Document ID: FMCSA-2007-0117-0001
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information Collection: Household Goods Consumer Information Program Assessment Study
Posted Date: 2007-09-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 186)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-28618]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information 
Collection: Household Goods Consumer Information Program Assessment 
Study

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 its 
review and approval and invites public comment. This proposed ICR will 
be used to collect information on recent interstate household goods 
shippers' (consumers) awareness of the Household Goods (HHG) Consumer 
Information Program messages and activities. This information 
collection will establish a baseline assessment of the Program's 
activities and aid FMCSA in developing future Household Goods education 
and outreach initiatives by surveying and examining consumer awareness 
of the ``Protect Your Move'' campaign and other HHG messages.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before November 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by any of the following 
methods. Please identify your comments by the FMCSA Docket Number 
FMCSA-2007-28618.
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow instructions for 

submitting comments to the Docket.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Docket: For access to the Docket Management System (DMS) to read 
background documents or comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at 

any time or to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The DMS is 
available electronically 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. If you 
want notification of receipt of your comments, please include a self-
addressed stamped envelope or postcard or print the acknowledgement 
page that appears after submitting comments on-line.
    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 on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian Ronk, Office of Outreach and 
Development, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-1072, or e-mail brian.ronk@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The purpose of this study is to quantify and assess 
consumer awareness of the Household Goods (HHG) Consumer Information 
Program. The study will determine the interstate moving public's 
recognition or knowledge of the Program's activities or messages, such 
as the ``Protect Your Move'' campaign. The data will be collected 
through a telephone survey. Results of the study will not be published, 
but used for internal research purposes by FMCSA in developing future 
HHG campaign materials, identifying target audiences, and determining 
distribution strategies to provide better consumer information to the 
public. It will also serve as a baseline for future program evaluations 
or assessments. A follow-up telephone survey will be conducted two 
years after the initial data collection and compared against the 
results from the baseline assessment.
    Title: Household Goods Consumer Information Program Assessment 
Study.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-xxxx.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Respondents: Public/consumers who have moved household goods from 
one State to a different State throughout the U.S. (Interstate 
Household Goods Shippers).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: The estimated average burden per 
response is 15 minutes.
    Expiration Date: N/A.
    Frequency of Response: This information collection will occur twice 
within the effective period of the OMB clearance; once in the current 
year and once again two years following the initial data collection.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 375 [1,500 respondents x 15 minutes/
60 minutes per response = 375].
    Public Comments Invited: Interested parties are invited to send 
comments regarding any aspect of this information collection, including 
but not limited to: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary 
for the performance of FMCSA's 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. Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB's clearance 
for this information collection.

    Issued on: September 21, 2007.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
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