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(iii) How to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(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 response to these requirements,

NHTSA asks for public comment on the

following proposed collection of

information:

National Survey of Drinking and

Driving Attitudes and Behavior

Type of Request: New information

collection requirement.

OMB Clearance Number: None.

Form Number: This collection of

information uses no standard forms.

Requested Expiration Date of

Approval: February 28, 2002.

Summary of the Collection of

Information

An agency goal is to reduce the

number of alcohol related fatalities from

15,786, in 1999, to 11,000 by the year

2005. In support of this goal, NHTSA

has conducted over the past decade a

series of bi-annual surveys of the

driving-aged public (aged 16 or older) to

identify patterns and trends in public

attitudes and behaviors towards

drinking and driving and public

reaction to alcohol countermeasures

aimed at reducing the occurrence of

drinking and driving and alcohol related

crashes. The proposed study, to be

administered in the 3rd quarter of 2001,

and the sixth in this series of biennial

surveys, will collect data on topics

included in the first five studies (and

several additional topics), including:

frequency of drinking and driving and

of riding with an impaired driver, ways

to prevent drinking and driving,

enforcement of drinking and driving

laws including the use of sobriety

checkpoints, understanding of BAC

levels and legal limits, and crash and

injury experience.

The survey will be administered by

telephone to a national probability

sample of the driving age public (aged

16 years or older as of their last

birthday). Participation by respondents

is voluntary. The interview is

anticipated to average approximately

20–25 minutes; for non-drinkers and

non-drivers the interview will average

below 20 minutes, while for drinkerdrivers it will average slightly over 20

minutes. Interviewers will use computer

assisted telephone interviewing to

reduce survey administration time and

to minimize data collection errors. A

Spanish-language questionnaire and bilingual interviewers will be used to

reduce language barriers to

participation. All respondents’ results

will remain anonymous and completely

confidential. Participant names are not

collected during the interview and the

telephone number used to reach the

respondent is separated from the data

record prior to its entry into the

analytical database.

Description of the Need for and

Proposed Use of the Information

More than 308,000 persons were

reported injured and nearly 16,000

persons died in alcohol-related motor

vehicle crashes in 1999 ( NHTSANational Center for Statistics and

Analysis). NHTSA is committed to the

development of effective programs to

reduce the incidence of these crashes. In

order to properly plan and evaluate

programs directed at reducing alcoholimpaired driving, the agency needs to

periodically update its knowledge and

understanding of the public’s attitudes

and behaviors with respect to drinking

and driving.

The findings from this proposed

collection will assist NHTSA in

addressing the problem of alcoholimpaired driving and in formulating

programs and recommendations to

Congress. NHTSA will use the findings

to help focus current programs and

activities to achieve the greatest benefit,

to develop new programs to decrease

the likelihood of drinking and driving

behaviors, and to provide informational

support to states, localities, and law

enforcement agencies that will aid them

in their efforts to reduce drinking and

driving crashes and injuries.

Description of the Likely Respondents

(Including Estimated Number, and

Proposed Frequency of Response to the

Collection of Information)

Under this proposed collection, a

telephone interview averaging

approximately 20 minutes in length

would be administered to each of 6,000

randomly selected members of the

general public age 16 and older. The

respondent sample would be selected

from all 50 states plus the District of

Columbia. Interviews would be

conducted with persons at residential

phone numbers selected using random

digit dialing. No more than one

respondent per household would be

selected, and each sample member

would complete just one interview.

Businesses are ineligible for the sample

and would be not be interviewed.

Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting

and Record Keeping Burden Resulting

From the Collection of Information

NHTSA estimates that respondents in

the sample would require an average of

20 minutes to complete the telephone

interview. Thus, estimated reporting

burden on the general public would be

a total of 2000 hours for the proposed

survey. The respondents would not

incur any reporting or record keeping

cost from the information collection.

Rose A. McMurray,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs, National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33945]

Boot Hill & Western Railway Co., L.C.—

Acquisition Exemption—Dodge City

Ford & Bucklin Railroad Co.

Boot Hill & Western Railway Co., L.C.

(BHWR), a noncarrier, has filed a notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire and operate approximately

25.73 miles of rail line from the Dodge

City Ford & Bucklin Railroad Company.

The line is located between milepost

347.9, at Bucklin, KS, and milepost

373.63, at Dodge City, KS. In

conjunction with the acquisition of the

rail line, BHWR will also acquire

approximately 1.5 miles of incidental

overhead trackage rights over a rail line

owned by Union Pacific Railroad

Company between Engineer Station

11+88 and Engineer Station 52+84.9, at

Dodge City. The purpose of the trackage

rights is to enable BHWR to interchange

traffic with The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railway Company at

Dodge City. BHWR certifies that its

projected revenues as a result of this

transaction will not result in its

becoming a Class II or Class I rail

carrier, and further certifies that its

annual revenues will not exceed $5

million.

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or shortly after

December 6, 2000.

If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

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Docket No. 33945, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Karl Morell,

BALL, JANIK LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’

Decided: December 5, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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