Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Consolidated Labeling Requirements and Procedures for Selecting Lines To Be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on Consolidated Labeling Requirements for 49 CFR parts 541 and Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard for 542--Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on March 20, 2026 (91 FR 13696). No comments were received.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61927-61929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19961]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2026-1222]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for 
Comment; Consolidated Labeling Requirements and Procedures for 
Selecting Lines To Be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a request for reinstatement 
of a previously approved information collection.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected burden. NHTSA intends to 
seek OMB approval on Consolidated Labeling Requirements for 49 CFR 
parts 541 and Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft 
Prevention Standard for 542--Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 
Standard. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on March 20, 2026 (91 FR 13696). No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 30, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden, 
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at 
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. To find this particular information 
collection, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comment'' 
or use the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to

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background documents, contact Mr. Walter Lysenko 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84f3e5e8f0e1f6aae8fdf7e1eaefebc4e0ebf0aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4839598809186da988d87919a9f9bb4909b80da939b82">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>). Address: National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Lysenko's telephone number is 
(202) 366-1810. Please identify the relevant collection of information 
by referring to its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a 
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and 
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a 
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control 
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces 
that the following information collection request will be submitted 
OMB.
    Title: Consolidated Labeling Requirements and Procedures for 
Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0539.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Request: Request for reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection.
    Type of Review Requested: Regular.
    Length of Approval Requested: Three years from approval date.
    Summary of the Collection of Information: This information 
collection pertains to 49 CFR part 541, Federal Motor Vehicle Theft 
Prevention Standard, and 49 CFR part 542, Procedures for Selecting 
Lines to be Covered. Under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331, manufacturers of 
certain passenger motor vehicles and light-duty trucks must:
    (1) mark major component parts and replacement parts with 
identifying numbers for vehicle lines designated as high theft;
    (2) submit target area information identifying the location of 
required markings;
    (3) submit evaluations of whether new light-duty truck lines are 
likely to be high-theft; and
    (4) submit evaluations of whether new light-duty truck lines share 
interchangeable major parts with high-theft passenger motor vehicle 
lines.
    Manufacturers must comply annually with parts-marking requirements 
for each covered line and must submit reports when they introduce new 
vehicle lines that may trigger coverage under 49 CFR parts 541 and 542. 
Approximately 23 manufacturers are expected to submit target-area 
reports annually, and one manufacturer per year is expected to submit 
each of the two evaluations under Part 542.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the 
Information: NHTSA collects this information to determine which vehicle 
lines must comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 
Standard, to evaluate whether new vehicle lines are high-theft, and to 
ensure that manufacturers properly mark major component parts as 
required by statute. These submissions allow NHTSA to carry out its 
statutory responsibilities under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331. The information 
also supports enforcement and ensures consistent application of theft-
prevention requirements across the vehicle fleet.
    60-Day Notice: A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting public comments on the following information 
collection was published on March 20, 2026 (91 FR 13696). No comments 
were received.
    Affected Public: Motor vehicle manufacturers of passenger motor 
vehicles and light-duty trucks subject to the Federal Motor Vehicle 
Theft Prevention Standard.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 21 manufacturers for 
annual target-area submissions and one manufacturer per year for each 
type of evaluation under 49 CFR part 542.
    Frequency: Target-area reports: Annual; High-theft determinations 
and parts-interchangeability evaluations: As needed, typically one per 
year.
    Estimated Number of Responses: For the four information collections 
in Part 541 and Part 542, NHTSA estimates the annual number of 
responses as follows: (1) 4.5 million responses for the parts-marking 
requirement; (2) 23 for submissions of target area information; (3) 1 
for reporting on whether a LDT line is likely to be high-theft; and (4) 
1 for reporting on whether a LDT line shares interchangeable parts with 
a high theft line subject to the parts-marking requirements.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,550 hours.
    This total consists of 150,000 hours for parts-marking of 
approximately 4.5 million vehicles, 460 hours for reporting of target 
areas to NHTSA (23 responses from 21 manufacturers at 20 hours per 
response), 45 hours for one annual high-theft determination under Part 
542, and 45 hours for one annual interchangeability determination under 
Part 542.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $24,003,000.
    NHTSA estimates that the average cost to print each label is $0.38. 
There are an average 14 parts per vehicle to label; therefore, the 
printing cost per vehicle is $5.33. At present, the agency estimates 
that 4.5 million motor vehicles annually must have their major parts 
marked. The total annual fleet costs are estimated to be $24,003,000 
for label identifiers ($5.33 x 4.5 million vehicles).

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                                                                                     Number of
                               Number of parts   Printing cost    Total printing     vehicles    Total estimated
    Information collection       labeled per       per label     cost per vehicle    per year     printing cost
                                   vehicle                                           (million)
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541: Parts-Marking on 14                   14           $0.381             $5.33           4.5      $24,003,000
 major parts (49 CFR 541.5(a)
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    Target area submissions require no additional costs to the 
respondents above and beyond the labor costs.
    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 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) 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 appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as

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amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29A.

Shashi Kuppa,
Acting Associate Administrator Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2026-19961 Filed 9-29-26; 8:45 am]
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