Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Individual Differences Study, 61136-61137 [2011-25325]

Download as PDF 61136 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 191 / Monday, October 3, 2011 / Notices improvements to Loop 375 Border Highway West, in El Paso County, Texas, is being rescinded. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory S. Punske, P.E., District Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division, 300 East 8th Street, Room 826, Austin, Texas 78701, Telephone (512) 536–5960. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In September 2007, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and FHWA announced their intent to prepare an EIS pursuant to 40 CFR 1508.22 and 43 TAC Sec. 2.5(e)(2) for the proposed ´ ´ Loop 375 Cesar Chavez Highway (Border Highway West Extension) in El Paso, Texas, to include the Texas, New ´ Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua ´ Mexico border region. The proposed Border Highway West Extension project limits extended approximately 13.8 miles to provide a continuous route from Interstate 10 (I–10) east of State Highway (SH) 20 (Mesa Street) to Sunland Park Drive and continued on Loop 375 to end at United States Highway (US) 54. The proposed project was part of an alternate route to provide congestion relief for I–10, an east-west facility north of the project. The Loop 375 Border Highway West Extension Project was originally included in the Gateway 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP); and is currently included in the current Mission 2035 MTP, a transportation program adopted by the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in August of 2010 and approved for air conformity on January 28, 2011. The EIS was in the preliminary stages of development. Two scoping meetings were held for cooperating and participating agencies on October 23, 2007 and October 30, 2007 at the El Paso International Airport Board Room, 6701 Convair Road, El Paso, Texas. In addition, two public scoping meetings were held on these same dates at Hilos de Plata Senior Center and the Westside Regional Command Center, El Paso, Texas. FHWA and TxDOT have decided to rescind the Notice of Intent because the Texas Department of Transportation will be using State funding for the delivery of the project. A project containing no Federal funds or Federal actions is not required to complete NEPA project approvals. Further, the project will be broken into several phases or projects, all to be funded with State funds and all to have logical termini and independent utility. Consequently, the previously proposed project will undergo several environmental evaluations under a State VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:42 Sep 30, 2011 Jkt 223001 environmental process. Comments or questions concerning the rescission of this proposed action and the EIS should be directed to the FHWA at the address provided above. Gregory S. Punske, District Engineer, Austin, Texas. [FR Doc. 2011–25364 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0225] Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Individual Differences Study Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval of a new ICR that is associated with a study that will be conducted by a research contractor to investigate the differences among the characteristics of individual commercial drivers. This information collection will aid FMCSA in developing future safety initiatives by examining a wide array of driver and situational factors to determine if they are associated with increased or decreased crash and incident involvement. SUMMARY: Comments must be submitted on or before December 2, 2011. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA–2011–0225 using any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. • Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590– 0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the exemption process, see the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to https:// www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street address listed above. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement for the Federal Docket Management System published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit https:// edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8794.pdf. Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify you that we received your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be considered to the extent practicable. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Hallquist, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Analysis, Research and Technology, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 0001. Telephone (202) 366–1064 or email theresa.hallquist@dot.gov., Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this study is to identify, verify, quantify, and prioritize commercial driver risk factors. Primarily, these are personal factors E:\FR\FM\03OCN1.SGM 03OCN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 191 / Monday, October 3, 2011 / Notices such as demographic characteristics, medical conditions, personality traits, and performance capabilities. Risk factors may also include work environmental conditions, such as carrier operations type. The study will identify risk factors by linking the characteristics of individual drivers with their driving records, especially the presence or absence of DOT reportable crashes. Title: Commercial Driver Individual Differences Study. OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX. Type of Request: New ICR. Respondents: Commercial motor vehicle drivers and fleet managers. Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,020. Estimated Time per Response: The estimated average time per responses are as follow: 1 hour, 5 minutes for paper and 1 hour for electronic Form MCSA–5863, ‘‘Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Survey,’’ submissions; 35 minutes for paper and 30 minutes for electronically Form MCSA–5864, ‘‘Follow-Up Survey of Recent Life Experiences,’’ submissions; 75 minutes for paper and 70 minutes for electronic Driver Survey and Job Descriptive Index from the Follow-up Survey submissions; and 10 minutes for the Form MCSA– 5865, ‘‘Fleet Managers Survey,’’ submissions. Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new information collection request. Frequency of Response: This information collection will be a single, nonrecurring event for 16,000 CMV driver participants and 20 fleet managers. For at least 5,000 CMV driver participants, the information collection will occur twice. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9,536 hours. 8,822 hours for CMV driver participants: [16,800 CMV drivers completing paper Driver Survey × 65 minutes + 4,200 CMV drivers completing electronic Driver Survey × 1 hour + 4,000 drivers completing paper Follow-Up Survey × 35 minutes per driver / 60 minutes + 1,000 drivers completing electronic Follow-Up Survey × 30 minutes per driver / 60 minutes + 800 CMV drivers completing paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive Index × 75 minutes per driver / 60 minutes + 200 CMV drivers completing paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive Inde× × 70 minutes per driver / 60 minutes = 26,466 hours/3 years = 8,822 hours] + 714 hours for Carrier Operations: [20 participating carriers × 2 hours to learn about and agree to participation + 40 carrier managers completing IRB training × 2 hours + 20 Managers recruiting and handling data collection of 20,000 respondents × 83 VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:42 Sep 30, 2011 Jkt 223001 hours + 20 Managers completing Fleet Manager Survey × 10 minutes + Carrier managers delivering monthly crash reports to VTTI (20 carriers × 36 months) × 30 minutes / 60 minutes = 2,143/3 years = 714 hours]. 8,822 hours for CMV driver participants + 714 hours for Carriers Operations = 9,536 hours. Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this revised information collection request, including: (1) The necessity and usefulness of the information collection for FMCSA to meet its goal in reducing truck crashes; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burdens; (3) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to minimize the collection burden 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. Issued on: September 23, 2011. Kelly Leone, Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2011–25325 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0084] Hours of Service of Drivers: Western Pilot Service Application for Exemption Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of application for exemption; request for comments. AGENCY: FMCSA has received an application from Western Pilot Service (‘‘Western’’) requesting an exemption from certain hours-of-service (HOS) provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemption request is for Western’s drivers who transport aviation fuel for aircraft used in wild-land firefighting operations. Western specifically requests an exemption for up to 15 drivers from § 395.3(b)(2), the HOS prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) after the 70th hour of cumulative on-duty time in any 8-day period. FMCSA requests public comment on the Western application for exemption. DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 2, 2011. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 61137 You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket Management System Number [FMCSA– 2011–0084] by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. • Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the exemption process, see the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to https:// www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street address listed above. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (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 19476) or you may visit https:// DocketInfo.dot.gov. Public participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can get electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify you that we received your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the comment closing date will be included in the docket, and we will consider late comments to the extent practicable. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\03OCN1.SGM 03OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0225]


Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information 
Collection Request: Commercial Driver Individual Differences Study

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA 
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its 
review and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests 
approval of a new ICR that is associated with a study that will be 
conducted by a research contractor to investigate the differences among 
the characteristics of individual commercial drivers. This information 
collection will aid FMCSA in developing future safety initiatives by 
examining a wide array of driver and situational factors to determine 
if they are associated with increased or decreased crash and incident 
involvement.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 2, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2011-0225 using any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the exemption process, see the Public 
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the 
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street 
address listed above.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement for the Federal Docket Management System 
published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or 
you may visit https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
    Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic 
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section 
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify 
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, 
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that 
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the 
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Hallquist, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Analysis, Research and 
Technology, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone (202) 366-1064 
or e-mail theresa.hallquist@dot.gov., Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this study is to identify, 
verify, quantify, and prioritize commercial driver risk factors. 
Primarily, these are personal factors

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such as demographic characteristics, medical conditions, personality 
traits, and performance capabilities. Risk factors may also include 
work environmental conditions, such as carrier operations type. The 
study will identify risk factors by linking the characteristics of 
individual drivers with their driving records, especially the presence 
or absence of DOT reportable crashes.
    Title: Commercial Driver Individual Differences Study.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-XXXX.
    Type of Request: New ICR.
    Respondents: Commercial motor vehicle drivers and fleet managers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,020.
    Estimated Time per Response: The estimated average time per 
responses are as follow: 1 hour, 5 minutes for paper and 1 hour for 
electronic Form MCSA-5863, ``Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Survey,'' 
submissions; 35 minutes for paper and 30 minutes for electronically 
Form MCSA-5864, ``Follow-Up Survey of Recent Life Experiences,'' 
submissions; 75 minutes for paper and 70 minutes for electronic Driver 
Survey and Job Descriptive Index from the Follow-up Survey submissions; 
and 10 minutes for the Form MCSA-5865, ``Fleet Managers Survey,'' 
submissions.
    Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new information collection request.
    Frequency of Response: This information collection will be a 
single, nonrecurring event for 16,000 CMV driver participants and 20 
fleet managers. For at least 5,000 CMV driver participants, the 
information collection will occur twice.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9,536 hours. 8,822 hours for CMV 
driver participants: [16,800 CMV drivers completing paper Driver Survey 
x 65 minutes + 4,200 CMV drivers completing electronic Driver Survey x 
1 hour + 4,000 drivers completing paper Follow-Up Survey x 35 minutes 
per driver / 60 minutes + 1,000 drivers completing electronic Follow-Up 
Survey x 30 minutes per driver / 60 minutes + 800 CMV drivers 
completing paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive Index x 75 minutes 
per driver / 60 minutes + 200 CMV drivers completing paper Driver 
Survey and Job Descriptive Index x 70 minutes per driver / 60 minutes = 
26,466 hours/3 years = 8,822 hours] + 714 hours for Carrier Operations: 
[20 participating carriers x 2 hours to learn about and agree to 
participation + 40 carrier managers completing IRB training x 2 hours + 
20 Managers recruiting and handling data collection of 20,000 
respondents x 83 hours + 20 Managers completing Fleet Manager Survey x 
10 minutes + Carrier managers delivering monthly crash reports to VTTI 
(20 carriers x 36 months) x 30 minutes / 60 minutes = 2,143/3 years = 
714 hours]. 8,822 hours for CMV driver participants + 714 hours for 
Carriers Operations = 9,536 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this revised information collection request, including: (1) The 
necessity and usefulness of the information collection for FMCSA to 
meet its goal in reducing truck crashes; (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burdens; (3) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and 
clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to minimize the 
collection burden 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.

    Issued on: September 23, 2011.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-25325 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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