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DOT/NHTSA RIN: 2127-AK71 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Response to Petitions for Reconsideration of Part 563 Event Data Recorders Final Rule (Second Reconsideration) 
Abstract: This rulemaking would respond to petitions for reconsideration of part 563 Event Data Recorders (EDRs). On January 14, 2008, NHTSA published a final rule amending the requirements for EDRs in part 563. The January 2008 notice responded to petitions for reconsideration of the original August 2006 final rule that established the EDR standardization requirements for those voluntarily installed in light passenger vehicles. In response to the January 14, 2008 final rule, the agency received three petitions for reconsideration from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., and Mr. Thomas Kowalick, a private citizen. After careful consideration of the petition issues, the agency is granting some aspects of the petitions, and denying others. The main petition issues involve: removing the optional acceleration data element, making technical changes to address data clipping, clarifying the application of sensor tolerances, clarifying the event storage definition to alleviate uncertainties in multiple event crashes, making minor technical and editorial corrections, and addressing a request for a mechanical lockout device. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 563   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 30111    49 USC 30115    49 USC 30117    49 USC 30166    49 USC 322    delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  07/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 2127-AI72, Related to 2127-AK12 
Agency Contact:
David Sutula
Chief, Vehicle and Roadside Operations Division
Department of Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 366-3273
Fax:202 366-4329
Email: david.sutula@dot.gov