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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements, Agency

Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 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 collections and their expected

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

published on February 8, 1999 [64 FR 6132-6133].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Tremont, Ph.D. at the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Traffic

Records (NTS-31), 202-366-5587. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6240,

Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Title: National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and

Behavior: 1999.

OMB Number: 2127--NEW.

Type of Request: New information collection.

Abstract: NHTSA proposes to conduct a survey by telephone among

some nationally representative samples of 5,700 adults, including older

adults. Participation by respondents would be voluntary. The findings

from this proposed collection will assist NHTSA in addressing the

problem of alcohol-impaired driving and formulating programs and

recommendations to Congress. NHTSA will use the findings to help focus

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 injuries.

In conducting the proposed survey, the interviewers would use

computer-aided telephone interviewing (CATI) to reduce interview length

and minimize recording errors. A Spanish-language translation and

bilingual interviewers are proposed to minimize language barriers to

participation. The proposed survey would be anonymous and confidential.

Affected Public: Randomly selected members of the general public

aged sixteen and older in telephone households.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1710.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 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. A Comment to OMB is most effective if OMB

receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 8, 1999.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-17754 Filed 7-12-99; 8:45 am]

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