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TABLE 1—PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE PROJECTS IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE SANDY—Continued
Project sponsor
Project title
Funding ID
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Hardening of Substations in Flood Prone
Areas and Purchase of Mobile Substations
(NYCT).
Protection of Tunnel Portals and Internal Tunnel Sealing (NYCT).
Flood Resiliency for Long Island City Yard
(LIRR).
Flood Resiliency for Critical Support Facilities
(NYCT).
Protection of Street Level Openings in Flood
Prone Areas (NYCT).
Metro-North Railroad Power and Signals Resiliency Improvements.
Internal Station Hardening (NYCT) .................
D2013–RESL–018 .....
112,050,000
D2013–RESL–019 .....
43,090,000
D2013–RESL–020 .....
19,150,000
D2013–RESL–021 .....
24,320,000
D2013–RESL–022 .....
300,690,000
D2013–RESL–023 .....
37,500,000
D2013–RESL–024 .....
19,730,000
Pumping Capacity Improvements (NYCT) ......
D2013–RESL–025 .....
24,140,000
Right-of-Way (ROW) Equipment Hardening in
Flood-Prone Areas (NYCT).
New York-New Jersey River to River Rail Resiliency (R4) Project (LIRR).
Rockaway Line Protections (NYCT) ...............
D2013–RESL–026 .....
63,550,000
D2013–RESL–027 .....
81,007,104
D2013–RESL–028 .....
136,820,000
D2013–RESL–029 .....
44,770,000
D2013–RESL–032 .....
9,003,000
D2013–RESL–033 .....
18,739,000
D2013–RESL–034 .....
3,752,000
D2013–RESL–035 .....
32,026,000
D2013–RESL–036 .....
14,987,000
D2013–RESL–037 .....
4,502,000
D2013–RESL–038 .....
3,749,000
D2013–RESL–039 .....
13,500,000
D2013–RESL–040 .....
7,500,000
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Total ................................................................
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[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0091]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
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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
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SEPTA Railroad Embankment & Slope Stabilization Project.
SEPTA Sharon Hill Line Flood Mitigation
Project.
SEPTA Railroad Signal Power Reinforcement
Project.
SEPTA Jenkintown Area Flood Mitigation
Project.
SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line Shoreline
Stabilization Project.
SEPTA Subway Pump Room Emergency
Power Project.
Protecting the Subway System by Raising
Ventilation Shaft Elevations.
Protecting WMATA’s Existing Subway System Investment by Improving Drainage.
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by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 an
Information Collection Request (ICR) for
which NHTSA intends to seek OMB
approval.
Comments must be submitted on
or before January 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2014–0091 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
DATES:
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:
Flood Resiliency for Critical Bus Depots
(NYCT).
SEPTA Ancillary Control Center Project ........
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Amount
3,591,883,625
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 https://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Wigle, Division Chief, Impaired
Driving Division (NTI–111), Office of
Impaired Driving and Occupant
Protection, National Highway Traffic
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Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W44–301, Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Wigle’s phone number is
202–366–2695 and her email address is
diane.wigle@dot.gov
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
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulations (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information:
Title—Special Study on 18–24 Year
Old Drivers Involved in Alcohol-Related
Motor Vehicle Crashes
Type of Request—New information
collection request
OMB Clearance Number—None.
Form Number—This collection of
information uses no standard form
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval—3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information—NHTSA has been
particularly concerned with 18- to-24year-old drivers’ propensity for highrisk driving behaviors and
overrepresentation in impaired driving
crashes. While data collection efforts
exist to identify basic demographics and
some details of crash involvement, there
is insufficient information to define the
characteristics, circumstances, and
patterns of 18-to-24-year-old drivers
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involved in alcohol-related motor
vehicle crashes. NHTSA needs this
information to design programs that are
most likely to affect this age group.
NHTSA plans to collect and analyze
information on: (1) Environmental or
behavioral conditions that may have
played a role in the cause of the crash,
(2) whether there is a correlation
between trip purpose, type, frequency,
departure, destination, or familiarity of
location, (3) determine, other than age,
if there are demographic commonalities,
(4) determine methods of message
delivery to be most highly accepted
among this group.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information—NHTSA was established
by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 (23
U.S.C. 101) to carry out the
Congressional mandate to reduce the
mounting number of deaths, injuries,
and economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s
highways. As part of this statutory
mandate, NHTSA is authorized to
conduct research as a foundation for the
development of motor vehicle safety
standards and traffic safety programs.
Every year, alcohol-impaired driving
fatalities account for more than 30
percent of the total motor vehicle traffic
fatalities in the United States. In 2012,
10,322 people died in alcohol-impaireddriving crashes. Yearly data from the
National Center for Statistics and
Analysis (NCSA) consistently show that
nearly 30 percent of drivers age 18–24
involved in fatal crashes are alcohol
impaired (BAC .08+). In addition, a
significant amount of research has
indicated that heavy and binge drinking,
as well as signs of alcohol dependence
and abuse, is high among this age group.
In support of its mission, NHTSA
proposes to gather information on
drivers age 18–24 involved in alcoholrelated crashes and the circumstances of
these crashes. A sample of non-alcoholrelated crashes involving drivers age
18–24 will also be collected as a
comparison group. NHTSA is requesting
approval to gather information through
the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis (NCSA) new record-based data
collection system to be launched in
January 2016, which will replace the
National Automotive Sampling System
General Estimates System (NASS GES),
and is called the Crash Report Sampling
System (CRSS). NHTSA would like to
gather additional information that isn’t
currently being collected. NHTSA did
not identify any national databases with
detailed information on impaired
drivers age 18–24 and specifically the
characteristics, circumstances, and
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patterns of being involved in alcoholrelated crashes.
NHTSA is seeking approval to collect
data from surviving drivers, who were
age 18–24 years old at the time of the
crash, on driver demographics, driving
behavior, contributing crash factors, and
other circumstances. If the driver is
unavailable, NHTSA will collect data
from surviving passengers of the vehicle
driven by the 18–24 year old. NHTSA,
other federal agencies such as the
National Institute for Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA), state and
local governments, safety research
organizations, and universities will use
the data to design, develop, or
determine which countermeasures are
most likely to reduce impaired driving
among 18 to 24 year olds. The purpose
of this data collection is to provide
critical information needed by NHTSA
to design effective countermeasures that
meet the Agency’s mandate to improve
highway traffic safety.
Description of the Likely Respondents
(Including Estimated Number, and
Proposed Frequency of Response to the
Collection of Information)—The drivers
and passengers will be identified
through police reported crashes of
which there are over 5 million every
year. From the identified crashes
involving 18–24 year old drivers, a
random sample of reported crashes will
be selected and weighted for a
geographic representation of the nation.
Since the data collection effort is
intended to gather information on
drivers involved in alcohol-related
crashes and the circumstances of these
crashes, a balanced representation of
non-alcohol and alcohol-related crashes
are required to make any meaningful
findings. According to the General
Estimates System (GES) 2012 file, 1,026
of 18,566 total drivers ages 18 to 24
were in alcohol-related crashes. To
show comparisons and identify patterns
between drivers involved and not
involved in alcohol-related crashes at
significant confidence levels and
considering a response rate at 10%,
investigators will need to make
approximately 4,100 calls for an
estimated 410 possible completed
interviews. NHTSA proposes to make
6,000 contacts to be able to interview
approximately 600 participants in 36
months. Participants are the surviving
drivers and passengers who have
detailed knowledge of the crash and the
driver involved. Data will be collected
by staff contracted to NHTSA under the
CRSS program. Special investigators
will use telephone and in-person
interviews to gather information.
Investigators may also make contact by
sending a questionnaire by mail.
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Estimate of the Total Annual
Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of
Information—NHTSA estimates 30
minutes for each interview for an
estimated an annual burden of 100
hours and a total burden of 300 hours
over a three year period. Based on
median per capita income, the
maximum total input cost, if all
respondents were interviewed on the
job, is estimated as follows: $22.01 per
hour × 100 interviewing hours = $2,201
per year and $6,603 total over a three
year period. There are no record keeping
or reporting costs to respondents. All
responses are provided spontaneously.
Each respondent only participates once
in the data collection. Thus there is no
preparation of data required or expected
of respondents. Respondents do not
incur: (a) Capital and startup costs, or
(b) operation, maintenance, and
purchase costs for interviewing
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Information Collection Activities:
Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Request for Comment
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on February 14, 2014
(Federal Register/Vol. 79, No. 31/pp.
9038–9040).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before December 5, 2014.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Block at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131),
W46–499, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr.
Block’s phone number is 202–366–6401
and his email address is alan.block@
dot.gov.
OMB
Control Number: 2127–New.
Title: Demonstration Tests of Different
High Visibility Enforcement Models.
Form No.: NHTSA Forms 1121 and
1122.
Type of Review: Regular.
Respondents: Telephone interviews
will be administered to residents in
each of five selected communities who
are drivers, age 18 and older, have
access to a residential landline and/or a
personal cell phone, and have
consumed alcohol in the past year. Inperson interviews will be conducted in
each of the five selected communities at
bars or other establishments serving
alcohol with patrons age 21 and older.
Estimated Number of Respondents: A
maximum of 18,000 telephone
interviews and 6,000 in-person
interviews with patrons of bars or other
establishments serving alcohol.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes per telephone interview and 10
minutes per interview with patrons of
bars or other establishments serving
alcohol.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 4,000 hours.
Frequency of Collection: There will be
a maximum of three survey waves at
each of the five community sites. A
telephone survey and a survey of
patrons at bars or other establishments
serving alcohol will be conducted
during each survey wave, with each
respondent interviewed once. The
drinking establishment interview will
be split such that questions will be
asked of each respondent both during
entry and exit from the establishment.
Abstract: Highly visible enforcement
(HVE) has had the strongest support in
the research literature for effectiveness
in reducing alcohol-impaired driving.
The unknown at this time is the
relationship of the amount of HVE to
perceived likelihood within a
community of an alcohol-impaired
driver being stopped by law
enforcement. In particular, does the
perceived likelihood increase as the
amount of HVE increases? And is the
optimum effect on awareness and
perceived likelihood achieved through
an integrated program where HVE is
integrated into regular law enforcement
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operations? NHTSA proposes to answer
those questions by selecting community
sites engaging in different levels of HVE
activity during a one-year period, and
measuring community awareness of
those enforcement programs and the
perceived likelihood of an alcoholimpaired driver being stopped by law
enforcement.
Data collection to assess program
awareness and perceptions of
enforcement will be of two forms.
Telephone surveys will be conducted in
each community, with each survey
wave composed of 1,200 completed
interviews with drivers age 18 and older
who have consumed alcohol in the past
year. The second form of data collection
will be in-person interviews with
patrons at bars or other establishments
serving alcohol. The intent here is to
collect information on program
awareness and perceived likelihood of
an alcohol-impaired driver being
stopped by law enforcement from a
population with a heavier concentration
of individuals at-risk of driving at illegal
blood alcohol concentrations (BACs)
than one would find in a communitywide telephone survey. The drinking
establishment surveys will be
conducted during the same times of the
year as the telephone surveys. Four
hundred bar patrons will be interviewed
per community per survey wave, with a
maximum of three survey waves.
Respondents will be asked a few
questions both upon entry and exit from
the establishment. Breath samples will
also be taken. The breath test results
will not be available on-site but will be
downloaded later.
In conducting the telephone
interviews, the interviewers would use
computer-assisted telephone
interviewing to reduce interview length
and minimize recording errors. No
personal information will be collected
that would allow any respondent to be
identified. The data collection at
drinking establishments would be
anonymous; no personal information
that would allow anyone to identify
respondents will be collected.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at oira_submission@omb.eop.gov,
or fax: 202–395–5806.
Comments Are Invited on: whether
the proposed collection of information
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0091]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 an Information Collection Request (ICR) for
which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA-2014-0091 using any of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online 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 https://www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Wigle, Division Chief, Impaired
Driving Division (NTI-111), Office of Impaired Driving and Occupant
Protection, National Highway Traffic
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Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W44-301, Washington,
DC 20590. Ms. Wigle's phone number is 202-366-2695 and her email
address is diane.wigle@dot.gov
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 with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks public comment on
the following proposed collection of information:
Title--Special Study on 18-24 Year Old Drivers Involved in Alcohol-
Related Motor Vehicle Crashes
Type of Request--New information collection request
OMB Clearance Number--None.
Form Number--This collection of information uses no standard form
Requested Expiration Date of Approval--3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information--NHTSA has been
particularly concerned with 18- to-24-year-old drivers' propensity for
high-risk driving behaviors and overrepresentation in impaired driving
crashes. While data collection efforts exist to identify basic
demographics and some details of crash involvement, there is
insufficient information to define the characteristics, circumstances,
and patterns of 18-to-24-year-old drivers involved in alcohol-related
motor vehicle crashes. NHTSA needs this information to design programs
that are most likely to affect this age group. NHTSA plans to collect
and analyze information on: (1) Environmental or behavioral conditions
that may have played a role in the cause of the crash, (2) whether
there is a correlation between trip purpose, type, frequency,
departure, destination, or familiarity of location, (3) determine,
other than age, if there are demographic commonalities, (4) determine
methods of message delivery to be most highly accepted among this
group.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information--NHTSA was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970
(23 U.S.C. 101) to carry out the Congressional mandate to reduce the
mounting number of deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes on the Nation's highways. As part of this
statutory mandate, NHTSA is authorized to conduct research as a
foundation for the development of motor vehicle safety standards and
traffic safety programs.
Every year, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities account for more
than 30 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the
United States. In 2012, 10,322 people died in alcohol-impaired-driving
crashes. Yearly data from the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis (NCSA) consistently show that nearly 30 percent of drivers age
18-24 involved in fatal crashes are alcohol impaired (BAC .08+). In
addition, a significant amount of research has indicated that heavy and
binge drinking, as well as signs of alcohol dependence and abuse, is
high among this age group.
In support of its mission, NHTSA proposes to gather information on
drivers age 18-24 involved in alcohol-related crashes and the
circumstances of these crashes. A sample of non-alcohol-related crashes
involving drivers age 18-24 will also be collected as a comparison
group. NHTSA is requesting approval to gather information through the
National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) new record-based
data collection system to be launched in January 2016, which will
replace the National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates
System (NASS GES), and is called the Crash Report Sampling System
(CRSS). NHTSA would like to gather additional information that isn't
currently being collected. NHTSA did not identify any national
databases with detailed information on impaired drivers age 18-24 and
specifically the characteristics, circumstances, and patterns of being
involved in alcohol-related crashes.
NHTSA is seeking approval to collect data from surviving drivers,
who were age 18-24 years old at the time of the crash, on driver
demographics, driving behavior, contributing crash factors, and other
circumstances. If the driver is unavailable, NHTSA will collect data
from surviving passengers of the vehicle driven by the 18-24 year old.
NHTSA, other federal agencies such as the National Institute for
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), state and local governments,
safety research organizations, and universities will use the data to
design, develop, or determine which countermeasures are most likely to
reduce impaired driving among 18 to 24 year olds. The purpose of this
data collection is to provide critical information needed by NHTSA to
design effective countermeasures that meet the Agency's mandate to
improve highway traffic safety.
Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number,
and Proposed Frequency of Response to the Collection of Information)--
The drivers and passengers will be identified through police reported
crashes of which there are over 5 million every year. From the
identified crashes involving 18-24 year old drivers, a random sample of
reported crashes will be selected and weighted for a geographic
representation of the nation. Since the data collection effort is
intended to gather information on drivers involved in alcohol-related
crashes and the circumstances of these crashes, a balanced
representation of non-alcohol and alcohol-related crashes are required
to make any meaningful findings. According to the General Estimates
System (GES) 2012 file, 1,026 of 18,566 total drivers ages 18 to 24
were in alcohol-related crashes. To show comparisons and identify
patterns between drivers involved and not involved in alcohol-related
crashes at significant confidence levels and considering a response
rate at 10%, investigators will need to make approximately 4,100 calls
for an estimated 410 possible completed interviews. NHTSA proposes to
make 6,000 contacts to be able to interview approximately 600
participants in 36 months. Participants are the surviving drivers and
passengers who have detailed knowledge of the crash and the driver
involved. Data will be collected by staff contracted to NHTSA under the
CRSS program. Special investigators will use telephone and in-person
interviews to gather information. Investigators may also make contact
by sending a questionnaire by mail.
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Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of Information--NHTSA estimates 30
minutes for each interview for an estimated an annual burden of 100
hours and a total burden of 300 hours over a three year period. Based
on median per capita income, the maximum total input cost, if all
respondents were interviewed on the job, is estimated as follows:
$22.01 per hour x 100 interviewing hours = $2,201 per year and $6,603
total over a three year period. There are no record keeping or
reporting costs to respondents. All responses are provided
spontaneously. Each respondent only participates once in the data
collection. Thus there is no preparation of data required or expected
of respondents. Respondents do not incur: (a) Capital and startup
costs, or (b) operation, maintenance, and purchase costs for
interviewing
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)
Dated: October 31, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2014-26336 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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