[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7738-7739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02808]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0008]
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit
public comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections.
This document describes the collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 11, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA-2014-0008 using any of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1-(202) 493-2251.
Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form for all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comments (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Russell Pierce, Contracting
Officer's Technical Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety
Research (NTI-132), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W46-472, Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Pierce's
phone number is (202) 366-5599 and his email address is
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult
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with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each
proposed collection of information. NHTSA asks public comment on the
following proposed collection of information:
Questionnaires for Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Research
Type of Request--New Information Collection.
OMB Clearance Number--None.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval--3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information--The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposes to collect
questionnaires from research participants and potential research
participants. The information collected will be used to improve the
quality of the questions that will be used in subsequent approved data
collection efforts. Data collections may be collected from volunteers
in-person, via US mail, via email, via telephone, or via a Web site.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information--
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was
authorized by the Highway Safety Act of 1966 to carry out a
Congressional mandate to reduce the mounting number of deaths, injuries
and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on our
Nation's highways. As part of this statutory mandate, NHTSA is
authorized to conduct research as a foundation for the development of
motor vehicle standards and traffic safety programs.
NHTSA is requesting generic clearance to conduct information
collections in the form of questionnaires for the purposes of improving
the integrity, quality, and utility of other approved data collection
efforts. This clearance will enable NHTSA to undergo the type of
iterative development process wherein the practical, conceptual, and
mathematical properties of questions are evaluated; this approach is
standard in research of the type NHTSA conducts. This will also serve
to allow NHTSA to better serve the purposes set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3501
by producing a higher quality research product and avoiding any
additional paperwork burden that may result from questions that fail to
have suitable practical, conceptual, or mathematical properties.
Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number,
and Proposed Frequency of Response to the Collection of Information)--
Volunteers will be recruited from other approved NHTSA data collection
efforts, NHTSA's traffic safety partners, or individuals recruited via
advertisement based on questionnaire criteria. NHTSA anticipates
needing approximately 2,000 participants per year. NHTSA anticipates
that any volunteers recruited will only be contacted once in any given
year.
Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of Information-- Recruitment, scheduling,
and the completion of questionnaires are estimated to require no more
than 30 minutes per individual. Therefore, the total estimated annual
reporting burden is 1,000 hours.
Public Comments Invited: Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), you are asked to comment on any aspect of this information
collection, including (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the Department's performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection;
and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this
information collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued on February 5, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2014-02808 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
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