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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 169 / Friday, September 3, 2021 / Proposed Rules more than $100 million in any one year adjusted for inflation with base year of 1995. Adjusting this amount by the implicit gross domestic product price deflator for 2018 results in $153 million 110.296/71.868 = 1.53.577 Before promulgating a rule for which a written statement is needed, section 205 of UMRA generally requires NHTSA to identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the least costly, most costeffective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objective of the rule. The provisions of section 205
do not apply when they are inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover, section 205 allows NHTSA to adopt an alternative other than the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative if the agency publishes with the rule an explanation of why that alternative was not adopted.
This proposal would not result in the expenditure by State, local, or Tribal governments, in the aggregate, of more than $153 million annually, but it will result in the expenditure of that magnitude by vehicle manufacturers and/or their suppliers. In developing this proposal, NHTSA considered alternative fuel economy standards both lower and higher than the preferred alternative. NHTSA tentatively concludes that the preferred alternative represents the least costly, most costeffective, and least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the proposal.
J. Regulation Identifier Number The Department of Transportation assigns a regulation identifier number RIN to each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations. The Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda in April and October of each year. The RIN contained in the heading at the beginning of this document may be used to find this action in the Unified Agenda.

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K. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act Section 12d of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act NTTAA requires NHTSA and EPA
to evaluate and use existing voluntary consensus standards in its regulatory activities unless doing so would be inconsistent with applicable law e.g., the statutory provisions regarding 577 Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts NIPA, Table 1.1.9
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Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. Technical standards are defined by the NTTAA as performance-based or design-specific technical specification and related management systems practices. They pertain to products and processes, such as size, strength, or technical performance of a product, process or material.
Examples of organizations generally regarded as voluntary consensus standards bodies include the American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM, the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE, and the American National Standards Institute ANSI. If NHTSA does not use available and potentially applicable voluntary consensus standards, it is required by the Act to provide Congress, through OMB, an explanation of the reasons for not using such standards. There are currently no consensus standards that NHTSA administers relevant to this proposed CAFE standards.
L. Department of Energy Review In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
32902j1, NHTSA submitted this rule to the Department of Energy for review.
The Department of Energy concluded that the standard would not adversely affect its conservation goals.
M. Paperwork Reduction Act Under the procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
PRA 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., Federal agencies must obtain approval from the OMB for each collection of information they conduct, sponsor, or require through regulations. A person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB
control number.
NHTSA is seeking OMBs approval for a revision to NHTSAs existing information collection for its reporting requirements under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE program OMB control number 21270019.
These reporting requirements are necessary to ensure compliance with its CAFE program. As described in this NPRM, NHTSA is proposing changes to the CAFE programs standardized reporting templates for manufacturers to submit information to NHTSA on their vehicle production and CAFE credits used to comply with the CAFE
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The Information Collection Request ICR for a revision of an existing information collection described below has been forwarded to OMB for review and comment. In compliance with the requirements of the PRA, NHTSA asks for public comments on the following proposed collection of information for which the agency is seeking approval from OMB.
Title: Corporate Average Fuel Economy.
OMB Control Number: 21270019.
Form Numbers: NHTSA Form 1474
CAFE Projections Reporting Template, NHTSA Form 1475 CAFE Credit Template and NHTSA Form 1621
CAFE Credit Trade Template.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: As established by Congress under EPCA, and later amended by EISA, and implemented through NHTSAs regulations for automobile manufacturers complying with CAFE
standards prescribed in 49 U.S.C. 32902, many types of reporting provisions exist as a part of the CAFE program. These reporting provisions are necessary for NHTSA to ensure manufacturers comply with CAFE standards and other CAFE requirements. Manufacturers are required to submit information on CAFE
standards, exemptions, vehicles, technologies, and submit CAFE
compliance test results. Manufacturers also provide information on any of the flexibilities and incentives they use during the model year to comply with CAFE standards.
More specifically, the current collection includes burden hours for small volume manufacturers to request exemptions allowing them to comply with lower alternative CAFE standards to accommodate mainly the sale of exotic sportscars. It also includes hours for manufacturers reporting information on corporate mergers and splits. Other required reporting includes manufacturers submitting information to NHTSA on CAFE credit transactions, plans and other documents associated with the costs of credit trades. In the April 30, 2020, final rule, to help manufacturers better organize credit information, NHTSA also issued a new standardized template for manufacturers to report credit transactions and to prepare credit trade documents. The template could generate the necessary documents that both parties would sign
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