Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 135 / Monday, July 16, 2007 / Notices 38861 

judges, court personnel, treatment 

professionals and others to discuss 

issues relating to the use of ignition 

interlocks by impaired driving 

offenders, including but not limited to: 

(1) Technological issues; (2) legal issues; 

(3) current barriers to the use of ignition 

interlocks and (4) issues relating to 

training and education. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

August 22, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. until 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Grand Hyatt Hotel at 1000 H Street, 

NW., in Washington, DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jeff Michael, Director of the Office of 

Impaired Driving and Occupant 

Protection, 202–366–4299 

(jeff.michael@dot.gov), NHTSA, NTI–

110, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Alcohol ignition interlock devices 

have been used for over 20 years by 

criminal justice systems for some 

individuals convicted of driving while 

impaired by alcohol (DWI). Nearly every 

State and the District of Columbia allow 

or require alcohol interlocks. Ignition 

interlocks have been shown to reduce 

DWI recidivism by about 65 percent 

when installed on offenders’ vehicles. 

Despite their benefits, a number of 

practical barriers to utilization of 

ignition interlocks have been identified, 

and only a small proportion of offenders 

who are eligible for interlocks are now 

using the devices. Law enforcement 

officials make approximately 1.4 million 

impaired driving arrests each year and 

while the number of convictions is 

somewhat less and the number of repeat 

offenders yet lower, the approximately 

100,000 ignition interlocks that are in 

use at any one time are a small fraction 

of the number that could be in service. 

Factors that limit the use of ignition 

interlocks include: 

• Absence of statutory language 

authorizing (or requiring) use of ignition 

interlocks; 

• Lack of knowledge and the latest 

information about ignition interlocks 

and interlock programs by judges and 

other court personnel; 

• Concerns about the reliability and 

integrity of ignition interlocks; 

• Concerns about cost, particularly 

among offenders without financial 

means; 

• Concerns about the lack of 

availability of ignition interlocks and 

service providers in certain parts of the 

country, especially rural areas. 

NHTSA is interested in examining the 

benefits of expanded ignition interlock 

use as a means to further reduce deaths 

and injuries from impaired driving. In 

the 1980’s and early 1990’s, there was 

a steep decline in the number of alcohol 

related traffic fatalities. However in the 

past decade, there have been only very 

modest improvements. The Agency is 

working closely with State highway 

safety offices and other traffic safety and 

professional organizations to implement 

several priority strategies for reducing 

impaired driving including high 

visibility law enforcement and 

improvements to prosecution and court 

processes. NHTSA believes that 

expanded use of ignition interlocks is a 

promising complement to these program 

strategies. 

NHTSA conducts research and 

evaluation to support utilization of 

ignition interlocks as part of a 

comprehensive impaired driving 

program. The Agency is also 

participating in the Campaign to 

Eliminate Drunk Driving, an initiative 

launched in November 2006 with 

support from a broad range of national 

organizations and Federal agencies, 

including Mothers Against Drunk 

Driving, the International Association of 

Chiefs of Police, the Governors Highway 

Safety Association, the Insurance 

Institute for Highway Safety, the 

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, 

The Century Council, and others. The 

Campaign focuses attention on several 

key strategies including ignition 

interlocks: 

Æ High visibility enforcement, 

including use of sobriety checkpoints. 

Æ Increased use of ignition interlocks 

for impaired driving offenders. 

Æ Establishment of a Blue Ribbon 

Panel to research and develop advanced 

impairment detection technology. 

Æ Grassroots support for these efforts. 

This meeting will build on current 

and past efforts by reviewing progress, 

identifying barriers and discussing 

strategies for expanding utilization of 

ignition interlocks. The meeting is open 

to the public to the extent that seating 

capacity allows. 

Brian McLaughlin, 

Senior Associate Administrator for Traffic 

Injury Control, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–13729 Filed 7–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Call for Redemption of 10–3⁄8

Percent Treasury Bonds of 2007–12 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As of July 13, 2007, the 

Secretary of the Treasury gives public 

notice that all outstanding 10–3⁄8

percent Treasury Bonds of 2007–12 

(CUSIP No. 912810 DB 1) dated 

November 15, 1982, due November 15, 

2012, are called for redemption at par 

on November 15, 2007, on which date 

interest on such bonds will cease. 

DATES: Treasury calls such bonds for 

redemption on November 15, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Definitives Section, Customer Service 

Branch 3, Office of Retail Securities, 

Bureau of the Public Debt, (304) 480–

7711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Bonds Held in Registered Form. 

Owners of such bonds held in registered 

form should mail bonds for redemption 

directly to: Bureau of the Public Debt, 

Definitives Section, Customer Service 

Branch 3, P.O. Box 426, Parkersburg, 

WV 26106–0426. Owners of such bonds 

will find further information regarding 

how owners must present and surrender 

such bonds for redemption under this 

call, in Department of Treasury Circular 

No. 300 dated March 4, 1973, as 

amended (31 CFR part 306); by 

contacting the Definitives Section, 

Customer Service Branch 3, Office of 

Retail Securities, Bureau of the Public 

Debt, telephone number (304) 480–7711; 

and by going to the Bureau of the Public 

Debt’s Web site, http:// 

www.treasurydirect.gov. 

2. Bonds Held in Book-Entry Form. 

Treasury automatically will make 

redemption payments for such bonds 

held in book-entry form, whether on the 

books of the Federal Reserve Banks or 

in Treasury Direct accounts, on 

November 15, 2007. 

Kenneth E. Carfine, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–3422 Filed 7–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–40–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Debt 

Management Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(a)(2), that a meeting 

will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 

16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, on July 31, 2007 

at 11:30 a.m. of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee of The Securities Industry 

and Financial Markets Association. 


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