[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 18269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7241]



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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD


Proposed Information Collection Activity: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The NTSB is announcing its plan to submit a collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, 
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This information 
collection is necessary to obtain the contact information of family 
members and friends of those persons who have been involved in 
transportation accidents, as well as the survivors of those accidents, 
who seek to receive periodic updates from the NTSB's Office of 
Transportation Disaster Assistance. This Notice informs the public that 
it may submit comments concerning the proposed use of this form to the 
NTSB.

DATES: Submit written comments regarding this proposed collection of 
information by May 29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Respondents may submit written comments on the collection of 
information to the National Transportation Safety Board, Office of 
Communications, Transportation Disaster Assistance Division, 490 East 
L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20594.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Sledzik, NTSB Office of 
Communications, Transportation Disaster Assistance Division, at (202) 
314-6185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with OMB regulations that 
require this Notice for proposed Information Collection Requests, the 
NTSB herein notifies the public that it may submit comments on this 
proposed information collection. 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). Section 
1320.8(d)(1) requires an agency, prior to submitting a collection of 
information to OMB for approval, to ``provide 60-day notice in the 
Federal Register, and otherwise consult with members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning * * * [the] proposed collection of 
information.'' Section 1320.8(d)(1) also requires the NTSB to solicit 
comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the NTSB to perform 
its mission; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the 
NTSB 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 NTSB will 
summarize and/or include your comments in its subsequent request for 
OMB's clearance of this information collection pursuant to section 
1320.10(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
    The NTSB will use the form to collect email and mailing addresses, 
as well as telephone contact information in order to provide 
information to survivors of transportation accidents, family members of 
fatally injured, and friends. The NTSB will collect this information 
via a paper copy of the form mailed or handed to individuals, or via a 
PDF form transmitted over email. The NTSB's purpose in proposing to use 
the form is to ensure that the NTSB has correct contact information for 
survivors, family members of fatally injured, and friends to whom the 
Transportation Disaster Assistance Division will provide information. 
The form will solicit the following information: (1) First and last 
name of family member, friend, or survivor who seeks to receive 
updates; (2) home, cellular, and/or other telephone number; (3) email 
address; (4) mailing address; (5) victim's name and description of 
requestor's relationship to victim; and (6) other comments or 
instructions, if desired.
    The NTSB notes that completion of the form is voluntary. In 
addition, the NTSB will accept forms that are only partially completed; 
for example, some individuals may not wish to include their telephone 
numbers, but will include their email addresses. The NTSB accepts all 
forms that contain any type of contact information, as the NTSB is 
committed to providing information to and coordinating services for 
family members, friends, and survivors of transportation accidents. 
Once a person completes the form, the NTSB will add his or her name to 
a list of individuals whom the NTSB will contact to provide information 
and coordinate services.
    The NTSB has carefully reviewed the form to ensure that it has used 
plain, coherent, and unambiguous terminology in its request for 
information. The form is not duplicative of other agencies' collections 
of information. The NTSB believes this proposed form, given its 
brevity, will impose a minimal burden on respondents: the NTSB 
estimates that respondents will spend, at most, 10 minutes in 
completing the form. The NTSB estimates that approximately 50 
respondents per year will complete the form, but notes that this number 
may vary, given the unpredictable nature of the frequency of 
transportation accidents.

     Dated: March 20, 2012.
Deborah A.P. Hersman,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 2012-7241 Filed 3-26-12; 8:45 am]
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