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OMB Control No: 2127-0616	ICR Reference No: 201308-2127-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201208-2127-006
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 10/25/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/11/2013
Terms of Clearance: NHTSA will address all public comments received on NPRM.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2014	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2014
Responses	2,355	0	2,355
Time Burden (Hours)	82,391	0	82,391
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act (Public Law 106-414) was enacted on November 1, 2000. This Act includes a requirement that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conduct Early Warning Reporting (EWR) rulemaking to require manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment to submit information, periodically 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 would assist NHTSA in identifying potential safety-related defects. The intent of this legislation is to provide early warning of such potential safety-related defects.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC Chapter 301 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety
PL: Pub.L. 106 - 414 30166 Name of Law: Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2127-AK72	Proposed rulemaking	77 FR 55606	09/10/2012

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Reporting of Information and Documents About Potential Defects

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The proposed program changes because of the rule are; total annual responses changed from 2,355 to 1,228 due to a decrease in the number of vehicle manufactures that will be required to report under the new rule and total estimated annual hours increased from 82,391 to 85,193. This number includes a 29,120 one time increase in burden hours due to rule changes and due to higher reporting thresholds that reduces the number of manufacturers who have to report and consequently a reduction in the amount of information reported. The proposed change to vehicle type, fuel and/or propulsion system type, and four new components to the vehicle EWR reporting for light vehicle manufacturers and one new component for manufacturers of buses, emergency vehicles, and medium/heavy vehicles is likely to create a one-time cost for manufacturers to amend their reporting template and revise their software system to appropriately categorize the data. We estimate this one-time cost to be $4.57M.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $51,230

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Gayle Dalrymple 202 366-5559

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