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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0028]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Evaluation of the Model
Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
Program
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
a new information collection.
AGENCY:
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites
public comments about our intention to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
new information collection. Before a
Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must
receive approval from OMB. Under
procedures established by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatement
of previously approved collections. This
document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval on an evaluation
of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash
Criteria (MMUCC) program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2022–0028 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Go to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays. To
be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9322 before
coming.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and 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. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
SUMMARY:
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Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets
via internet.
For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact John
Siegler, National Center for Statistics
and Analysis (NSA–221), (202) 366–
1268, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, W55–233, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency
submits a proposed collection of
information to OMB for approval, it
must first 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 regulation (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (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) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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 for public
comments on the following proposed
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collection of information for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB.
Title: Evaluation of the Model
Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
(MMUCC) Program.
OMB Control Number: NEW.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1635
and NHTSA Form 1636.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: NHTSA is authorized by
49 U.S.C. 30182 and 23 U.S.C. 403 to
collect data on motor vehicle traffic
crashes to aid in the identification of
issues and the development,
implementation, and evaluation of
motor vehicle and highway safety
countermeasures
The MMUCC guideline identifies a
minimum set of motor vehicle crash
data variables and their attributes that
States should consider collecting and
including in their State crash data
systems. MMUCC is a voluntary,
minimum set of standardized data
variables for describing motor vehicle
traffic crashes. MMUCC promotes data
uniformity within the highway safety
community by creating a foundation for
State crash data systems to provide the
information necessary to improve
highway safety. The crash data is used
to identify issues, determine highway
safety messages and strategic
communication campaigns, optimize
the location of selective law
enforcement, inform decision-makers of
needed highway safety legislation, and
evaluate the impact of highway safety
countermeasures. NHTSA developed
MMUCC with the Governors Highway
Safety Association in 1998 and have
regularly updated the guidelines
together, with the most recent fifth
edition published in 2017.
NHTSA is seeking approval to
conduct a national survey of active law
enforcement officers. The purpose of the
survey would be to solicit officers’
judgement about collecting the crash
data variables described in the current
fifth edition of the Model Minimum
Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC)
Guideline (DOT HS 812 433, July 2017)
as well as to test officers’ abilities to
accurately collect both existing MMUCC
variables and proposed new or modified
variables.
First, NHTSA will hire a contractor to
contact police chiefs within the 397
sampling units used by NHTSA’s Crash
Reporting Sampling System (CRSS) to
request the nomination of four law
enforcement officers in their department
who collect crash data to participate in
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the study. Specifically, NHTSA is
requesting the police chiefs to provide
personally identifiable information (PII)
about the nominated law enforcement
officers, including names and contact
information (email, phone, and address)
so that NHTSA can contact these
officers to administer a survey on
MMUCC data elements and arrange
payment of an honorarium.
Second, NHTSA will send the officers
who were nominated to participate in
this study a unique link to one of two
online surveys, which will examine the
feasibility of collecting the MMUCC
crash data. The surveys will collect
limited information about each
respondent including the State where
they work as a law enforcement officer,
the extent of their training for collecting
crash data, and the number of years the
respondents have completed crash
reports. The surveys will collect
information about respondents’ beliefs
and abilities to accurately collect crash
data according to the MMUCC
guidelines. The surveys will ask
respondents to rate the difficulty of
accurately collecting specific MMUCC
data elements, assess respondents
ability to collect information using
MMUCC data elements for fictitious
crash scenarios, and ask for suggestions
on how MMUCC data elements can be
improved.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: States’ adoption of
MMUCC variables has been slow and
inconsistent. Currently the variables
collected on State’s police crash reports
alignment to MMUCC variables is less
than 50 percent, NHTSA intends to
conduct this information collection to
learn why the alignment rate is so low.
Before embarking on the sixth edition of
MMUCC, NHTSA seeks to assess the
feasibility of collecting the data
variables in MMUCC and to identify
problematic data variables and other
factors that impede States from adopting
the MMUCC variables.
To assess the ability of law
enforcement officers to accurately
collect MMUCC crash data variables,
NHTSA will conduct an electronic
survey of a national sample of law
enforcement officers who complete
crash reports. The survey will ask
respondents to review fictitious crash
scenarios and collect the MMUCC data
variables. In addition, law enforcement
officers will be asked about their
confidence to accurately collect
MMUCC data variables and to provide
suggestions for improving each data
variable as needed. Examples of the
types of crash data variables in MMUCC
that law enforcement will be asked
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Sequence of Events, Type of
Intersection, and Restraint System Use.
The information collected will allow
NHTSA to identify data variables in
MMUCC that officers might interpret
differently. The results will inform
deliberations about the content of the
next edition of MMUCC. A summary of
this research will be published as an
appendix to the next edition of
MMUCC.
Affected Public: Law enforcement.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
NHTSA will send a short letter to 397
chief police officers to request they
identify four police officers within their
department to participate in the
MMUCC survey. The total sample is
1,985 (397 police chiefs + 1,588 police
officers).
Frequency: NHTSA plans to conduct
this data collection once to prepare for
the sixth edition of MMUCC.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: To calculate the hour burden and
labor cost associated with submitting
the Evaluation of the Model Minimum
Uniform Crash Criteria, NHTSA looked
at wage estimates for Front Line
Supervisors of Police and Detectives
and Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
who complete crash forms. NHTSA
estimates the total opportunity costs
associated with these burden hours by
looking at the average wage for (1) Front
line Supervisors of Police and
Detectives and (2) Police and Sheriff’s
Patrol Officers. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) estimates that the
average hourly wage for Front line
Supervisors of Police and Detectives
(BLS Occupation Code 33–1012) 1 is
$46.72 and Police and Sheriff’s Patrol
Officers (BLS Occupation code 33–3051)
is $33.66.2 The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that wages represent
62.2 percent of total compensation for
State and local government workers, on
average.3 Therefore, NHTSA estimates
the hourly labor costs to be
$75.11($46.72/.622) for Supervisors of
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers and
$54.12 ($33.66/622) for Police and
Sheriff’s Patrol Officers. NHTSA
estimates that it will take about 10
minutes (0.17 of an hour) for the police
1 See May 2020 National Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates. National
Estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Police and
Detectives. Available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/
current/oes331012.htm (accessed July 1, 2021).
2 See May 2020 National Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates. National
Estimates for Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers.
Available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes333051.htm (accessed July 1, 2021).
3 Employer Costs for Employee CompensationMarch 2020, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/
archives/ecec_06182020.pdf. Accessed 12/21/2021.
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chiefs to nominate four law enforcement
officers who investigate motor vehicle
crashes, resulting in 67.49 (0.17 × 397)
hours for 397 police chiefs. From pilot
testing the survey instruments with six
former law enforcement officers who
work at NHTSA, the agency estimates
that it will take the law enforcement
officers one hour to complete the
survey. Therefore, 1,588 hours for 1,588
law enforcement officers. NHTSA
estimates the total hourly compensation
cost for police chiefs to be $5,069.17
($75.11 × 67.49 hours). NHTSA
estimates the total hourly compensation
cost for law enforcement officers to be
$85,942.56 ($54.12 × 1,588 hours). Table
1 provides a summary of the estimated
burden hours and labor costs associated
with those respondents.
TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES
Estimated
burden per
response
Responses
Labor cost
per response
Total burden
hours
Total labor
costs
Police Chiefs nomination of law enforcement officer for study participation.
Survey of Law Enforcement Officers
397
0.17 hour (10 minutes) ..
$75.11
$12.76
67.49
$5,069.17
1,588
1 hour ............................
54.12
54.12
1,588.00
85,942.56
Total ............................................
1,985
........................................
......................
......................
1,655.49
91,011.73
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
This collection is not expected to result
in any increase in costs to respondents
other than the opportunity cost
associated with the burden hours. Both
the police chiefs who will nominate
respondents and the law enforcement
officers completing the survey on
MMUCC possess the information
needed to complete each survey.
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
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (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
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29.
Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator for the National
Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Requirements; Proposed Information
Collection; Submission for OMB
Review; Community Reinvestment Act
Qualifying Activities Confirmation
Request Form
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a revised information
collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
In accordance with the requirements
of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct
or sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The OCC is
soliciting comment on its form titled,
‘‘Community Reinvestment Act
Qualifying Activities Confirmation
Request Form.’’ The OCC also is giving
notice that it has sent the collection to
OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written
comments by April 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov.
• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office,
Attention: Comment Processing, 1557–
NEW, Office of the Comptroller of the
SUMMARY:
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218, Washington, DC 20219.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th
Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
• Fax: (571) 465–4326.
Instructions: You must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557–
NEW’’ in your comment. In general, the
OCC will publish comments on
www.reginfo.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information provided, such as name and
address information, email addresses, or
phone numbers. Comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, are part of the
public record and subject to public
disclosure. Do not include any
information in your comment or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should also be
sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
On December 15, 2021, the OCC
published a 60-day notice for this
information collection, 86 FR 71318.
You may review comments and other
related materials that pertain to this
information collection following the
close of the 30-day comment period for
this notice by the method set forth in
the next bullet.
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab
and click on ‘‘Information Collection
Review’’ drop-down menu. From the
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2022-0028]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Evaluation of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria Program
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a request for approval of a
new information collection.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
invites public comments about our intention to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information
collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information
from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures
established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB
approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed
collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of
previously approved collections. This document describes a collection
of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on an
evaluation of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. NHTSA-
2022-0028 through any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Go to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help
you, please call (202) 366-9322 before coming.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
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. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact John Siegler, National Center for
Statistics and Analysis (NSA-221), (202) 366-1268, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, W55-233, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for approval, it must first 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 regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must
ask for public comment on the following: (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) how to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) 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 for public comments on the following proposed
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collection of information for which the agency is seeking approval from
OMB.
Title: Evaluation of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
(MMUCC) Program.
OMB Control Number: NEW.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1635 and NHTSA Form 1636.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: NHTSA is authorized by 49
U.S.C. 30182 and 23 U.S.C. 403 to collect data on motor vehicle traffic
crashes to aid in the identification of issues and the development,
implementation, and evaluation of motor vehicle and highway safety
countermeasures
The MMUCC guideline identifies a minimum set of motor vehicle crash
data variables and their attributes that States should consider
collecting and including in their State crash data systems. MMUCC is a
voluntary, minimum set of standardized data variables for describing
motor vehicle traffic crashes. MMUCC promotes data uniformity within
the highway safety community by creating a foundation for State crash
data systems to provide the information necessary to improve highway
safety. The crash data is used to identify issues, determine highway
safety messages and strategic communication campaigns, optimize the
location of selective law enforcement, inform decision-makers of needed
highway safety legislation, and evaluate the impact of highway safety
countermeasures. NHTSA developed MMUCC with the Governors Highway
Safety Association in 1998 and have regularly updated the guidelines
together, with the most recent fifth edition published in 2017.
NHTSA is seeking approval to conduct a national survey of active
law enforcement officers. The purpose of the survey would be to solicit
officers' judgement about collecting the crash data variables described
in the current fifth edition of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash
Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline (DOT HS 812 433, July 2017) as well as to
test officers' abilities to accurately collect both existing MMUCC
variables and proposed new or modified variables.
First, NHTSA will hire a contractor to contact police chiefs within
the 397 sampling units used by NHTSA's Crash Reporting Sampling System
(CRSS) to request the nomination of four law enforcement officers in
their department who collect crash data to participate in the study.
Specifically, NHTSA is requesting the police chiefs to provide
personally identifiable information (PII) about the nominated law
enforcement officers, including names and contact information (email,
phone, and address) so that NHTSA can contact these officers to
administer a survey on MMUCC data elements and arrange payment of an
honorarium.
Second, NHTSA will send the officers who were nominated to
participate in this study a unique link to one of two online surveys,
which will examine the feasibility of collecting the MMUCC crash data.
The surveys will collect limited information about each respondent
including the State where they work as a law enforcement officer, the
extent of their training for collecting crash data, and the number of
years the respondents have completed crash reports. The surveys will
collect information about respondents' beliefs and abilities to
accurately collect crash data according to the MMUCC guidelines. The
surveys will ask respondents to rate the difficulty of accurately
collecting specific MMUCC data elements, assess respondents ability to
collect information using MMUCC data elements for fictitious crash
scenarios, and ask for suggestions on how MMUCC data elements can be
improved.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: States' adoption of MMUCC variables has been slow and
inconsistent. Currently the variables collected on State's police crash
reports alignment to MMUCC variables is less than 50 percent, NHTSA
intends to conduct this information collection to learn why the
alignment rate is so low. Before embarking on the sixth edition of
MMUCC, NHTSA seeks to assess the feasibility of collecting the data
variables in MMUCC and to identify problematic data variables and other
factors that impede States from adopting the MMUCC variables.
To assess the ability of law enforcement officers to accurately
collect MMUCC crash data variables, NHTSA will conduct an electronic
survey of a national sample of law enforcement officers who complete
crash reports. The survey will ask respondents to review fictitious
crash scenarios and collect the MMUCC data variables. In addition, law
enforcement officers will be asked about their confidence to accurately
collect MMUCC data variables and to provide suggestions for improving
each data variable as needed. Examples of the types of crash data
variables in MMUCC that law enforcement will be asked about include
Direction of Travel, Sequence of Events, Type of Intersection, and
Restraint System Use. The information collected will allow NHTSA to
identify data variables in MMUCC that officers might interpret
differently. The results will inform deliberations about the content of
the next edition of MMUCC. A summary of this research will be published
as an appendix to the next edition of MMUCC.
Affected Public: Law enforcement.
Estimated Number of Respondents: NHTSA will send a short letter to
397 chief police officers to request they identify four police officers
within their department to participate in the MMUCC survey. The total
sample is 1,985 (397 police chiefs + 1,588 police officers).
Frequency: NHTSA plans to conduct this data collection once to
prepare for the sixth edition of MMUCC.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: To calculate the hour burden
and labor cost associated with submitting the Evaluation of the Model
Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, NHTSA looked at wage estimates for
Front Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives and Police and
Sheriff's Patrol Officers who complete crash forms. NHTSA estimates the
total opportunity costs associated with these burden hours by looking
at the average wage for (1) Front line Supervisors of Police and
Detectives and (2) Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that the average hourly wage for Front
line Supervisors of Police and Detectives (BLS Occupation Code 33-1012)
\1\ is $46.72 and Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (BLS Occupation
code 33-3051) is $33.66.\2\ The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates
that wages represent 62.2 percent of total compensation for State and
local government workers, on average.\3\ Therefore, NHTSA estimates the
hourly labor costs to be $75.11($46.72/.622) for Supervisors of Police
and Sheriff's Patrol Officers and $54.12 ($33.66/622) for Police and
Sheriff's Patrol Officers. NHTSA estimates that it will take about 10
minutes (0.17 of an hour) for the police
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chiefs to nominate four law enforcement officers who investigate motor
vehicle crashes, resulting in 67.49 (0.17 x 397) hours for 397 police
chiefs. From pilot testing the survey instruments with six former law
enforcement officers who work at NHTSA, the agency estimates that it
will take the law enforcement officers one hour to complete the survey.
Therefore, 1,588 hours for 1,588 law enforcement officers. NHTSA
estimates the total hourly compensation cost for police chiefs to be
$5,069.17 ($75.11 x 67.49 hours). NHTSA estimates the total hourly
compensation cost for law enforcement officers to be $85,942.56 ($54.12
x 1,588 hours). Table 1 provides a summary of the estimated burden
hours and labor costs associated with those respondents.
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\1\ See May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates. National Estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Police
and Detectives. Available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes331012.htm (accessed July 1, 2021).
\2\ See May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates. National Estimates for Police and Sheriff's Patrol
Officers. Available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes333051.htm
(accessed July 1, 2021).
\3\ Employer Costs for Employee Compensation-March 2020, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_06182020.pdf. Accessed 12/
21/2021.
Table 1--Burden Estimates
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Average
Responses Estimated burden per response hourly labor Labor cost Total burden Total labor
cost per response hours costs
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Police Chiefs nomination of law enforcement 397 0.17 hour (10 minutes)........... $75.11 $12.76 67.49 $5,069.17
officer for study participation.
Survey of Law Enforcement Officers............. 1,588 1 hour........................... 54.12 54.12 1,588.00 85,942.56
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Total...................................... 1,985 ................................. ............ ............ 1,655.49 91,011.73
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: This collection is not expected
to result in any increase in costs to respondents other than the
opportunity cost associated with the burden hours. Both the police
chiefs who will nominate respondents and the law enforcement officers
completing the survey on MMUCC possess the information needed to
complete each survey.
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 Department, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed information collection; (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 automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2022-06496 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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