Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR

describes the nature of the information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following collection of information was

published on December 13, 1996 [61 FR, page 65629].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Kosek, NHTSA Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (202) 366-2589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Title: National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and

Behaviors: 1997.

OMB No.: 2127-0580.

Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection.

Affected Public: Non-institutionalized population of the U.S.--Ages

16 and older living in telephone households.

Abstract: In 1991, NHTSA conducted the first in a series of

biennial surveys of the driving-age public (16 or older) to identify

patterns and trends in public attitudes and behaviors towards drinking

and driving. The proposed study will collect data on topics included in

the first three studies (and several additional topics), including:

frequency of drinking and driving and of riding with an impaired

driver, ways to prevent drinking and driving, enforcement of drinking

driving including the use of sobriety checkpoints, understanding of BAC

levels and legal limits, and crash and injury experience.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,333 hours.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000.

Need: The findings will assist NHTSA in addressing the problem of

alcohol-impaired driving and in formulating programs and

recommendations to Congress. NHTSA will use the findings to identify

areas to target current programs and activities to achieve the greatest

benefit, to develop new programs to decrease the likelihood of drinking

and driving behaviors, 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 fatalities.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. 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 in Washington, DC, on July 16, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-19184 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]

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