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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[US DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0056]
Reports, Forms and Record Keeping
Requirements, Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review,
OMB Control Number 2127—NEW
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on December 2,
2009 [74 FR 63225] in conjunction with
a notice of proposed rulemaking that
would establish a new Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
226 for which the collection of
information would be needed. No
comments were received on the ICR.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
The collection of information described
is the ‘‘Ejection Mitigation Phase in
Reporting Requirements—Part 585.’’
(OMB Control Number: 2127–XXXX)
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725—17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Louis N. Molino at U.S. Department of
Transportation, NHTSA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Room
W43–419, NVS–112, Washington, DC
20590. Mr. Molino’s telephone number
is (202) 366–1740 and fax number is
(202) 493–2990.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Ejection Mitigation Phase in
Reporting Requirements—Part 585.
OMB Control Number: 2127–XXXX.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 30111 authorizes
the issuance of Federal motor vehicle
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safety standards (FMVSSs) and
regulations. The agency, in prescribing
an FMVSS or regulations, considers
available relevant motor vehicle safety
data, and consults with other agencies,
as it deems appropriate. Further, the
statute mandates that in issuing any
FMVSS or regulation, the agency
considers whether the standard or
regulation is ‘‘reasonable, practicable
and appropriate for the particular type
of motor vehicle or item of motor
vehicle equipment for which it is
prescribed,’’ and whether such a
standard will contribute to carrying out
the purpose of the Act.
The Secretary is authorized to invoke
such rules and regulations, as deemed
necessary to carry out these
requirements. Using this authority, on
January 19, 2011, the agency published
a final rule (76 FR 3212) establishing
FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection mitigation.’’
The final rule contained a collection of
information because of the proposed
phase-in reporting requirements. The
collection of information requires
manufacturers of passenger cars and of
trucks, buses and multi-purpose
passenger vehicles (MPVs) with a
GVWR of 4,536 kg (10,000 lb) or less, to
annually submit a report, and maintain
records related to the report, concerning
the number of such vehicles that meet
the ejection mitigation requirements of
this FMVSS. The phase-in of the test
requirements would be completed on
September 1, 2017, at which time, all
affected vehicles are required to meet
the new requirements. The purpose of
the reporting requirements is to aid the
agency in determining whether a
manufacturer has complied with the
ejection mitigation requirements during
the phase-in of those requirements.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
1,260 hours.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Departments estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is most effective if
OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
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Issued on: June 13, 2013.
Lori Summers,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA—2012–0084]
National Automotive Sampling System
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of the Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public listening
session.
AGENCY:
NHTSA has reached the next
phase of the design for the
modernization of National Automotive
Sampling System (NASS) or Data
Modernization (DataMod). NHTSA
announces that it will hold a public
listening session to solicit information
and comments on: (a) Adding, deleting
or changing the current NASS data
elements for DataMod, and; (b)
recommendations for changing or
improving the NASS data collection
methodology. NHTSA will give a brief
status of the project and then open the
floor to the public. The listening session
will also be accessible through the
Internet.
DATES: The listening session will be
held on July 18, 2013, from 1:00–5:00
p.m., EDT. If all participants have had
an opportunity to comment, the session
may conclude earlier.
ADDRESSES: The listening session will
be held at the U. S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, in
the Oklahoma City Conference Room. In
addition to attending the session in
person, the Agency offers several ways
to provide comments as enumerated
below.
• Internet Access Via the Web:
NHTSA will post specific information
on how to participate via the Internet on
the NHTSA Web site at www.nhtsa.gov
one week before the listening session.
You may submit comments bearing
the Federal Docket Management System
Docket ID NHTSA–2012–0084 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Send comments to: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
SUMMARY:
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of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590.
• Fax: Written comments may be
faxed to (202) 493–2251
• Hand Delivery: If you plan to
submit written comments by hand or
courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
Whichever way you submit your
comments, please remember to mention
the agency and the docket number of
this document within your
correspondence. Please 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.
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
comments (or signing the comments, 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 https://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
For
information concerning the listening
session or access via the Internet, please
contact Delia Lopez, National Center for
Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA
(telephone: 202–366–5365 or email:
delia.lopez@dot.gov). Registration is
available at www.nhtsa.gov.
If you need sign language assistance
to participate in this listening session,
contact Ms. Lopez by July 3, 2013, to
allow us to arrange for such services.
NHTSA cannot guarantee that
interpreter services requested on short
notice will be provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
listening session will allow interested
persons to present comments and
propose future data elements to be
collected by NASS excluding comments
already submitted. All comments and
discussions will be transcribed and
placed in docket NHTSA–2012–0084 for
NHTSA’s consideration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Background
NHTSA is undertaking a
modernization effort to upgrade the
National Automotive Sampling System
(NASS) by improving the information
technology (IT) infrastructure, updating
and prioritizing the data collected,
reselecting the sample sites and sample
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sizes, re-examining the electronic
formats in which the crash data files are
made available to the public, and
improving data collection methods and
quality control procedures, among other
activities. This project is called the Data
Modernization (DataMod) Project.
NASS collects crash data on a
nationally representative sample of
police-reported motor vehicle traffic
crashes and related injuries. NASS data
are used by Federal, State, and local
government agencies, as well as by
industry and academia in the U.S. and
around the world. The data enable
stakeholders to make informed
regulatory, program, and policy
decisions regarding vehicle design and
traffic safety. The NASS system
currently has two components: the
General Estimates System (GES) and the
Crashworthiness Data System (CDS).
While the GES captures information on
all types of traffic crashes, the CDS
focuses on more severe crashes
involving passenger vehicles to better
document the consequences to vehicles
and occupants in crashes—i.e.,
crashworthiness.
NASS was originally designed in the
1970’s, and has not received significant
revision since that time with regard to
the type of data collected and the sites
for data collection. Over the last three
decades NHTSA understands that the
scope of traffic safety studies has
expanded and the data needs of the
transportation community have
increased and significantly changed. In
addition, the distribution of the U.S.
population has shifted over the past 23
years, and there is a growing need for
the collection of information that
addresses issues of crash avoidance.
Recognizing the importance of this data,
NHTSA is pursuing the DataMod Project
to enhance the quality of the data
collected and the overall effectiveness of
the NASS.
This modernization effort includes
the following major objectives:
• Propose data elements for the crash
investigation portion of NASS that are
responsive to the current and future
needs of both internal and external data
users;
• Develop a detailed, executable
sample design and data collection
protocol blueprint that meets data needs
in an effective and efficient manner
while still maintaining national
representativeness;
• Modernize the information
technology (IT) infrastructure;
• Re-examine the electronic formats
in which the crash data files are made
available to the public; and
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• Examine using new data collection
methods and quality control procedures
to improve data quality and timeliness.
II. Comments From Stakeholders
On June 21, 2012, NHTSA published
a Federal Register notice (77 FR 37471–
72) soliciting comments from NASS
users on the current data elements,
proposed new data elements,
suggestions on the research design and
data collection protocol for the
modernized study, and any other ideas
NHTSA should consider to improve
crash data.
Twenty-five organizations and
individuals submitted comments in
response to the Federal Register Notice.
Most of the comments came from
research organizations and automobile
manufacturers and their associations.
The 25 organizations and individuals
provided 313 specific comments. As
expected, most of the specific comments
were related to NASS CDS (292 or 93%).
The remaining comments were related
to GES, the Fatality Analysis Reporting
System (FARS), or multiple NHTSA
crash data bases.
Specific comments fell into common
general topic areas. The most common
topic areas were scene, followed by
sample design, data elements, and
vehicle reconstruction. Once the
comments were grouped into topic
areas, it was clear that many of the
comments overlapped or were the same.
At least two or more associations and
individuals requested the same
information in the new system. For
example, although we received 41
specific comments on scene
information, many of the comments
were similar. In fact, if you group by
unique comments there are only 18
unique comments related to scene.
Seven commenters wanted latitude and
longitude data added to both GES and
CDS in the new system.
Anyone who responded previously to
the previous Federal Register Notice
requesting comments does not need to
resubmit their comments. To see the
comments that were submitted, please
go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for docket number, NHTSA–
2012–0084.
III. Meeting Participation and
Information NHTSA Seeks From the
Public
The listening session is open to the
public. NHTSA will open the meeting
by providing a brief presentation on the
current status. The status update will
include an overall description of the
Data Mod Project and project timing,
provide information on the new sample
design and describe the information
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technology implementation. NHTSA has
reached the next phase of the design for
the modernization of NASS. In this
phase we need to finalize the new data
elements. Current NASS data elements,
coding instructions, and descriptive
materials can be reviewed on NHTSA’s
Web site at: https://nhtsa.gov/NASS.
Speakers’ remarks will be limited to
10 minutes each. Pre-registration is
required for in-person and webinar
participation. Register at www.nhtsa.gov
by July 11, 2013. For questions contact
Delia Lopez at delia.lopez@dot.gov or
202–366–5365. In-person participants
need to bring photo identification and
should plan to arrive 45 minutes before
the session starts to allow time to clear
building security. The public may
submit material to the NHTSA staff at
the session for inclusion in the public
docket, NHTSA–2012–0084.
IV. Alternative Access Via the Internet
During the Listening Session on July 18,
2013
NHTSA will also provide access via
the Internet for participants. The
telephone access number and other
information on how to participate via
the Internet will be posted on the
NHTSA Web site at www.nhsta.gov one
week before the listening session.
Internet participants must register at
www.nhtsa.gov by July 11, 2013.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center For
Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons
Pursuant to Executive Order 12978
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the
names of the individuals whose
property and interests in property have
been unblocked pursuant to Executive
Order 12978 of October 21, 1995,
‘‘Blocking Assets and Prohibiting
Transactions With Significant Narcotics
Traffickers’’.
DATES: The unblocking and removal
from the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN
List’’) of the two individuals identified
in this notice whose property and
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interests in property were blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of
October 21, 1995, is effective on June
12, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, Department
of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel:
(202)622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on demand
service at (202) 622–0077.
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Individuals
1. PUENTE GONZALEZ, Carlos Alberto;
DOB 28 Nov 1937; Cedula No.
2449885 (Colombia); Passport
2449885 (Colombia) (individual)
[SDNT].
2. VASQUEZ DIAZ, Augusto de Jesus,
c/o FLORIDA SOCCER CLUB S.A.,
Medellin, Colombia; POB Colombia;
Cedula No. 3333064 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
Dated: June 12, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Background
Office of Foreign Assets Control
On October 21, 1995, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706)
(‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order
12978 (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995)
(the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the
President declared a national emergency
to deal with the threat posed by
significant foreign narcotics traffickers
centered in Colombia and the harm that
they cause in the United States and
abroad.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The foreign persons listed in an Annex
to the Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of
Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General and the Secretary of
State: (a) To play a significant role in
international narcotics trafficking
centered in Colombia; or (b) to
materially assist in, or provide financial
or technological support for or goods or
services in support of, the narcotics
trafficking activities of persons
designated in or pursuant to the Order;
and (3) persons determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Attorney General
and the Secretary of State, to be owned
or controlled by, or to act for or on
behalf of, persons designated pursuant
to the Order.
On June 12, 2013, the Director of
OFAC removed from the SDN List the
two individuals listed below, whose
property and interests in property were
blocked pursuant to the Order:
Additional Designations, Foreign
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
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Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the
names of 18 individuals and 15 entities
whose property and interests in
property have been blocked pursuant to
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21
U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
DATES: The designation by the Director
of OFAC of the 18 individuals and 15
entities identified in this notice
pursuant to section 805(b) of the
Kingpin Act is effective on June 12,
2013.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation Office of
Foreign Assets Control U.S. Department
of the Treasury Washington, DC 20220
Tel: (202) 622–2490
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s Web site at
https://www.treasury.gov/ofac or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service at (202) 622–0077.
Background
The Kingpin Act became law on
December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act
establishes a program targeting the
activities of significant foreign narcotics
traffickers and their organizations on a
worldwide basis. It provides a statutory
framework for the imposition of
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA--2012-0084]
National Automotive Sampling System
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of the Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public listening session.
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SUMMARY: NHTSA has reached the next phase of the design for the
modernization of National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) or Data
Modernization (DataMod). NHTSA announces that it will hold a public
listening session to solicit information and comments on: (a) Adding,
deleting or changing the current NASS data elements for DataMod, and;
(b) recommendations for changing or improving the NASS data collection
methodology. NHTSA will give a brief status of the project and then
open the floor to the public. The listening session will also be
accessible through the Internet.
DATES: The listening session will be held on July 18, 2013, from 1:00-
5:00 p.m., EDT. If all participants have had an opportunity to comment,
the session may conclude earlier.
ADDRESSES: The listening session will be held at the U. S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
in the Oklahoma City Conference Room. In addition to attending the
session in person, the Agency offers several ways to provide comments
as enumerated below.
Internet Access Via the Web: NHTSA will post specific
information on how to participate via the Internet on the NHTSA Web
site at www.nhtsa.gov one week before the listening session.
You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket Management
System Docket ID NHTSA-2012-0084 using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Send comments to: Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department
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of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590.
Fax: Written comments may be faxed to (202) 493-2251
Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by
hand or courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Whichever way you submit your comments, please remember to mention
the agency and the docket number of this document within your
correspondence. Please 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.
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 comments (or signing the comments, 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 https://DocketInfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the
listening session or access via the Internet, please contact Delia
Lopez, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA (telephone:
202-366-5365 or email: delia.lopez@dot.gov). Registration is available
at www.nhtsa.gov.
If you need sign language assistance to participate in this
listening session, contact Ms. Lopez by July 3, 2013, to allow us to
arrange for such services. NHTSA cannot guarantee that interpreter
services requested on short notice will be provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The listening session will allow interested
persons to present comments and propose future data elements to be
collected by NASS excluding comments already submitted. All comments
and discussions will be transcribed and placed in docket NHTSA-2012-
0084 for NHTSA's consideration.
I. Background
NHTSA is undertaking a modernization effort to upgrade the National
Automotive Sampling System (NASS) by improving the information
technology (IT) infrastructure, updating and prioritizing the data
collected, reselecting the sample sites and sample sizes, re-examining
the electronic formats in which the crash data files are made available
to the public, and improving data collection methods and quality
control procedures, among other activities. This project is called the
Data Modernization (DataMod) Project.
NASS collects crash data on a nationally representative sample of
police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes and related injuries.
NASS data are used by Federal, State, and local government agencies, as
well as by industry and academia in the U.S. and around the world. The
data enable stakeholders to make informed regulatory, program, and
policy decisions regarding vehicle design and traffic safety. The NASS
system currently has two components: the General Estimates System (GES)
and the Crashworthiness Data System (CDS). While the GES captures
information on all types of traffic crashes, the CDS focuses on more
severe crashes involving passenger vehicles to better document the
consequences to vehicles and occupants in crashes--i.e.,
crashworthiness.
NASS was originally designed in the 1970's, and has not received
significant revision since that time with regard to the type of data
collected and the sites for data collection. Over the last three
decades NHTSA understands that the scope of traffic safety studies has
expanded and the data needs of the transportation community have
increased and significantly changed. In addition, the distribution of
the U.S. population has shifted over the past 23 years, and there is a
growing need for the collection of information that addresses issues of
crash avoidance. Recognizing the importance of this data, NHTSA is
pursuing the DataMod Project to enhance the quality of the data
collected and the overall effectiveness of the NASS.
This modernization effort includes the following major objectives:
Propose data elements for the crash investigation portion
of NASS that are responsive to the current and future needs of both
internal and external data users;
Develop a detailed, executable sample design and data
collection protocol blueprint that meets data needs in an effective and
efficient manner while still maintaining national representativeness;
Modernize the information technology (IT) infrastructure;
Re-examine the electronic formats in which the crash data
files are made available to the public; and
Examine using new data collection methods and quality
control procedures to improve data quality and timeliness.
II. Comments From Stakeholders
On June 21, 2012, NHTSA published a Federal Register notice (77 FR
37471-72) soliciting comments from NASS users on the current data
elements, proposed new data elements, suggestions on the research
design and data collection protocol for the modernized study, and any
other ideas NHTSA should consider to improve crash data.
Twenty-five organizations and individuals submitted comments in
response to the Federal Register Notice. Most of the comments came from
research organizations and automobile manufacturers and their
associations. The 25 organizations and individuals provided 313
specific comments. As expected, most of the specific comments were
related to NASS CDS (292 or 93%). The remaining comments were related
to GES, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), or multiple
NHTSA crash data bases.
Specific comments fell into common general topic areas. The most
common topic areas were scene, followed by sample design, data
elements, and vehicle reconstruction. Once the comments were grouped
into topic areas, it was clear that many of the comments overlapped or
were the same. At least two or more associations and individuals
requested the same information in the new system. For example, although
we received 41 specific comments on scene information, many of the
comments were similar. In fact, if you group by unique comments there
are only 18 unique comments related to scene. Seven commenters wanted
latitude and longitude data added to both GES and CDS in the new
system.
Anyone who responded previously to the previous Federal Register
Notice requesting comments does not need to resubmit their comments. To
see the comments that were submitted, please go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for docket number, NHTSA-2012-0084.
III. Meeting Participation and Information NHTSA Seeks From the Public
The listening session is open to the public. NHTSA will open the
meeting by providing a brief presentation on the current status. The
status update will include an overall description of the Data Mod
Project and project timing, provide information on the new sample
design and describe the information
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technology implementation. NHTSA has reached the next phase of the
design for the modernization of NASS. In this phase we need to finalize
the new data elements. Current NASS data elements, coding instructions,
and descriptive materials can be reviewed on NHTSA's Web site at:
https://nhtsa.gov/NASS.
Speakers' remarks will be limited to 10 minutes each. Pre-
registration is required for in-person and webinar participation.
Register at www.nhtsa.gov by July 11, 2013. For questions contact Delia
Lopez at delia.lopez@dot.gov or 202-366-5365. In-person participants
need to bring photo identification and should plan to arrive 45 minutes
before the session starts to allow time to clear building security. The
public may submit material to the NHTSA staff at the session for
inclusion in the public docket, NHTSA-2012-0084.
IV. Alternative Access Via the Internet During the Listening Session on
July 18, 2013
NHTSA will also provide access via the Internet for participants.
The telephone access number and other information on how to participate
via the Internet will be posted on the NHTSA Web site at www.nhsta.gov
one week before the listening session. Internet participants must
register at www.nhtsa.gov by July 11, 2013.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center For Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2013-14363 Filed 6-17-13; 8:45 am]
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