Notice2026-06736
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; 49 CFR Part 564, Replaceable Light Source Dimensional Information Collection
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Published
April 8, 2026
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Transportation DepartmentNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract
NHTSA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a reinstatement of a previously 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 reinstatements of previously approved collections. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on replaceable light source dimensional information.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17830-17832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06736]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA-2026-0760]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; 49 CFR Part 564, Replaceable Light Source Dimensional
Information Collection
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for public comments on a request for
reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a
reinstatement of a previously 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 reinstatements of previously
approved collections. This document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on replaceable
light source dimensional information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. NHTSA-
2026-0760 by 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: Docket Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590.
<bullet> Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. 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 discussion 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 comments received, go to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> at any time or to 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 Adam Lowery, (202) 366-1810, U.S.
Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, W43-474, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Please identify the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number (2127-0563).
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 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 regulations (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must
ask for public comment on the following: (i) 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; (ii) 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; (iii) how to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (iv) 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
submissions of responses. In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA
asks for public comment on the following proposed
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collection of information for which the agency is seeking approval from
OMB.
Title: 49 CFR part 564, Replaceable Light Source Dimensional
Information Collection.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0563.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: Pursuant to 49 CFR part
564, ``Replaceable Light Source and Sealed Beam Headlamp Information,''
manufacturers of newly designed or modified replaceable headlamp light
sources are required to submit interchangeability and performance
specifications to NHTSA not later than 60 days before beginning
manufacture of a replaceable light source product. The specific
dimensional, electrical specification, and marking/designation
information that must be submitted is specified in Appendices A and B
of part 564. After a short agency review to assure completeness, the
information is placed in a public docket for use by any person who
would like to manufacture headlamp light sources for motor vehicles. In
Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 108, ``Lamps,
reflective devices and associated equipment,'' information submitted in
accordance with part 564 is referenced as the source for the
performance and interchangeability information for legal headlamp light
sources, whether original equipment or replacement equipment. The
submitted information about headlamp light sources becomes the basis
for certification of compliance with safety standards.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The purpose of this information collection is to ensure
the availability to replacement light source manufacturers of the
manufacturing specifications of original equipment lights sources so
that replacement light sources are interchangeable with original
equipment light sources and provide equivalent performance, and to
ensure that redesigned or newly developed light sources are designated
as distinct, different, and noninterchangeable with previously existing
lights sources.
The information collected is to be placed in a public docket for
use by vehicle, headlamp and headlamp light source manufacturers for
determining the interchangeability aspects of headlamp light sources
for manufacturing purposes. For replacement light sources to be
designated as acceptable replacements, the replacement light sources
are required to comply with the dimensional and performance information
in the docket for its type. A manufacturer may also request
modification of a light source for which information has previously
been placed in the public docket. The information helps to standardize
headlamp bulbs for performance interchangeability.
Affected Public: This information collection affects manufacturers
of a motor vehicles, original equipment headlamps, or original
equipment headlamp replaceable light sources, which intend to
manufacture a replaceable light source as original equipment or to
incorporate a replaceable light source in its headlamps or motor
vehicles.
Number of Respondents: One annually.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Four hours.
NHTSA estimates that compiling and submitting the required
information will take, on average, 4 hours per submission. NHTSA
estimates, based on past submissions, that the agency will receive
approximately one submission per year. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the
total burden associated with this information collection to be 4 hours
per year.
NHTSA estimates the labor cost associated with this collection of
information by (1) applying the appropriate average hourly labor rate
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), (2) dividing by
0.705 \1\ (70.5%), for private industry workers to obtain the total
cost of compensation, and (3) multiplying by the estimated burden hours
for each respondent type. NHTSA estimates the hourly cost associated
with compiling and submitting documentation under Part 564 to be $54.38
\2\ per hour using the mean hourly wage estimate published by BLS for
compliance officers in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry
(Standard Occupational Classification # 13-1041). Therefore, NHTSA
estimates that the total labor cost associated with 564 submissions is
$217.52 per submission for a total of $217.52 per year for all
submissions. Table 1 below provides a summary of the estimated burden
hours and labor costs associated with those submissions.
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\1\ See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by
ownership (December 2024), available at <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.htm">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.htm</a> (accessed June 9, 2025).
\2\ The hourly wage is estimated to be $38.34 per hour. National
Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS
336100--Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, May 2024, <a href="https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/industry/336100">https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/industry/336100</a> (accessed June 9, 2025). The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that wages represent 70.5 percent of total
compensation to private workers, on average. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates the total hourly compensation cost to be $54.38.
Table 1--Burden Estimates
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Estimated
Annual burden per Average Labor cost Total Total
Annual number of respondents submissions submission hourly labor per burden labor
(hours) cost submission hours costs
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1............................... 1 4 $54.38 $217.52 4 $217.52
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $0.
NHTSA estimates that there are no costs to respondents other than
labor costs associated with the burden hours.
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 1351.29A.)
Jane Doherty,
Acting Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2026-06736 Filed 4-7-26; 8:45 am]
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