[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3538-3541]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01165]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 571, 580, 581, 582, 583, 585, 587, and 588

[Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0110]

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Small Business Impacts of
Motor Vehicle Safety

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

ACTION: Notice of regulatory review; Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA seeks comments on the economic impact of its regulations
on small entities. As required by Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, we are attempting to identify rules that may have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
We also request comments on ways to make these regulations easier to
read and understand. The focus of this notice is rules that
specifically relate to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles,
trucks, buses, trailers, motorcycles, and motor vehicle equipment.

DATES: You should submit comments early enough to ensure that Docket
Management receives them not later than March 24, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket Number NHTSA-
2014-0110] by any of the following methods:
     Internet: To submit comments electronically, go to the
U.S. Government regulations Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by
hand or courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
     Fax: Written comments may be faxed to<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     You may call Docket Management at 1-800-647-5527.
    Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and
additional information see the Comments heading of the Supplementary
Information section of this document. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita Kavalauskas, Office of
Regulatory Analysis and Evaluation, National Center for Statistics and
Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax<PHONE_NUMBER>).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act

A. Background and Purpose

    Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-
354), as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), requires agencies to conduct periodic
reviews of final rules that have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small business entities. The purpose of the
reviews is to determine whether such rules should be continued without
change, or should be amended or rescinded, consistent with the
objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any significant economic
impact of the rules on a substantial number of such small entities.

B. Review Schedule

    On November 24, 2008, NHTSA published in the Federal Register (73
FR 71401) a 10-year review plan for its

existing regulations. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA, ``we'') has divided its rules into 10 groups by
subject area. Each group will be reviewed once every 10 years,
undergoing a two-stage process--an Analysis Year and a Review Year. For
purposes of these reviews, a year will coincide with the fall-to-fall
publication schedule of the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, see http://www.regulations.gov. Year 1 (2008) begins in the fall of 2008 and ends
in the fall of 2009; Year 2 (2009) begins in the fall of 2009 and ends
in the fall of 2010; and so on.
    During the Analysis Year, we will request public comment on and
analyze each of the rules in a given year's group to determine whether
any rule has a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities and, thus, requires review in accordance with section 610 of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act. In each fall's Regulatory Agenda, we
will publish the results of the analyses we completed during the
previous year. For rules that have subparts, or other discrete sections
of rules that do have a significant impact on a substantial number of
small entities, we will announce that we will be conducting a formal
section 610 review during the following 12 months.
    The section 610 review will determine whether a specific rule
should be revised or revoked to lessen its impact on small entities. We
will consider: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of
complaints or comments received from the public; (3) the complexity of
the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or
conflicts with other federal rules or with state or local government
rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or
the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors
have changed in the area affected by the rule. At the end of the Review
Year, we will publish the results of our review. The following table
shows the 10-year analysis and review schedule:

                       National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Section 610 Reviews
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                 Year                          Regulations to be reviewed          Analysis year    Review year
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1.....................................  49 CFR 571.223 through 571.500, and                 2008            2009
                                         parts 575 and 579.
2.....................................  23 CFR parts 1200 and 1300..............            2009            2010
3.....................................  49 CFR parts 501 through 526 and 571.213            2010            2011
4.....................................  49 CFR 571.131, 571.217, 571.220,                   2011            2012
                                         571.221, and 571.222.
5.....................................  49 CFR 571.101 through 571.110, and                 2012            2013
                                         571.135, 571.138 and 571.139.
6.....................................  49 CFR parts 529 through 578, except                2013            2014
                                         parts 571 and 575.
7.....................................  49 CFR 571.111 through 571.129 and parts            2014            2015
                                         580 through 588.
8.....................................  49 CFR 571.201 through 571.212..........            2015            2016
9.....................................  49 CFR 571.214 through 571.219, except              2016            2017
                                         571.217.
10....................................  49 CFR parts 591 through 595 and new                2017            2018
                                         parts and subparts.
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C. Regulations Under Analysis

    During Year 7, we will continue to conduct a preliminary assessment
of the following sections of 49 CFR 571.111 through 571.129, and parts
580 through 588:

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               Section                               Title
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571.111..............................  Rearview Mirrors.
571.112..............................  [Reserved].
571.113..............................  Hood Latch System.
571.114..............................  Theft Protection.
571.115..............................  [Reserved].
571.116..............................  Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids.
571.117..............................  Retreaded Pneumatic Tires.
571.118..............................  Power-Operated Window, Partition,
                                        and Roof Panel Systems.
571.119..............................  New Pneumatic Tires for Motor
                                        Vehicles With a GVWR of More
                                        Than 4,536 Kilograms (10,000
                                        Pounds) and Motorcycles.
571.120..............................  Tire Selection and Rims and Motor
                                        Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer
                                        Load Carrying Capacity
                                        Information for Motor Vehicles
                                        With a GVWR of More Than 4,536
                                        Kilograms (10,000 Pounds).
571.121..............................  Air Brake Systems.
571.122..............................  Motorcycle Brake Systems.
571.122a.............................  Motorcycle Brake Systems.
571.123..............................  Motorcycle Controls and Displays.
571.124..............................  Accelerator Control Systems.
571.125..............................  Warning Devices.
571.126..............................  Electronic Stability Control
                                        Systems.
571.127..............................  [Reserved].
571.128..............................  [Reserved].
571.129..............................  New Non-Pneumatic Tires for
                                        Passenger Cars.
580..................................  Odometer Disclosure Requirements.
581..................................  Bumper Standard.
582..................................  Insurance Cost Information
                                        Regulation.
583..................................  Automobile Parts Content
                                        Labeling.
585..................................  Phase-In Reporting Requirements.
586..................................  [Reserved].
587..................................  Deformable Barriers.
588..................................  Child Restraint Systems
                                        Recordkeeping Requirements.
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    We are seeking comments on whether any requirements in 49 CFR
571.111 through 571.129, and parts 580 through 588 have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. ``Small
entities'' include small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that
are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations under 50,000.
Business entities are generally defined as small businesses by Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) code, for the purposes of receiving
Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance. Size standards
established by SBA in 13 CFR 121.201 are expressed either in number of
employees or annual receipts in millions of dollars, unless otherwise
specified. The number of employees or annual receipts indicates the
maximum allowed for a concern and its affiliates to be considered
small. If your business or organization is a small entity and if any of
the requirements in 49 CFR 571.111 through 571.129, and parts 580
through 588 have a significant economic impact on your business or
organization, please submit a comment to explain how and to what degree
these rules affect you, the extent of the economic impact on your
business or organization, and why you believe the economic impact is
significant.
    If the agency determines that there is a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities, it will ask for
comment in a subsequent notice during the Review Year on how these
impacts could be reduced without reducing safety.

II. Plain Language

A. Background and Purpose

    Executive Order 12866 and the President's memorandum of June 1,
1998, require each agency to write all rules in plain language.
Application of the principles of plain language includes consideration
of the following questions:
     Have we organized the material to suit the public's needs?
     Are the requirements in the rule clearly stated?
     Does the rule contain technical language or jargon that is
not clear?
     Would a different format (grouping and order of sections,
use of headings, paragraphing) make the rule easier to understand?
     Would more (but shorter) sections be better?
     Could we improve clarity by adding tables, lists, or
diagrams?
     What else could we do to make the rule easier to
understand?
    If you have any responses to these questions, please include them
in your comments on this document.

B. Review Schedule

    In conjunction with our section 610 reviews, we will be performing
plain language reviews over a ten-year period on a schedule consistent
with the section 610 review schedule. We will review 49 CFR 571.111
through 571.129, and parts 580 through 588 to determine if these
regulations can be reorganized and/or rewritten to make them easier to
read, understand, and use. We encourage interested persons to submit
draft regulatory language that clearly and simply communicates
regulatory requirements, and other recommendations, such as for putting
information in tables that may make the regulations easier to use.

III. Comments

How do I prepare and submit comments?

    Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your
comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the docket
number of this document in your comments.
    Your comments must not be more than 15 pages long. (49 CFR 553.21.)
We established this limit to encourage you to write your primary
comments in a concise fashion. However, you may attach necessary
additional documents to your comments. There is no limit on the length
of the attachments.
    Please submit one copy of your comments, including the attachments,
to Docket Management at the address given above under ADDRESSES.
    Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in order for
substantive data to be relied upon and used by the agency, it must meet
the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and DOT Data
Quality Act guidelines. Accordingly, we encourage you to consult the
guidelines in preparing your comments. OMB's guidelines may be accessed
at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_reproducible. DOT's guidelines
may be accessed at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/DataQualityGuidelines.pdf.
    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 http://www.regulations.gov.

How can I be sure that my comments were received?

    If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of
your comments, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the
envelope containing your comments. Upon receiving your comments, Docket
Management will return the postcard by mail.

How do I submit confidential business information?

    If you wish to submit any information under a claim of
confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete
submission, including the information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In
addition, you should submit a copy, from which you have deleted the
claimed confidential business information, to Docket Management at the
address given above under ADDRESSES. When you send a comment containing
information claimed to be confidential business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the information specified in our
confidential business information regulation. (49 CFR part 512.)

Will the agency consider late comments?

    We will consider all comments that Docket Management receives
before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated
above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also consider
comments that Docket Management receives after that date.

How can I read the comments submitted by other people?

    You may read the comments received by Docket Management at the
address given above under ADDRESSES. The hours of the Docket are
indicated above in the same location.
    You may also see the comments on the Internet. To read the comments
on the Internet, take the following steps:
    (1) Go to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) FDMS provides two basic methods of searching to retrieve
dockets and docket materials that are available in the system: (a)
``Quick Search'' to search using a full-text search engine, or (b)
``Advanced Search,'' which displays various indexed fields such as the
docket name, docket identification

number, phase of the action, initiating office, date of issuance,
document title, document identification number, type of document,
Federal Register reference, CFR citation, etc. Each data field in the
advanced search may be searched independently or in combination with
other fields, as desired. Each search yields a simultaneous display of
all available information found in FDMS that is relevant to the
requested subject or topic.
    (3) You may download the comments. However, since the comments are
imaged documents, instead of word processing documents, the ``pdf''
versions of the documents are word searchable.
    Please note that even after the comment closing date, we will
continue to file relevant information in the Docket as it becomes
available. Further, some people may submit late comments. Accordingly,
we recommend that you periodically check the Docket for new material.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; delegation of authority at 49
CFR 1.95 and 501.8.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20th, 2015.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18410]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06514]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-94496; File No. SR-CboeEDGX-2022-004]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice
of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed
Rule Change To Codify Certain Practices and Requirements Related to the
Exchange's Port Message Rate Thresholds

March 23, 2022.
    On January 21, 2022, Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'') filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to
codify certain practices and requirements related to the Exchange's
port message rate thresholds. The proposed rule change was published
for comment in the Federal Register on February 9, 2022.\3\ The
Commission has received no comment letters on the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 94144 (February 3,
2022), 87 FR 7519.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that within 45 days of the
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding, or as to which the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change,
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change
is March 26, 2022. The Commission is extending this 45-day time period.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change. Accordingly, the
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ designates May
10, 2022 as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or
disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-CboeEDGX-2022-004).
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    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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