Memorandum - NHTSA

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Many hundreds of small business entities will be affected as well as numerous other small
organizations and small governmental jurisdictions. There are a number of small organization s
and small government jurisdictions that will have to pay more for a wheelchair lift. The agency
does not have an estimate of their number. The affects will be direct and indirect. The
requirements are being proposed in the form of a wheelchair lift equipment standard (FMVSS
No. 403) and a vehicle-based standard FMVSS No. 404. Many of the lift manufacturers whicl L
are small businesses would be directly affected as would many of the transit/paratransit bus
manufacturers, school bus manufacturers, and van converters/modifiers which alter minivans and
full-size vans for personal use or paratransit use.
The lift manufacturers would directly incur the added design and manufacturing expenses needed
to modify their equipment to meet the new FMVSS requirements, if necessary, as well as incu .
the added costs of conducting certification testing, identifying the applicable vehicles that theii
lift designs fit and providing installation instructions/documentation for each configuration. The
incremental FMVSS consumer cost is estimated to be $285-$305 for a wheelchair lift designecI
for MPVs >4,540 kg (10,OO lbs.) GVWR and buses, and $233 for wheelchair lifts designed foi
MPVs