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average hourly wage for office clerks
(BLS Occupation code 43–9061) in the
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry
is $20.98.1 The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that private industry

workers’ wages represent 70.2% of total
labor compensation costs.2 Therefore,
NHTSA estimates the hourly labor costs
to be $29.89 and NHTSA estimates the
total labor cost associated with the

40,225 burden hours to be
$1,202,325.25. Table 1 provides a
summary of the estimated burden hours
and labor costs associated with those
submissions.

TABLE 1—BURDEN ESTIMATES
Estimated burden per
response

1,030 ..............

39.05 hours .........................................................................

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0.
NHTSA estimates that there are no
costs resulting from this collection of
information other than labor costs
associated with the burden hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’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; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29.

$29.89

Notice and request for
comments on an extension with
modification of a currently approved
information collection.

ACTION:

National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
document describes a currently
approved collection of information for
which NHTSA intends to seek approval
from OMB for extension on NHTSA’s
State data reporting systems: Fatality
Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and
Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS). A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
the following information collection
was published on April 4, 2022. Three
supporting comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Barbara
Rhea, State Data Reporting Systems
Division (NSA–120), (202) 366–2714,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Room W53–304, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Please identify the relevant

1 May 2020 National Industry-Specific
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates,
NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing,
available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/2020/may/

naics4_336100.htm#43-0000 (accessed March 25,
2022).
2 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership (Mar. 2020), available

Stephen Ridella,
Director, Office of Defect Investigation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Administration
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Average
hourly labor
cost

Annual
responses

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Fatality Analysis
Reporting System and Non-Traffic
Surveillance
AGENCY:

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Labor cost per
response
$1,167.31

Total burden
hours
40,225

Total labor
costs
$1,202,325.25

collection of information by referring to
its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request will be
submitted to OMB.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting public
comments on the following information
collection was published on April 04,
2022 (87 FR 19573).
Title: Fatality Analysis Reporting
System and Non-Traffic Surveillance.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0006.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Request: Request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information
NHTSA is authorized by 49 U.S.C.
30182 and 23 U.S.C. 403 to collect data
on motor vehicle traffic crashes to aid in
the identification of issues and the
development, implementation, and
evaluation of motor vehicle and
highway safety countermeasures to
reduce fatalities and the property
damage associated with motor vehicle
crashes. Using this authority, NHTSA
established the Fatal Analysis Reporting
System (FARS) and the Non-Traffic
Surveillance (NTS), which collect data
on fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes.
Among other things, the information
aids in the establishment and
at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_
06182020.pdf (accessed March 25, 2022).

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enforcement of motor vehicle
regulations and highway safety
programs.
The FARS is in its forty-sixth year of
operation and is a census of all defined
crashes involving fatalities. The FARS
collects data from all 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
NHTSA established cooperative
agreements with the 50 States, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to
report a standard set of data on each
fatal crash within their jurisdictions.
State employees extract and transcribe
information from existing State files
including police crash reports as well as
driver license, vehicle registration,
highway department, and vital statistics
files. This collected information
comprises a national database, Fatality
Analysis Reporting System (FARS), that
is NHTSA’s and many States’ principal
means of tracking trends involving
motor vehicle traffic fatalities and
quantifying problems or potential
problems in highway safety.
The Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS) is
a data collection effort for collecting
information about counts and details
regarding fatalities and injuries that
occur in non-traffic crashes and noncrash incidents. Non-traffic crashes are
crashes that occur off a public trafficway
(e.g., private roads, parking lots, or
driveways), and non-crash incidents are
incidents involving motor vehicles but
without a crash scenario such as, carbon
monoxide poisoning and hypo/
hyperthermia. NTS non-traffic crash
data are obtained through NHTSA’s data
collection efforts for the Crash Report
Sampling System (CRSS),1 the Crash
Investigation Sampling System (CISS),2
and FARS. NTS also includes data
outside of NHTSA’s own data
collections. NTS’ non-crash injury data
is based upon emergency department
records from a special study conducted
by the Consumer Product Safety
Commission’s National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System (NEISS) All Injury
Program. NTS non-crash fatality data is
derived from death certificate
information from the Centers for Disease
Control’s National Vital Statistics
System.
Data is collected differently under
each of NHTSA’s three data collection
efforts that feed into NTS. The CRSS
and CISS data collection efforts obtain
NTS applicable reports received from
the sample sites during their normal
data collection efforts for CRISS and
1 NHTSA’s information collection for CRSS is
covered by the ICR with OMB Control No. 2127–
0714.
2 NHTSA’s information collection for CISS is
covered by the ICR with OMB Control No. 2127–
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CISS. The FARS data collection effort
uncovers NTS applicable reports
received from the State during their
normal data collection activities for
FARS. Therefore, the burden for NTS is
included in each study’s calculation.
This notice only seeks comment on the
part of the NTS data that comes from the
FARS data collection effort.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information
NHTSA’s mission is to save lives,
prevent injuries, and reduce economic
losses resulting from motor vehicle
crashes. To accomplish this mission,
NHTSA needs high-quality data on
motor vehicle crashes to identify
primary factors related to the source of
crashes and injury outcomes. The FARS
supports this mission by providing the
agency with vital information about all
crashes involving fatalities that occur on
our nation’s roadways. The FARS does
this by collection of national fatality
information directly from existing State
files and documents and aggregates that
information for research and analysis.
FARS data is used extensively by all
the NHTSA program and research
offices, other DOT modes, States, and
local jurisdictions. The highway
research community uses the FARS data
for trend analysis, problem
identification, and program evaluation.
Congress uses the FARS data for making
decisions concerning safety programs.
The FARS data are also available upon
request to anyone interested in highway
safety.
60-Day Notice
NHTSA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register on April 4, 2022
(87 FR 19573). NHTSA received three
supporting comments from the National
Association of Mutual Insurance
Companies (NAMIC), the Oklahoma
Department of Transportation, and Safe
Kids Worldwide. NAMIC emphasizes
that the proposed data collection is
necessary and appropriate and believes
that the information surveyed will have
significant practical utility.
Furthermore, NAMIC supports this
initiative to better understand and
improve highway and auto safety, as
well as inform policy development and
other decision making. The Oklahoma
DOT acknowledges the great role the
FARS plays in compiling information
that helps it develop plans to reduce
occurrences of fatalities. The Oklahoma
DOT also believes NHTSA’s estimate of
burden to be valid, and believes that, as
technology progresses, the burden could
be minimized while the system is
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the importance of the FARS/NTS
programs to NHTSA’s mission and the
broader safety community and that it is
an incredibly robust and valuable
system for research purposes. Safe Kids
Worldwide suggests inclusion of more
detailed information be available
through the online query and more
detailed coding for train-related injuries.
FARS is an on-going data acquisition
system; reviews are conducted yearly to
determine whether the data acquired are
responsive to the total user population
needs. Annual changes in the data
collected in FARS are minor in terms of
operation and method of data
acquisition. The changes do not affect
the reporting burden of the respondent.
In fact, the changes are based on a
continuous data collection and quality
improvement process. The changes
usually involve clarifying adjustments
to aid statisticians in conducting more
precise analyses and to remove potential
ambiguity for the respondents. As part
of this continual review process,
NHTSA will consider Safe Kids
Worldwide’s suggestion regarding
making more FARS data available
through NHTSA’s online query tool.
NHTSA will also separately consider
Safe Kids Wordwide’s suggestion to
include more detailed coding for trainrelated injuries and fatalities at railroad
crossings.
Burden to Respondents
NHTSA has established cooperative
agreements with the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to
report a standard set of data on each
fatal crash in their jurisdictions. State
respondents report based on the
occurrence of crashes involving
fatalities. When a fatal crash occurs,
State employees extract and transcribe
information from existing files and
input the information into FARS, with
the frequency of reporting determined
by the frequency of fatal crashes
occurring in the respondent’s
jurisdiction. NHTSA continues to
estimate, as stated in the 60-day notice,
that there will be 52 data collection sites
in each of the next three years with a
total annual burden of 107,209 hours
and $0 for the two information
collections.
Program: FARS and NTS.
Affected Public: States, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
52.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 107,209 hours (106,909 hours +
300 hours).
NHTSA estimates the total annual
burden for the two information

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collections, FARS and NTS, is 107,209
hours per year. The hours and costs
associated with the burden reflect the
complexity of coding the FARS cases,
an increase in the number of fatal
crashes across most jurisdictions, and
accounting for the processing of the
non-traffic fatalities. Furthermore, over
the past two years, there has been an
increase in staff turnover at the State
level, adding an increase in
administrative hours to provide for State
field personnel turnover, training, and
coding assistance to continue
operations.
For both FARS and NTS, there are 52
respondents (50 States, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico) reporting on
approximately 34,817 fatal crash cases
per year. Of these cases, 34,232 are
reported to FARS and approximately
585 are identified and reported as nontraffic fatal crashes (NTS).
The State employee (or employees
depending on the number of fatal
crashes per year occurring in the
jurisdiction) acquires and codes the
required information, as fatal crashes
occur, in the FARS records-based
system. For FARS, although there is
only one information collection,
NHTSA calculates the total burden
using four burden categories: (1) FARS
Manual Protocol Case Entry, (2)
overhead burden for FARS in States
without EDT, (3) FARS coding in States
with EDT, and (4) FARS EDT mapping
maintenance.
FARS Manual Protocol Case Entry
NHTSA estimates that there are
currently 33 States providing crash
reports (including case materials) via
manual protocol. For these respondents,
NHTSA estimates that it takes analysts
approximately 4.25 hours to collect fatal
crash information and code a FARS case
entry in the FARS data entry system.
This estimate is based on information,
over a five-year period, of the average
number of analysts, full- and part-time,

back-up analysts, FARS supervisors,
and coding assistance respondents
needed to complete an annual FARS
file. NHTSA estimates that, on average,
16,205 cases are collected and coded
annually using this access method.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total
annual burden associated with FARS
Manual Protocol case entry to be
approximately 68,871 hours annually
(16,205 cases × 4.25 hours = 68,871
hours).
FARS Manual Protocol In-Kind Process
Support
In addition to the time for each crash
entry, some respondents using the FARS
Manual Protocol are also expected to
incur overhead burden time. NHTSA
estimates that 8 States provide overhead
support and that the total annual burden
for this support is 2,000 hours, or an
average of 250 hours per respondent.
This burden includes hours spent by
supervisors and State managers
responding to and supporting FARS
operations that are not accounted for in
the coding hours every year, including
supporting data acquisition and other
associated tasks.
FARS EDT Mapping Maintenance
NHTSA estimates that there are
approximately 19 States already
participating in Electronic Data Transfer
(EDT). For these respondents, PAR data
is automatically transferred from the
State’s centralized crash database to
NHTSA’s CDAN system. The crash data
is then prepopulated in NHTSA’s crash
data systems, including FARS.
NHTSA estimates the burden to
maintain the protocol is estimated at
two hours per State (respondent) or a
total of 38 hours per year (19 States ×
2 hours). This represents time to
monitor case quality and timeliness,
conduct quality control processes, and
maintain communications with NHTSA
and its contractors to ensure accurate
data transfer. The specific task

associated with this maintenance of
effort is referred to as ‘‘mapping’’. Upon
becoming an EDT State, the respondent
participates in an initial mapping
process. The process requires an
alignment between the State Specific
Coding Instructions and the FARS
Coding and Validation guidance.3
During quality control processes, which
are conducted year-round, data
anomalies may be detected, at which
time action must be taken to review and
ultimately correct the shifts in the data.
This process, while managed by the
Office of Data Acquisition, requires
concurrence from the respondent,
which is what the burden represents.
FARS EDT Manual Case Entry for
Supporting Case Materials
Participation in EDT reduces but does
not eliminate the manual entry of data
into FARS. Although information from
PARs is pre-populated into the system,
EDT State respondents must still collect
and enter supporting case materials,
such as driver records, toxicology
reports, death certificate information,
and coroner’s/medical examiners
reports to complete a FARS case.
NHTSA estimates that completing each
case entry in an EDT States takes 2
hours, which is slightly less than half
the time the process is estimated to take
for non-EDT States. On average, NHTSA
estimates that 18,000 FARS cases will
have pre-populated data. Accordingly,
NHTSA estimates the total burden
associated with completing the FARS
case entries for these cases to be 36,000
hours (18,000 cases × 2 hours).
Total Burden for FARS
The collective and cumulative efforts
of all 52 respondents results in an
estimated annual burden of 106,909
hours (68,871 hours + 2,000 hours + 38
hours + 36,000 hours). Table 1 provides
a summary of the burden associated
with FARS.

TABLE 1—BURDEN CATEGORY ESTIMATES AND TOTAL BURDEN FOR FARS
Cases
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Burden category
FARS EDT (mapping maintenance) ....................................
FARS EDT Manual Case Entry (supporting case materials) ..................................................................................
FARS Manual Protocol Case Entry Process (including
supporting case materials) ...............................................
FARS Manual Protocol In-kind Process Support ................
Total ..............................................................................

Participating
respondents

Burden per
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Total
(hours)

19

19

N/A

2

38

18,000

19

2.00

1,895

36,000

16,205
8

33
8

4.25
N/A

2,087
250

68,871
2,000

34,232

52

3.13

2,056.94

106,909

3 The burden associated with this task is
accounted for under NHTSA ICR that covers EDT
(OMB Control Number 2127–0753).

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NTS Data Collection
Non-traffic fatal crashes are collected
by approximately 25 States as part of the
FARS data collection process. NHTSA
estimates that it takes twelve hours per
respondent annually to account for NTS
cases. Therefore, NHTSA estimates that

the total burden for NTS case
identification and coding is 300 hours
annually (25 respondents × 12 hours).

collections, FARS and NTS, is 107,209
hours per year (106,909 hours + 300
hours). Table 2 provides a summary of
the burdens for the two information
collections.

Burden for FARS and NTS
NHTSA estimates the total annual
burden for the two information

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES

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Information collection

Responses

Burden per
response
(hours)

Respondents

Hours per
respondent

Total
burden
(hours)

FARS ....................................................................................
NTS ......................................................................................

34,232
585

52
25

3.13
0.5

2,056.94
12

106,909
300

Total ..............................................................................

34,817

52

........................

........................

107,209

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost
All Programs: $0.
NHTSA estimates that there are no
costs to respondents other than costs
associated with burden hours. There are
no capital, start-up, or annual operation
and maintenance costs involved in this
collection of information. The
respondents would not incur any
reporting costs from the information
collection beyond the opportunity or
labor costs associated with the burden
hours. The respondents also would not
incur any recordkeeping burden or
recordkeeping costs from the
information collection.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
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;
(b) 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;
(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
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29.
Chou Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator, National Center for
Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2022–0080]

Notice To Establish the Transforming
Transportation Advisory Committee
(TTAC)
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of the establishment of
the Transforming Transportation
Advisory Committee (TTAC), TTAC
Charter, and TTAC Membership Balance
Plan.
AGENCY:

The Office of the Secretary of
Transportation (OST) announces the
establishment of the Transforming
Transportation Advisory Committee
(TTAC). The Secretary has determined
that establishing TTAC is necessary and
is in the public interest.
DATES: The TTAC Charter will be
effective for two years after date of
publication of this Federal Register
notice.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

TTAC Designated Federal Officer, c/o
Juli Huynh—Director, Office of Policy
Coordination and Development, Office
of the Secretary, [email protected]
or (202) 366–2278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces the establishment of
the DOT TTAC as a Federal Advisory
Committee in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2) to provide
information, advice, and
recommendations to the Secretary on
matters relating to transportation
innovation. TTAC is tasked with
providing advice and recommendations
to the Secretary about needs, objectives,
plans, and approaches for transportation
innovation. Please see the TTAC

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website for additional information at
https://www.transportation.gov/ttac.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 14, 2022,
under authority delegated at 49 CFR 1.25a.
Vincent Gerard White Jr.,
Senior Advisor for Innovation.

Transforming Transportation Advisory
Committee Charter
1. Committee’s Official Designation:
The Committee’s official designation is
the Transforming Transportation
Advisory Committee (TTAC).
2. Authority: The Committee is
established as a discretionary
Committee under the authority of the
U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) and in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5
U.S.C. App. 2. The formation and use of
TTAC are determined to be in the public
interest.
3. Objectives and Scope of Activities:
The Secretary of Transportation (the
Secretary), or his or her designee, shall
present TTAC with tasks on matters
relating to transportation innovation.
The Committee will provide advice and
recommendations to the Secretary about
needs, objectives, plans, and approaches
for multimodal transportation
innovation.
4. Description of Duties: The
Committee is advisory only. Duties
include the following:
a. Gathering information as necessary
to discuss issues presented by the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO);
b. Deliberating on the following
issues, as assigned:
i. Exploring pathways to safe, secure,
equitable, environmentally friendly and
accessible deployments of emerging
technologies;
ii. Identifying integrated approaches
and finding ways to promote greater
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