Tyres – United States

Notice and request for comments on a request for reinstatement with change of a previously approved information collection - 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 reinstatement with change 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 and solicits public comments on continuation of the requirements on tire identification and recordkeeping and the accuracy of the agency's revised estimates of the burden of the information collections. The cost estimate for this reinstatement has increased by $37,000, from $970,620 to $1,007,620. This rise is primarily due to an estimated increase in the number of vehicles from 19,000,000 to 20,000,000, which has raised the number of rims from 95,000,000 to 100,000,000. As a result, the total annual costs for recordkeepers associated with rims have grown from $703,000 to $740,000. The higher vehicle estimate also increases the annual burden for…