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contact Ms. Tiffany McAlpine,
Administrative Staff Assistant, by
telephone, email, or in writing, at least
5 business days before the date of the
hearing. Ms. McAlpine’s contact
information is as follows: FRA, Office of
Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590; telephone: (202) 493–6055;
email: [email protected].
Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Paul
Weber, Railroad Safety Specialist,
Signal and Train Control Division, at
(202) 493–6258 or [email protected].
The hearing will be conducted in
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA
Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25) by a
representative designated by FRA. The
hearing will be a nonadversarial
proceeding; therefore, there will be no
cross-examination of persons presenting
statements. An FRA representative will
make an opening statement outlining
the scope of the hearing. After all initial
statements have been completed, those
persons wishing to make brief rebuttal
statements will be given the opportunity
to do so in the same order in which they
made their initial statements.
Additional procedures, if necessary for
the conduct of the hearing, will be
announced at the hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013–13470 Filed 6–5–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT 2013 0066]

Request for Comments on a New
Information Collection
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on December 20, 2012. No
comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 8, 2013.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Jackson, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W26–494, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202–366–0615; or
email [email protected]. Copies
of this collection also can be obtained
from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Maritime Administration Service
Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 2133–NEW.
Type of Request: New Information
Collection.
Abstract: This collection of
information is necessary to enable the
Agency to garner customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with our
commitment to improving service
delivery. The information collected
from our customers and stakeholders
will help ensure that users have an
effective, efficient, and satisfying
experience with the Agency’s programs.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 15.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
713.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 10,700.
Frequency of Response: Once.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
MARAD Desk Officer. Alternatively,
comments may be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management
and Budget, at the following address:
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,

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including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and, (d) 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.
AUTHORITY: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 28,
2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013–13378 Filed 6–5–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0069]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

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
reinstatements of previously approved
collections.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2013–0069 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
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Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Alan Block, Contracting Officer’s
Technical Representative, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131),
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W46–499, Washington, DC
20590. Mr. Block’s phone number is
202–366–6401 and his email address is
[email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must 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. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulations (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
collection 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; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection 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 public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information:
Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey
(MVOSS)
Type of Request—Reinstatement with
change.
OMB Clearance Number—2127–0645.
Form Number—NHTSA 1020A and
NHTSA 1020B.

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Requested Expiration Date of
Approval—3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information—NHTSA proposes to
conduct the Motor Vehicle Occupant
Safety Survey (MVOSS) among a
national probability sample of 12,000
adults (age 16 and older). The MVOSS
focuses on issues related to seat belt and
child restraint use, and has been
conducted on a periodic basis by
NHTSA since 1994. This would be the
seventh administration of the MVOSS.
Participation by respondents would be
voluntary.
NHTSA’s information needs require
seat belt and child safety seat sections
too large to merge into a single survey
instrument without producing an
inordinate burden on respondents.
Rather than reduce these sections, the
proposed survey instrument is divided
into two questionnaires. Each
questionnaire would be administered to
one-half the total number of
respondents to be interviewed. The
average amount of time for respondents
to complete either questionnaire is
estimated to be 15 minutes, a slight
reduction from earlier years due to the
inclusion of fewer questions.
Questionnaire #1 would focus on seat
belts and include smaller sections on air
bags, on general driving (including
speed), and on drinking and driving
because of the extensive impact of
alcohol on the highway safety problem.
Questionnaire #2 would focus on child
restraint use, accompanied by smaller
sections on Emergency Medical
Services, and use of wireless phones.
Both questionnaires would contain
sections on crash injury experience.
Some basic seat belt questions
contained in Questionnaire #1 would be
duplicated on Questionnaire #2.
The survey would use a multi-mode
approach that employs Web as the
primary response mode, with the online technology serving to reduce length
and minimize recording errors. Mail and
telephone would serve as alternative
response modes for respondents that
choose not to participate on-line. The
telephone interviewers would use
computer-assisted telephone
interviewing. A Spanish-language
translation of the questionnaires, and
bilingual interviewers to conduct the
telephone interviews, would be used to
minimize language barriers to
participation.
The multi-mode approach is a major
change in methodology from previous
administrations of the MVOSS.
Therefore, the full administration of the
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to assess methods for each of the
response modes used in the survey.
The sample for the full administration
of the survey would be drawn from an
address-based sampling frame. Contact
with prospective respondents would be
conducted through the mail. The first
contact would ask that the sampled
household member go to a designated
Web site to take the survey. Each
respondent would be assigned a unique
randomly generated PIN (Personal
Identification Number) that must be
used to access the questionnaire via
computer. Follow up contacts would
include mail and telephone as
alternative response modes. The
personally identifiable information used
to contact respondents would be held
separately from the information
provided by respondents to the survey
so that no connection can be made
between the two. No personally
identifiable information would be
collected during the interviews.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information—NHTSA was established
to reduce the number of deaths, injuries,
and economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s
highways. As part of this statutory
mandate, NHTSA is authorized to
conduct research as a foundation for the
development of motor vehicle standards
and traffic safety programs.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s,
more than 50,000 persons were killed
each year in motor vehicle crashes in
the United States. Diverse approaches
were taken to address the problem.
Vehicle safety designs and features were
improved; restraint devices were
improved; safety behaviors were
mandated in State legislation (including
seat belt use and child safety seat use);
alcohol-related legislation was enacted;
this legislation was enforced; public
information and education activities
were widely implemented; and
roadways were improved.
As a result of these interventions and
improvements, crash fatalities dropped
significantly. By 2011, total fatalities
had fallen to 32,367, representing a 36%
decline from 1966. In addition, the
resident population and the number of
vehicle miles traveled increased greatly
over those years. When fatality rates are
computed per 100,000 population, the
rate for 2011 (10.39) was about 60
percent lower than the 1966 rate (25.89).
In sum, heightened highway safety
activity conducted over the past several
decades corresponds with major strides
in reducing traffic fatalities.
Remaining barriers to safety will be
more resistant to programmatic
influences now that the easy gains have

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already been accomplished. Moreover,
crash fatalities rose in 2012. Thus
significant effort will be needed just to
preserve the gains that already have
been made. Up-to-date information is
essential to plot the direction of future
activity that will achieve reductions in
crash injuries and fatalities in the
coming years.
As part of its collection of information
used to develop and implement
effective countermeasures to improve
highway traffic safety, NHTSA
conducted its first MVOSS in 1994. The
survey included questions related to
seat belts, child safety seats, air bags,
and Emergency Medical Services. It also
contained small segments on alcohol
use and on speeding. The survey has
been repeated five times since then,
with the survey instrument updated
prior to each survey administration to
incorporate emergent issues and items
of increased interest. The most recent
MVOSS was fielded during the first
quarter of calendar year 2007.
The proposed survey is the seventh
MVOSS. The survey would collect data
on topics included in the preceding
surveys and would monitor changes
over time in the use of occupant
protection devices and in attitudes
related to vehicle occupant safety. It is
important that NHTSA monitor these
changes so that the Agency can
determine the effects of its efforts to
promote the use of safety devices and to
identify areas where its efforts should be
targeted and where new strategies may
be needed. As in earlier years, NHTSA
proposes to make a small number of
revisions to the survey instrument to
address new information needs. If
approved, the proposed survey would
assist NHTSA in addressing motor
vehicle occupant safety and in
formulating programs and
recommendations. The results of the
proposed survey would be used to: (a)
Identify areas to target current programs
and activities to achieve the greatest
benefit; (b) develop new programs and
initiatives aimed at increasing the use of
occupant safety devices by the public;
and (c) provide informational support to
States and localities in their traffic
safety efforts. The findings would also
be used directly by State and local
highway safety and law enforcement
agencies in the development and
implementation of effective
countermeasures to prevent injuries and
fatalities to vehicle occupants.
Description of the Likely Respondents
(Including Estimated Number, and
Proposed Frequency of Response to the
Collection of Information)—This
proposed effort would involve cognitive
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tests to identify any problems with selfadministration of the Web version of the
questionnaires, a pilot test, and final
survey administration. Businesses are
ineligible for the sample and would not
be interviewed. No more than one
respondent would be selected per
household. Each member of the sample
would complete one interview.
The cognitive testing would consist of
one-on-one cognitive interviews with
each of nine persons selected from the
general public for each questionnaire,
for a total of 18 cognitive interviews. All
would be drivers 18 and older. All
cognitive interviews using the child
restraint use questionnaire would be
conducted with parents of children
under the age of 9. A maximum of 100
licensed drivers 18 and older would be
recruited to participate in usability tests,
with all tests of the child restraint use
questionnaire conducted with parents of
young children. For the pilot test, a
maximum of 1,200 completed
interviews with people age 16 and older
would be obtained. For the final survey,
12,000 completed interviews with
randomly selected members of the
general public age 16 and older would
be obtained, 6,000 per questionnaire.
The respondent sample would be
selected from all 50 States plus the
District of Columbia.
Estimate of the Total Annual
Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of
Information—NHTSA estimates that the
respondents participating in the
cognitive interviewing would average 1⁄2
hours to carry out that activity, for a
total of 27 hours for the 18 cognitive
interviews. NHTSA estimates that the
respondents participating in the
usability testing would average 1 hour
in carrying out that activity. The
number of usability testing respondents
would not exceed 100, leading to a
maximum burden of 100 hours. The
projected 1,200 maximum completed
interviews for the pilot test, with an
average duration of 15 minutes, would
produce a maximum burden of 300
hours. The 12,000 final survey
interviews, with an average duration of
15 minutes, would produce a burden of
3,000 hours. The maximum reporting
burden for the MVOSS would be 27
hours for the cognitive testing, 100
hours for the usability testing, 300 hours
for the pilot test, and 3,000 hours for the
final survey for a grand total of 3,427
hours.
All interviewing would occur during
a single calendar year. Thus the annual
reporting burden would be the entire
3,427 hours. The respondents would not
incur any reporting cost from the
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also would not incur any record keeping
burden or record keeping cost from the
information collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued on: May 31, 2013.
Jeffrey Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2013–13416 Filed 6–5–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0070]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

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
reinstatements of previously approved
collections.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2013–0070 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
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