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

Terry T. Shelton
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
November 29, 2013

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71713-71714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28593]


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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 September 16, 2013 [Volume 78, No. 179, Page 57000].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary R. Toth, Office of Data 
Acquisitions (NVS-410), Room W53-505, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. The telephone number for Mr. Toth is (202) 366-
5378.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: National Automotive Sampling System (NASS).
    OMB Number: 2127-0021.
    Type of Request: Continuation.
    Abstract: The collection of crash data that support the 
establishment and enforcement of motor vehicle regulations that reduce 
the severity of injury and property damage caused by motor vehicle 
crashes is authorized under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-563, Title 1, Sec. 106, 108, and 
112). The National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness 
Data System (CDS) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
investigates high severity crashes. Once a crash has been selected for 
investigation, researchers locate, visit, measure, and photograph the 
crash

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scene; locate, inspect, and photograph vehicles; conduct a telephone or 
personal interview with the involved individuals or surrogate; and 
obtain and record injury information received from various medical data 
sources. NASS CDS data are used to describe and analyze circumstances, 
mechanisms, and consequences of high severity motor vehicle crashes in 
the United States. The collection of interview data aids in this 
effort.
    Affected Public: Passenger Motor Vehicle Operators.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,605 hours.
    Number of respondents: 9,450.
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 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 November 22, 2013.
Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator for National Center for Statistics and 
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2013-28593 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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