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Delaware Department of Transportation 

(DelDOT), will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to consider changes to the existing US 

113 corridor including access 

restrictions, additional travel lanes, and 

the construction of a potential new 

alignment in south central Sussex 

County, Delaware. The proposed limited 

access facility would link back to the 

existing US 113 corridor north of the 

Town of Millsboro and in the vicinity of 

the Delaware/Maryland state line in the 

Town of Selbyville. 

In July 2001, DelDOT completed a 

feasibility study (Sussex County NorthSouth Transportation Feasibility Study) 

to consider improvements for the US 

113 corridor from the vicinity of 

Delaware Route 1 north of the City of 

Milford south to the Delaware/Maryland 

state line. Originally, the data and 

findings from the study indicated that 

upgrading the existing US 113 corridor 

is feasible and that improvements on 

new alignment or alignments, bypassing 

existing US 113, were a consideration in 

the Georgetown-South Area, which 

extends from the Town of Georgetown 

to the Delaware/Maryland state line 

(including the Towns of Georgetown, 

Millsboro, Dagsboro, Frankford, and 

Selbyville). 

The current US 113 North/South 

Study was initiated in 2003 as the next 

step in the overall planning process for 

the US 113 corridor north of the City of 

Milford to the Town of Selbyville at the 

Delaware/Maryland state line, a 

distance of approximately 40 miles. 

As a result of extensive public 

outreach and analysis of the anticipated 

impacts associated with a number of 

alternatives considered during the 

current US 113 North/South Study, 

FHWA and DelDOT have now 

determined that an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) is the appropriate class 

of action for the Georgetown Area (area 

in and around the Town of Georgetown) 

portion of the US 113 corridor identified 

in the original Notice of Intent. 

Further, FHWA and DelDOT 

recommend that the Millsboro-South 

Area (area in and around the Towns of 

Millsboro, Dagsboro, Frankford, and 

Selbyville located in south central 

Sussex County, Delaware) portion of the 

US 113 corridor identified in the 

original Notice of Intent be studied 

separately from the remaining US 113 

corridor, north of the Town of 

Millsboro, located in central to northern 

Sussex County. Because of the potential 

for new alignment alternative(s), access 

restrictions, and the resulting potential 

for significant impacts on the natural 

and human environment, the FHWA has 

determined that an EIS continues to be 

the appropriate class of action and 

documentation for any corridor changes 

that may be selected within the 

Millsboro-South Area of study, south of 

Georgetown. 

A program of public involvement and 

coordination with Federal, State, and 

local agencies for the US 113 corridor 

began in 2003 and is ongoing. Both 

agency and public involvement have 

been extensive and will continue 

throughout project development. 

Comments have been solicited from 

appropriate Federal, State, and local 

agencies, and private organizations and 

citizens who have previously expressed 

or are known to have interest in this 

proposal. The initial Agency Scoping 

Meeting was held in January 2004, and 

the Purpose and Need process was 

completed with agency concurrence. 

Public scoping meetings via public 

workshops were held and seven (7) 

rounds of informational meetings or 

public workshops have been conducted. 

Additional public workshops will be 

scheduled during the remainder of the 

planning study. In addition, a formal 

public hearing will be held after the 

draft EIS has been circulated. Public 

notice will be given announcing the 

time and place of all public meetings 

and the formal public hearing. The draft 

EIS will be available for public and 

agency review and comment prior to the 

public hearing on the draft EIS. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues are 

identified, comments, and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning the 

proposed actions and the EIS and EA 

documentation should be directed to the 

FHWA or DelDOT at the addresses 

provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Hassan Raza, 

Division Administrator, Dover, Delaware. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0156] 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of 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 

reinstatements 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 December 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket number and be submitted to: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Management Facility, West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

Docket hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. You may call the docket at 

202–647–5527. You may also submit 

comments electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Berning, Contracting Officer’s 

Technical Representative, Office of 

Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131), 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave, 

SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. 

Berning’s phone number is 202–366– 

5587 and the email address is 

amy.berning@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must 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 regulations (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: 


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(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; 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 compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks public 

comment on the following proposed 

collection of information: 

Estimate of Crash Risk of Impaired 

Driving 

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—June 30, 2011. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information—NHTSA proposes to 

conduct a case-control study to assess 

the crash risk of alcohol-positive, drugpositive, and alcohol plus drug-positive 

drivers. Case-control studies are studies 

designed to identify factors that may 

contribute to a condition of interest (in 

this case crash involvement) by 

comparing a group of individuals who 

show the condition of interest (e.g., a 

motor vehicle crash) with a group who 

do not (e.g., drivers not involved in a 

crash). Case-control studies are an 

epidemiologically proven alternative to 

designs such as randomized controlled 

trials that cannot be used to evaluate 

injury-related outcomes. A key element 

of the case-control design is the 

matching of cases (e.g., crash-involved 

drivers) with controls (non-crashesinvolved drivers) by exposure 

conditions (e.g., day of the week, time 

of the day, same street, same spot, same 

driving direction, etc.) and then 

assessing the increased or decreased risk 

attributable to other measured factors, 

such as alcohol and other drugs. Data 

collection would take place for at least 

one year in one community. Researchers 

would conduct 2,500 surveys with 

crash-involved drivers and 5,000 noncrash involved drivers. Crashes 

occurring within the selected site’s 

boundaries that meet the study design 

criteria (e.g., tow-away, injury crashes, 

and fatal crashes) and that are not on 

limited access highways (e.g., interstate 

roadways) will be eligible for inclusion 

in the study. The research team will 

consist of a data collector (who is also 

a licensed phlebotomist) and an on-duty 

law enforcement officer. The police 

department dispatcher will notify that 

officer of all crashes that are called in 

and the team will respond to crashes 

reported during the shift. The team will 

use a sampling procedure to determine 

which crashes to attend. The team’s 

police officer will then make contact 

with the on-scene investigating officer 

and then will briefly introduce the data 

collector to the driver(s). The data 

collector will then ask the driver (or 

drivers) to participate in a voluntary, 

confidential, research survey. 

The survey includes questions about 

alcohol and drug use and impaired 

driving, a Blood Alcohol Concentration 

(BAC) breath test, collection of an oral 

fluid specimen, and collection of a 

blood sample. The results of the breath 

and biological samples will not be 

known to the researchers on site. Breath 

alcohol test results will be downloaded 

and analyzed later. Biological samples 

will be analyzed later at a central 

laboratory by a trained toxicologist. 

Drivers must be at least age 16 to 

participate (18 years to provide a blood 

sample), speak English, not be in 

emotional or physical distress, not be 

driving a commercial vehicle, and be 

able to understand that they are being 

asked to voluntarily participate in a 

confidential research study and that 

participation will have no effect on their 

status with the police, courts, hospital, 

insurance companies, or department of 

motor vehicles. For those potential 

participants who are transported to a 

hospital, researchers will collaborate 

with the emergency departments to 

collect study data from those who are 

capable and able to voluntarily agree to 

participate in the study. Similar data 

will be collected on fatally injured 

drivers through the Medical Examiner’s 

Office. The human subject protections 

procedures of each hospital will be 

followed as well as procedures of the 

Federal Office of Human Research 

Protections. For those potential 

participants who are arrested, the data 

collector will approach the driver after 

all processing by the police is complete. 

The team will randomly select 

control-case drivers matched to crash 

cases. Cases will be matched in terms of 

roadway location, direction of travel, 

day of week, and time of driving. A road 

sign will indicate ‘‘Voluntary Survey 

Ahead.’’ The team’s police officer will 

flag down the first available vehicle 

after the data collector indicates that he/ 

she is ready to commence data 

collection. The data collector will invite 

the driver to participate in a voluntary 

confidential research survey and 

explain the details of the data 

collection. The same survey questions 

as noted above will be used. There will 

be two completed control cases 

(surveys) for each crash included in the 

study, for a total of 5,000 control cases. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information—The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration’s 

(NHTSA) mission is to save lives, 

prevent injuries, and reduce healthcare 

and other economic costs associated 

with motor vehicle crashes. The 

agency’s goal is to reduce the rate of 

fatalities in .08+ BAC crashes per 100 

million vehicle miles traveled to 0.45 in 

2011 (the rate in 2006 was .50). NHTSA 

also has the responsibility to reduce 

drug-involved driving. Little is known 

about the actual crash risk associated 

with drivers having consumed 

psychoactive drugs other than alcohol, 

alone and in combination with alcohol. 

This study would significantly add to 

the body of knowledge about that 

important issue, providing critical data 

on the crash risk of alcohol-positive and 

drug-positive drivers on the road. The 

results of the study will be used by 

NHTSA to help guide policy 

development and countermeasure 

programs intended to reduce the risk on 

our highways presented by impaired 

drivers. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information)—Under this 

proposed effort, the Contractor would 

conduct a pilot test of approximately 

100 cases of the survey procedures and 

then spend approximately one year 

collecting 2,500 crash cases and 5,000 

randomly selected control cases in one 

community. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information—NHTSA estimates that 

participants will spend an average of 20 

minutes each to complete the survey, for 

a total of 2,508 hours for the 100 pilot 

case respondents and 7,500 study 

respondents. The respondents would 

not incur any reporting cost or record 

keeping burden from the data collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 


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Issued on October 8, 2008. 

Jeff Michael, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Research 

and Program Development. 

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