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By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Title: FMVSS 

Considerations for Vehicles With 

Automated Driving Systems: Seating 

Preference 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: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

new information collection. Before a 

Federal agency can collect certain 

information from the public, it must 

receive approval from 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 a collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval to conduct an 

experiment to gather both objective and 

subjective data regarding occupant/ 

passenger seat preference in Automated 

Driving System-Dedicated Vehicles 

(ADS–DVs). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2022–0018 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

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

Friday, except on Federal holidays. To 

be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

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 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Arryn 

Robbins, Office of Behavioral Safety 

Research (NPD–320), (202) 366–8996, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, W46–466, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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: (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) how to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: FMVSS Considerations for 

Vehicles with Automated Driving 

Systems: Seating Preference Study. 

OMB Control Number: New. 

Form Number(s): NHTSA Forms 1624, 

1625, and 1626. 

TABLE 1—FORMS TO BE USED IN THE

STUDY

NHTSA 

Form 

1624.

Eligibility Questionnaire—FMVSS 

Considerations for Vehicles with 

Automated Driving Systems: 

Seating Preference Study. 

NHTSA 

Form 

1625.

Demographic Questionnaire— 

FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving 

Systems: Seating Preference 

Study. 

NHTSA 

Form 

1626.

Post Experiment Questionnaire— 

FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving 

Systems: Seating Preference 

Study. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: 49 U.S.C. 30181, 30182, 

and 30183 authorize the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) 

to conduct research, development, and 

testing programs, including activities 

related to new and emerging 

technologies that impact, or that may 

impact, motor vehicle safety. NHTSA 

proposes to collect information from the 

public regarding occupant/passenger 

seat preference in Automated Driving 

System-Dedicated Vehicles (ADS–DVs). 

Adults aged 18 and older will 

participate in an on-road study after 

giving informed consent. Participants 

will ride in one passenger vehicle and 

two ADS–DVs on a closed test track. 

Questionnaire data will be collected at 

the beginning and end of participation 

for each participant. Objective data will 

be collected via the data acquisition 

systems installed in each study vehicle. 

The data from each participant will be 

combined, stratified by demographic 

information and analyzed. 

There are four information collections 

for the study. The (1) Eligibility 


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Questionnaire will be used to identify 

eligible participants for this study; 

results from this questionnaire will not 

be kept or analyzed. Candidates who are 

selected for the study will participate in 

a single test-track experiment and will 

complete two additional questionnaires 

while participating in the experiment. 

The (2) Demographic Questionnaire will 

be used for description of the 

participant sample (e.g., number of 

males and females in the dataset, final 

age range for all participants, and 

driving experience range for all 

participants). This is necessary to 

compare the sample collected to the 

general driving population. The (3) 

objective data collected via data 

acquisition systems installed in each 

study vehicle during the test-track 

experiment is necessary for collecting 

information about participants’ seat 

selection, any seat changes during the 

ride, seat belt use, and how participants 

interact with the HMI. The (4) Post 

Experiment Questionnaire will be used 

to analyze the perceptions and opinions 

of ADS–DV technology within the 

participant sample, as well as to gather 

any comments regarding their seat 

preference and seat belt use. This data 

will be used to determine how and why 

participants choose seating preferences 

in ADS–DVs. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information 

The National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration’s (NHTSA’s) mission is 

to save lives, prevent injuries, and 

reduce economic losses resulting from 

motor vehicle crashes. ADS technology 

is rapidly developing, and current 

Federal motor vehicle safety standards 

(FMVSS) and/or NHTSA guidance may 

need to be adapted to ensure this 

technology is deployed safely. Many of 

NHTSA’s FMVSS focus on particular 

seating positions and thus, changes in 

seating preferences could impact those 

FMVSS. This study will provide 

NHTSA information about the seating 

preferences of occupants in vehicles 

that do not require a human driver in 

the left front seat. Several safety 

outcomes stem from occupant seating 

preference, which may change in the 

future as Automated Driving Systems 

(ADS) change seating configurations and 

the way people use vehicles. ADSDedicated Vehicles (ADS–DVs) are 

vehicles that lack manually operated 

driving controls, and therefore do not 

require a human driver or occupant to 

drive the vehicle or sit in the left front 

seat (the ‘‘driver’s seat’’ in conventional 

vehicles). In conventional vehicles, 

there is the basic assumption that a 

human will always be in the left front 

seat while the vehicle is operating 

because a human driver would be 

necessary to operate those vehicles. 

ADS–DVs provide the opportunity for 

occupants to sit in any seat they choose 

in the vehicle. It is currently unknown 

where occupants may choose to sit 

when riding in an ADS–DV. Moreover, 

new seating configurations for 

occupants of ADS–DVs may necessitate 

changes to how and where information 

is presented to occupants about their 

responsibilities as occupants (e.g., 

closing doors, fastening seatbelts). 

Furthermore, occupants will need a 

human-machine interface (HMI) to 

provide input that they are ready for the 

ride to begin, or to request that the ride 

stop. At present, no standardized or 

otherwise commercially produced HMIs 

exist for this purpose. Therefore, in 

order to conduct the research, a 

prototype HMI will be developed. The 

two main goals for this study are to: 

1. Describe the occupant distribution 

for ADS–DVs (i.e., seating distribution). 

2. Use the prototype HMI to evaluate 

whether occupants would choose to 

initiate a ride in an ADS–DV without a 

seatbelt. 

Affected Public: Adults ages 18 and 

older who meet eligibility criteria such 

as holding a valid driver’s license and 

having used a ride-sharing application 

at least once in the past year. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

An expected total of up to 100 

participants will be recruited to 

participate in the study. It is estimated 

that 200 respondents will be needed in 

order to identify 100 eligible 

participants. 

Frequency: One-time collection. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 268. 

The eligibility questionnaire will have 

a maximum of 28 questions and NHTSA 

estimates it will take approximately 20 

minutes to complete. Therefore, NHTSA 

estimates the total time associated with 

completing eligibility questionnaires to 

be 67 hours (200 responses × 20 minutes 

= 66.7 hours). Study Intake, (reading 

study information sheet and obtaining 

participant consent, general study 

instruction) is expected to take 10 

minutes to complete. Both the 

demographic and post-experiment 

questionnaires will have a maximum of 

20 questions and NHTSA estimates that 

it will take each eligible participant 10 

minutes to complete the demographic 

questionnaire and 10 minutes to 

complete the post-experiment 

questionnaire. Therefore, NHTSA 

estimates the total burden for Study 

Intake to be 17 hours (100 responses × 

10 minutes = 16.67 hours), Demographic 

Questionnaire to be 17 hours (100 

responses × 10 minutes = 16.67 hours), 

and The Post Experiment questionnaire 

to be 17 hours (100 responses × 10 

minutes = 16.67 hours). Accordingly, 

NHTSA estimates the total burden hours 

for this information collection to be 268 

hours. 

The table below shows the estimated 

burden hours for this information 

collection, which accounts for the 

maximum number of expected 

responses and drop-outs. 

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Instrument 

Maximum 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

individual 

burden 

(minutes) 

Total 

estimated 

burden 

hours 

Eligibility Questionnaire ........................................................................................................................... 200 20 67 

Study Intake ............................................................................................................................................. 100 10 17 

Demographic questionnaire ..................................................................................................................... 100 10 17 

Study Participation ................................................................................................................................... 100 90 150 

Post Experiment Questionnaire ............................................................................................................... 100 10 17 

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 200 60 268 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

The only cost burdens respondents will 

incur are costs related to travel to and 

from the study location. The costs are 

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the honorarium that will be provided to 

all research participants. 

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 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (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 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Cem Hatipoglu, 

Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety 

Research. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket Number DOT–OST–2017–0043] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Notice To Continue To Collect 

Information: Barrier Failure Reporting 

in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer 

Continental Shelf 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research Technology 

(OST–R), U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (US DOT) BTS 

published a 60-day comment period 

Notice 86 FR 58391 on October 21, 2021 

seeking public input to continue the 

collection of barrier failure data. Barrier 

Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas 

Operations on the Outer Continental 

Shelf is a component of BTS’s SafeOCS 

data sharing framework, that provides a 

trusted, proactive means for the oil and 

gas industry to report sensitive and 

proprietary safety information, and to 

identify early warnings of safety 

problems and potential issues by 

uncovering hidden, at-risk conditions 

not previously exposed through analysis 

of reportable equipment failures and 

incidents. BTS received no comments 

during the 60-day public comment 

period. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments 

on its proposed information collection. 

Comments should address whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the estimated burden 

hours 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. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Safety Data 

and Analysis (OSDA), RTS–34, E36– 

302, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; Phone No. 

(202) 366–1610; Fax No. (202) 366– 

3383; email: demetra.collia@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions: This 

data collection is protected under the 

BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 

6307 (b)) and the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018 (Pub. 

L.: 115–435 Foundations for EvidenceBased Policymaking Act of 2018, Title 

III.) In accordance with these 

confidentiality statutes, only statistical 

and non-identifying data will be made 

publicly available through reports. 

Further, BTS will not release to Bureau 

of Safety and Environment Enforcement 

(BSEE) or any other public or private 

entity any information that might reveal 

the identity of individuals or 

organizations mentioned in SafeOCS 

reports. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Data Collection 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as amended) and 

5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal 

agency to obtain OMB approval to 

continue an information collection 

activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval 

for the following BTS information 

collection activity: 

Title: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil 

and Gas Operations on the Outer 

Continental Shelf. 

OMB Control Number: 2138–0046. 

Type of Review: Approval to Continue 

to Collect. 

Respondents: BTS has entered a MOU 

with BSEE to facilitate the collection of 

information from respondents identified 

in the BSEE notices for OMB Control 

Number 1014–0028 and OMB Control 

Number 1014–0003. Responsibility for 

establishing the actual scope and 

burden for this collection resides with 

BSEE. This BTS information collection 

request does not create any additional 

burden for respondents. For the 

purposes of this collection BTS has 

identified BSEE as the sole respondent. 

Number of Respondents: As a request 

to be authorized repository for 

previously collected information, BTS 

has identified BSEE as the sole 

respondent reporting to BTS at the 

annual frequency of one. 

Estimated Time per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Frequency: Once. 

Total Annual Burden: 1 hour. 

BTS has agreed through a 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

with BSEE to undertake the information 

collection identified in the previously 

approved BSEE notice for OMB Control 

Number(s) 1014–0028, expiration 4/30/ 

2019 and the BSEE notice with OMB 

Control Number 1014–0003, expiration 

8/31/2019, to ensure the confidentiality 

of submissions under CIPSEA. The 

information collection is limited to the 

establishment of BTS as an authorized 

repository. This information collection 

request does not create any additional 

burden for respondents. 

II. Public Participation and Request for 

Public Comments 

On October 18, 2021, the DOT 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 57744) encouraging 

interested parties to submit comments 

and allowing for a 60-day comment 

period on the collection entitled 

‘‘Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and 

Gas Operations on the Outer 

Continental Shelf.’’ The comment 

period closed on December 17, 2021. No 

comments were submitted to the docket 

during that time. 

The notice can be viewed at, http://

www.regulations.gov, and typing in the 

Docket Number 2021–22279. If you do 

not have access to the internet, you may 

view the docket by visiting the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the U.S. DOT 

West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 


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