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N/A
Preferred Alternative:
1.
Odometer Component
Amend the rule to conform to 49 CFR 580.17.
2.
Electronic Signatures Component
No policy changes. The existing requirements for handwritten signatures will continue because hard copy forms must be used, parties must be physically present to effectuate transactions, and original documents must be delivered.  It is recognized that transactions throughout commerce are increasingly modernized and the use of electronic signatures increases in acceptance, but changing existing original document delivery requirements would be too difficult at this time.
II. Categorical Exclusion Definition
Check all boxes that apply to the proposed Administrative Rule. If you are unable to check a box in this section, you cannot use this document and must prepare an EA or EIS.
Trans 400.08(1)(c) Categorical exclusions (CEs) actions are categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare environmental documentation because, based on past experience with similar actions, they do not involve significant environmental impacts. They are actions which:
Do not induce significant impacts to planned growth or land use for the area
Do not require the relocation of significant numbers of people
Do not have a significant impact on any natural, cultural, recreational, historic or other resource
Do not involve significant air, noise, or water quality impacts
Do not have significant impacts on travel patterns
Do not otherwise, either individually or cumulatively, have any significant environmental impacts
III. Comments and Testimony Related to Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Administrative Rule Provided During the Administrative Rule Availability Period and Administrative Rule Hearing
Provide a brief description of comments and testimony related to environmental impacts of the proposed Administrative Rule. Describe any concerns expressed, how those concerns were resolved and how any unresolved concerns will be resolved. Attach documentation provided by those providing comment or testimony as applicable:
Will be completed following the availability period and hearing.
IV. Environmental Resources Matrix (check all that apply)
Resource
Adverse Impact
Beneficial Impact
No Impacts Identified
If impacts related to the proposed Administrative Rule action are identified, include a discussion for the specific resources. If supporting documentation is required, include documentation as an attachment. If no impacts are identified, include N/A.
Business and Economic
Because the average age of the United States vehicle fleet has been trending upward to 11.5 years, the percentage of vehicles that are exempted from odometer disclosures was growing. By increasing the length of odometer mileage reporting and record retention time from 10 years to 20 years, the rule change will increase consumer protection functions intended by the federal Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (‘Cost Savings Act’, 1972) and the Truth in Mileage Act (1996).
Community
N/A
Aesthetics
N/A
Agriculture
N/A
Real Estate and/or Relocations
N/A
Indirect Impacts
Indirect impacts are defined as impacts caused by the action which occur later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable. The proposed rule action should result in no changes to land use or land use planning. The economic impact to business will be positive, but not substantial. It has therefore been determined that the proposed rule action will cause no impacts which are later in time or farther removed in distance which are reasonably foreseeable.
Cumulative Impacts
Cumulative impacts are defined as the impact on the environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency or person undertakes such other actions. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time. For an action to have a cumulative impact, the action must have a direct or indirect impact on the resource being considered. Since it has been determined the proposed rule action will not have substantial direct or indirect impacts on resources, it is therefore determined the proposed rule action will cause no substantial cumulative impacts when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions.
Environmental Justice
N/A
Historic Properties
N/A
Burial Sites
N/A
Tribal
N/A
Wetlands
N/A
Surface Water Resources
N/A
Groundwater, Wells, and Springs
N/A
Coastal Zones
N/A
Floodplains
N/A
Unique Wildlife and Habitat
N/A
Threatened, Endangered and Protected Resources
N/A
Air Quality
N/A
Noise
N/A
Hazardous Substances, Contamination and Asbestos
N/A
Stormwater
N/A
Erosion and Sediment Control
N/A
V. Documentation Attachment Table of Contents
List additional supporting documentation or agency correspondence used in this CE determination related to environmental impacts of the proposed Administrative Rule included as attachment(s):
N/A, at this time
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