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 Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the

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

describe the nature of the information collections and their expected

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

soliciting comments on the information collection entitled ``Study of

the First There, First Care National Campaign: An Intervention to Save

Lives' (previously referred to as the ``Bystander Care Program'') was

published on February 3, 1997 [62 FR, page 5066--5067] and on

information collection entitled ``Development of Improved Driver

Interview Procedures for Police Use at Checkpoints' was published on

February 19, 1997 [62 FR 7494--7495].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Kosek, NHTSA Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (202) 366-2589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Title: Study of the First There, First Care National Campaign: An

Intervention to Save Lives.

OMB No.: 2127-NEW.

Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.

Affected Public: Individuals ages 16 and older living in households

with telephones within a population of two rural sites.

Abstract: NHTSA will conduct a telephone survey as a major

component of a two-site evaluation of its ``First There, First Care

National Campaign'' Program. In accordance with the agency's mandate to

reduce fatalities and economic loss resulting from motor vehicle

crashes, this Program was established to encourage passerby to stop at

rural crash sites, render life-saving assistance, and summon emergency

medical services (EMS). The program is designed to raise public

awareness of the importance of bystander care, and to teach the few

basic skills necessary to recognize an emergency, start victims'

breathing, stop victims' bleeding, and contact EMS. The data from the

survey will be used to evaluate the extent to which the ``First There,

First Care'' messages have reached the public in targeted areas, the

extent to which these messages were successful in changing attitudes

towards providing emergency care, and the extent to which the program

improved knowledge needed to successfully provide emergency care.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 164 hours.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 640.

Need: The findings will be used to judge the efficacy of the

``First There, First Care'' Program. NHTSA will draw on this

information when considering continuation, refinement, and expansion of

the ``First There, First Care'' Program.

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Title: Development of Improved Driver Interview Procedures for

Police Use at Checkpoints.

OMB No.: 2127-NEW.

Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.

Affected Public: Drivers who are stopped at two sobriety checkpoint

operations in one community and who are asked to voluntarily provide an

alcohol breath sample.

Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

(NHTSA) plays a key role in the national effort to reduce alcohol

related traffic injuries and deaths. One way the enforcement community

has tried to combat this problem is by conducting sobriety checkpoints;

however, there is evidence that many of the impaired drivers passing

through these checkpoints are not detected by police. One component of

this study is the observation by researchers of customary police

interviewing practices at sobriety checkpoints. Behaviors and cues of

interviewed drivers will be linked to their breath alcohol levels to

develop more effective screening procedures. Breath samples will be

obtained only from drivers who volunteer to participate in this study.

Current data on the best ways to improve driver interviews by police at

checkpoints do not exist.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 49 hours.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.

Need: The findings from researcher observations of checkpoint

operations will help determine whether further development of an

improved battery of police interview procedures is warranted. If the

results are positive, a field test will be conducted as part of this

study to determine whether the new procedures are an improvement over

those customarily used by police to detect drivers at illegal BACs.

Should the findings from the field test be successful, a police

training package, containing the improved procedures, will be developed

and disseminated to police agencies. Improved interview procedures will

help police officers at checkpoints make more accurate decisions

regarding which drivers should or should not be detained for further

sobriety testing. This should increase the efficiency of checkpoint

operations. Such improvements should also heighten the public's

perception of being apprehended for drunk driving at sobriety

checkpoints.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, 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 December 23, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-34136 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]

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