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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 6, 2021 / Proposed Rules TABLE 4TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST SAVINGS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 13Continued Total undiscounted costs savings
Year
Total discounted 7 percent
3 percent
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
Total

10,137
10,137
10,137
10,137
10,137
101,368

6,755
6,313
5,900
5,514
5,153
71,197

8,489
8,242
8,002
7,769
7,543
98,416

Annualized

10,137

11,537

Table 5 provides the total 10-year time horizon cost savings stream based
on the yearly undiscounted cost savings of $10,705 rounded to the nearest
whole dollar for both industry and the Federal Government.

TABLE 5TOTAL COST SAVINGS FOR INDUSTRY & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 14
Total undiscounted costs savings
Year
7 percent
3 percent
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
Total

$10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
10,705
107,053

$10,005
9,350
8,739
8,167
7,633
7,133
6,667
6,231
5,823
5,442
75,189

$10,393
10,091
9,797
9,511
9,234
8,965
8,704
8,451
8,205
7,966
103,934

Annualized

10,705

12,184

Benefits The Agency was unable to identify literature that quantified the benefits of increasing the allowable windshield area for the mounting of vehicle safety technologies. In the absence of such analyses, the Agency did not quantify benefits associated with the NPRM, though it believes that the rule has the potential to improve the safety of CMV
operations.15 16 The Agency also finds that CMVs outfitted with vehicle safety technologies under current exemptions do not present an increased safety risk compared to other CMVs.

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Discussion of Alternatives When preparing this NPRM, FMCSA
considered two alternatives. In this section, we examine how the cost of the proposal would change with each alternative.
Alternative 1:
No Action.
Using this alternative, FMCSA would accept the status quo and not change the 13 Total Cost Savings in this table may not equal the sum total of yearly cost savings due to rounding in underlying calculations.
14 Total Cost Savings in this table may not equal the sum total of yearly cost savings due to rounding in underlying calculations.
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current exemption approval requirements. This alternative currently limits the windshield area in which new safety technologies can be mounted to not more than 100 mm 4 inches below the upper edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers or not more than 175
mm 7 inches above the lower edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers. This alternative does not favor innovation and technological growth, nor does it reduce the overall burden to industry of applying for, and to the Federal Government of reviewing, exemptions. This alternative would maintain the approximately $10,705
annualized, 7 percent discount rate in annual costs associated with the overall exemption request and approval process.
Alternative 2:
Preferred Alternative Revise 49 CFR
393.60 to expand the windshield area where vehicle safety technologies could be installed on CMVs and revise 49 CFR
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393.5 to broaden the definition of vehicle safety technology.
Using this alternative, FMCSA would increase the allowable windshield area for installation of vehicle safety technologies. This would lead to an estimated $10,705 in annual cost savings without any estimated cost increase or reduction in benefits, as this analysis shows.
B. Congressional Review Act Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act 5 U.S.C. 801808, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8042.17
C. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Under 49 U.S.C. 31136g, FMCSA is required to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking ANPRM or proceed with a negotiated rulemaking, if a proposed rule is likely to lead to the promulgation of a major rule. As this regions; or c significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreignbased enterprises in domestic and export markets 5 U.S.C. 8042.

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