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Private Rail Car Owners and/or Railroad 

Passenger Car Alliance, invited guests, 

and paying passengers (providing an 

opportunity for passenger travel of a 

bygone era). The main operations occur 

over scenic, long-distance routes 

through rural countryside (outside highrisk, dense urban areas), which are lowrisk areas for window damage or 

breakage. The car is operated at a 

maximum track speed as authorized by 

the railroad controlling movement, and 

is certified by Amtrak to operate at 110 

mph. Typically, these operations 

amount to about 4,000 miles each year. 

The Stablers state that the passenger 

car is equipped with dual-pane 

automotive style laminated safety glass, 

which, in addition to providing a 

thermal insulation benefit, protects 

occupants from injury caused by the 

likelihood of a projectile striking the 

outer pane but not penetrating the inner 

pane. They also state that there have not 

been any reports of injury to occupants 

of this car for the last 20 years. Since the 

1996 ownership by the Stablers, there 

have not been any accidents/incidents 

attributed to glazing in this car. The 

owners further state that they maintain 

the car to Amtrak standards or to a 

standard required by the operating 

railroad. 

Additionally, the Stablers have a 

current and feasible emergency egress 

plan for the car that consists of the 

following: (1) The two end doors are 

always unlocked when the car is in 

motion; (2) each bedroom is equipped 

with a hammer and flashlight (the 

hammers, specifically designed to break 

glass, are located next to each window; 

(3) the general lounge area is equipped 

with a 6-pound sledge hammer, a 3-foot 

pry bar, a Pullman bi-metal saw, and an 

axe stored in a labelled emergency tool 

holder, which is located in the entryway 

hallway; (4) the car is equipped with 

four fire extinguishers (two mounted 

and one located at each end of the car), 

and two first-aid kits; (5) the car is 

equipped, at all times, with a two-way 

radio for communication with the train 

crew, as well as a cell phone; and (6) all 

arriving passengers are given a safety 

briefing on the location and basic 

operation of breakout tools, fire 

extinguishers, and first-aid kits. 

The Stablers request that the certified 

glazing requirements be waived for the 

Two Rivers passenger car at this time 

due to the accident and vandalism free 

history, the long-distance routes through 

rural countryside, and the prohibitive 

cost to replace the side windows. The 

Stablers agree to replace any glazing 

presently installed on the car with FRAcompliant safety glazing in the event 

that the same is either cracked or 

broken, or reaches the end of its service 

life (i.e., scratched, polycarbonate, etc.). 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0153) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and 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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477–78) or at 

http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 3, 

2010. 

Michael J. Logue, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Compliance and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30911 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0157] 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed revision of the previously 

approved collection of information, 

OMB #2127–0646. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatements of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes the 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

NHTSA–2010–0157 using any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic submissions: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

Hand Delivery: West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

Docket number for this Notice. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Alan Block, Contracting Officer’s 

Technical Representative, Office of 

Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131), 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., W46–499, Washington, DC 

20590. Mr. Block’s phone number is 

202–366–6401 and his e-mail address is 

alan.block@dot.gov. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must publish a document in 

the Federal Register providing a 60-day 

comment period and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information. The OMB has 

promulgated regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulations (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) how to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(iv) how to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks public 

comment on the following proposed 

revision of the previously approved 

collection of information, OMB #2127– 

0646: 

Evaluation Surveys for Impaired 

Driving and Seat Belt Interventions 

Type of Request—Revision of the 

previously approved collection of 

information. 

OMB Clearance Number—2127–0646. 

Form Number—NHTSA 1010, 

NHTSA 1011. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval—3 years from date of 

approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information—The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

proposes to conduct telephone surveys 

to evaluate interventions designed to 

increase seat belt use and reduce 

alcohol-impaired driving. Sample sizes 

would range from 200 to 2000 

depending on the geographic unit being 

surveyed (Nation, Region, State, 

Community) and the evaluation design 

for the intervention (e.g., number of 

analytic groups). Interview length 

would be 10 minutes. The surveys 

would collect information on attitudes, 

awareness, knowledge, and behavior 

related to the intervention. The surveys 

would follow a pre-post design where 

they are administered prior to the 

implementation of the intervention and 

after its conclusion. Interim survey 

waves may also be administered if the 

duration of the intervention permits. 

In conducting the proposed surveys, 

the interviewers would use computerassisted telephone interviewing to 

reduce interview length and minimize 

recording errors. The proposed surveys 

would be anonymous. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information—NHTSA was established 

to reduce the number of deaths, injuries, 

and economic losses resulting from 

motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s 

highways. As part of this statutory 

mandate, NHTSA is authorized to 

conduct research as a foundation for the 

development of motor vehicle standards 

and traffic safety programs. 

The heavy toll that alcohol-impaired 

driving exacts on the nation in fatalities, 

injuries, and economic costs is well 

documented. In addition, non-use of 

seat belts continues to contribute 

significantly to the number of traffic 

fatalities. The persistence of these traffic 

safety problems points to an ongoing 

need for effective interventions to 

address alcohol-impaired driving and 

non-use of seat belts. This in turn calls 

for strong evaluation efforts to identify 

what interventions are effective. 

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy For Users (SAFETEA–LU) is a 

funding and authorization bill that 

governs United States federal Surface 

Transportation spending. Signed into 

law in 2005, sections within the law 

have stimulated heightened program 

activity to reduce alcohol-impaired 

driving and increase seat belt use. 

Under section 410 of SAFETEA–LU, 

spending authority for State grants to 

implement alcohol-impaired driving 

countermeasures rose from slightly 

under $40 million in 2005 to $139 

million in 2009. To be eligible for the 

grants, States had to carry out a 

specified number of programs from the 

following list: Statewide checkpoints 

and/or saturation patrols, prosecution 

and adjudication outreach programs, 

increased rate of BAC testing of drivers 

in fatal crashes, stronger sanctions for 

high-risk drivers with BACs of 0.15 

percent or more, effective alcohol 

rehabilitation for repeat offenders or a 

program to refer them to DWI courts, 

underage drinking prevention programs, 

administrative license suspension or 

revocation for DUI, and self-sustaining 

impaired driving prevention programs. 

Section 406 of SAFETEA–LU set the 

funding authority for State seat belt 

performance grants at $124.5 million 

per year between 2006 and 2009. States 

were eligible for the grants based on 

specified seat belt performance criteria. 

Under Section 405 of SAFETEA–LU, 

funding authority for State occupant 

protection incentive grants increased 

from $19.84 million in 2005 to $25 

million in 2009. Grant eligibility was 

based on specified criteria regarding the 

presence of occupant protection 

programs, laws, and associated penalties 

for violation. Use of grant funds was 

restricted to implementing and 

enforcing occupant protection programs. 

Section 2009 of SAFETEA–LU 

established a new program to administer 

at least 2 high visibility enforcement 

programs to increase seat belt use and/ 

or reduce alcohol-impaired or drugimpaired driving. Grant funds could be 

used for the development, production, 

and use of broadcast and print media in 

carrying out traffic safety law 

enforcement campaigns. 

Funding of these programs has 

continued with extension of SAFETEA– 

LU into fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

NHTSA needs to be prepared for 

inclusion of the programs in the 

upcoming Surface Transportation 

Reauthorization. This means 

maintaining a strong evaluation program 

that monitors the effectiveness of 

intervention models being implemented 

under this funded intervention activity, 

and identifies where changes are 

needed. Telephone surveys have been 

an important component in NHTSA’s 

evaluation activity. They have been 

used to measure public awareness of 

intervention campaigns, penetration of 

campaign messages, and perceived risk 

of negative consequences from engaging 

in proscribed behavior. The surveys 

have typically followed a pre-post 

design, where differences between an 

initial baseline survey wave and a later 

survey wave were associated with an 

intervening intervention. NHTSA has 

found such surveys to be valuable in 

assessing the multi-million dollar 

national media campaigns conducted 

for the National Alcohol Crackdowns 

and the National Click It or Ticket 

Mobilizations. They also have been 

useful in evaluating localized programs 

that tested variants of intervention 

models by providing information to 

assess campaign communications or 

interpret collected behavioral measures. 

With seat belt and impaired driving 

intervention activity anticipated to 

remain heavy for the foreseeable future, 

there is a need for NHTSA to continue 

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techniques to see if the campaigns are 

achieving their objectives. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information)—Over the 

next 3 years, NHTSA intends to conduct 

National telephone surveys to collect 

data from 36,000 participants. For the 

National Alcohol Crackdown, 2 sets of 

pre/post intervention surveys, each with 

sample sizes of 1,500, will be 

administered annually for 3 years. 

Similarly, for the National Click It or 

Ticket Mobilization, 2 sets of pre/post 

intervention surveys, each with sample 

sizes of 1,500, will be administered 

annually for 3 years. 

In conducting one or more of the 

National surveys, NHTSA may have a 

need to collect information to assess 

localized activity associated with the 

National Alcohol Crackdown or 

National Click It or Ticket Mobilization. 

This would involve augmentation of the 

pre- and post-national sample with one 

or more Regional, State, or Community 

samples. These samples will range from 

200 to 2,000. Typically they will be 

approximately 500. NHTSA intends to 

complete a maximum of 24,000 of these 

localized interviews over the next three 

years. 

In addition to the surveys associated 

with the National Alcohol Crackdown 

and National Click It or Ticket 

Mobilization, NHTSA intends to 

conduct telephone surveys to assess 

selected demonstrations of interventions 

designed to reduce alcohol-impaired 

driving and/or increase seat belt use. 

The surveys will follow a pre-post 

design. Interventions sustained over an 

extended period of time may add one or 

more interim survey waves. Typically, a 

State demonstration survey will require 

500 participants per survey wave. A 

regional demonstration can range from 

as few as 200 participants for a small 

county to 2,000 participants for a Region 

covering more than one State. NHTSA 

intends to complete a maximum of 

40,800 of these interviews over the next 

three years. 

Interviews will be conducted with 

persons at residential phone numbers 

selected using random digit dialing. For 

interviews conducted with persons 

using landline phones, no more than 

one respondent per household will be 

selected. For interviews conducted with 

persons on cell phones, a single user of 

the cell phone will be selected. Each 

sample member will complete just one 

interview. Businesses are ineligible for 

the sample and would not be 

interviewed. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information—NHTSA estimates that 

respondents in the sample would 

require an average of 10 minutes to 

complete the telephone interviews. The 

annual estimated reporting burden on 

the general public for the National 

surveys would be a maximum of 2,000 

hours to conduct 12,000 interviews. 

Over the requested three year period, 

this would be 6,000 hours to conduct 

36,000 interviews. The annual estimated 

reporting burden on the general public 

for the localized Crackdown and 

Mobilization surveys would be a 

maximum of 1,333.33 hours to conduct 

8,000 interviews. Over the requested 

three year period, this would be 4,000 

hours to conduct 24,000 interviews. The 

annual estimated reporting burden on 

the general public for the demonstration 

project surveys would be a maximum of 

2,266.67 hours to conduct 13,600 

interviews. Over the requested three 

year period, this would be 6,800 hours 

to conduct 40,800 interviews. In total, 

the annual estimated reporting burden 

on the public would be a maximum of 

5,600 hours to conduct 33,600 

interviews. Over the requested three 

year period this would be 16,800 hours 

to conduct 100,800 interviews. The 

respondents would not incur any 

reporting cost from the information 

collection. The respondents also would 

not incur any record keeping burden or 

record keeping cost from the 

information collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

Jeffrey Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30975 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

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), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being 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 September 13, 

2010 (75 FR 55629–55630). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before [insert date 30 days after 

publication]. 

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: 

Randolph Atkins, Ph.D., Office of 

Behavioral Safety Research, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

NTI–131, Room W46–500, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Dr. Atkins’ phone number is 202–366– 

5597 and his e-mail address is 

randolph.atkins@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Survey of Speeding 

Attitudes and Behavior: 2010. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection requirement. 

Abstract: Data from previous studies 

by the National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA) has shown 

that 31 percent of all fatal crashes are 

directly traceable to excessive speed. In 

2008, 11,674 people died in excessive 

speed-related crashes. The cost of these 

crashes is approximately 40 billion 

dollars per year. Surveys of drivers’ 

attitudes toward speeding have 

demonstrated a strong correlation 

between drivers’ attitudes towards 

speeding and other driving behaviors 

and actual traffic outcomes. Models 

based on self-reported measures of 

intentions and attitudes are used to 

predict traffic behaviors and design 

interventions to reduce speeding and 

other hazardous traffic actions. Some of 

these models stress the importance of 

attitude, habits and the interaction of 

habit with intention. 

NHTSA proposes to conduct a 2010 

National Survey of Speeding Attitudes 

and Behavior by telephone among a 

sample of 6,000 adults (age 16 and 

older). NHTSA’s information needs 

require a telephone survey of a national 

probability sample of drivers in the 

United States that will provide insight 

into why drivers speed and which 

methods of enforcement would 

discourage them from speeding. The 

questionnaire will contain items on the 

extent to which drivers speed, 

demographic and typological 

descriptions of speeders, locations and 

times when speeding is most frequent, 

attitudes and perceptions about 

speeding, reasons and motivations for 

speeding, knowledge of measures to 


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