72210 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 201 / Thursday, October 19, 2023 / Notices 

1 2020 Alcohol Impaired Driving (Traffic Safety 

Facts. Report No. DOT HS 813 294). 

2 Ibid. 

3 Ibid. 

4National Center for Statistics and Analysis. 

(2015, July). Overview: 2013 data. (Traffic Safety 

Facts. Report No. DOT HS 812 169). Washington, 

DC: National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(railroads). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 34 railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

8,335. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 755. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $64,841. 

FRA informs all interested parties that 

it may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information that does 

not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Christopher S. Van Nostrand, 

Acting Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23068 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0077] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Request for Comment; 

Alcohol-Impaired Driving 

Segmentation Study 

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. 

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 a new information 

collection for consumer research 

purposes regarding a one-time online 

voluntary study to better understand 

attitudes and behaviors related to 

alcohol-impaired driving that will 

enhance and refine communication 

strategy and tactics. A Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

information collection was published on 

June 7, 2023, Document 2023–12102. 

Two (2) comments were received before 

the closing date of August 7, 2023. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 20, 2023. 

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 Kil-Jae 

Hong, Marketing Specialist, Office of 

Communications and Consumer 

Information (NCO–200), 202–493–0524, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 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: Alcohol-Impaired Driving 

Segmentation Study. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–New. 

Form Number: NHTSA Form 1710, 

NHTSA Form 1711. 

Type of Request: Request for approval 

of a new information collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Length of Approval Requested: Three 

years from approval date. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

under the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (USDOT), was 

established to reduce the number of 

deaths, injuries and economic losses 

resulting from motor vehicle crashes on 

the nation’s highways. In keeping with 

this mission and to fulfill a 

congressional mandate to improve 

highway traffic safety, NHTSA’s Office 

of Communications and Consumer 

Information (OCCI) is dedicated to 

eliminating risky behaviors on our 

nation’s roads through public awareness 

campaigns. One of the most significant 

NHTSA’s OCCI seeks to address through 

these efforts is drunk driving. 

Drunk driving is a significant cause of 

highway fatalities, injuries and 

economic losses. Alcohol-impaired 

driving fatalities totaled 11,654 in 2020, 

accounting for 30% of all motor-vehiclecrash fatalities.1 On average, in 2020, 

there was an alcohol-impaired driving 

fatality every 45 minutes.2 Among 

motorcycle riders, in particular, 27% of 

riders in fatal crashes were legally 

drunk—a rate exceeding that of 

passenger car drivers (23%) and the 

highest among all vehicle types 

measured.3 Aside from the fatalities, 

alcohol-impaired driving crashes carried 

an economic cost of an estimated $44 

billion in 2010 (the most recent year for 

which cost data is available).4

In order for NHTSA’s public 

awareness campaigns on drunk driving 

to be effective, they must effectively 

‘‘compete’’ for audience attention in the 

public domain among hundreds of other 

major marketers, including those in the 

alcoholic beverage industry that 

strategically target messages to 

particular groups of the public 

marketplace. In the consumer marketing 

context and environment, NHTSA must 

work to convince members of the 

driving/riding public not to operate 

vehicles when impaired by alcohol. 

Accordingly, NHTSA finds that it is 

necessary to conduct research, as 

authorized by the National Traffic Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act, to conduct research 

that will allow NHTSA to better tailor 

its communication strategies. 

Specifically, NHTSA believes a 

segmentation analysis would be 

especially useful to NHTSA. More 

closely understanding and segmenting 

drunk drivers and motorcycle riders 

will enable more effective 

communications programs. Insights 

about drunk drivers’/motorcycle riders’ 

lifestyle characteristics, alcoholconsumption behaviors and attitudes 

towards drunk driving will provide 

useful, pragmatic information for 

NHTSA’s continuing efforts to address 

the drunk driving/motorcycle riding 

issue responsible for so many deaths. 

Accordingly, NHTSA is seeking 

approval to conduct a one-time 

voluntary study to obtain information to 

better understand attitudes and 


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5 2020 Alcohol Impaired Driving (Traffic Safety 

Facts. Report No. DOT HS 813 294). 

behaviors related to alcohol-impaired 

driving that will be used to enhance and 

refine communication strategy and 

tactics (i.e., more effectively target and 

message at-risk drivers and motorcycle 

riders). The study will survey drivers 

and motorcycle riders ages 21- to 54- 

years-old because this age range 

represents the greatest number of 

alcohol-related driving/riding fatalities 

according to NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis 

Reporting System (FARS).5

The research study will include two 

components, both being one-time 

collections. The first component will 

involve a series of online webcam 

interviews that will collect qualitative 

information that will serve as a 

cognitive test to improve the 

quantitative survey that will be 

administered in the second component. 

The quantitative survey will be 

administered online and by phone (and 

potentially supplemented by mail if 

needed). After collecting the data, 

segmentation analysis will be done to 

classify drivers and motorcycle riders 

according to segments based on 

common demographics, drinking 

behaviors, attitudes about drinking and 

driving/motorcycle riding, and lifestyle 

characteristics. The segmentation 

profiles will be used by NHTSA’s Office 

of Communications and Consumer 

Information (OCCI) to better target and 

reach intended audiences with 

communications messages and 

techniques that are relevant and 

meaningful to people within the target 

market. 

60-Day Notice: A Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting public comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on June 7, 2023 (FR Doc. 

2023–12102). NHTSA received two (2) 

comments. NHTSA received comments 

from the National Association of Mutual 

Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and 

Responsibility.org. Both NAMIC and 

Responsibility.org supported NHTSA’s 

alcohol-segmentation study efforts to 

inform communications initiatives to 

prevent alcohol-impaired driving and 

both requested future consideration to 

collaborate on communications efforts. 

[insert whether we received comments 

and if so, how many. 

NHTSA Response: NHTSA 

appreciates the support from NAMIC 

and Responsibility.org. NHTSA 

recognizes the actions that both are 

taking to help communicate the dangers 

of impaired driving and the efforts that 

they are taking to decrease this behavior 

on US roadways. NHTSA looks forward 

to completing this study, sharing the 

results, and having discussions with 

both NAMIC and Responsibility.org on 

how we can work together to decrease 

impaired-driving crashes, injuries and 

fatalities in the US. 

Affected Public: Vehicle Drivers and 

Motorcycle Riders ages 21–54 (English 

and Spanish-speaking). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,400. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Number of Responses: 5,400. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,574.67. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$119,250.99. 

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 

1351.29A. 

Issued on October 16, 2023. 

Juliette Marie Vallese, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Communications and Consumer Information. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23076 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOT–OST–2023–0137] 

Advisory Committee on Transportation 

Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: DOT OST announces a 

meeting of ACTE, which will take place 

via Zoom. 

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, 

November 3, 2023, from 2:30 to 4:30 

p.m. Eastern Time. Requests for

accommodations because of a disability

must be received by Friday, October 27.

Requests to submit questions must be

received no later than Friday, October

27. The registration form will close on

Friday, October 27.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held

via Zoom. Those members of the public

who would like to participate virtually

should go to https://

www.transportation.gov/civil-rights/

acte/meetinginfo to access the meeting,

a detailed agenda for the entire meeting,

meeting minutes, and additional

information on ACTE and its activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra Norman, Senior Advisor and

Designated Federal Officer,

Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S.

Department of Transportation, 1200

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC

20590, (804) 836–2893, ACTE@dot.gov.

Any ACTE-related request or

submissions should be sent via email to

the point of contact listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

Purpose of the Committee 

ACTE was established to provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Transportation about comprehensive, 

interdisciplinary issues related to civil 

rights and transportation equity in the 

planning, design, research, policy, and 

advocacy contexts from a variety of 

transportation equity practitioners and 

community leaders. Specifically, the 

Committee will provide advice and 

recommendations to inform the 

Department’s efforts to: 

Implement the Agency’s Equity 

Action Plan and Strategic Plan, helping 

to institutionalize equity into Agency 

programs, policies, regulations, and 

activities; 

Strengthen and establish partnerships 

with overburdened and underserved 

communities who have been historically 

underrepresented in the Department’s 

outreach and engagement, including 

those in rural and urban areas; 

Empower communities to have a 

meaningful voice in local and regional 

transportation decisions; and 

Ensure the compliance of Federal 

funding recipients with civil rights laws 

and nondiscrimination programs, 

policies, regulations, and activities. 

Meeting Agenda 

The agenda for the meeting will 

consist of: 

Setting the full committee schedule 

Formalizing committee goals 

Reviewing community agreements 


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