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 (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

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information was published March 28, 1997 [62 FR 14967].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Complete copies of each request for

collection of information may be obtained at no charge from Mr. Edward

Kosek, NHTSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, NHTSA, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Room 6123, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Kosek's

telephone number is (202) 366-2590. Please identify the relevant

collection of information by referring to its OMB Clearance Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Title: National Driver Register Reporting Requirement for 23 CFR

part 1327.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Form Number: N/A.

OMB Control Number: 2127-0001.

Affected Public: The 51 respondents are the State driver licensing

agencies, including the District of Columbia.

Abstract: The National Driver Register Act of 1982 (Pub.L. 97-364),

as amended, mandates the Secretary of Transportation to establish and

maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing

officials of participating states in exchanging information about the

motor vehicle driving records of individuals. The Act requires the

chief driver licensing official of each participating state to submit a

report to the Secretary of each individual who is denied a motor

vehicle operator's license by that State for cause; whose motor vehicle

operator's license is revoked, suspended, or canceled by that State for

cause; or who is convicted under the laws of that State of any of the

following motor vehicle-related offenses or comparable offenses: (a)

Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of, or impaired by,

alcohol or a controlled substance; (b) a traffic violation arising in

connection with a fatal traffic accident, reckless driving, or racing

on the highways; (c) failing to give aid or provide identification when

involved in an accident resulting in death or personal injury; (d)

perjury or knowingly making a false affidavit or statement to officials

about activities governed by a law or regulation on the operation of a

motor vehicle. The Act also requires the chief driver licensing

officials of participating states to check the NDR on all first time

above-minimum age driver license applicants in their states.

The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 requires the states

to check the NDR for all applicants for Commercial Drivers Licenses.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use of the

information--The purpose of the NDR, and thus this information

collection activity, is to prevent the issuance of driver's licenses to

problem drivers in order to enhance traffic safety. Through amendments

to the NDR Act, the activity also serves to prevent the certification

of airline pilots, merchant mariners, locomotive operators, and

individuals employed as motor vehicle operators if they are problem

drivers.

The information will be used by NHTSA in exercising its statutory

authority to operate the NDR. Without this information, states could

issue licenses to individuals who are suspended or revoked in other

states, or could issue a duplicate license to an individual who is

licensed in another state allowing them to spread their violations over

a number of licenses.

Annual Estimated Burden: 1977 burden hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

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

Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA 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 Departments 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 27, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-19951 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]

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