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VIII-9 There are no applicable reporting requirements. Each lift manufacturer must identify in its installation instructions the appropriate and suitable vehicle population by make/model and th~:s is reported in the installation instructions with each lift. The lift manufacturer has the burden of certifying compliance with FMVSS No. 403. The OEM vehicle manufactures must certify to FMVSS No. 404. Lift manufacturer certification is passed-through if the OEM and multi-stai,e manufacturers follows the installation instructions. Multi-stage manufacturers, when installin'; the lifts in minivans and full-size must ensure that van OEM certification envelopes for other FMVSS requirements (e.g., FMVSS Nos. 208, 214, 201) are not violated in the process. E. An identification, to the extent practicable, of all relevant Federal rules which may duplicae overlap, or conflict with the Final Rule. The ADA has duplicate requirements in many areas and the FTA has duplicate requirements ii I some areas. F. Each Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis shall also contain a description of any simificaig altematives to the Final Rule which accomplish the stated obiectives of applicable statutes anc which minimize any simificant economic impact of the Final Rule on small entities. There is one alternative that might minimize any significant impact of the Final Rule on small entities. This alternative would be for manufacturers to install manual or power ramps, rather than power lifts, as these probably would be much less expensive. According to a 1997 APT,'i
VIII-10 Facts Book, 7.2 percent of the new bus sales in 1995 met accessibility requirements via ramps with 12.8 percent ramp-equipped orders in 1996 and 27.5 percent ramp-equipped planned in future orders. In 1996, about 75 percent of the buses ordered with FTA funds were low floodramp equipped buses. Apparently the ramps take up less space and allow more maneuverability for wheelchairs. Many minivans are equipped with folding power ramps, but the floor may have to be lowered. Many, if not all, of the requirement costs could be eliminal ed, but some of the vehicle interlock requirements might remain along with slip resistance, illumination, foot markings, etc CONCLUSIONS FMVSS No. 403/404 is not major within the meaning of E.O. 12866, but is a “significant” rulemaking within the DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures. No benefits, significant or otherwise, have been quantified although there are qualitative benefits. <strong>NHTSA</strong> has studied tkle number of small business entities, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions involved and determined that this Final Rule may have a significant impact on a substantial number of small business entities at the $233-$305 incremental consumer cost level. The aggregate consumer cost is $4.46M-$7.00M. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4) requires agencies to prepare a writt .:n assessment of the costs, benefit and other effects of proposed or final rules that include a federal mandate likely to result in the expenditure of State, local and tribal government funds, in the
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Subject: From: To: U.S.Department o
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary..........
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s-2 The annual number of persons in
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11. BACKGROUND 11- 1 Guidelines per
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11-3 and strength; control panel le
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111-2 Generally, there is very litt
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111-4 Table 111-1 Preliminary Natio
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111-6 The NEISS database lacks the
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111-8 Public Transit & Paratransit
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w-2 identifying the relevant lift c
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IV-4 MEASURE RED FLASHING BEACON OR
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IV-6 Acceleration is to be measured
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IV-8 FIGURE IV-2 :i a la Y t Permir
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IV-10 and vehicle size. This requir
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v-12 7. Prepare test block fnction
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IV-14 Gaps, Transitions and Opening
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Figure m-3 Allowable transition dim
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IV-18 sliding or being driven over
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