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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; National Driver Register Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Chou-Lin Chen Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Date: 11 July 2022 
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41177-41179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14725]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2022-0017]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for
Comment; National Driver Register
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on an extension of a currently
approved information collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. This document
describes a currently approved collection of information on NHTSA's
National Driver Register for which NHTSA intends to seek approval from
OMB for extension. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following information collection was
published on March 28, 2022. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
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suggestions for reducing burden, should be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find
this particular information collection, select ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comment'' or use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Miriam Chege, NSA 200, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room W55-210, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Miriam
Chege's telephone number is (202) 366-2571. Please identify the
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control
Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces
that the following information collection request will be submitted to
OMB.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection was published on March 28, 2022
(87 FR 17408). No comments were received.
Title: National Driver Register (NDR).
OMB Control Number: 2127-0001.
Form Number(s): This collection of information is electronically
submitted to NHTSA. There are no standard forms.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: The National Driver
Register Act of 1982, Title 49 U.S.C., Subtitle VI, Part A, Chapter 303
(as amended) requires the Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by
delegation) to maintain a National Driver Register (NDR) to assist the
State chief driver licensing officials in the exchange of information
about the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. The chief
driver licensing official of a participating State must report to the
NDR identification information regarding any individual who is denied a
motor vehicle operator's license for cause, whose motor vehicle
operator's license is withdrawn for cause, or who is convicted of
certain serious motor vehicle related offenses (specified in the Act at
49 U.S.C. 30304) or comparable offenses. (23 U.S.C. 30304(a); 23 CFR
1327, appendix A). Participating States are required to submit an
inquiry to the NDR on all applicants for driver's licenses before
issuing a license to the applicant. In addition, when requested by
other authorized users (e.g., the Federal Aviation Administration),
participating States are required to submit inquires to the NDR and
provide responses to the other authorized users of the NDR for
transportation safety purposes. All 50 States and the District of
Columbia participate in the NDR.
The NDR maintains the computerized database known as the Problem
Driver Pointer System (PDPS) which contains information on individuals
whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended,
canceled or denied or who have been convicted of serious traffic-
related offenses. The records maintained at the NDR consist of
identification information including name, date of birth, sex, driver
license number, and reporting State which is collected on a daily
basis.
States use interactive communication for their routine transactions
with the NDR which allows them to submit the required information
automatically at the same time the individual's information is entered
into the State's system. Specifically, when an individual applies for a
driver's license, an inquiry is automatically transmitted to the NDR
when the driver's application is entered into the State's system.
Likewise, when a State records license actions that have been taken
against an individual that require reporting to the NDR, a transaction
submitting the individual's identification information is automatically
generated and transmitted to the NDR.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The purpose of the information collection is to improve
traffic and transportation safety by assisting States in keeping
problem drivers off the nation's highways. The NDR was established to
serve as the central repository of information on problem drivers to
promote information sharing among States, eliminating the need for
States to contact each of the other 50 jurisdictions, and the District
of Columbia individually. The information collected is used by State
driver licensing agencies to identify problem drivers prior to issuing
a driver's license and to develop and implement driver improvement
programs. The following groups are also authorized to receive
information upon inquiry to a State driver licensing agency for
transportation safety purposes:
a. Employers of motor vehicle operators,
b. Employers of locomotive operators,
c. Federal Aviation Administration regarding applications for or
holders of airman's certificates,
d. U.S. Coast Guard regarding applicants for or holders of
licenses, certificates of registry, or merchant mariner's documents,
and for Coast Guard crew members,
e. National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration in connection with accident investigations,
f. Air carriers regarding individuals seeking employment as pilots,
and
g. Individuals who have or are seeking access to national security
information for purposes under E.O. 12968 or who are being investigated
for Federal employment.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the information collection was published
on March 28, 2022 (87 FR 17408). No comments were received.
Affected Public: Participating States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The number of respondents is 51--
all 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Frequency: On a daily basis.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,739 hours.
States use routine electronic interactive communication for
transactions with the NDR, which allows the States to submit the
required information automatically at the same time the information is
entered into the State's own system. Although States are required to
report and check for a problem driver when issuing a driver's license,
no burden hours are incurred for these queries for this information
collection because the State's computer systems automatically transmit
the information that is entered as a part of normal business practice.
Therefore, the estimated hour burden is based on the States' PDPS IT
infrastructure maintenance and States' participation in the optional
Clean File process.
To estimate the annual maintenance and infrastructure burden to
report and check for problem drivers, NDR asked a small sample of
States for information about their annual burden. NDR received
formatted estimates from two States which included the maintenance and
infrastructure labor hours and cost used to send and maintain
information to PDPS. Together, the burden from these two States was 530
hours and the associated labor cost was $17,400. Using
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these estimates, NHTSA calculates an average of 265 hours per State,
with an annual labor cost of $8,700. There are 51 respondents per year
(the 50 States and the District of Columbia). Therefore, total annual
burden hours for maintenance and infrastructure is estimated to be
13,515 hours (51 respondents x 265 hours). The total annual maintenance
and infrastructure labor cost per year is estimated to be $443,700
($8,700 x 51).
To ensure that the information contained in the NDR is accurate,
States sometimes submit a ``clean file'' which is a confirmation of all
drivers of that State who should be listed in the NDR file. NHTSA
estimates that an average of 28 clean files will be submitted annually
by States. States use SFTP to submit this information, and NHTSA
estimates it takes an IT specialist 8 hours to prepare and run the
data. NHTSA estimates the cost for IT personnel burden hours using the
Bureau of Labor Statistics' mean wage estimate for Software and Web
Developers, Programmers, and Testers (Standard Occupational
Classification #15-1250, May 2020) of $52.86.\1\ The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that for State and local government workers, wages
represent 61.9% of total compensation.\2\ Therefore, the total hourly
cost associated with the IT burden hours is estimated to be $85.40
($52.86 / 61.9%) per hour. The total annual burden hours to prepare and
submit clean files is 224 hours (8 x 28). The total annual clean file
labor cost per year is estimated to be $19,130 ($85.40 x 224).
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\1\ May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
United States, Occupational Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000, last accessed July 23, 2021.
\2\ Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by ownership (Dec.
2020), available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm
(accessed July 23, 2021).
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Estimated Average
Submission type Annual burden per hourly labor Labor cost per Total burden Total labor
submissions submission cost submission hours costs
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Maintenance and Infrastructure.......................... 51 265 N/A $8,700 13,515 $443,700
Clean files............................................. 28 8 85.40 683.20 224 19,130
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Total............................................... 51 .............. .............. .............. 13,739 462,830
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: There are no annual costs.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d)
ways minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29A.
Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
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