EPA Renews Rules for Handling Recalled Airbags
Published Date: 12/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The EPA is asking to keep collecting info about safely handling recalled airbags for a few more years. This affects car repair shops, manufacturers, and anyone dealing with these airbags to make sure they’re managed safely. You’ve got until January 29, 2026, to share your thoughts, and there’s no new cost or big changes—just a renewal of the current rules.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Three-Year Airbag Recordkeeping Rule
If you handle recalled airbags (listed by EPA as motor vehicle and parts dealers), you must keep records at the airbag handler for no less than three years showing all off-site shipments and confirmations of receipt. This is a required recordkeeping rule tied to the Safe Management of Recalled Airbags ICR.
Estimated Annual Burden and Cost
EPA estimates the renewal covers 15,431 respondents with a total estimated burden of 4,320 hours per year and a total estimated cost of $151,290 per year. The ICR notes an increase of 71 hours in burden estimates due to more respondents.
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