Document ID: NHTSA-2008-0010-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
Posted Date: 2008-01-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)]
[Notices]               
[Page 4303-4304]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2008-0010]

 
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of 
information.

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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 reinstatement of previously approved collections.
    This document describes a previously approved collection of 
information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval for an 
extension.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 24, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-
2008-0010] by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
 Follow the online instructions for submitting 

comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1-800-647-
5527.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this proposed collection of information. 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 http://DocketInfo.dot.gov
.

    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Culbreath at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Room W51-204, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20590. Mr. Culbreath's telephone number is (202) 366-1566. Please 
identify the relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB 
Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
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

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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:
    (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;
    (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 for public 
comments on the following proposed collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Generic Clearance for Customer Surveys.
    OMB Number: 2127-0579.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Executive Order 12862 mandates that agencies survey their 
customers to identify the kind and quality of services they want and 
their level of satisfaction with existing services. Other requirements 
include the Governmental Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 
which promotes a new focus on results, service quality, and customer 
satisfaction. NHTSA will use surveys of the public and other external 
stakeholders to gather data as one input to decisionmaking on how 
better to meet the goal of improving safety on the nation's highways. 
The data gathered on public expectations, NHTSA's products and 
services, along with specific information on transportation safety, 
will be used by the agency as input to structure its processes and 
products, forecast safety trends and achieve the agency's goals.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households are primary survey 
respondents. Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, 
Federal agencies, and State, local or tribal governments are other 
possible survey respondents.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 13,468.
    Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden 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.

    Issued on: January 17, 2008.
Margaret O'Brien,
Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-1131 Filed 1-23-08; 8:45 am]

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