Notice2022-16022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for Defect Notifications and Labeling
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July 26, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension 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 and solicits public comments on continuation of the requirements for the collection of information entitled "Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for Defect Notifications and Labeling" (OMB Control Number: 2127-0576) and the accuracy of the agency's revised estimates of the burden of the information collections.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44494-44499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16022]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2022-0042]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for Defect
Notifications and Labeling
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a request for extension of a
currently approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
invites public comments about our intention to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension 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 and solicits public comments on continuation of
the requirements for the collection of information entitled
``Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for Defect
Notifications and Labeling'' (OMB Control Number: 2127-0576) and the
accuracy of the agency's revised estimates of the burden of the
information collections.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. NHTSA--
2022-0042 through any of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronic Submissions: Go to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 493-2251.
<bullet> 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
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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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 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 <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/privacy">https://www.transportation.gov/privacy</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Cristina Echemendia, U.S. Department
of Transportation, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Room W43-447, NRM-130, Washington, DC 20590. Cristina Echemendia's
telephone number is 202-366-6345. Please identify the relevant
collection of information by referring to its OMB Control Number (2127-
0576).
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 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: ``Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for
Defect Notifications and Labeling.''
OMB Control Number: 2127-0576.
Form Number(s): NHTSA 1053A, NHTSA 1053B.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: This information
collection provides that manufacturers of child restraint systems
(CRSs): (1) produce registration cards, labels and printed instructions
(brochures), (2) collect CRS owner registration information, and (3)
create and keep registration records so that, in the event of a safety
recall, manufacturers can provide direct notification to owners. Child
restraint manufacturers are required to provide an owner's registration
card for purchasers of child safety seats in accordance with title 49
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 571--section 213,
``Child restraint systems.'' The registration card is perforated into
two-parts (see Figures 1 and 2). The top part contains a message and
suitable instructions to be retained by the purchaser. The bottom part
is to be returned to the manufacturer by the purchaser. The bottom part
includes prepaid return postage, the pre-printed name/address of the
manufacturer, the pre-printed model and date of manufacture, and spaces
for purchasers to fill in their name and address. Optionally, child
restraint manufacturers are permitted to add to the registration form:
(a) Specified statements informing child restraint system (CRS) owners
that they may register online; (b) the internet address for registering
with the company; (c) revisions to statements reflecting use of the
internet to register; and (d) a space for the consumer's email address.
For those CRS owners with access to the internet, online registration
may be a preferred method of registering a CRS.
In addition to the registration card supplied by the manufacturer,
NHTSA has implemented a CRS registration system to assist those
individuals who have either lost the registration card that came with
the CRS or purchased a previously owned CRS. Upon the owner's request,
NHTSA provides a substitute registration form that can be obtained
either by mail or from the internet \1\ (see Figure 3). When the
completed registration is returned to the agency, it is then submitted
to the CRS manufacturer. In the absence of a substitute registration
system, many owners of child passenger safety seats, especially any
second-hand owners, might not be notified of safety defects and non-
compliances, and would not have the defects and non-compliances
remedied.
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\1\ <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/car-seats-and-booster-seats#car-seat-registration">https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/car-seats-and-booster-seats#car-seat-registration</a>.
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Child seat owner registration information is retained in the event
that owners need to be contacted for defect recalls or replacement
campaigns. Chapter 301 of title 49 of the United States Code specifies
that if either NHTSA or a manufacturer determines that motor vehicles
or items of motor vehicle equipment contain a defect that relates to
motor vehicle safety or fail to comply with an applicable Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard, the manufacturer must notify owners and
purchasers of the defect or noncompliance and must provide a remedy
without charge. In title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
part 577, defect and noncompliance notification for equipment items,
including child restraint systems, must be sent by first class mail to
the most recent purchaser known to the manufacturer.
Child restraint manufacturers are also required to provide printed
instructions in a brochure containing step-by-step information on how
the restraint is to be used. Without proper use, the effectiveness of
these systems is greatly diminished. Each child restraint system must
also have a permanent label. A permanently attached label gives ``quick
look'' information on whether the restraint meets the safety
requirements, recommended installation and use, and warnings against
misuse. CRSs equipped with internal harnesses to restrain children, and
with components to attach to a child restraint anchorage system, are
also required to be labeled with a child weight limit for using the
lower anchors to attach the child restraint to the vehicle. The child
weight limit depends upon the weight of the CRS.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: CRS manufacturers are
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required to label each CRS and provide brochures with safety
information and instructions on the proper use of the restraint. Such
information would mitigate the risk of misuse and consequently reduce
injuries to and fatalities of children in crashes. This collection
supports the Department of Transportation's (DOT) strategic goal for
safety, by working towards the elimination of transportation related
deaths and injuries involving children.
FMVSS No. 213 requires that each CRS has an owner registration form
attached. It permits information regarding online product registration
to be included on the owner registration form required under the
standard. This enhances the opportunity for restraint owners to
register their CRSs online, which may increase registration rates and
the effectiveness of recall campaigns. Manufacturers are also permitted
to supplement (but not replace) recall notification via first-class
mail with email notification, which increases the likelihood that
owners learn of a recall. Manufacturers are also required to include a
U.S. telephone number on a CRS label for the purpose of enabling
consumers to register their products by telephone.
Increasing CRS registrations is an important part to protecting
young children and infants. By registering CRSs, product manufacturers
will to able to directly contact owners in the event of any safety
recalls.
Affected Public: Businesses, Individual Consumers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 38 Manufacturers, 2,835,200
Consumers.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 109,939 hours.
The total burden hours for this collection consist of: (1) the
hours spent by consumers filling out the registration form, (2) the
hours spent collecting registration information and (3) the hours spent
determining the maximum allowable child weight for lower anchor use and
adding the information to the existing label and instruction manual.
(1) Annual Burden for filling out registration card. NHTSA
estimates that 16,000,000 CRSs are currently sold each year by 38 CRS
manufacturers. Of the CRSs sold each year, NHTSA estimates that
2,369,660 are registered using registration cards and 465,540 are
registered online. A consumer spends approximately 60 seconds (1
minute) filling out the registration form. The estimated annual number
of burden hours for consumers to fill out the registration form is
47,253 hours (= 2,835,200 x (60 seconds/3,600 seconds/hour)).
(2) Annual Burden for Reporting (collecting registration
information). Manufacturers must spend about 90 seconds (1.5 min) to
enter the information from each returned registration card; while,
online registrations are considered to have no burden for the
manufacturer, as the information is entered by the purchaser.
Therefore, the estimated annual number of burden hours for CRS
registration information collection is 59,242 hours (= 2,369,660 x (90
seconds/3,600 seconds/hour)).
(3) Annual Burden for Reporting (determining maximum allowable
child weight). About 12,400,000 of the CRSs sold each year are equipped
with internal harnesses. About half of the CRSs equipped with internal
harnesses sold annually (6,200,000 = 12,400,000 x 0.5) would require a
label with the maximum allowable child weight for using the lower
anchors. Manufacturers must spend about 2 seconds to determine the
maximum allowable child weight for lower anchor use and to add the
information to the existing label and instruction manual. Therefore,
the total annual burden hours for the information on the maximum
allowable child weight in the existing label and instruction manual is
3,444 hours (= 6,200,000 x (2 seconds/3,600 seconds/hour)).
The estimated total annual number of burden hours is 109,939 (=
47,253 + 59,242 + 3,444) hours. The total estimated hour burden
increased from 99,330 hours to 109,939 hours (a 10,609-burden hour
increase). The increase in burden is due to an increase in CRS sales.
In 2018, NHTSA estimated that approximately 14,500,000 CRSs are sold
each year while NHTSA's estimate in 2022 increased to 16,000,000 CRSs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $8,000,000.
The total burden cost for this collection consist of printing and
material costs of labels and registration cards.
Printing and Material Costs of Labels and Registration Cards
The total annual cost to the respondents is estimated to be
$8,000,000. NHTSA estimates that the printing and material cost of
$0.20 per CRS labels and $0.30 per CRS registration card. The total
annual cost to respondents is calculated by multiplying the printing
and material cost ($0.50 = $0.20 + $0.30) by the estimated 16,000,000
responses (CRSs produced) per year ($0.50 x 16,000,000). The total
estimated annual burden costs are detailed in the table below:
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Printing and material cost
Number of CRS produced Printing and material cost per CRS-- registration Annual printing and
annually per CRS--labels card material cost
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16,000,000 $0.20 $0.30 $8,000,000.00
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The total estimated burden cost increased from $0 to $8,000,000 (a
$8,000,000 burden cost increase). The increase in burden is due to the
addition of printing and material costs for labels and registration
cards which had not been taken into consideration in the past.
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.
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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2022-16022 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-59-C
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