DOT 49 CFR PART 542-2010 PROCEDURES FOR SELECTING LIGHT DUTY TRUCK LINES TO BE COVERED BY THE THEFT PREVENTION STANDARD.pdf

1、136 49 CFR Ch. V (10110 Edition) Pt. 542 6. Preliminary theft rate for the line, if it can be determined on the basis of currently available data. 50 FR 43190, Oct. 24, 1985, as amended at 69 FR 17967, Apr. 6, 2004; 69 FR 34613, June 22, 2004 PART 542PROCEDURES FOR SE-LECTING LIGHT DUTY TRUCK LINES

2、TO BE COVERED BY THE THEFT PREVENTION STANDARD Sec. 542.1 Procedures for selecting new light duty truck lines that are likely to have high or low theft rates. 542.2 Procedures for selecting low theft light duty truck lines with a majority of major parts interchangeable with those of a passenger moto

3、r vehicle line. AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 322, 33101, 33102, 33103, 33104, 33105; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50. SOURCE: 59 FR 21672, Apr. 26, 1994, unless otherwise noted. 542.1 Procedures for selecting new light duty truck lines that are likely to have high or low theft rates. (a) Scope. This

4、section sets forth the procedures for motor vehicle manufac-turers and NHTSA to follow in the de-termination of whether any new light duty truck line is likely to have a theft rate above or below the 1990/91 median theft rate. (b) Application. These procedures apply to each manufacturer that plans t

5、o introduce a new light duty truck line into commerce in the United States on or after September 1, 2006, and to each of those new lines. (c) Procedures. (1) Each manufac-turer shall use the criteria in appendix C of part 541 of this chapter to evaluate each new light duty truck line and to conclude

6、 whether the new line is likely to have a theft rate above or below the 1990/91 median theft rate. (2) For each new light duty truck line, the manufacturer shall submit its evaluations and conclusions made under paragraph (c) of this section, to-gether with the underlying factual in-formation, to NH

7、TSA not less than 15 months before the date of introduction. The manufacturer may request a meet-ing with the agency during this period to further explain the bases for its evaluations and conclusions. (3) Within 90 days after its receipt of the manufacturers submission under paragraph (c)(2) of thi

8、s section, the agency independently evaluates the new light duty truck line using the cri-teria in appendix C of part 541 of this chapter and, on a preliminary basis, de-termines whether the new line should or should not be subject to 541.2 of this chapter. NHTSA informs the man-ufacturer by letter

9、of the agencys evaluations and determinations, to-gether with the factual information considered by the agency in making them. (4) The manufacturer may request the agency to reconsider any of its pre-liminary determinations made under paragraph (c)(3) of this section. The manufacturer shall submit i

10、ts request to the agency within 30 days of its re-ceipt of the letter under paragraph (c)(3) of this section. The request shall include the facts and arguments under-lying the manufacturers objections to the agencys preliminary determina-tions. During this 30-day period, the manufacturer may also re

11、quest a meet-ing with the agency to discuss those objections. (5) Each of the agencys preliminary determinations under paragraph (c)(3) of this section shall become final 45 days after the agency sends the letter specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this sec-tion unless a request for reconsider-ation ha

12、s been received in accordance with paragraph (c)(4) of this section. If such a request has been received, the agency makes its final determinations within 60 days of its receipt of the re-quest. NHTSA informs the manufac-turer by letter of those determinations and its response to the request for re-

13、consideration. 69 FR 17967, Apr. 6, 2004; 69 FR 34613, June 22, 2004 542.2 Procedures for selecting low theft light duty truck lines with a majority of major parts inter-changeable with those of a pas-senger motor vehicle line. (a) Scope. This section sets forth the procedures for motor vehicle manu

14、fac-turers and NHTSA to follow in the de-termination of whether any light duty VerDate Mar2010 14:39 Dec 20, 2010 Jkt 220217 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SGML220217.XXX 220217jdjones on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without lic

15、ense from IHS-,-,-137 Natl Highway Traffic Safety Admin., DOT Pt. 543 truck lines that have or are likely to have a low theft rate have major parts interchangeable with a majority of the covered major parts of a passenger motor vehicle line. (b) Application. These procedures apply to: (1) Each manuf

16、acturer that pro-duces (i) At least one passenger motor vehi-cle line identified in 49 CFR 541.3(a)(1) and (2) that has been or will be intro-duced into commerce in the United States, and (ii) At least one light duty truck line that has been or will be introduced into commerce in the United States a

17、nd that the manufacturer identifies as likely to have a theft rate below the median theft rate; and (2) Each of those likely sub-median theft rate light duty truck lines. (c) Procedures. (1) For each light duty truck line that a manufacturer identifies under appendix C of part 541 of this chapter as

18、 having or likely to have a theft rate below the median rate, the manufacturer identifies how many and which of the major parts of that line will be interchangeable with the covered major parts of any of its passenger motor vehicle lines. (2) If the manufacturer concludes that a light duty truck lin

19、e that has or is likely to have a theft rate below the median theft rate has major parts that are interchangeable with a majority of the covered major parts of a passenger motor vehicle line, the manufacturer determines whether all the vehicles of those lines with sub-median or likely sub-median the

20、ft rates will account for more than 90 percent of the total an-nual production of all of the manufac-turers lines with those interchange-able parts. (3) The manufacturer submits its evaluations and conclusions made under paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section, together with the underlying factual

21、 information, to NHTSA not less than 15 months before the date of in-troduction. During this period, the manufacturer may request a meeting with the agency to further explain the bases for its evaluations and conclu-sions. (4) Within 90 days after its receipt of the manufacturers submission under pa

22、ragraph (c)(3) of this section, NHTSA considers that submission, if any, and independently makes, on a preliminary basis, the determinations of those light duty truck lines with sub-median or likely sub-median theft rates which should or should not be subject to 541.5 of this chapter. NHTSA informs

23、the manufacturer by letter of the agen-cys preliminary determinations, to-gether with the factual information considered by the agency in making them. (5) The manufacturer may request the agency to reconsider any of its pre-liminary determinations made under paragraph (c)(4) of this section. The man

24、ufacturer must submit its request to the agency within 30 days of its re-ceipt of the letter under paragraph (c)(4) of this section informing it of the agencys evaluations and preliminary determinations. The request must in-clude the facts and arguments under-lying the manufacturers objections to th

25、e agencys preliminary determina-tions. During this 30-day period, the manufacturer may also request a meet-ing with the agency to discuss those objections. (6) Each of the agencys preliminary determinations made under paragraph (c)(4) of this section becomes final 45 days after the agency sends the

26、letter specified in that paragraph unless a re-quest for reconsideration has been re-ceived in accordance with paragraph (c)(5) of this section. If such a request has been received, the agency makes its final determinations within 60 days of its receipt of the request. NHTSA in-forms the manufacture

27、r by letter of those determinations and its response to the request for reconsideration. 69 FR 17968, Apr. 6, 2004 PART 543EXEMPTION FROM VE-HICLE THEFT PREVENTION STAND-ARD Sec. 543.1 Scope. 543.2 Purpose. 543.3 Application. 543.4 Definitions. 543.5 Petition: General requirements. 543.6 Petition: S

28、pecific content require-ments. 543.7 Processing an exemption petition. VerDate Mar2010 14:39 Dec 20, 2010 Jkt 220217 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:SGML220217.XXX 220217jdjones on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with CFRProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-