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1Section 405 grants cover the following: 

Occupant Protection Grants; State Traffic Safety 

Information System Improvements Grants; Impaired 

Driving Countermeasures Grants (including 

Alcohol-Ignition Interlock Grants and 24–7 Sobriety 

Program Grants); Distracted Driving Grants; 

Motorcyclist Safety Grants; State Graduated Driver 

Licensing Incentive Grants; and Nonmotorized 

Safety Grants. Section 1906 is a separate racial 

profiling data collection grant. 

the closing date indicated under the 

DATES section of the notice. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Uniform Procedures for 

State Highway Safety Grant Programs 

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. 

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 an 

extension of a currently-approved 

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 NHTSA’s collection 

of information for its State Highway 

Safety Grant Program. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2021–0009 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

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. 

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 http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

programmatic issues, contact Barbara 

Sauers, Regional Operations and 

Program Delivery, NRO–011, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590; Telephone: 202–366–0144. For 

legal issues and background 

information, contact Roland (R.T.) 

Baumann III, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, NCC–300, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590; Telephone: 202–366–1834. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

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 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: Uniform Procedures for State 

Highway Safety Grant Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0730. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information 

The Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act (FAST), Public Law 

114–94, authorizes the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

(NHTSA) to issue highway safety grants 

to States under Chapter 4 of Title 23, 

U.S.C. Specifically, these grant 

programs include the Highway Safety 

Program grants (23 U.S.C. 402 or Section 

402), the National Priority Safety 

Program grants (23 U.S.C. 405 or Section 

405) and a separate grant on racial 

profiling data collection contained in a 

previous authorization that was revised 

and restored under the FAST Act (Pub. 

L. 109–59, Sec. 1906 or Section 1906, as 

amended by Sec. 4011, Pub. L. 114–94). 

For all of these grants, as directed in 

statute, NHTSA uses a consolidated 

application process that relies on the 

Highway Safety Plan (HSP) States 

submit under the Section 402 program 

as a single application. The information 

required to be submitted for these grants 

includes the HSP consisting of 

information on the highway safety 

planning process, performance report, 

performance plan, problem 

identification, highway safety 

countermeasure strategies, projects and 

funding amounts, certifications and 

assurances, and application materials 

that cover Section 405 grants and the 

reauthorized Section 1906 grant.1 States 


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2Under occupant protection grants, one criterion 

that a State with a lower belt use rate may use to 

receive a grant is to complete an assessment of its 

occupant protection program once every three years 

(23 U.S.C. 405(b)(3)(B)(ii)(VI)(aa)); and another 

criterion is a comprehensive occupant protection 

program that includes a program assessment 

conducted every five years as one of its elements 

(23 U.S.C. 405(b)(3)(B)(ii)(V)(aa); 23 CFR 

1300.21(e)(5)(i)). Under traffic safety system 

information system improvement grants, a State 

must have an assessment of its highway safety data 

and traffic records system once every 5 years in 

order to receive a grant (23 U.S.C. 405(c)(3)(E)). 

Under impaired driving countermeasure grants, a 

State with high average impaired driving fatality 

rates must have an assessment of its impaired 

driving program once every 3 years in order to 

receive a grant. (23 U.S.C. 405(d)(3)(C)(i)(I)). 

3The Uniform Guidelines for State Highway 

Safety Programs are available online at https://

one.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/whatsup/tea21/ 

tea21programs/index.htm. 

4The Traffic Records Program Assessment 

Advisory is available online at https://

crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ 

ViewPublication/812601. 

also must submit an annual report 

evaluating their progress in achieving 

performance targets. In addition, as part 

of the statutory criteria for Section 405 

grants covering the areas of occupant 

protection, traffic safety information 

system improvement and impaired 

driving countermeasures, States may be 

required to receive assessments of their 

State programs in order to receive a 

grant.2 States must provide information 

and respond to questions as part of the 

assessment process. 

Consistent with the statute, NHTSA 

has implemented a final rule that 

creates uniform procedures for States to 

apply for grant funds (83 FR 3466, 

January 25, 2018). These procedures 

specify the information that is required 

to be submitted to receive a grant and 

the type of information required to 

verify performance under the grants. 

As indicated above, States may be 

required to receive an assessment of 

certain covered programs in order to be 

eligible for some grants under Section 

405. Separate from these requirements, 

States also may request assessments in 

these areas at their discretion. NHTSA 

uses two different assessment 

approaches based on the traffic safety 

area covered. For occupant protection 

and impaired driving, assessments are 

based on NHTSA’s Uniform Guidelines 

for State Highway Safety Programs, 

which are required by Congress and 

periodically updated through a process 

that seeks public comment.3 State 

programs are assessed against these 

uniform guidelines by a team of subject 

matter experts. The assessment team 

produces a final report with 

recommendations on how the State can 

improve the effectiveness of its program. 

As part of the process, States provide 

written materials in response to requests 

from the assessment team and 

participate in a comprehensive 

interview process. For traffic safety 

information systems, States respond to 

questions based on NHTSA’s Traffic 

Records Program Assessment Advisory 

(DOT HS 812 601), which describes an 

ideal traffic records system. The 

questions cover nine topical areas and 

examine how well a State plans, 

collects, manages, and integrates 

information from several State traffic 

records systems.4 Responses are 

evaluated by subject matter experts, and 

a final report is provided to the State 

with recommendations for 

improvement. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information 

As noted above, the statute provides 

that the HSP is the application for grants 

each fiscal year. The information is 

necessary to determine whether a State 

satisfies the Federal criteria for grant 

awards. The annual report tracks 

progress in achieving the aims of the 

grant program. The information is 

necessary to verify performance under 

the grants and to provide a basis for 

improvement. As specified in statute, 

States may be required to receive an 

assessment of certain covered programs. 

The information provided by a State 

allows subject matter experts to provide 

recommendations for the purpose of 

improving the covered areas. 

Affected Public 

This collection impacts the fifty-seven 

entities that are eligible to apply for 

grants under the NHTSA Highway Grant 

Program (the fifty States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, American 

Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs on behalf of the Indian Country). 

These respondents will hereafter be 

referred to as ‘‘State respondents.’’ 

This collection also impacts the 

subject matter experts and 

administrative assistants who are 

involved in assessments for the grant 

program. These subject matter experts 

are recruited by NHTSA by asking 

NHTSA Regional Offices and the State 

Highway Safety Offices to make 

recommendations. All new occupant 

protection and impaired driving 

assessors complete an e-learning course, 

Conducting Highway Safety Program 

Assessments.The course is self-paced 

and entirely on-line. Each impaired 

driving and occupant protection 

assessment team consists of five (5) 

assessors and an administrative 

assistant. For traffic records 

assessments, NHTSA uses a contractor 

to recruit and train the assessors for the 

online traffic records assessment 

conducted using NHTSA’s Traffic 

Records Improvement Program 

Reporting System (TRIPRS). All subject 

matter experts are current or former 

members of State Traffic Records 

Coordinating Committees. There are 

between 10 to 14 assessors for each 

traffic records assessment. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

There are 57 potential State 

respondents (the fifty States, the District 

of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American 

Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs on behalf of the Indian Country). 

NHTSA estimates there will be 

approximately 260 assessor respondents 

per year. This estimate includes 

assessors and administrative assistants. 

Each occupant protection or impaired 

driving assessment involves five (5) 

subject matter experts and one (1) 

administrative assistant. NHTSA 

estimates that 13 occupant protection 

and impaired driving assessments will 

be completed each year, for a total of 78 

respondents. Each traffic records 

assessment involves approximately 

thirteen (13) subject matter experts. 

NHTSA estimates that 14 traffic records 

assessments are completed each year, 

for a total of 182 traffic records 

assessors. 

Frequency 

Applications for grant funding and 

annul reporting are submitted once a 

year and assessments are conducted 

once every three or five years. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 

40,666 

The estimated burden hours for the 

grant application and annual report part 

of the collection of information are 

based on all eligible respondents each 

year for each of the grants: 

• Section 402 grants: 57 (fifty States, 

the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs); 

• Section 405 Grants (except 

Impaired Driving Countermeasures, 

Motorcyclist Safety and Nonmotorized 

Grants) and Section 1906 Grant: 56 (fifty 

States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands); and 


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5Assessment average is based on the total number 

of assessments conducted each year and divided by 

the number of years since the inception of 

assessment requirements for certain grants under 

MAP–21, Public Law 112–141. 6See May 2019 National Industry-Specific 

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, 

NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, 

available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics4_999200.htm (accessed January 6, 2021). 

7

• Section 405, Impaired Driving 

Countermeasures, Motorcyclist Safety 

and Nonmotorized Grants: 52 (fifty 

States, the District of Columbia, and 

Puerto Rico). 

The estimated burden hours for the 

assessment part of the collection of 

information are based on the average 

number of State assessments that are 

carried out each year in each of the 

covered grant areas: 5 There are 9 

assessments planned for the Section 405 

Occupant Protection grants, 14 

assessments for the Section 405 Traffic 

safety information system improvement 

grants and 4 assessments for the Section 

405 Impaired driving grant. 

Under the grant application and 

annual report requirements, we estimate 

that it will take each respondent 

approximately 240 hours to collect, 

review and submit the required 

information to NHTSA for the Section 

402 program (200 burden hours for grant 

applications and 40 hours for annual 

reports). We further estimate that it will 

take each respondent approximately 180 

hours to collect, review and submit the 

required information to NHTSA for the 

Section 405 program. For traffic safety 

information system improvement grants, 

we estimate that it takes 123 hours to 

respond to questions under the 

assessment. For occupant protection 

and impaired driving countermeasures 

grants, we estimate that it takes 80 hours 

to provide the required information and 

respond to questions under an 

assessment. Based on the above 

information, the estimated annual 

burden hours for all State respondents 

is 26,522 hours. 

NHTSA estimates the labor cost 

associated with respondents preparing 

application materials using the 

estimated average wage for 

‘‘Management Analysts,’’ Occupation 

Code 13–1111. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics estimates that the average 

hourly wage for management analysts in 

State and local government is $31.95.6

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 

that wages for State and local 

government workers represent 61.8% of 

total compensation costs.7 Therefore, 

NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs 

to be $51.70 and estimates that hourly 

labor cost associated with preparing 

materials to be $24,056 per respondent. 

If all eligible States applied for and 

received grants for all programs (and 

including the annual number of 

assessment responses required from 

States), the total labor costs on all 

respondents would be $1,855,099. 

These estimates are based on every 

eligible respondent submitting the 

required information for every available 

grant. However, not all States apply for 

and receive a grant each year under each 

of these programs. In addition, under 

Section 405 grants, some requirements 

permit States to submit a single 

application covering multiple years 

allowing States to simply recertify in 

subsequent years. 

In addition to the burden hours for 

State respondents, this information 

collection also involves burden hours 

for subject matter experts who assess the 

States and burden hours for 

administrative assistants. For occupant 

protection and impaired driving 

assessments it is estimated that 

assessors spend approximately 80 hours 

of work on each assessment, based on 

the following assumptions: 46 hours for 

the interviews and panel discussions 

and 34 hours for pre- and postassessment activities, to include 

reviewing: (1) Briefing book materials; 

(2) resources on the State Highway 

Safety Office’s website, and (3) 

reviewing comments and/or suggestions 

submitted from the State after their 

review of the assessment final 

report.The honorarium the State pays to 

each team member is $2,700, which 

translates to $33.75 per hour. 

An administrative assistant works 

approximately 46 hours for the 

interviews and panel discussions and 18 

hours for pre- and post-assessment 

activities, to include coordinating 

logistics, assisting team members and 

editing the document. The honorarium 

for this position is $2,100 (which 

translates to $32.80 per hour). 

The cost for traffic records 

assessments is based on the honorarium 

that NHTSA pays each assessor. NHTSA 

pays each assessor $2,100 for their time 

and NHTSA estimates that each assessor 

spends approximately 16 hours for the 

assessment, or $131.25 per hour. 

Accordingly, NHTSA estimates the 

total burden hours for this information 

collection request is 44,826 hours and 

the associated labor costs is estimated to 

be $2,440,089. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$422,500 

In addition to the cost of states in 

conjunction with the assessments, there 

are other costs involved related to 

conducting the event such as subject 

matter expert stipend, travel and per 

diem. These costs are approximately 

$32,500 per occupant protection and 

impaired driving assessment. For the 

thirteen planned assessments, the cost is 

estimated to be $422,500. 

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. 

Jamie Pfister, 

Associate Administrator for Regional 

Operations and Program Delivery. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Federal Advisory 

Committee on Insurance 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s 

Federal Advisory Committee on 

Insurance (‘‘FACI’’) will meet via 

videoconference on Thursday, February 

18, 2021 from 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The meeting is open to 

the public. The FACI provides nonbinding recommendation and advice to 

the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the 

U.S. Department of Treasury. 

DATES: The meeting will be held via 

videoconference on Thursday, February 

18, 2021, from 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

Attendance: The meeting will be held 

via videoconference and is open to the 

public. The public can attend remotely 

via live webcast at www.yorkcast.com/ 

treasury/events/2021/02/18/FACI. The 

webcast will also be available through 

the FACI’s website at https://

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