Paperwork Reduction Act 60-Day Notice; Request for Comments

Cem Hatipoglu
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1 February 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 1270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00744]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. DOT-NHTSA-2018-0094]


Paperwork Reduction Act 60-Day Notice; Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. Before a Federal 
agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under 
procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before 
seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on 
proposed collections of information, including extensions and 
reinstatement of previously approved collections.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 2, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-NHTSA-
2018-0094] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Rhea, State Data Reporting 
Systems Division (NSA-120), Room W53-304, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Rhea can also be reached via email at 
barbara.rhea@dot.gov or via phone at 202-366-2714. Please identify the 
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control 
Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Information 
Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0006.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Abstract: Under both the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and the 
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-563, 
Title 1, Sec. 106, 108, and 112) the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) has the responsibility to collect accident data 
that support the establishment and enforcement of motor vehicle 
regulations and highway safety programs. These regulations and programs 
are developed to reduce fatalities and the property damage associated 
with motor vehicle crashes. NHTSA established cooperative agreements 
with the 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to report 
a standard set of data on each fatal accident. State employees extract 
and transcribe information from existing State files including police 
accident crash reports as well as driver license, vehicle registration, 
highway department, and vital statistics files. This information 
comprises a national database, Fatality Analysis Reporting System 
(FARS), that is NHTSA's and many States' principal means of tracking 
trends in fatalities and quantifying problems or potential problems in 
highway safety.
    Because FARS is an on-going data acquisition system, reviews are 
conducted yearly to determine whether the data acquired are responsive 
to the total user population needs. FARS data are used extensively by 
all the NHTSA program and research offices and other DOT modes such as 
Federal Highway Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration. Annual changes in the data collected in FARS are minor 
in terms of operation and method of data acquisition and do not affect 
the reporting burden of the respondent (State employees utilize 
existing State crash files). The changes usually involve clarifying 
adjustments to aid statisticians in conducting more precise analyses 
and to remove potential ambiguity for the respondents.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Frequency: On-going.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 106,244 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (i) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (ii) if the information will have practical utility; (iii) 
the accuracy of the estimated burden of the proposed information 
collection; (iv) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (v) 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. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in 
the request for OMB's clearance of this information collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

Cem Hatipoglu,
Acting Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and 
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2019-00744 Filed 1-31-19; 8:45 am]
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