Certification; Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to Federal Safety and Bumper Standards; Registered Importers of Vehicles Not Originally Manufactured To Conform With the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Schedule of Fees Authorized by 49 U.S.C. 30141

Résumé

Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on the proposed collection of information. This document describes a proposed collection of information under regulations that pertain to the importation by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that were not manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper standards. NHTSA has proposed certain amendments to those regulations (as found at 49 CFR parts 567, 591, 592, and 594) that would, in part, clarify the requirements applicable to RIs and applicants for RI status, as well as the procedures for suspending or revoking the registrations of RIs that violate the vehicle importation laws. The proposed regulations would require RIs to retain, for a period of ten years, records pertaining to the nonconforming vehicles they import. Under the regulations that are now in effect, RIs are required to retain that information for a period of eight years. The proposed re