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by the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The public may view and comment
on this information collection request
at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202412-3235-027
or send an email comment to
MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@
omb.eop.gov within 30 days of the day
after publication of this notice by April
7, 2025.
Dated: March 4, 2025.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025–03721 Filed 3–6–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0010; Notice 2]

Withdrawal of Mercedes-Benz USA,
LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice withdrawal.

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On March 3, 2025, NHTSA
erroneously published, at 90 FR 11089,
a notice granting a petition for decision
of inconsequential noncompliance filed
by Mercedes-Benz AG (MBAG) and
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA)
(collectively, ‘‘Mercedes-Benz’’).
NHTSA is withdrawing the March 3,
2025 notice. NHTSA will soon publish
a notice of the agency’s decision on
Mercedes-Benz’s petition.
Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
Delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95
and 501.8).
Issued on: March 3, 2025.
Otto Matheke,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025–03666 Filed 3–4–25; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0041]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; 5-Star Safety Ratings Label
Quantitative Concept Testing
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on approval of a new
collection of information.
AGENCY:

NHTSA invites public
comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a new collection
of information. Before a Federal agency
can collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
OMB. Under procedures established by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatement
of previously approved collections. This
document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval on consumer
market research regarding the 5-Star
Safety Ratings section of the Monroney
label.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2024–0041 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic submissions: Go to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays. To
be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9322 before
coming.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. 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 below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
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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 https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets
via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Mike
Joyce, Marketing Specialist, Office of
Communications and Consumer
Information (NCO–0200), National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W52–238,
Washington, DC 20590. Mike Joyce’s
phone number is 202–366–5600 and his
email address is Mike.Joyce@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency
submits a proposed collection of
information to OMB for approval, it
must first publish a document in the
Federal Register providing a 60-day
comment period and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulation (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB.

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Title: 5-Star Safety Ratings Label
Quantitative Concept Testing.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Number(s): 2026, 2027, 2028.
Type of Request: Request for approval
of a new information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
seeks to obtain critical information that
will allow NHTSA and the New Car
Assessment Program (NCAP) to fulfill a
congressional mandate to improve
highway traffic safety. NCAP is
responsible for providing consumers
with important safety information that
will assist them in their vehicle
purchase decisions. The proposed
research is intended to gather necessary
data to guide the redesign of the
Government 5-Star Safety Ratings
section of the Monroney label and
enhance the usefulness of that safety
rating information.
The research study will include two
components, both being one-time
collections. The first component will
involve a series of online webcam
interviews that will collect qualitative
feedback that will be used to improve
the content included in the second
component, a quantitative survey. The
quantitative survey will be administered
online and by phone (and potentially
supplemented by mail if needed).
Participants in the quantitative survey
will be asked to evaluate design
concepts that contain new information
and improvements to the Government 5Star Safety Ratings section of the
Monroney label. The intent is to identify
the clearest, most communicative and
helpful way to display information
related to vehicle safety. NHTSA will
use the findings from this research to
support planned changes to the label
requirements and to inform future
consumer communications on vehicle
safety ratings and safety technology
systems performance assessments to
assist the public when making vehicle
purchasing decisions.
The qualitative portion of the research
will consist of a cognitive test—nine (9)
60-minute webcam interviews among
participants who will take a draft
version of the quantitative survey while
narrating their experience aloud.
Feedback will be used to refine
question-wording and response options
in the survey instrument, ensuring that
each question is clear, consistently

understood and offers an appropriate
range of responses that can be selected.
The quantitative survey will interview
1,000 consumer participants. This
research aims to test label redesign
concepts that have been informed by
feedback received in a previous
qualitative research study and will
validate and prioritize other insights
around consumer consideration of
safety information in the purchasing
process. The survey will achieve the
following objectives:
(1) Evaluate the relative weight
consumers give to different kinds of
safety information in evaluating the
overall safety of a vehicle;
(2) Evaluate the relative weight
consumers give to different kinds of
safety information in the purchasing
decision;
(3) Assess the best words or phrases
to use on the label when communicating
about crash protection, safety
technology, and vulnerable road users
safety; and,
(4) Assess current familiarity and use
of the safety label in making vehicle
safety purchasing decisions.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: This collection of
information will allow NHTSA to obtain
critical information to assist the agency
in fulfilling the 2015 Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation (FAST) Act’s
requirement that NHTSA issue a rule to
ensure the crash avoidance information
is provided next to the crashworthiness
information on vehicle window
stickers.1 Specifically, the data from this
collection will be used to not only
enhance the consumer understanding of
NHTSA’s vehicle safety ratings and
advanced driver assistance systems
performance assessments, but also guide
the development of communications
that will help consumers as they
consider this information in their
vehicle purchase decisions.
This research is necessary because
NHTSA currently does not have
consumer feedback on the concept
designs for the potential updates to the
Monroney label. Although qualitative
feedback has been gathered on previous
concept iterations, a quantitative survey
will allow NHTSA to gain feedback on
the current concept designs and to
obtain feedback from a broader range of
consumers than would be possible using
qualitative methodologies alone.
There is a growing interest in
vulnerable road users and the past
research only explored consumer

reaction to vulnerable road users at a
high level. There is a need to conduct
this additional research to better
understand how consumers think about
vulnerable road users and identify
effective ways to communicate about
the importance of vulnerable road users
in understanding the safety of a vehicle.
Additionally, the new concept designs
include a vulnerable road users safety
rating which was not included in
previous research.
Key additional insights we anticipate
from this study also cannot be gleaned
from previous research. This is due to
several factors: first, previous research
has not quantitatively assessed the
relative weight consumers give to
different kinds of safety information,
either in evaluating the overall safety of
the vehicle or in the purchasing
decision; second, the level and
prevalence of driver assistance
technology have increased, meaning
that previous assessments of consumer
prioritization of vehicle safety
technology need to be reassessed.
Affected Public: Members of the
public 18 years of age or older with a
driver’s license, who are a decisionmaker for vehicle purchases in their
household, have either purchased a
vehicle in the past six months or plan
to do so within the next 12 months.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,000.
Frequency: One time.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 708.
Nine respondents are expected to
participate in the qualitative phase
(cognitive test of the survey instrument
described in the Summary of the
Collection of Information section) of
research. The recruiter will need to
screen 180 participants to obtain the
desired target of 18 participants who
qualify to participate in the cognitive
test. Based on past experience, of those
who qualify, half or more will be
available and interested in participating.
Nine respondents who are available and
agree to participate will complete the
60-minute cognitive test.
For the quantitative phase,
respondents will complete a 14-minute
online survey (an estimated 3 minutes
of the survey will be screening
questions). Approximately 10,000
respondents will be screened to identify
1,000 who will qualify to answer the
full online survey. Therefore, the total
annual estimated burden imposed by
this collection is approximately 708
hours.

1 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act,
Sec. 24322. https://www.congress.gov/114/statute/
STATUTE-129/STATUTE-129-Pg1312.pdf.

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Research phase

Total burden
hours
(rounded)

Qual Screener Responses ..........................................................................................................
Not qualified .................................................................................................................................
Qualified, not available or interested ...........................................................................................
Qualified and scheduled ..............................................................................................................
Qualitative Cognitive Testing .......................................................................................................
Quantitative Screening ................................................................................................................
Quantitative Fielding ....................................................................................................................

180
162
9
9
9
10,000
1,000

N/A
5
5
5
60
3
11

N/A
14
1
1
9
500
183

Total Burden .........................................................................................................................

........................

........................

708

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$32,702.2 3
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29A.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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The U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name
of one person that has been placed on
OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List (SDN List)
based on OFAC’s determination that one
or more applicable legal criteria were
satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of
this person are blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from
engaging in transactions with them.
DATES: This action was issued on March
4, 2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, 202–622–2420; or Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance, 202–

2 This burden estimate uses a fully loaded hourly
labor cost of $46.29—a base rate of $35.61 with an
additional 30% added to account for benefits. These
numbers are obtained from Bureau of Labor

Statistics (accessed January 2024): https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm.
3 Recommendation to include costs of benefits in
burden hours calculations is from: Bureau of Labor

Issued on March 4, 2025.
Juliette Marie Vallese,
Associate Administrator, Office of
Communications and Consumer Information.
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622–2490 or https://ofac.treasury.gov/
contact-ofac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website: https://ofac.treasury.gov.
Notice of OFAC Action
On March 4, 2025, OFAC determined
that the person identified below meets
one or more of the criteria for the
imposition of sanctions set forth in
section 1(a)–(c) of Executive Order
14059 of December 15, 2021, ‘‘Imposing
Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved
in the Global Illicit Drug Trade,’’ 86 FR
71549 (December 17, 2021) (E.O. 14059).
OFAC has selected to impose blocking
sanctions pursuant to section 2(a)(i) of
E.O. 14059 on the person identified
below.
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and Statistics’ Economic News Release—Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation Summary
(December 2023). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.nr0.htm.

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