[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR579.29]

[Page 1107-1108]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 579_REPORTING OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL DEFECTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C_Reporting of Early Warning Information
 
Sec.  579.29  Manner of reporting.

    (a) Submission of reports. (1) Except as provided in this paragraph, 
each report required under paragraphs (a) through (c) of Sec. Sec.  
579.21 through 579.26 of this part must be submitted to NHTSA's early 
warning data repository identified on NHTSA's Internet homepage 
(www.nhtsa.dot.gov). A manufacturer

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must use templates provided at the early warning website, also 
identified on NHTSA's homepage, for submitting reports. For data files 
smaller than the size limit of the Internet e-mail server of the 
Department of Transportation, a manufacturer may submit a report as an 
attachment to an e-mail message to odi.ewr@nhtsa.dot.gov, using the same 
templates.
    (2) Each report required under Sec.  579.27 of this part may be 
submitted to NHTSA's early warning data repository as specified in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section or by manually filling out an 
interactive form on NHTSA's early warning website.
    (b) Submission of documents. A copy of each document required under 
paragraph (d) of Sec. Sec.  579.21 through 579.26 of this part may be 
submitted in digital form using a graphic compression protocol, approved 
by NHTSA, to the NHTSA data repository, or as an attachment to an e-mail 
message, as specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Any digital 
image provided by a manufacturer shall be not less than 200 or more than 
300 dpi (dots per inch) resolution. Such documents may also be submitted 
in paper form. Each document shall be identified in accordance with the 
templates provided at NHTSA's early warning Web site, which is 
identified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (c) Designation of manufacturer contacts. Not later than 30 days 
prior to the date of its first quarterly submission, each manufacturer 
must provide the names, office telephone numbers, postal and street 
mailing addresses, and electronic mail addresses of two employees (one 
primary and one back-up) whom NHTSA may contact for resolving issues 
that may arise concerning the submission of information and documents 
required by this part.
    (d) Manufacturer reporting identification and password. Not later 
than 30 days prior to the date of its first quarterly submission, each 
manufacturer must request a manufacturer identification number and a 
password.
    (e) Graphic compression protocol. Not later than 30 days prior to 
the date of its first quarterly submission, each manufacturer which 
wishes to submit a copy of a document in digital form, as provided in 
paragraph (b) of this section, must obtain approval from NHTSA for the 
use of such protocol.
    (f) Information and requests submitted under paragraphs (c), (d), 
and (e) of this section shall be provided in writing to the Director, 
Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

[67 FR 45873, July 10, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 35145, June 11, 2003]