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array of driver and situational factors to 

determine if they are associated with 

increased or decreased crash 

involvement. This notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by any of the following 

methods. Please identify your comments 

by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–

2007–25652. 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow instructions for submitting 

comments to the Docket. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Management 

Facility, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Plaza 

level, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the 

Nassif, Building, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the Docket 

Management System (DMS) to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any 

time or to the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The DMS is 

available electronically 24 hours each 

day, 365 days each year. If you want 

notification of receipt of your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

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 on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

All comments should reference 

Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25652. You 

may mail or hand deliver comments to 

the U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Dockets Management Facility, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590; telefax 

comments to 202/493–2251; or submit 

electronically at http://dms.dot.gov. You 

may examine and copy all comments 

received at the above address between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. If you 

desire your comment to be 

acknowledged, you must include a selfaddressed stamped envelope or postcard 

or, if you submit your comments 

electronically, you may print the 

acknowledgment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Albert Alvarez, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, Office of 

Research and Analysis (MC–RRR), 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 400 Virginia Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone 

(202) 385–2387 or send an e-mail to 

albert.alvarez@fmcsa.dot.gov. Office 

hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.t., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Commercial Motor Vehicle 

Driver Risk Factor Study. 

OMB Control No: 2126–xxxx. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Respondents: Commercial motor 

vehicle drivers and motor carriers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

700. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated average burden per response 

is 20 minutes for telephone interviews; 

30 minutes for paper/online 

questionnaires; 4 hours for in-person 

interviews, including psychological and 

perceptual testing, and medical 

examinations; and 30 minutes for motor 

carriers to locate and deliver 

respondents’ driving records to 

researchers. 

Frequency: This information will be a 

single, nonrecurring event. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,124 hours [100 participating carriers × 

2 hours to provide information to 

researchers + 100 non-response carriers 

× 30 minutes/60 minutes + 600 nonresponse CMV drivers × 5 minutes/60 

minutes + 600 CMV driver telephone 

interviews × 20 minutes/60 minutes + 

600 CMV driver paper/online 

questionnaires × 30 minutes/60 minutes 

+ 72 in-person interviews, psychological 

and perceptual testing, and medical 

examinations × 4 hours + 20 carriers 

locating and delivering 72 drivers’

driving records × 30 minutes per driver/ 

60 minutes = 1,124 hours]. 

Background: The purpose of this 

study is to identify, verify, quantify, and 

prioritize commercial motor vehicle 

(CMV) driver risk factors. Primarily, 

these factors are personal, such as 

demographic characteristics, medical 

conditions, personality traits, and 

performance capabilities. Risk factors 

may also include work environmental 

conditions, such as carrier operations 

type, and compensation methods. The 

study will identify risk factors by 

linking the characteristics of individual 

drivers with their driving histories, 

especially the presence or absence of 

crashes or inspection violations. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FMCSA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued on: March 13, 2007. 

Rose A. McMurray, 

Chief Safety Officer, Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–5314 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2007–

27625] 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

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 

reinstatement of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes one 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify 

the proposed collection of information 

for which a comment is provided, by 

referencing its OMB clearance Number. 

It is requested, but not required, that 2 

copies of the comment be provided. The 


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Docket Section is open on weekdays 

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Gayle 

Dalrymple, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Room 5309, NVS–123, 

Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Dalrymple’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–5559. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

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: 

(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; 

(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 for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collections of information: 

Title: Exemption for the Make 

Inoperative Prohibition. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0635. 

Affected Public: Businesses that 

modify vehicles so that the vehicles may 

be used by persons with disabilities. 

Form Number: none. 

Abstract: On February 27, 2001 

NHTSA published a final rule (66 FR 

12638) to facilitate the modification of 

motor vehicles so that persons with 

disabilities can drive or ride in them as 

passengers. In that final rule, the agency 

issued a limited exemption from a 

statutory provision that prohibits 

specified types of commercial entities 

from either removing safety equipment 

or features installed on motor vehicles 

pursuant to the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards or altering the 

equipment or features so as to adversely 

affect their performance. The exemption 

is limited in that it allows repair 

businesses to modify only certain types 

of Federally-required safety equipment 

and features, under specified 

circumstances. The regulation is found 

at 49 CFR Part 595 Subpart C—Vehicle 

Modifications to Accommodate People 

with Disabilities. 

This final rule included two new 

‘‘collections of information,’’ as that 

term is defined in 5 CFR part 1320 

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 

Public: modifier identification and a 

document to be provided to the owner 

of the modified vehicle stating the 

exemptions used for that vehicle and 

any reduction in load carrying capacity 

of the vehicle of more than 100 kg (220 

lbs). 

Modifiers who take advantage of the 

exemption created by this rule are 

required to furnish NHTSA with a 

written document providing the 

modifier’s name, address, and telephone 

number, and a statement that the 

modifier is availing itself of the 

exemption. 

The rule requires: ‘‘S595.6 Modifier 

Identification 

(a) Any motor vehicle repair business 

that modifies a motor vehicle to enable 

a person with a disability to operate, or 

ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle 

and intends to avail itself of the 

exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7 

shall furnish the information specified 

in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this 

section to: Administrator, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

(1) Full individual, partnership, or 

corporate name of the motor vehicle 

repair business. 

(2) Residence address of the motor 

vehicle repair business and State of 

incorporation if applicable. 

(3) A statement that the motor vehicle 

repair business modifies a motor vehicle 

to enable a person with a disability to 

operate, or ride as a passenger in, the 

motor vehicle and intends to avail itself 

of the exemption provided in 49 CFR 

595.7. 

(b) Each motor vehicle repair business 

required to submit information under 

paragraph (a) of this section shall 

submit the information not later than 

August 27, 2001. After that date, each 

motor vehicle repair business that 

modifies a motor vehicle to enable a 

person with a disability to operate, or 

ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle 

and intends to avail itself of the 

exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7 

shall submit the information required 

under paragraph (a) not later than 30 

days after it first modifies a motor 

vehicle to enable a person with a 

disability to operate, or ride as a 

passenger in, the motor vehicle. Each 

motor vehicle repair business who has 

submitted required information shall 

keep its entry current, accurate and 

complete by submitting revised 

information not later than 30 days after 

the relevant changes in the business 

occur.’’

This requirement is a one-time 

submission unless changes are made to 

the business as described in paragraph 

(b). NHTSA estimates that there are 

currently 579 businesses making 

modifications to motor vehicles to 

accommodate persons with disabilities 

which require the use of the make 

inoperative exemptions and therefore 

incur the paperwork burden. The initial 

registration of modifiers wishing to use 

the exemptions occurred in 2001. Now, 

we assume that five percent of the 579 

businesses currently modifying vehicles 

will need to change their information or 

new registrants will elect to use the 

exemptions. We estimate registrations 

from 29 businesses each year of: 29 

businesses × 10 minutes/business = 4.83 

hours. 

We estimate the material cost 

associated with each submission to be 

49 cents per responding business, or 

$14.21 nationwide annually. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by person 

to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instruction; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining information 

and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; train 

personnel to be able to respond to a 

collection of information; and transmit 

or otherwise disclose the information. 

We seek comment on: 

1. Is our estimate of 579 businesses 

engaged in vehicle modification to 

accommodate people with disabilities 

and using the make inoperative 

exemptions correct? 

2. Are our estimates of the burden 

hours and material cost of compliance 

with 49 CFR 595.6 reasonable? 

Modifiers who avail themselves of the 

exemptions in 49 CFR 595.7 are 


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required to keep a record, for each 

applicable vehicle, listing which 

standards, or portions thereof, no longer 

comply with the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards and to provide a copy 

to the owner of the vehicle modified 

(see 49 CFR 595.7 (b) and (e) as 

published in the final rule). 

We estimate that: 

1. There are approximately 2,800 

vehicles modified for persons with 

disabilities per year by 579 businesses, 

therefore 

2. The burden for producing the 

record required by 49 CFR 595.7 in 

accordance with paragraph (e) for those 

vehicles will be 933 hours per year 

nationwide. 

In the final rule we anticipated that 

the least costly way for a repair business 

to comply with this portion of the new 

rule would be to annotate the vehicle 

modification invoice as to the 

exemption, if any, involved with each 

item on the invoice. The cost of 

preparing the invoice is not a portion of 

our burden calculation, as that 

preparation would be done in the 

normal course of business. The time 

needed to annotate the invoice, we 

estimate, is 20 minutes. Therefore, the 

burden hours for a full year are 

calculated as: 2,800 vehicles x 20 

minutes/vehicle = 933.3 hours. 

This burden includes the calculation 

required by 49 CFR 595.7(e)5, but not 

the gathering of the information 

required for the calculation. That 

information would be gathered in the 

normal course of the vehicle 

modification. The only extra burden 

required by the rule is the calculation of 

the reduction in loading carrying 

capacity and conveying this information 

to the vehicle owner. Again we are 

assuming that annotation on the invoice 

is the least burdensome way to 

accomplish this customer notification. 

There will be no additional material 

cost associated with compliance with 

this requirement since no additional 

materials need be used above those used 

to prepare the invoice in the normal 

course of business. We are assuming it 

is normal and customary in the course 

of vehicle modification business to 

prepare an invoice, to provide a copy of 

the invoice to the vehicle owner, and to 

keep a copy of the invoice for five years 

after the vehicle is delivered to the 

owner in finished form. 

We seek comment on whether our 

assumptions about the following are 

reasonable: 

1. The document required by 49 CFR 

595.7(b) and specified in paragraph (e) 

will need to be prepared for 

approximately 2800 vehicles modified 

nationwide per year, 

2. Annotation of each vehicle 

modification invoice as to which 

exemptions were used will take an 

average of 20 minutes, and 

3. It is normal in the course of vehicle 

modification business to prepare an 

invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice 

to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy 

of the invoice for five years after the 

vehicle is delivered to the owner in 

finished form. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 933 hours, 

and $14.21. 

Number of Respondents: 579. 

Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 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. 

Issued on: March 20, 2007. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. E7–5409 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket: PHMSA–98–4957] 

Request for Public Comments and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Approval of an Existing 

Information Collection (2137–0596) 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice requests public 

participation in the OMB approval 

process for the renewal of an existing 

National Pipeline Mapping System 

(NPMS) information collection. PHMSA 

is requesting OMB approval for renewal 

of this information collection under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). With this notice as required by 

the PRA, PHMSA invites the public to 

submit comments over the next 60 days 

on whether the existing information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

Docket No. PHMSA–98–4957 and may 

be submitted in the following ways: 

• DOT Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

To submit comments on the DOT 

electronic docket site, click ‘‘Comment/ 

Submissions,’’ click ‘‘Continue,’’ fill in 

the requested information, click 

‘‘Continue,’’ enter your comment, then 

click ‘‘Submit.’’

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System; Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• E-Gov Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number, PHMSA–98–4957, at the 

beginning of your comments. If you mail 

your comments, send two copies. If you 

wish to receive confirmation that 

PHMSA received your comments, 

include a self-addressed stamped 

postcard. Internet users may submit 

comments at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and may access all 

comments received by DOT at http:// 

dms.dot.gov by performing a simple 

search for the docket number. 

Note: PHMSA posts all comments without 

changes or edits to http://dms.dot.gov 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received in 

response to 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.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement is 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), and on 

the Web at http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.E. 

Herrick at (202) 366–5523, or by e-mail 

at le.herrick@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, PHMSA is 

inviting comments on whether the 

renewal of the existing NPMS 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 


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