Document ID: NHTSA-2011-0073-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2011-06-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34139-34141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14466]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2011-0073]

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for extension of information collection 2127-0634.

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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 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 August 9, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
NHTSA-2011-0073 using any of the following methods:
    Electronic submissions: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.

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    Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Alan Block, Contracting Officer's 
Technical Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety Research (NTI-
131), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., W46-499, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Block's phone number is 
202-366-6401 and his email address is alan.block@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:
    (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 is requesting an 
extension of information collection 2127-0634:

National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior

    Type of Request--Extension.
    OMB Clearance Number--2127-0634.
    Form Number--NHTSA Form 1050.
    Requested Expiration Date of Approval--3 years from date of 
approval of extension.
    Summary of the Collection of Information--NHTSA proposes to 
continue its periodic administration of the National Survey of Drinking 
and Driving Attitudes and Behavior. The survey was last administered in 
2008. The next administration of the survey would be a minimum of 5 
years after that date. It would be conducted by telephone among a 
national probability sample of 6,000 adults (age 16 and older) drawn 
from all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Participation by 
respondents would be voluntary. Survey topics would include frequency 
of drinking and driving and of riding with a driver who has been 
drinking, ways to prevent alcohol-impaired driving, enforcement of 
drinking and driving laws, and understanding of Blood Alcohol 
Concentration (BAC) levels and legal limits.
    In conducting the proposed telephone interviews, the interviewers 
would use computer-assisted telephone interviewing to reduce interview 
length and minimize recording errors. A Spanish-language translation 
and bilingual interviewers would be used to minimize language barriers 
to participation. The proposed survey would be anonymous; the survey 
would not collect any personal information that would allow anyone to 
identify respondents. Participant names would not be collected during 
the interview and the telephone number used to reach the respondent 
would be separated from the data record prior to its entry into the 
analytical database.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the 
Information--NHTSA was established to reduce the number of deaths, 
injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on 
the Nation's highways. As part of this statutory mandate, NHTSA is 
authorized to conduct research as a foundation for the development of 
motor vehicle standards and traffic safety programs.
    Nearly one-third of traffic fatalities each year occur in crashes 
that involve an alcohol-impaired driver (in which a driver or 
motorcycle rider had a blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, of .08 or 
greater). NHTSA has developed and demonstrated a range of 
countermeasures to address the problem. Yet while effective 
countermeasures have been identified, there remains a need for NHTSA to 
periodically update its information concerning the public's attitudes 
and behaviors regarding drinking and driving to determine if changes 
have occurred towards which current programs and program planning must 
adapt. NHTSA began measuring the driving age public's attitudes and 
behaviors regarding drinking and driving in 1991. The proposed survey, 
last administered in 2008, will collect data on topics included in the 
earlier surveys in the series, including: frequency of drinking and 
driving and of riding with a driver who has been drinking, ways to 
prevent alcohol-impaired driving, enforcement of drinking and driving 
laws, and understanding of BAC levels and legal limits.
    NHTSA will use the findings from this proposed information 
collection to help focus current programs and activities to achieve the 
greatest benefit, to develop new programs to decrease the likelihood of 
alcohol-impaired driving, 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 effort, the Contractor would conduct 15 pretest 
telephone interviews and 6,000 national survey telephone interviews for 
a total of 6,015 interviews. The pretest interviews would be 
administered to test the computer programming of the questionnaire, and 
to determine if any last adjustments to the questionnaire are needed. 
The telephone interviews will be conducted with respondents age 16 and 
older, with over-sampling of respondents 16 through 24. Interview 
length will average 20 minutes. Interviews would be conducted with 
respondents at residential phone numbers selected through random digit 
dialing. Interviews would be conducted both with respondents using 
landline phones and respondents using cell phones. Businesses are 
ineligible for the sample and would not be interviewed. No more than 
one respondent would be selected per household. All respondents will be 
administered the survey one time only.
    Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden 
Resulting from the Collection of Information--NHTSA estimates that 
respondents would require an average of 20 minutes to complete the 
telephone interviews or a total of 2,005 hours for the 6,015 
respondents. All interviewing would occur during a two-to-three month 
period during a single calendar year. Thus the annual reporting burden

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would be the entire 2,005 hours. The respondents would not incur any 
reporting cost from the information collection. The respondents also 
would not incur any recordkeeping burden or recordkeeping cost from the 
information collection.

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

Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-14466 Filed 6-9-11; 8:45 am]
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