Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; First Responder Incident Advanced Reporting Program: Extension of Comment Period Publication: Federal Register Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Tanya Topka Date: 17 August 2023 Subjects: American Government , Safety

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56120-56121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17683]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2023-0024]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for 
Comment; First Responder Incident Advanced Reporting Program: Extension 
of Comment Period

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

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ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA is extending the comment period for the notice NHTSA 
published on June 12, 2023 seeking public comment on its intention to 
seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new 
information collection for NHTSA's planned First Responder Incident 
Advanced Reporting (FRIAR) Program. The comment period for the FRIAR 
notice was scheduled to end on August 11, 2023. NHTSA is extending the 
comment period for the notice by 20 days to allow for additional time 
to submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on June 12, 2023, at 
88 FR 38124, is extended to August 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. NHTSA-
2023-0024 through any of the following methods:
     Electronic submissions: Go to the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management, 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.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this notice. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
dockets via internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Tanya Topka, Office of Defects 
Investigation (NEF-100), (202) 366-9590, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, W48-336, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the requirements of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an 
agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB for 
approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register 
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of 
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of 
information. In accordance with this requirement, NHTSA published a 
Federal Register notice on June 12, 2023 (88 FR 38124) seeking public 
comment on its intention to seek approval from OMB for a new 
information collection that will allow NHTSA to provide first 
responders with a distinct mechanism to report to NHTSA's Office of 
Defects Investigation (ODI) regarding fatalities, injuries, or crashes 
that may have been caused due to an alleged defect. Currently, ODI 
collects Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQ) to gather information from 
the public about alleged or suspected safety defects. The FRIAR 
collection will be a separate method to collect safety and defect 
related information from the first responder community that will 
expedite and prioritize ODI's review of such reports.
    In addition to publishing the 60-day notice, and consistent with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, NHTSA conducted 
additional outreach regarding this effort by highlighting NHTSA's 
publication of its June 12, 2023 notice during a presentation at the 
IACP Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety Conference on August 9, 2023. 
The conference is widely attended by potential FRIAR respondents and 
other traffic safety professionals and some attendees expressed 
interest in providing comments on the notice. In order to provide 
additional time for these comments to be submitted, NHTSA is extending 
the comment period by 20 days.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29A.

Tanya Topka,
Acting Director, Office of Defect Investigation.
[FR Doc. 2023-17683 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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