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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2014–0025]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for a new information
collection, which is summarized below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
September 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2014–0025 by any of the following
methods:
Web site: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to 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,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Jodoin, (202) 366–5465, or James
Austrich, 202–366–0731, Office of
Operations, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Traffic Incident
Management Responder Training
Assessment
Background: Three highway injury
crashes occur every minute in the
United States, putting nearly 39,000
incident responders potentially in
harm’s way every day. Congestion from
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these incidents often generates
secondary crashes, further increasing
traveler delay and frustration, and is the
source of up to 25 percent of all traffic
delays. The longer incident responders
remain at the scene, the greater the risk
they, and the traveling public, face.
Minimizing the time and resources
required for incident clearance is
essential to meeting Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) goals for
improved safety and reliability.
The second Strategic Highway
Research Program (SHRP2) an applied
research program authorized by
Congress in the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU),
Section 5210 (Pub. L. 109–59), and
reauthorized in Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century (MAP–21),
Sections 52003 and 52005 (Pub. L. 112–
141) address some of the most pressing
needs related to the nation’s highway
system. Recognizing the critical safety
and operations implications of incident
management, SHRP2 developed the
National Traffic Incident Management
(TIM) Responder Training curriculum.
The training curriculum, developed
through SHRP2 project numbers L12
and L32A, is designed to reach as many
responders as possible through inperson training. In the summer of 2012,
the FHWA Office of Operations
assumed lead implementation
responsibility for the in-person training
program, and is currently conducting
‘‘train the trainer’’ sessions throughout
the U.S. The Office of Operations also
plans to launch an E-Learning Tool
(SHRP2 project L32B) that will
significantly expand the reach of the
program, reaching thousands of
additional responders. When fullydeployed, the training will produce a
cadre of well-trained responders in each
State, able to more quickly reduce the
time it takes to clear accidents, offering
the benefits of reduced congestion and
lost travel time for travelers, as well as
improved safety conditions for incident
responders and motorists.
The SHRP2 program also identified
the need for comprehensive evaluation
of the benefits of TIM responder
training, and developed an electronic
post-course assessment tool
(Assessment Tool) through project
L32C, to be used to gather and analyze
survey information related to TIM
responder training. The Assessment
Tool and collected survey information
will enable participating agencies to
assess student learning, to identify
actions that can be taken to meet agency
emergency response goals, and to
evaluate the sufficiency of current
agency resources and equipment to meet
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the goals of successful TIM response.
The Assessment Tool will also support
the Office of Operations’ management of
the TIM Responder Training Program by
tracking and reporting the number of
trainers and trainees reached by the
classroom and e-Learning activities. The
tool will use a four-level ‘‘Kirkpatrick
Model’’ evaluation methodology with
survey data collection following both inperson and e-Learning events.
Consistent with the Kirkpatrick Model,
the Office of Operations intends to
survey training participants, their peers,
and their supervisors in four phases.
Phase 1 is a reaction survey, sent to
the participants immediately after the
training session is completed, either in
hardcopy or electronic form.
Phase 2 is concurrent with Phase 1
but focused on student learning. The
Phase 2 assessment will include survey
questions and short quizzes to be
answered by the participants before and
shortly after the training sessions, in
order to gauge student absorption and
retention of the course materials.
Information will be collected in
hardcopy or electronic form.
Phase 3 is a behavior assessment,
conducted at least two months
following the completion of the training
sessions. This phase is designed to
assess changes in responder behavior,
the relevance of those changes to
improved incident response, and their
sustainability over time. Information
will be collected via survey of training
participants, their peers, and their
supervisors. Peer and supervisor
feedback is essential to obtaining
objective, reliable assessments of trainee
behavior change. Information will be
collected via electronic survey.
Phase 4 assesses organizational
change resulting from the training
program in the medium and long-terms.
Surveys will be distributed
electronically to senior management
officials of trainee organizations. Initial
surveys will be conducted at least three
months after training sessions, with
annual follow-up surveys for up to three
years to gauge long-term effects of the
training program.
Respondents: For training
participants: Approximately 33,905
training participants in the first year,
36,905 in the second year, 53,905 in the
third year—total of approximately
124,715 participants over a three year
period. For supervisors: Approximately
3,390 in the first year, 3,690 in the
second year, and 5,390 in the third
year—total of 12,470 over three years.
For senior management: Approximately
1,130 in the first year, 1,230 in the
second year, and 1,800 in the third
year—4,160 total over three years,
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including annual follow-up surveys of
first and second year organizations.
Total estimated respondents per year:
Approximately 38,425 in year one,
41,925 in year two, 61,095 in year
three—grand total of 141,445 over three
years.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: For training participants:
Approximately 45 minutes per
participant. For supervisors:
Approximately 30 minutes per
participant. For senior managers:
Approximately 30 minutes per
participant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: For training participants:
Approximately 31,179 hours annually.
For supervisors: Approximately 2078
hours annually. For senior managers:
approximately 693 hours annually.
Total hours annually: 33,950.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, 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: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: July 28, 2014.
Michael Howell,
Information Collections Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0195]
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Commercial Driver Licensing
and Test Standards
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
SUMMARY:
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FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval and invites public comment.
The FMCSA requests approval to revise
and renew an ICR entitled, ‘‘Commercial
Driver Licensing and Test Standards,’’
due to an increase in the number of
Commercial Driver License Information
System (CDLIS) driver records from 12.8
to 14.6 million and the addition of one
information collection item: ‘‘Driver
completion of knowledge and skills
tests [49 CFR 383.71(a)(2)(ii) and
(b)(2)].’’ This ICR is needed to ensure
that drivers, motor carriers and the
States are complying with notification
and recordkeeping requirements for
information related to testing, licensing,
violations, convictions and
disqualifications and that the
information is accurate, complete and
transmitted and recorded within certain
time periods as required by the
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of
1986 (CMVSA), as amended.
DATES: Please send your comments by
September 2, 2014. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2014–0195. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395–
6974, or mailed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Redmond, Office of Safety
Programs, Commercial Driver’s License
Division (MC–ESL), Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–5014; email:
robert.redmond@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Driver Licensing
and Test Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0011.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
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Respondents: Drivers with a
commercial learner’s permit (CLP) or
commercial driver’s license (CDL) and
State driver licensing agencies (SDLAs).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
11,410,100 driver respondents and
17,900,986 State respondents.
Estimated Time per Response:
Drivers: 16.29 minutes per response and
States: 1.86 minutes per response.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2014.
Frequency of Response: Variable.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,651,867 hours.
The information collection is
comprised of twelve components:
(1) State Recording of Medical
Examiner’s Certificate Information:
Approximately 69% of the 2.96 million
interstate CDL holders would renew
their medical certification every 2 years.
Approximately 31% of the 2.96 million
interstate CDL holders would renew
their medical certification every year as
a condition of a medical variance (i.e.,
an exemption, Skill Performance
Evaluation (SPE) certificate or pilot
program) or their employer requires
another examination. It takes
approximately 2 minutes to record the
medical examiner’s certificate
information on the CDLIS driver record.
FMCSA estimates that there are
657,000 new drivers (5% of the current
total of 13.14 million active CDL driver
records) who would obtain a CDL every
year and that 74% of these new 657,000
CDL holders, or 486,180 new CDL
holders would be engaged in interstate
commerce.
The number of existing CDL holders
who would need to renew and submit
a copy of their medical examiner’s
certificate to the State would be 2.96
million CDL holders engaged in
interstate commerce. Since 31% of the
2.96 million interstate CDL holders
would need to submit a copy of their
medical examiner’s certificate to the
State every year as a condition of their
medical variance or their new employer
requires another examination, the total
number of renewal submittals
(responses) for a 2-year cycle would be
3.88 million (2.96 million × 1.31 = 3.88
million). The annual submittal of
medical examiner’s certificates to the
State would be 2.43 million annual
responses (3.88 million/2 years +
486,180 new drivers = 2.43 million).
FMCSA estimates a total of 81,000
annual burden hours (2.43 million
responses × 2/60 hours = 81,000) for the
States to obtain and record the medical
examiner’s certificate information on
the CDLIS driver record.
(2) State Recording of the Self
Certification of Commercial Motor
Vehicle (CMV) Operation: All CDL
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2014-0025]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by September 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2014-0025 by any of the following methods:
Web site: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 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, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Jodoin, (202) 366-5465, or James
Austrich, 202-366-0731, Office of Operations, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training
Assessment
Background: Three highway injury crashes occur every minute in the
United States, putting nearly 39,000 incident responders potentially in
harm's way every day. Congestion from these incidents often generates
secondary crashes, further increasing traveler delay and frustration,
and is the source of up to 25 percent of all traffic delays. The longer
incident responders remain at the scene, the greater the risk they, and
the traveling public, face. Minimizing the time and resources required
for incident clearance is essential to meeting Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) goals for improved safety and reliability.
The second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) an applied
research program authorized by Congress in the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA-LU), Section 5210 (Pub. L. 109-59), and reauthorized in Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), Sections 52003 and
52005 (Pub. L. 112-141) address some of the most pressing needs related
to the nation's highway system. Recognizing the critical safety and
operations implications of incident management, SHRP2 developed the
National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Responder Training
curriculum. The training curriculum, developed through SHRP2 project
numbers L12 and L32A, is designed to reach as many responders as
possible through in-person training. In the summer of 2012, the FHWA
Office of Operations assumed lead implementation responsibility for the
in-person training program, and is currently conducting ``train the
trainer'' sessions throughout the U.S. The Office of Operations also
plans to launch an E-Learning Tool (SHRP2 project L32B) that will
significantly expand the reach of the program, reaching thousands of
additional responders. When fully-deployed, the training will produce a
cadre of well-trained responders in each State, able to more quickly
reduce the time it takes to clear accidents, offering the benefits of
reduced congestion and lost travel time for travelers, as well as
improved safety conditions for incident responders and motorists.
The SHRP2 program also identified the need for comprehensive
evaluation of the benefits of TIM responder training, and developed an
electronic post-course assessment tool (Assessment Tool) through
project L32C, to be used to gather and analyze survey information
related to TIM responder training. The Assessment Tool and collected
survey information will enable participating agencies to assess student
learning, to identify actions that can be taken to meet agency
emergency response goals, and to evaluate the sufficiency of current
agency resources and equipment to meet the goals of successful TIM
response. The Assessment Tool will also support the Office of
Operations' management of the TIM Responder Training Program by
tracking and reporting the number of trainers and trainees reached by
the classroom and e-Learning activities. The tool will use a four-level
``Kirkpatrick Model'' evaluation methodology with survey data
collection following both in-person and e-Learning events. Consistent
with the Kirkpatrick Model, the Office of Operations intends to survey
training participants, their peers, and their supervisors in four
phases.
Phase 1 is a reaction survey, sent to the participants immediately
after the training session is completed, either in hardcopy or
electronic form.
Phase 2 is concurrent with Phase 1 but focused on student learning.
The Phase 2 assessment will include survey questions and short quizzes
to be answered by the participants before and shortly after the
training sessions, in order to gauge student absorption and retention
of the course materials. Information will be collected in hardcopy or
electronic form.
Phase 3 is a behavior assessment, conducted at least two months
following the completion of the training sessions. This phase is
designed to assess changes in responder behavior, the relevance of
those changes to improved incident response, and their sustainability
over time. Information will be collected via survey of training
participants, their peers, and their supervisors. Peer and supervisor
feedback is essential to obtaining objective, reliable assessments of
trainee behavior change. Information will be collected via electronic
survey.
Phase 4 assesses organizational change resulting from the training
program in the medium and long-terms. Surveys will be distributed
electronically to senior management officials of trainee organizations.
Initial surveys will be conducted at least three months after training
sessions, with annual follow-up surveys for up to three years to gauge
long-term effects of the training program.
Respondents: For training participants: Approximately 33,905
training participants in the first year, 36,905 in the second year,
53,905 in the third year--total of approximately 124,715 participants
over a three year period. For supervisors: Approximately 3,390 in the
first year, 3,690 in the second year, and 5,390 in the third year--
total of 12,470 over three years. For senior management: Approximately
1,130 in the first year, 1,230 in the second year, and 1,800 in the
third year--4,160 total over three years,
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including annual follow-up surveys of first and second year
organizations. Total estimated respondents per year: Approximately
38,425 in year one, 41,925 in year two, 61,095 in year three--grand
total of 141,445 over three years.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: For training participants:
Approximately 45 minutes per participant. For supervisors:
Approximately 30 minutes per participant. For senior managers:
Approximately 30 minutes per participant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: For training participants:
Approximately 31,179 hours annually. For supervisors: Approximately
2078 hours annually. For senior managers: approximately 693 hours
annually. Total hours annually: 33,950.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic
technology, 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: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: July 28, 2014.
Michael Howell,
Information Collections Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-18171 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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