative advanced
research and development (R&D)
programs that develop innovative
technologies, systems, and capabilities
to improve transportation infrastructure
in the United States.
The aims of ARPA–I include
‘‘lowering the long-term costs of
infrastructure development, including
costs of planning, construction, and
maintenance; reducing the lifecycle
impacts of transportation infrastructure
on the environment, including through
the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions; contributing significantly to
improving the safe, secure, and efficient
movement of goods and people;
promoting the resilience of
infrastructure from physical and cyber
threats; and ensuring that the United
States is a global leader in developing
and deploying advanced transportation
infrastructure technologies and
materials.’’ (49 U.S.C. 119(c)(1)).
Funding the development and use of
advanced infrastructure technologies to
address these challenges is expected to
be a key future activity of ARPA–I.
ARPA–I FY 2024 Budget and Activities
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2024 (Pub. L. 118–42; Division F, Title
I; March 9, 2024) directed that
‘‘$10,000,000 shall be for necessary
expenses of the Advanced Research
Projects Agency—Infrastructure (ARPA–
I) as authorized by section 119 of title
49, United States Code: provided
further, that within the funds made
available under the preceding proviso,
not less than $8,000,000 shall be
available for research on durability,
resiliency, and sustainability of bridges
and other infrastructure and shall be
directed to an accredited university of
higher education in the northeast
United States that has experience
leading a regional university
transportation center [defined as a
current or past U.S. DOT-funded
Regional University Transportation
Center (UTC) grantee selected under 49
U.S.C. 5505] and a proven record of

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