Uniform Procedures for State
Highway Safety Grant Programs
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
03/17/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
457
0
39,550
0
422,500
0
This is to request approval for
reinstatement of a previously approved collection of information
for State grants under Chapter 4 of Title 23, U.S.C., including
State Highway Safety Program grants, the National Priority Safety
Program grants, and a separate grant on racial profiling data
collection. The purpose of the information collection is to collect
information necessary for NHTSA to issue grants to States. To
receive grants, a State must submit a Highway Safety Plan (HSP)
that supports its qualifications for receiving grant funds.
Specifically, the HSP consists of information on the highway safety
planning process, performance report, performance plan, problem
identification, highway safety countermeasure strategies, planned
activities and funding amounts, certifications and assurances, and
application materials that cover Section 405 and 1906 grants.
Responding to the information collection is required for
respondents to receive grants. Respondents to the collection
include 57 State respondents (the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Secretary of the Interior). The grant submissions from States are
annual and States must also submit an annual report evaluating
their progress in achieving performance targets. In addition, as
part of the statutory criteria for Section 405 grants covering the
areas of occupant protection, traffic safety information system
improvement and impaired driving countermeasures, States are
required to receive an assessment of their State programs every
three or five years in order to receive a grant. The assessments
involve State and subject matter expert respondents. The assessment
involves States providing certain information and responding to
questions that are then provided to the subject matter experts. The
subject matter experts in turn evaluate performance and provide
recommendations for the purpose of improving programs in the
covered areas. NHTSA estimates that, on average, 247 subject matter
experts will provide responses for State assessments each year, and
those responses will be coordinated by 13 administrative
assistants. The subject matter experts are either recruited by
NHTSA or the States voluntarily and provided payment for their
time. This reinstatement will include program changes of the
additional burden calculation for the Subject Matter Experts of the
assessments. The total burden for this collection has increased by
12,935 hours (from 26,615 hours to 39,550) and $422,500 (from $0 to
$422,500). The increase in burden is due to including burden hours
associated with the assessments and including, in response to
question 13, the costs States incur in paying for the assessments.
While the last request included, in response to question 12, an
estimate that States pay $325,000 to complete the assessments,
NHTSA now estimates that assessments cost, on average, $422,500 per
year.
US Code:
23
USC 402 Name of Law: Highway Safety Programs
US Code: 23
USC 405 Name of Law: National Priority Safety Program
Grants
PL:
Pub.L. 114 - 94 4002 Name of Law: The Fixing Americas Surface
Transportation Act
PL: Pub.L. 114 - 94 4002 Name of Law: The
Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act
NHTSA is requesting a
reinstatement with program changes of the additional burden
calculation for the Subject Matter Experts of the assessments. The
total burden for this collection has increased by 12,935 hours
(from 26,615 hours to 39,550) and $422,500 (from $0 to $422,500).
The increase in burden is due to including burden hours associated
with the assessments and including, in response to question 13, the
costs States incur in paying for the assessments. While the last
request included, in response to question 12, an estimate that
States pay $325,000 to complete the assessments, NHTSA now
estimates that assessments cost, on average, $422,500 per
year.
$976,918
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
barbara sauers 202
366-0144
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
30Day Notice_87 FR 13360.pdf
NHTSA grant programs info collection supporting statement rev 2022_3.9.22.docx
Annual Report (State Respondent)