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OMB Control No: 2127-0045	ICR Reference No: 201712-2127-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201405-2127-005
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 49 CFR 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/22/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/29/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2022	36 Months From Approved
Responses	30	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	150	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's statute at 49 USC section 30118 Notification of defects and noncompliance, at subsection (d) Exemptions. The collection frequency is as needed based on the receipt of voluntary submitted petitions as well as responses to those petitions. Collection of the information is voluntary to obtain a benefit. The collection is necessary for disclosure. Information about nonconpliances related to specifically described groups of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment including data, views and arguments as to whether specific noncompliances to Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) are consequential to motor vehicle safety. Those sections require a manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to notify distributors, dealers, and purchasers if any of the manufacturer's products are determined to either contain a safety-related defect or fail to comply with an applicable FMVSS. The manufacturer is under a concomitant obligation to remedy such defect or noncompliance. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Exemptions, a manufacturer may seek an exemption from these notification and remedy requirements on the basis that the defect or noncompliance is inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. NHTSA exercised this statutory authority to excuse inconsequential defects or noncompliances when it promulgated 49 CFR part 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance. This regulation establishes the procedures for manufacturers to submit exemption petitions to the agency and the procedures the agency will use in evaluating those petitions. Part 556 allows the agency to ensure that inconsequentiality petitions are both properly substantiated and efficiently processed.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC Ch 301 Sec. 30118, 30120 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 40643	08/25/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 56853	11/30/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
49 CFR 556, Exemption for Inconsequential Defect or Noncompliance

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	30	30
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	150	150
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: George Stevens 2023665308

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