[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10549-10550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04755]


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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 (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and 
solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below will be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden.

DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on 
or before April 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for Department of 
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or by 
email at [email protected], or fax: 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph Atkins at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Behavioral Safety 
Research (NTI-131), W46-500, Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Atkins' phone number is 
202-366-5597 and his email address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Federal Register notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting public comments on the following information 
collection was published on August 9, 2017 (82 FR 37287-37288).
    OMB Control Number: 2127--New.
    Title: Compliance-Based Ignition Interlock Removal.
    Form No.: NHTSA 1395.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Respondents: NHTSA has identified 31 States that conduct some type 
of Compliance Based Removal (CBR) of Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock 
Devices (BAIIDs). The number of participants will vary for each State. 
We estimate an average of three participants per State. Most 
participants will be State officials and these individuals will provide 
most of the necessary information for each State. We anticipate that in 
some instances State officials will refer us to representatives of 
interlock providers to obtain data not available to the State official. 
The data to be collected is administrative in nature. No personally 
identifiable data will be collected. We will not be collecting data 
that is commonly considered sensitive or private.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: An estimated sample size of 93 
respondents (3 respondents per state for each of the 31 states 
identified as having some form of CBR for BAIIDs).
    Estimated Time per Response: The average amount of time for each 
respondent to complete the information collection is estimated at 20 
minutes. This includes any time needed to retrieve information.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 62 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: The information collection will be 
administered a single time.
    Abstract: Alcohol impairment is one of the primary causes of motor 
vehicle crashes on the Nation's highways. In 2016, 28 percent of all 
motor-vehicle traffic fatalities involved alcohol impairment, resulting 
in the loss of 10,497 lives. A vehicle equipped with a BAIID requires 
the driver to provide a breath sample to start the vehicle. If the 
breath sample is above a set limit for Breath Alcohol Concentration 
(BrAC), then the vehicle will not start. BAIIDs have been shown to 
reduce driving-under-the-influence (DUI) recidivism of DUI offenders 
who have BAIIDs installed on their vehicles; however, the effect tends 
to dissipate once the devices are removed. The data generated by the 
BAIIDs can be used to identify offenders unable to comply with 
interlock program requirements. It is believed that these are the 
offenders most likely to recidivate. CBR programs are designed to 
reduce recidivism by delaying removal of the BAIID for these offenders.
    The purpose of the study is to provide critical information needed 
by NHTSA to determine the effects of CBR on DUI recidivism, as well as 
information on the types of CBR policies currently in place. This 
information will be useful to States interested in instituting or 
changing CBR policies in their own interlock programs to help reduce 
deaths and injuries associated with DUI. The data collected will be 
used to assist NHTSA in its ongoing responsibilities for: (a) 
Developing an accurate understanding of potential traffic safety 
interventions on a national scale; (b) providing information to NHTSA's 
partners involved in improving public safety; and (c) providing sound 
scientific reports on NHTSA's activities to other public safety 
researchers.
    The study will be conducted in two phases. In phase one, 
information will be collected on the details of the States' 
implementation of CBR and information on their CBR-related data to 
identify States with sufficient data to conduct an evaluation of the 
effects of CBR on DUI recidivism. It will also identify States' 
interested in participating in an evaluation of CBR effectiveness. We 
anticipate that information will come from State officials familiar 
with their States' interlock programs. It may also be necessary to 
collect data from interlock providers in those States. We estimate that 
this phase of data collection will involve contacting and interviewing 
an average of three people per State (93 total). Initial contacts will 
be made by telephone and email. Data will then be collected through 
semi-structured face-to-face and telephone interviews. The second phase 
of the study will be an evaluation of CBR effectiveness using the 
States' existing data. These evaluations will be conducted in up to 
four States, depending on phase one findings regarding data 
availability and interest in participation.
    Comments are Invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department of Transportation, 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

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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 of this 
notice.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).

     Issued in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2018.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2018-04755 Filed 3-8-18; 8:45 am]
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