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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0085]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Request for Comment;
Driver Alcohol Detection System for
Safety Field Operational Test
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
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AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to
SUMMARY:
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the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
document describes the collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval to allow NHTSA
to continue to conduct research on the
development of a driver alcohol
detection system. NHTSA is seeking an
extension of the information collection,
titled ‘‘Driver Alcohol Detection System
for Safety Field Operational Test’’ (OMB
Control Number 2127–0734), which is
currently approved through March 31,
2022. The extension is necessary to
complete data collection that was
delayed due to COVID–19 restrictions.
The burden hour and cost calculations
have been adjusted to reflect only the
remaining data collection, adjustments
for recruitment based on current
experience, and adjustments in
participation based on current
experience. A Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information
collection was published on December
30, 2021. One comment was received in
response to this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Eric
Traube, Vehicle Safety Research,
Human Factors/Engineering Integration
Division (NSR–310), (202) 366–5673,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, W46–424, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Please identify the relevant
collection of information by referring to
its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
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information collection request will be
submitted OMB.
Title: Driver Alcohol Detection
System for Safety Field Operational
Test.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0734.
Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: NHTSA and the
Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety
(ACTS) began research in February 2008
to try to find potential in-vehicle
approaches to the problem of alcoholimpaired driving. Members of ACTS
comprise motor vehicle manufacturers
representing approximately 99 percent
of light vehicle sales in the U.S. This
cooperative research partnership,
known as the Driver Alcohol Detection
System for Safety (DADSS) Program, is
exploring the feasibility, the potential
benefits of, and the public policy
challenges associated with a more
widespread use of non-invasive
technology to prevent alcohol-impaired
driving. The 2008 cooperative
agreement between NHTSA and ACTS
for Phases I and II outlined a program
of research to assess the state of
detection technologies that are capable
of measuring blood alcohol
concentration (BAC) or Breath Alcohol
Concentration (BrAC). The 2008
cooperative agreement and a subsequent
2013 cooperative agreement support the
creation and testing of prototypes and
subsequent hardware that could be
installed in vehicles. As part of this
research program, and pursuant to the
2013 cooperative agreement, NHTSA
and ACTS developed both breath- and
touch-based sensors to evaluate the
potential implementation and
integration of both breath-and touchbased sensor technologies. The sensors
are to be integrated into a vehicle in a
manner that does not significantly alter
the appearance of the vehicle interior.
Further research is needed to evaluate
the potential implementation and
integration of both breath- and touchbased sensor technologies.
The purpose of this information
collection is to collect data needed to
evaluate the functionality of the touchand breath- based sensors in varying
operating conditions by having study
participants provide breath and touch
samples in DADSS research vehicles
equipped with the sensors. Although
the sensors will undergo significant
laboratory testing, it is necessary to
evaluate their function in extreme real-
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world environmental conditions to
ensure that they will be operational for
the harshest conditions that the sensors
will encounter.
The sensor-equipped research
vehicles are used to gather data
regarding sensor validity and reliability,
as well as assess the real-world use of
the sensors with human participants in
varying environmental conditions, such
as weather conditions, road conditions,
temperatures, altitudes, air conditioner
or heater status, window up or down,
etc. These are the first vehicles ever to
be equipped with systems designed to
be unobtrusive that can measure driver
alcohol levels. As such, it represents the
first opportunity for researchers to gain
an understanding of the use of the
sensors in the operational context for
which they were designed. Data
collected from the study’s Field
Operational Test (FOT or DADSS FOT)
will be used to further refine the DADSS
Performance Specifications and evaluate
subsystem/sensor performance.
The collection of information consists
of: (1) An eligibility interview with
COVID screening questions and COVID
test, (2) a multi-day FOT of DADSS
sensors, and (3) a post-test-day
questionnaire. NHTSA is currently
collecting information for the study and
the data collection is ongoing. Extension
of the study is necessary due to COVIDrelated delays which paused data
collection for a period of time and
during development of new COVID
precautions.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on December 30, 2021 (89 FR
74427).
NHTSA received one comment in
response to this notice. Mothers Against
Drunk Driving (MADD) ‘‘supports
NHTSA’s request for an extension of the
information collection.’’ They further
urge action to help meet the deadline
mandated in the advanced technology
provisions of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act calling for the
Agency to mandate that drunk and
impaired driving prevention technology
become standard equipment in all new
passenger motor vehicles. MADD
recognizes the timing of completion of
NHTSA efforts and ‘‘adherence to the
deadline mandated in the law is vital to
the lives of the American public.’’
NHTSA appreciates the time and
consideration of MADD in responding
to the 60-day Federal Register notice.
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Affected Public: General Public.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,787.
When NHTSA sought approval for the
currently approved information
collection, it described its plan for
collecting data from 480 unique
respondents. In order to recruit 480
participants who would complete the
field operational test, NHTSA estimated
that 600 respondents would need to
complete the initial eligibility screening
(a 75% recruitment rate). Based on
experience, NHTSA has found that the
actual recruitment rate is much lower
than anticipated. As of August 31, 2021,
62 participants had been successfully
recruited and participated in the FOT.
Successful recruitment involved a
screening of 420 individuals, for a
recruitment rate of 15 percent. Since
NHTSA needs to recruit 418 more
participants, NHTSA estimates that the
research team would need to screen
2,787 individuals.
Frequency: Varies.
There are four different components
to this information collection and the
frequency for response varies across the
components: The initial eligibility
screening is conducted one-time; the
full orientation is conducted one-time;
the health screening is conducted each
time that an individual participates in
the FOT; and the FOT is conducted as
many times as the individual wishes, up
to 60 times.
Number of Responses: Varies.
Each of the different components in
this information collection has a
different number of responses: The
initial eligibility screening is estimated
at 2,787 responses; the full orientation
is estimated at 418 responses; the health
screening is estimated at 468 responses;
and the FOT is estimated at 890
responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,249.
When NHTSA originally obtained
clearance for this ICR, the agency did
not expect to need to renew the
collection. Instead, it was expected that
the data collection would have been
completed within the three-year
clearance period. However, COVID–19
delayed the research effort, necessitating
this request for extension. Accordingly,
NHTSA is requesting an extension of
this currently approved information
collection for the portion of the planned
data collection that still needs to be
completed. As of August 31, 2021,
collection is complete for 62
participants of the necessary 480
participants. Therefore, NHTSA is
requesting approval for the collection of
information from 418 remaining
participants and individuals screened in
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order to recruit the 418 participants. In
estimating the burden of this collection,
NHTSA has made adjustments, based on
its experience with recruitment and data
collection under the current collection,
to its estimates for numbers of
screenings, duration associated with
information collection, and frequency of
data collection of various phases of the
study. NHTSA has also added new
COVID–19 screening questions and a
COVID–19 test requirement for the
safety of both researchers and study
participants. These new COVID–19
safety measures will be carried out in
accordance with CDC guidelines and the
data from the screening questions and
tests will not be retained nor used for
analytic purposes.
When NHTSA originally sought
approval for this research study, it
estimated that each initial eligibility/
demographic interview would take
approximately 15 minutes. With
experience, NHTSA is now revising the
estimate to be 30 minutes. NHTSA is
also revising its burden estimates to
include time for health screenings each
time a respondent participates in the
FOT after their first day. On the first
day, participants will go through a full
orientation, which is expected to last 1
hour and includes both a health
screening and in-vehicle instruction.
NHTSA estimates that the health
screening portion takes approximately
30 minutes.
NHTSA originally estimated burdens
associated with this collection assuming
that each participant would complete
the FOT 60 times. This was based on the
maximum amount of participation.
However, based on the experience of the
data collection through August 31, 2021,
participants are, on average, completing
the FOT 2.13 times. Of the 62
participants who have completed the
FOT thus far, 27 participated only once.
The remaining 35 participated an
average of 3 times each. Using this
average, NHTSA estimates that the
remaining 418 participants will
complete a total of 890 operational tests.
Based on experience, NHTSA has also
revised the estimated burden hours for
the FOT. NHTSA now estimates the
average duration of the pre-drive, drive,
and post-drive recovery to be five hours
(this estimate does not include
orientation time, which is estimated
separately).
NHTSA has also revised estimates to
include the time for test-day questions
in the burden estimate for FOT. These
questions were counted separately in
the initial ICR. However, the question
responses are collected during the postdrive recovery time and included in the
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average time for participants in the FOT
portion of the study.
NHTSA estimates the total burden for
the remaining data collection to be
6,498 hours. The research team expects
the data collection to take place over 24
months, for an average of 3,249 hours
per year. This is longer than initially
estimated due to observed difficulty in
recruitment.
NHTSA estimates the opportunity
cost associated with this information
collection using the median hourly
wage for the Southwest Virginia
nonmetropolitan area of $15.34 per hour
for all occupations,1 resulting in a total
opportunity cost of $99,679.32 and an
annual opportunity cost of $49,839.66.
Table 1 provides a summary of the
remaining burden hours for this
information collection.
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS AND ASSOCIATED OPPORTUNITY COSTS
Number of
responses
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Instrument
Number of
respondents
Duration
Estimated
burden hours
Cost per
hour
Estimated
opportunity
cost
Eligibility/Demographic Interview .....................
Full Orientation ................................................
Health Screening Only .....................................
Field Operational Test .....................................
2,787
418
468
890
2,787
418
234
418
30 min (0.5 hrs) ...
1 hour ..................
30 min (0.5 hrs) ...
5 hours ................
1,393.5
418
234
4,452
$15.34
15.34
15.34
15.34
$21,376.29
6,412.12
3,589.66
68,293.68
Total (covering a 24-month period) ..........
....................
....................
..............................
6,497.5 (6,498)
....................
99,679.32
Estimated Annual Burden ................................
....................
....................
..............................
3,249
....................
49,839.66
The 30-day Federal Register notice
contained errors in the estimated
opportunity cost for the Full
Orientation, Health Screening Only, and
Field Operational Test. Those errors
were typographical, did not affect the
calculations for total, and have been
corrected in this notice.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0.
NHTSA estimates that there are no
additional costs to respondents beyond
those associated with opportunity cost.
To offset these costs, NHTSA is paying
respondents who participate in the FOT
$19.50 per hour.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
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;
(b) 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;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29.
not bound to pursue any
recommendation from TRACS.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety
Research.
DATES:
1 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates-
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Extension To Solicit Transit
Advisory Committee for Safety
Member Applications
Federal Transit Administration,
Department of Transportation.
AGENCY:
Notice of extension to solicit
Transit Advisory Committee for Safety
Member Applications.
ACTION:
Interested persons must submit
their applications to FTA by April 8,
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph DeLorenzo, TRACS Designated
Federal Officer, Associate
Administrator, FTA Office of Transit
Safety and Oversight, (202) 366–1783,
Joseph.DeLorenzo@dot.gov; or Bridget
Zamperini, TRACS Program Manager,
FTA Office of Transit Safety and
Oversight, TRACS@dot.gov. Please
address all mail to the Office of Transit
Safety and Oversight, Federal Transit
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) is extending the
solicitation seeking applications for
individuals to serve as members, for
two-year terms, on the Transit Advisory
Committee for Safety (TRACS), which
was published on February 7, 2022,
with the original solicitation closing
date of March 9, 2022. The TRACS
provides information, advice, and
recommendations to the U.S. Secretary
of Transportation (Secretary) and FTA
Administrator (Administrator) in
response to tasks assigned to TRACS.
The TRACS does not exercise program
management responsibilities and makes
no decisions directly affecting the
programs on which it provides advice.
The Secretary may accept or reject a
recommendation made by TRACS and is
Nominations
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area. U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
2020/may/oes_5100001.htm. Last Accessed 12/27/
21.
SUMMARY:
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FTA invites qualified individuals
interested in serving on TRACS to apply
to FTA for appointment. The
Administrator will recommend
nominees for appointment by the
Secretary. Appointments are for twoyear terms; however, a member may
reapply to serve additional terms, in the
event that the TRACS Charter is
renewed. Applicants should be
knowledgeable of trends and issues
related to rail transit and/or bus transit
safety. Along with their experience in
the rail transit and/or bus transit
industry, applicants will also be
evaluated and selected based on factors
including leadership and organizational
skills, region of the country represented,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2021-0085]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for
Comment; Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Field Operational
Test
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. This document
describes the collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek
OMB approval to allow NHTSA to continue to conduct research on the
development of a driver alcohol detection system. NHTSA is seeking an
extension of the information collection, titled ``Driver Alcohol
Detection System for Safety Field Operational Test'' (OMB Control
Number 2127-0734), which is currently approved through March 31, 2022.
The extension is necessary to complete data collection that was delayed
due to COVID-19 restrictions. The burden hour and cost calculations
have been adjusted to reflect only the remaining data collection,
adjustments for recruitment based on current experience, and
adjustments in participation based on current experience. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was published on December 30, 2021.
One comment was received in response to this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden,
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find this particular information
collection, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comment''
or use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Eric Traube, Vehicle Safety Research,
Human Factors/Engineering Integration Division (NSR-310), (202) 366-
5673, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, W46-424, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Please identify the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces
that the following information collection request will be submitted
OMB.
Title: Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety Field Operational
Test.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0734.
Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three years.
Summary of the Collection of Information: NHTSA and the Automotive
Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) began research in February 2008 to
try to find potential in-vehicle approaches to the problem of alcohol-
impaired driving. Members of ACTS comprise motor vehicle manufacturers
representing approximately 99 percent of light vehicle sales in the
U.S. This cooperative research partnership, known as the Driver Alcohol
Detection System for Safety (DADSS) Program, is exploring the
feasibility, the potential benefits of, and the public policy
challenges associated with a more widespread use of non-invasive
technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving. The 2008 cooperative
agreement between NHTSA and ACTS for Phases I and II outlined a program
of research to assess the state of detection technologies that are
capable of measuring blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or Breath
Alcohol Concentration (BrAC). The 2008 cooperative agreement and a
subsequent 2013 cooperative agreement support the creation and testing
of prototypes and subsequent hardware that could be installed in
vehicles. As part of this research program, and pursuant to the 2013
cooperative agreement, NHTSA and ACTS developed both breath- and touch-
based sensors to evaluate the potential implementation and integration
of both breath-and touch-based sensor technologies. The sensors are to
be integrated into a vehicle in a manner that does not significantly
alter the appearance of the vehicle interior. Further research is
needed to evaluate the potential implementation and integration of both
breath- and touch-based sensor technologies.
The purpose of this information collection is to collect data
needed to evaluate the functionality of the touch- and breath- based
sensors in varying operating conditions by having study participants
provide breath and touch samples in DADSS research vehicles equipped
with the sensors. Although the sensors will undergo significant
laboratory testing, it is necessary to evaluate their function in
extreme real-
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world environmental conditions to ensure that they will be operational
for the harshest conditions that the sensors will encounter.
The sensor-equipped research vehicles are used to gather data
regarding sensor validity and reliability, as well as assess the real-
world use of the sensors with human participants in varying
environmental conditions, such as weather conditions, road conditions,
temperatures, altitudes, air conditioner or heater status, window up or
down, etc. These are the first vehicles ever to be equipped with
systems designed to be unobtrusive that can measure driver alcohol
levels. As such, it represents the first opportunity for researchers to
gain an understanding of the use of the sensors in the operational
context for which they were designed. Data collected from the study's
Field Operational Test (FOT or DADSS FOT) will be used to further
refine the DADSS Performance Specifications and evaluate subsystem/
sensor performance.
The collection of information consists of: (1) An eligibility
interview with COVID screening questions and COVID test, (2) a multi-
day FOT of DADSS sensors, and (3) a post-test-day questionnaire. NHTSA
is currently collecting information for the study and the data
collection is ongoing. Extension of the study is necessary due to
COVID-related delays which paused data collection for a period of time
and during development of new COVID precautions.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting public comments on the following information
collection was published on December 30, 2021 (89 FR 74427).
NHTSA received one comment in response to this notice. Mothers
Against Drunk Driving (MADD) ``supports NHTSA's request for an
extension of the information collection.'' They further urge action to
help meet the deadline mandated in the advanced technology provisions
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act calling for the Agency to
mandate that drunk and impaired driving prevention technology become
standard equipment in all new passenger motor vehicles. MADD recognizes
the timing of completion of NHTSA efforts and ``adherence to the
deadline mandated in the law is vital to the lives of the American
public.'' NHTSA appreciates the time and consideration of MADD in
responding to the 60-day Federal Register notice.
Affected Public: General Public.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,787.
When NHTSA sought approval for the currently approved information
collection, it described its plan for collecting data from 480 unique
respondents. In order to recruit 480 participants who would complete
the field operational test, NHTSA estimated that 600 respondents would
need to complete the initial eligibility screening (a 75% recruitment
rate). Based on experience, NHTSA has found that the actual recruitment
rate is much lower than anticipated. As of August 31, 2021, 62
participants had been successfully recruited and participated in the
FOT. Successful recruitment involved a screening of 420 individuals,
for a recruitment rate of 15 percent. Since NHTSA needs to recruit 418
more participants, NHTSA estimates that the research team would need to
screen 2,787 individuals.
Frequency: Varies.
There are four different components to this information collection
and the frequency for response varies across the components: The
initial eligibility screening is conducted one-time; the full
orientation is conducted one-time; the health screening is conducted
each time that an individual participates in the FOT; and the FOT is
conducted as many times as the individual wishes, up to 60 times.
Number of Responses: Varies.
Each of the different components in this information collection has
a different number of responses: The initial eligibility screening is
estimated at 2,787 responses; the full orientation is estimated at 418
responses; the health screening is estimated at 468 responses; and the
FOT is estimated at 890 responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,249.
When NHTSA originally obtained clearance for this ICR, the agency
did not expect to need to renew the collection. Instead, it was
expected that the data collection would have been completed within the
three-year clearance period. However, COVID-19 delayed the research
effort, necessitating this request for extension. Accordingly, NHTSA is
requesting an extension of this currently approved information
collection for the portion of the planned data collection that still
needs to be completed. As of August 31, 2021, collection is complete
for 62 participants of the necessary 480 participants. Therefore, NHTSA
is requesting approval for the collection of information from 418
remaining participants and individuals screened in order to recruit the
418 participants. In estimating the burden of this collection, NHTSA
has made adjustments, based on its experience with recruitment and data
collection under the current collection, to its estimates for numbers
of screenings, duration associated with information collection, and
frequency of data collection of various phases of the study. NHTSA has
also added new COVID-19 screening questions and a COVID-19 test
requirement for the safety of both researchers and study participants.
These new COVID-19 safety measures will be carried out in accordance
with CDC guidelines and the data from the screening questions and tests
will not be retained nor used for analytic purposes.
When NHTSA originally sought approval for this research study, it
estimated that each initial eligibility/demographic interview would
take approximately 15 minutes. With experience, NHTSA is now revising
the estimate to be 30 minutes. NHTSA is also revising its burden
estimates to include time for health screenings each time a respondent
participates in the FOT after their first day. On the first day,
participants will go through a full orientation, which is expected to
last 1 hour and includes both a health screening and in-vehicle
instruction. NHTSA estimates that the health screening portion takes
approximately 30 minutes.
NHTSA originally estimated burdens associated with this collection
assuming that each participant would complete the FOT 60 times. This
was based on the maximum amount of participation. However, based on the
experience of the data collection through August 31, 2021, participants
are, on average, completing the FOT 2.13 times. Of the 62 participants
who have completed the FOT thus far, 27 participated only once. The
remaining 35 participated an average of 3 times each. Using this
average, NHTSA estimates that the remaining 418 participants will
complete a total of 890 operational tests.
Based on experience, NHTSA has also revised the estimated burden
hours for the FOT. NHTSA now estimates the average duration of the pre-
drive, drive, and post-drive recovery to be five hours (this estimate
does not include orientation time, which is estimated separately).
NHTSA has also revised estimates to include the time for test-day
questions in the burden estimate for FOT. These questions were counted
separately in the initial ICR. However, the question responses are
collected during the post-drive recovery time and included in the
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average time for participants in the FOT portion of the study.
NHTSA estimates the total burden for the remaining data collection
to be 6,498 hours. The research team expects the data collection to
take place over 24 months, for an average of 3,249 hours per year. This
is longer than initially estimated due to observed difficulty in
recruitment.
NHTSA estimates the opportunity cost associated with this
information collection using the median hourly wage for the Southwest
Virginia nonmetropolitan area of $15.34 per hour for all
occupations,\1\ resulting in a total opportunity cost of $99,679.32 and
an annual opportunity cost of $49,839.66.
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\1\ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. May 2020
Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and
Wage Estimates-Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area. U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/2020/may/oes_5100001.htm. Last Accessed 12/27/21.
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Table 1 provides a summary of the remaining burden hours for this
information collection.
Table 1--Estimated Burden Hours and Associated Opportunity Costs
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Estimated
Instrument Number of Number of Duration Estimated Cost per opportunity
responses respondents burden hours hour cost
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Eligibility/Demographic Interview........... 2,787 2,787 30 min (0.5 hrs)..................... 1,393.5 $15.34 $21,376.29
Full Orientation............................ 418 418 1 hour............................... 418 15.34 6,412.12
Health Screening Only....................... 468 234 30 min (0.5 hrs)..................... 234 15.34 3,589.66
Field Operational Test...................... 890 418 5 hours.............................. 4,452 15.34 68,293.68
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Total (covering a 24-month period)...... ........... ........... ..................................... 6,497.5 (6,498) ........... 99,679.32
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Estimated Annual Burden..................... ........... ........... ..................................... 3,249 ........... 49,839.66
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The 30-day Federal Register notice contained errors in the
estimated opportunity cost for the Full Orientation, Health Screening
Only, and Field Operational Test. Those errors were typographical, did
not affect the calculations for total, and have been corrected in this
notice.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $0.
NHTSA estimates that there are no additional costs to respondents
beyond those associated with opportunity cost. To offset these costs,
NHTSA is paying respondents who participate in the FOT $19.50 per hour.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2022-05418 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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