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Resulting from the Collection of
Information—The web survey for the
line officers and supervisors will
average approximately 15 minutes
including introduction, consent,
confidentiality, survey questions, and
debriefing. The estimated completion
time for each semi-structured interview
is 30 minutes per agency head or
designee. Individuals providing
administrative data have an estimated
completion time of 30–45 minutes. The
total estimated annual burden if all
solicited participants respond is
approximately 370 hours. Participants
will incur no costs and no record
keeping burden from the information
collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued on: April 23, 2015.
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 January 21, 2015 (80 FR
3010).
SUMMARY:
Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before XXX. May 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
J. Stephen Higgins, 202–366–3976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2127—New.
Title: Characterizing Ambulance
Driver Training in EMS Systems.
Form No.: NHTSA Form 1186.
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Type of Review: Regular.
Respondents: The study sample will
consist of two distinct groups. The first
sample will include representatives
from EMS agencies across the United
States. The second will include
representatives from State offices that
are responsible for various aspects of
ambulance driver training and
regulation for the 50 States and
Washington, DC.
Estimated Number of Respondents: A
maximum of 8,000 agencies will be
solicited for the survey. Up to 153
representatives from State agencies may
be contacted for semi-structured
interviews.
Estimated Time per Response: The
expected average completion time for
the Internet-based survey of EMS agency
representatives is 15 minutes. The 153
semi-structured interviews with State
personnel are expected to average
approximately 60 minutes in length.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 2,153 hours if all 8,000 EMS
agencies and State personnel respond to
the solicitations. The real burden will be
reduced proportionally by the actual
response rates to each information
gathering effort.
Frequency of Collection: Each data
collection effort will take place a single
time.
Abstract: Although emergency vehicle
operator training for EMS personnel has
been repeatedly identified as an
important step in the safety system, the
current situation with respect to EMS
personnel driver training in the United
States is not well characterized. In order
to characterize training for EMS
personnel driving ambulances across
the United States, the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
proposes to collect information from
EMS agencies providing ambulance
services and State offices responsible for
overseeing training, licensing, and
regulation of EMS agencies and their
personnel that drive ambulances.
NHTSA is interested in learning about
what types of driver training are
required, when the training is required
(new drivers, continuing education,
etc.), how driving incidents (crashes,
moving violations, etc.) impact driving
privileges, initial qualification standards
(age, number of years with license,
driving record, type of license, etc.), and
other related topics. Participation in the
study will be voluntary and will only
include State level agency
representatives and representatives from
EMS agencies that offer ambulance
services. Data collection will be in the
form of semi-structured interviews (inperson or over the phone) for personnel
at State offices, and an Internet-based
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survey for personnel at public and
private EMS agencies providing
ambulance services. EMS agencies will
be contacted via email, mail, or phone
with a link to the Internet survey. State
offices will be contacted via email or
phone to participate in the semistructured interviews. The results of this
project will assist NHTSA in
determining the current state of driver
training for EMS personnel which will
help the Agency determine if additional
research and development on the topic
are warranted.
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
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department of
Transportation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
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 of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: April 23, 2015.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2015–09991 Filed 4–28–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
SUMMARY:
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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 the expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on January 21,
2015 (Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 13/
pp. 3008–3010).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 29, 2015.
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: Dr.
Amanda M. Kelley, 202–366–7394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation of Correct Child
Restraint System Installations.
Type of Request: New information
collection requirement.
Abstract: Motor vehicle crashes are a
leading cause of death to children in the
United States. In 2012, a total of 952
children younger than 13 years died in
motor vehicle traffic crashes, and twothirds of these fatalities occurred among
children riding in passenger vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), recommends
that all children ages 12 years and under
be properly buckled in an age- and sizeappropriate car seat, booster seat, or seat
belt in the rear seat. Currently, there are
four types of child restraint systems
designed for children: Infant,
convertible, combination, and beltpositioning booster seats. Each system is
designed to protect a child within a
given height and weight category in the
event of a crash.
While child restraint use has
increased over the years, many children
are still fatally injured as a result of
motor vehicles crashes. One possible
explanation for this occurrence could be
the large number of child passengers
who are either riding unrestrained in
vehicles, improperly placed in a CRS, or
prematurely graduated to an adult
vehicle seat belt system. The most
prevalent installation errors observed
include: Incorrect harness routing slot
used, improper harness clip position,
loose CRS installation, loose harness
straps, and improper lap belt placement
(NHTSA, 2012). Researchers have also
identified errors related to caregivers
selecting the correct CRS for the
children’s ages, heights, and weights.
Evaluating the causes of the various
selection and installation errors can be
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challenging. That is, one or more factors
may contribute to any one type of
installation error. There are numerous
CRS makes and models marketed to the
consumer, each with its own
installation procedures/manual. In
addition, vehicle manufacturers design
vehicle restraint systems and vehicle
seats that are incompatible with various
CRSs. New vehicles are continually
introduced to the fleet, and CRSs
continue to evolve each year. Finally,
there is a never-ending flow of new
parents/caregivers who need to be
educated on child passenger safety.
Despite their inexperience, new parents
may overestimate their own accuracy in
selecting and securely installing a CRS
to the vehicle and securing the child in
the CRS.
In an effort to reduce the number of
errors, NHTSA is undertaking a study to
gain some insight into the causes of
errors related to selecting and installing
CRSs. To accomplish this, NHTSA will
evaluate installation performance and
caregiver confidence for 150
experienced and novice CRS users and
determine which factors contribute to
both installation and securement errors
and to determine what factors related to
the CRS, vehicle, and user confidence
contribute to errors. Evaluation
measures will involve the independent
identification, collection and evaluation
of both qualitative and quantitative data
that specifically document the types of
errors made by both user groups, as well
as vehicle and CRS features that might
contribute to those errors. Identifying
these causal factors that contribute to
errors related to selecting and installing
CRSs, as well as those factors that
contribute to accurately selecting and
properly installing CRSs for both novice
and experienced users, will be the first
step in increasing the safety of child
passengers in moving vehicles. In
addition, overall findings can be made
available to CRS manufacturers and
vehicle manufacturers related to
improvements to specific CRS and
vehicle design features that may foster
a better fit in the vehicles and
securement for children.
Affected Public: Participants will
represent both ‘‘novice’’ and
‘‘experienced’’ CRS users recruited from
the Greater Washington, DC area.
‘‘Experienced’’ users regularly care for a
child under the age of 4 years, transport
the child in a vehicle at least twice a
week, have secured the child in a CRS
a minimum of five times in the past 6
months, and have installed any type of
CRS at least once in the past 12 months.
‘‘Novice’’ CRS users do not regularly
transport children and have not
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installed a CRS in the past 6 months
will be recruited for participation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 300
hours (150 participants, averaging 2
hours).
Comments are invited 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
information collection;
(iii) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(iv) 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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: April 23, 2015.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0119; Notice No.
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Hazardous Materials: Safety
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of Compressed Gas Cylinders
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is issuing this safety
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Industrial Gases and Welding Supplies
Inc., located at 600 Smith Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11231, also known as
Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding
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high pressure compressed gas cylinders
as authorized for hazardous materials
transportation without properly testing
the cylinders and without authorization
to do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Patrick Durkin, Hazardous Materials
Investigator, Eastern Region, Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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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 the expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was
published on January 21, 2015 (Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 13/pp.
3008-3010).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 29, 2015.
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: Dr. Amanda M. Kelley, 202-366-7394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation of Correct Child Restraint System Installations.
Type of Request: New information collection requirement.
Abstract: Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death to
children in the United States. In 2012, a total of 952 children younger
than 13 years died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, and two-thirds of
these fatalities occurred among children riding in passenger vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), recommends
that all children ages 12 years and under be properly buckled in an
age- and size-appropriate car seat, booster seat, or seat belt in the
rear seat. Currently, there are four types of child restraint systems
designed for children: Infant, convertible, combination, and belt-
positioning booster seats. Each system is designed to protect a child
within a given height and weight category in the event of a crash.
While child restraint use has increased over the years, many
children are still fatally injured as a result of motor vehicles
crashes. One possible explanation for this occurrence could be the
large number of child passengers who are either riding unrestrained in
vehicles, improperly placed in a CRS, or prematurely graduated to an
adult vehicle seat belt system. The most prevalent installation errors
observed include: Incorrect harness routing slot used, improper harness
clip position, loose CRS installation, loose harness straps, and
improper lap belt placement (NHTSA, 2012). Researchers have also
identified errors related to caregivers selecting the correct CRS for
the children's ages, heights, and weights.
Evaluating the causes of the various selection and installation
errors can be challenging. That is, one or more factors may contribute
to any one type of installation error. There are numerous CRS makes and
models marketed to the consumer, each with its own installation
procedures/manual. In addition, vehicle manufacturers design vehicle
restraint systems and vehicle seats that are incompatible with various
CRSs. New vehicles are continually introduced to the fleet, and CRSs
continue to evolve each year. Finally, there is a never-ending flow of
new parents/caregivers who need to be educated on child passenger
safety. Despite their inexperience, new parents may overestimate their
own accuracy in selecting and securely installing a CRS to the vehicle
and securing the child in the CRS.
In an effort to reduce the number of errors, NHTSA is undertaking a
study to gain some insight into the causes of errors related to
selecting and installing CRSs. To accomplish this, NHTSA will evaluate
installation performance and caregiver confidence for 150 experienced
and novice CRS users and determine which factors contribute to both
installation and securement errors and to determine what factors
related to the CRS, vehicle, and user confidence contribute to errors.
Evaluation measures will involve the independent identification,
collection and evaluation of both qualitative and quantitative data
that specifically document the types of errors made by both user
groups, as well as vehicle and CRS features that might contribute to
those errors. Identifying these causal factors that contribute to
errors related to selecting and installing CRSs, as well as those
factors that contribute to accurately selecting and properly installing
CRSs for both novice and experienced users, will be the first step in
increasing the safety of child passengers in moving vehicles. In
addition, overall findings can be made available to CRS manufacturers
and vehicle manufacturers related to improvements to specific CRS and
vehicle design features that may foster a better fit in the vehicles
and securement for children.
Affected Public: Participants will represent both ``novice'' and
``experienced'' CRS users recruited from the Greater Washington, DC
area. ``Experienced'' users regularly care for a child under the age of
4 years, transport the child in a vehicle at least twice a week, have
secured the child in a CRS a minimum of five times in the past 6
months, and have installed any type of CRS at least once in the past 12
months. ``Novice'' CRS users do not regularly transport children and
have not installed a CRS in the past 6 months will be recruited for
participation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 300 hours (150 participants,
averaging 2 hours).
Comments are invited 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 information collection;
(iii) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(iv) 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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: April 23, 2015.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-09989 Filed 4-28-15; 8:45 am]
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