[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9859-9860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2715]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No.: NHTSA-2006-24001]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: 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 (PRA), before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must
solicit public comment on proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatements of previously approved
collections. This document describes three collections of information
for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 28, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Department of
Transportation Dockets, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 401, Washington, DC
20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Bonelli, Office of Chief
Counsel, NCC-113, telephone (202) 366-1834, fax (202) 366-3820, NHTSA,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, 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. OMB has
promulgated regulations describing what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must
ask for public comment on the following:
(i) 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;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collections of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(iv) How to minimize the burden of the collections of information
on those who are to respond, 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.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collections of information:
Title: Grant Program to Prohibit Racial Profiling, State Traffic
Safety Information System Improvements, and Child Safety and Child
Booster Seat Incentive Grants.
OMB Control Number: N/A.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from the
approval date.
Type of Request: New collection.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Form Number: HS-217.
Abstract: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act--A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Pub. L. 109-59, authorizes
several grant programs covering fiscal years (FY) 2006-2009, to be
administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA).
Section 1906 authorizes a grant program for States that enact and
enforce a law that prohibits the use of racial profiling in the
enforcement of traffic laws on Federal-aid highways. To be eligible for
a grant, a State must have such a law and maintain and allow public
inspection of statistical information for each motor vehicle stop in
the state showing the race and ethnicity of the driver and any
passengers. A State may also receive a grant if it provides assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary of Transportation that the State is
undertaking activities that will lead to compliance with the
requirements of this section.
Section 2006 authorizes a grant program to support the development
and implementation of State traffic safety information systems. The
program provides grants to eligible States to support the development
of effective programs to improve State traffic safety data and the
compatibility and interoperability of State data systems with national
and State data systems.
Section 2011 authorizes a grant program for child safety seats and
child booster seats. The program provides grant funds to States that
enforce a law requiring that all children under the age
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of 8 be secured in a child restraint meeting applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards.
The information collected for these grant programs is to include
various reporting requirements. A State that receives grant funds must
indicate to NHTSA how it intends to obligate and expend grant funds for
each fiscal year, and how grant funds were expended and spent each
fiscal year. It is important for NHTSA to be notified about these
activities so that it can effectively administer the programs and
account for the expenditure of funds. To reduce burdens, A State will
document these activities largely by making use of mechanisms that have
received PRA clearance for other similar highway safety programs. A
State will first notify NHTSA of its obligation of funds in accordance
with the applicable provisions of SAFETEA-LU by submitting a Program
Cost Summary (HS-217), a form with existing PRA clearance, within 30
days of the award notification. A State will also report to NHTSA, as
part of its annual Highway Safety Plan under 23 U.S.C. 402, on how it
intends to obligate and expend grant funds for each fiscal year. This
reporting requirement, however, will not be a significant extra burden
for the States because they are already required by statute to submit
an annual Highway Safety Plan. Finally, a State that receives grants
funds must submit each fiscal year, as part of the Annual Report for
its highway safety program pursuant to 23 CFR 1200.33, a report
indicating how grant funds were expended and identifying the programs
carried out with the grant funds. Again, this reporting requirement
will not be a significant extra burden for the States because they are
already required by regulation to submit an Annual Report for their
highway safety program. In addition, for the Section 2011 program, this
report is required by provisions of SAFETEA-LU.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5130.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 52 (fifty States, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico) for Child Safety and Child Booster Seat
Incentive Grants; 56 (fifty States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands) for Grant Program to Prohibit Racial
Profiling; and 57 (fifty States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs) for the State
Traffic Safety Information System Improvements.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Department, including whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's 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 collections of information on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued on: February 22, 2006.
John Donaldson,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Legislation and General Law.
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