2004 Final Theft Data

59400 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / Rules and Regulations *Elevation in feet (NGVD) +Elevation in feet Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation (NAVD) Communities # Depth in feet affected above ground Modified ADDRESSES City of Brighton: Maps are available for inspection at 22 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. Send comments to the Honorable Jan Pawlowski, Mayor, City of Brighton, 22 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. City of Commerce City: Maps are available for inspection at 5291 East 60th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022. Send comments to the Honorable Sean Ford, Mayor, City of Commerce City, 5291 East 60th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022. City of Thornton: Maps are available for inspection at Infrastructure Maintenance Center, 12450 Washington Street, Thornton, Colorado 80229. Send comments to the Honorable Noel Busck, Mayor, City of Thornton, 9500 Civic Center Drive, Thornton, Colorado 80229. Unincorporated Areas of Adams County: Maps are available for inspection at 12200 North Pecos Street, Third Floor, Westminster, Colorado 80234. Send comments to Commissioner Larry W. Pace, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, 450 South 4th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. theft data and publish the information receives vehicle theft information from 83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) for review and comment. nearly 23,000 criminal justice agencies Dated: September 26, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. and other law enforcement authorities David I. Maurstad, Deborah Mazyck, Office of International throughout the United States. The NCIC Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer data also include reported thefts of self- Emergency Management Agency, Department Programs, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, insured and uninsured vehicles, not all of Homeland Security. SW., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. of which are reported to other data [FR Doc. E6–16660 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] Mazyck’s telephone number is (202) sources. BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 366–0846. Her fax number is (202) 493– 2290. The 2004 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA number of reported thefts of MY 2004 administers a program for reducing DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION motor vehicle theft. The central feature vehicles of that line stolen during of this program is the Federal Motor calendar year 2004 by the total number National Highway Traffic Safety Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 49 of vehicles in that line manufactured for Administration CFR part 541. The standard specifies MY 2004, as reported to the performance requirements for inscribing Environmental Protection Agency 49 CFR Part 541 and affixing vehicle identification (EPA). [Docket No. NHTSA–2005–20278] numbers (VINs) onto certain major The final 2004 theft data show a original equipment and replacement decrease in the vehicle theft rate when Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft parts of high-theft lines of passenger compared to the theft rate experienced Prevention Standard motor vehicles. in CY/MY 2003. The final theft rate for The agency is required by 49 U.S.C. MY 2004 passenger vehicles stolen in AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 33104(b)(4) to periodically obtain, from calendar year 2004 decreased to 1.83 Safety Administration (NHTSA), the most reliable source, accurate and thefts per thousand vehicles produced, Department of Transportation. timely theft data and publish the data a decrease of 0.54 percent from the rate ACTION: Publication of final theft data. for review and comment. To fulfill this statutory mandate, NHTSA has of 1.84 thefts per thousand vehicles SUMMARY: This document publishes the published theft data annually beginning experienced by MY 2003 vehicles in CY final data on thefts of model year (MY) with MYs 1983/84. Continuing to fulfill 2003. For MY 2004 vehicles, out of a 2004 passenger motor vehicles that the § 33104(b)(4) mandate, this total of 230 vehicle lines, 22 lines had occurred in calendar year (CY) 2004. document reports the final theft data for a theft rate higher than 3.5826 per The final 2004 theft data indicate a CY 2004, the most recent calendar year thousand vehicles, the established decrease in the vehicle theft rate for which data are available. median theft rate for MYs 1990/1991. experienced in CY/MY 2004. The final In calculating the 2004 theft rates, (See 59 FR 12400, March 16, 1994). Of theft rate for MY 2004 passenger NHTSA followed the same procedures it the 22 vehicle lines with a theft rate vehicles stolen in calendar year 2004 used in calculating the MY 2003 theft higher than 3.5826, 20 are passenger car (1.83 thefts per thousand vehicles) rates. (For 2003 theft data calculations, lines, one is a multipurpose passenger decreased by 0.54 percent from the theft see 70 FR 46092, August 9, 2005). As in vehicle line, and one is a light-duty rate for CY/MY 2003 (1.84 thefts per all previous reports, NHTSA’s data were truck line. thousand vehicles) when compared to based on information provided to The MY 2004 theft rate reduction is the theft rate experienced in CY/MY NHTSA by the National Crime 2003. Publication of these data fulfills Information Center (NCIC) of the consistent with the general decreasing NHTSA’s statutory obligation to Federal Bureau of Investigation. The trend of theft rates over the past eleven periodically obtain accurate and timely NCIC is a government system that years as indicated by Figure 1. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:05 Oct 06, 2006 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\10OCR1.SGM 10OCR1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / Rules and Regulations 59401 The agency believes that the theft rate vehicle lines. The agency used written been revised to reflect these changes. reduction could be the result of several comments to make the necessary Volkswagen also informed the agency factors including the increased use of adjustments to its data. that Rolls Royce was incorrectly listed standard antitheft devices (i.e., The agency received a written as the manufacturer for the Arnage and immobilizers), vehicle partsmarking, comment from Volkswagen of America, Continental entries. The final theft data increased and improved prosecution Inc. (VW). In its comments, VW have been revised to reflect that Bentley efforts by law enforcement organizations informed the agency that the is the manufacturer for the Arnage and and, increased public awareness Lamborghini Gallardo and the the Continental vehicles. measures. Lamborghini L–140/141 are the same On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, NHTSA vehicle. The vehicles had been The following list represents published the preliminary theft rates for erroneously listed as two entries. The NHTSA’s final calculation of theft rates CY 2004 passenger motor vehicles in the correct production volume and number for all 2004 passenger motor vehicle Federal Register (71 FR 25803). The of thefts were correctly reported under lines. This list is intended to inform the agency tentatively ranked each of the the Gallardo entry. Therefore, the L– public of calendar year 2004 motor MY 2004 vehicle lines in descending 140/141 entry has been deleted. vehicle thefts of model year 2004 order of theft rate. The public was Additionally, VW commented that the vehicles and does not have any effect on requested to comment on the accuracy Lamborghini L–147/148 entry should be the obligations of regulated parties of the data and to provide final correctly listed as the Lamborghini under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331, Theft production figures for individual Murcielago. The final theft data have Prevention. FINAL REPORT OF THEFT RATES FOR MODEL YEAR 2004 PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES STOLEN IN CALENDAR YEAR 2004 2004 Theft Production rate (per 1,000 Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2004 (Mfr’s) 2004 vehicles produced) 1. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ................................ DODGE INTREPID ........................................ 662 67,289 9.8382 2. TOYOTA ..................................................... TUNDRA PICKUP .......................................... 135 14,660 9.2087 3. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ................................ DODGE STRATUS ........................................ 1,047 140,248 7.4653 4. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ................................ CHRYSLER SEBRING .................................. 525 90,897 5.7758 5. HONDA ....................................................... ACURA NSX .................................................. 1 198 5.0505 6. GENERAL MOTORS .................................. OLDSMOBILE ALERO ................................... 346 69,534 4.9760 7. GENERAL MOTORS .................................. CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC .................. 464 98,025 4.7335 8. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ................................ CHRYSLER CONCORDE .............................. 108 2,879 4.7205 9. MITSUBISHI ............................................... DIAMANTE ..................................................... 19 4,135 4.5949 10 SUBARU .................................................... IMPREZA ....................................................... 177 8,806 4.5612 11. MITSUBISHI ............................................. MONTERO SPORT ....................................... 24 5,414 4.4330 12. GENERAL MOTORS ................................ CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO ...................... 268 62,391 4.2955 VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:57 Oct 06, 2006 Jkt 211001

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