49 CFR 585; Phase-In Reporting Requirements

This information collection request (ICR) is to request a reinstatement with modification of a previously approved information collection for mandatory phase-in reporting for vehicle manufacturers (OMB Control No. 2127-0535) and requesting that it be renamed as “49 CFR Part 585; Phase-In Reporting Requirements.” This ICR will be used to consolidate all phase-in reporting requirements that are included in 49 CFR Part 585 and was chosen because the OMB Control Number is currently listed in 49 CFR Part 509 as being associated with information collections contained in part 585. The modification to this ICR requests entails information collection that was established as part of a final rule in which NHTSA amended Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, “Occupant crash protection,” to update the child restraint systems (CRSs) listed in Appendix A-1 of the standard (89 FR 67869). NHTSA uses the CRSs in Appendix A-1 to test the performance of advanced air bag suppression and low risk deployment systems in either suppressing or deploying the air bag in a low-risk manner in the presence of a CRS. The amendments ensure that the CRSs used by NHTSA to test advanced air bags are representative of the current CRS fleet and would make it easier for vehicle manufacturers and test laboratories to acquire CRSs for testing purposes. As part of the update to FMVSS No. 208, there are phase-in of the requirements for testing with the new CRSs listed in Appendix A-1. The phase-in begins on September 1, 2025, when forty percent of a manufacturer’s applicable light vehicles must comply with the revised appendix. By September 1, 2026, all applicable light vehicles must comply with the revised appendix. This phase-in of the amendment gives vehicle manufacturers reasonable time to certify their advanced air bag systems using the new CRSs. As with all phase-ins, the agency is adopting a reporting and recordkeeping requirement to facilitate the agency’s enforcement of the standard by aiding NHTSA in determining whether a manufacturer has complied with the phase-in requirements during the phase-in period. The reporting and recordkeeping requirements require that manufacturers submit an annual production report to NHTSA that includes the number of vehicles manufactured in the current production year and the production of complying vehicles and retain records of compliance with the phase-in requirements for five years. NHTSA estimates this collection from FMVSS No. 208 Appendix A-1 will impact 22 manufacturers each year and will have a total annual burden of 22 hours and the total cost of $0.

The latest form for 49 CFR 585; Phase-In Reporting Requirements expires 2029-01-31 and can be found here.