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(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket number FHWA–2012–0022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Williams, 202–366–9212, 

Highway Safety Specialist, Program 

Planning Team, Office of Safety 

Programs, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 545 John Knox Road 

Suite 200, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Room E73–405, Washington, DC 20590, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Compendium of State 

Performance Management Practices and 

Methodologies for Setting a National 

Safety Performance Target. 

Type of request: New information 

collection requirement. 

Background: This information 

collection effort is part of a larger 

project to document the methodologies 

currently used by the States to develop 

highway safety performance measures 

and targets. The research project 

includes a literature review of current 

guidance and practices, a technical 

report on performance management and 

target setting in comparable nonhighway safety environments, a peer 

exchange to explore methodologies and 

establish promising practices and 

finally, alternative methodologies for 

setting a national highway safety 

performance target. 

This information collection will 

specifically support a compendium and 

evaluation of how baseline information 

is used in individual States, the District 

of Columbia, Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations (MPOs), local and tribal 

agencies to select, set and evaluate 

performance based highway safety 

measures and how they affect the 

overall State’s highway safety programs. 

FHWA proposes to conduct a web-based 

survey to evaluate the methodologies 

used by State Departments of 

Transportation, State Governor’s 

Highway Safety Offices, select 

Metropolitan Planning Organizations 

and local departments of transportation 

to identify methodologies for selecting 

highway safety performance measures 

and methodologies for setting 

performance targets based on those 

measures. Sample size will be 

approximately 160 persons, 

representing each of the State 

Departments of Transportation; each of 

the Governor’s Highway Safety Offices, 

the District of Columbia, and select 

MPOs and local departments of 

transportation. Interview length will be 

approximately 30 minutes. 

The surveys will be conducted by 

emailing a URL link to the appropriate 

representative within each organization. 

A standardized questionnaire will be 

used to collect the information from the 

representatives. 

This information collection will not 

require complex statistical analysis and 

will not be published for general public 

consumption. The collection will be 

used to support further research in 

developing and evaluating a 

methodology to set and support 

National and State highway safety 

performance measures and targets. 

Respondents: State DOT’s the District 

of Columbia, and select MPOs and local 

departments of transportation (160 

total). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: It will take approximately 30 

minutes per participant. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Approximately 80 hours 

annually. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: March 9, 2012. 

Michael Howell, 

Acting Chief, Management Programs and 

Analysis Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice To Rescind the Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement, Valley County, ID 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration. 

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that the 

Notice of Intent published on January 

24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15) to 

prepare an EIS for a proposed highway 

project in Valley County, Idaho is being 

rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Perry, Field Operations Engineer, 

Federal Highway Administration, 3050 

Lakeharbor Lane, Suite 126, Boise, 

Idaho 83703, Telephone: (208)334–9180 

or Mr. Greg Vitley, Sr. Environmental 

Planner, Idaho Transportation 

Department District 3, P.O. Box 8028, 

83707–2028, Telephone: (208)334–8300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) in cooperation with Idaho 

Transportation Department (ITD) 

published a Notice of Intent (NOI) on 

January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 

15) to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) evaluating the 

alternatives for transportation 

improvements along a 7.04-mile stretch 

of State Highway 55 (SH–55) from 

milepost 94.85 to milepost 101.89. The 

project is officially known as the SH–55, 

Smith’s Ferry to Round Valley Project 

(Project No. DHP–NH–1568(001); Key 

No. 01004). The Purpose and Need of 

this project was to improve safety, 

reduce existing road deficiencies, and 

decrease traffic congestion in the area of 

Smith’s Ferry to Round Valley, on SH– 

55. A series of project team meetings/ 

public workshops were held and a range 

of alternatives were developed and 

evaluated; however, because 

development pressures have decreased 

since the inception of this project, ITD 

has determined the basis for the Purpose 

and Need of the project is no longer 

valid resulting in the NOI being 

rescinded. 

Instead, minor safety and congestion 

improvements which may include north 

and southbound passing lanes, and 

intersection improvements are being 

proposed to meet the future needs of the 

corridor. These improvements could 

require minor road realignments to 

avoid existing resources and 

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Valley Creek culverts. To meet fiscal 

constraint requirements, the project 

would be programmed in a phased 

manner. These proposed safety 

improvements are not anticipated to 

result in significant impacts on the 

human or natural environment. 

If, at a future time, FHWA determines 

that the proposed safety and congestion 

improvements are likely to have a 

significant impact on the environment, 

a new NOI to prepare an EIS will be 

published. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related are identified, comments or 

questions regarding this action to 

rescind the NOI are invited from all 

interested parties. These comments or 

questions should be directed to FHWA 

or ITD at the addresses provided above. 

Peter J. Hartman, 

Division Administrator, FHWA—Idaho 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0012] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Information Collection 

Request: Commercial Driver Individual 

Differences Study 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. The FMCSA 

requests approval of a new ICR that is 

associated with a study that will be 

conducted by a research contractor to 

investigate the differences among the 

characteristics of individual commercial 

drivers. This information collection will 

aid FMCSA in developing future safety 

initiatives by examining a wide array of 

driver and situational factors to 

determine if they are associated with 

increased or decreased crash and 

incident involvement. On October 3, 

2011, FMCSA published a Federal 

Register notice allowing for a 60-day 

comment period on the ICR. Five 

comments were received. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

April 13, 2012. OMB must receive your 

comments by this date in order to act 

quickly on the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2012–0012. Interested persons 

are invited to submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the attention of 

the Desk Officer, Department of 

Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theresa Hallquist, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, Office of 

Analysis, Research and Technology, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 6th Floor, West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Telephone: 202–366–1064; Email 

Address: theresa.hallquist@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Commercial Driver Individual 

Differences Study. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Respondents: Commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) drivers and fleet 

managers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21,020. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated average time per responses 

are as follows: 1 hour, 5 minutes for 

paper and 1 hour for electronic Form 

MCSA–5863, ‘‘Commercial Motor 

Vehicle Driver Survey,’’ submissions; 35 

minutes for paper and 30 minutes for 

electronic Form MCSA–5864, ‘‘FollowUp Survey of Recent Life Experiences,’’ 

submissions; 75 minutes for paper and 

70 minutes for electronic Driver Survey 

and Job Descriptive Index from the 

Follow-Up Survey submission; and 10 

minutes for the Form MCSA–5865, 

‘‘Fleet Managers Survey,’’ submissions. 

Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new 

information collection request. 

Frequency of Response: This 

information collection will be a single, 

nonrecurring event for 16,000 CMV 

driver participants and 20 fleet 

managers. For at least 5,000 CMV driver 

participants, the information collection 

will occur twice. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

9,536 hours. 8,822 hours for CMV driver 

participants: [16,800 CMV drivers 

completing paper Driver Survey × 65 

minutes + 4,200 CMV drivers 

completing electronic Driver Survey × 1 

hour + 4,000 drivers completing paper 

Follow-Up Survey × 35 minutes per 

driver/60 minutes + 1,000 drivers 

completing electronic Follow-Up 

Survey × 30 minutes per driver/60 

minutes + 800 CMV drivers completing 

paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive 

Index × 75 minutes per driver/60 

minutes + 200 CMV drivers completing 

paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive 

Inde× × 70 minutes per driver/60 

minutes = 26,466 hours/3 years = 8,822 

hours] + 714 hours for Carrier 

Operations: [20 participating carriers × 2 

hours to learn about and agree to 

participation + 40 carrier managers 

completing IRB training × 2 hours + 20 

Managers recruiting and handling data 

collection of 20,000 respondents × 83 

hours + 20 Managers completing Fleet 

Manager Survey × 10 minutes + Carrier 

managers delivering monthly crash 

reports to VTTI (20 carriers × 36 

months) × 30 minutes/60 minutes = 

2,143/3 years = 714 hours]. 8,822 hours 

for CMV driver participants + 714 hours 

for Carriers Operations = 9,536 hours. 

Background: The purpose of this 

study is to identify, verify, quantify, and 

prioritize commercial driver risk factors. 

Primarily, these are personal factors 

such as demographic characteristics, 

medical conditions, personality traits, 

and performance capabilities. Risk 

factors may also include work 

environmental conditions, such as 

carrier operations type. The study will 

identify risk factors by linking the 

characteristics of individual drivers 

with their driving records, especially 

the presence or absence of DOT 

reportable crashes. 

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 to perform its 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for 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. 


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