[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5216]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Request for Comment
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting public comment
on the following information collection was published on December 9,
2010 (75 FR 76781-76783).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on
or before April 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Block at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Behavioral Safety Research
(NTI-131), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr.
Block's phone number is 202-366-6401 and his e-mail address is
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation Surveys for Impaired Driving and Seat Belt
Interventions.
OMB Number: 2127-0646.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: Telephone surveys have been an important component in
NHTSA's evaluation of seat belt and alcohol-impaired driving
intervention activity. They have been used to measure public awareness
of intervention campaigns, penetration of campaign messages, and
perceived risk of negative consequences from engaging in proscribed
behavior. The surveys have typically followed a pre-post design, where
differences between an initial baseline survey wave and a later survey
wave were associated with an intervening intervention. NHTSA has found
such surveys to be valuable in assessing the multi-million dollar
national media campaigns conducted for the National Impaired Driving
Crackdowns and the National Click It or Ticket Mobilizations. They also
have been useful in evaluating localized programs that tested variants
of intervention models by providing information to assess campaign
communications or interpret collected behavioral measures. With seat
belt and alcohol-impaired driving intervention activity anticipated to
remain heavy for the foreseeable future, there is a need for NHTSA to
continue to apply these data collection techniques to see if the
campaigns are achieving their objectives.
NHTSA is proposing to continue conducting national telephone
surveys surrounding the National Impaired Driving Crackdowns and
National Click It or Ticket Mobilizations. In conducting one or more of
the National surveys, NHTSA may have a need to collect information to
assess localized activity associated with the National Crackdown or
Mobilization. This would involve augmentation of the pre- and post
national sample with one or more Regional, State, or Community samples.
In addition to the telephone surveys associated with the National
Impaired Driving Crackdown and National Click It or Ticket
Mobilization, NHTSA intends to conduct telephone surveys to assess
selected demonstrations of interventions designed to reduce alcohol-
impaired driving and/or increase seat belt use. The surveys will also
follow a pre-post design. Interventions sustained over an extended
period of time may add one or more interim survey waves.
NHTSA currently has an approved inventory of 164,800 10-minute
interviews under OMB Number 2127-0646 for surveys to help assess the
National Impaired Driving Crackdowns, the National Click It or Ticket
Mobilizations, and certain localized seat belt or alcohol-impaired
driving demonstration projects. To date, approximately 59,000
interviews have either been completed or are scheduled to be completed
prior to an OMB decision regarding this requested revision. The
requested revision is to decrease the inventory to 160,211 while
renewing the clearance for three more years.
Affected Public: Randomly selected members of the general public
eighteen and older in telephone households.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,600 hours per year (33,600 10-
minute interviews) divided as follows: 2,000 hours (12,000 interviews)
for national surveys associated with the National Impaired Driving
Crackdowns or National Click It or Ticket Mobilizations, 1,333 hours
(8,000 interviews) for localized surveys associated with the National
Crackdowns or Mobilizations, and 2,267 hours (13,600 interviews) for
other selected seat belt or alcohol-impaired driving demonstrations.
Over a three year period this would be 16,800 hours for 100,800
interviews.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department of Transportation, 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. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Jeffrey Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-5216 Filed 3-7-11; 8:45 am]
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