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)