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SA3437SW–D, SA3438SW–D,
SA3439SW–D, SA3440SW–D,
SA3442SW–D, SA3443SW–D,
SA3444SW–D, SA3445SWD,
SA3445SW–D, SA3446SW–D,
SA3447SW–D, SA3448SW–D,
SA3449SW–D, SA3450SW–D,
SA3451SW–D, SA3452SW–D,
SA3453SW–D, SA3454SW–D,
SA3455SW–D, SA3456SW–D,
SA3457SW–D, SA3458SW–D,
SA3459SW–D, SA3460SW–D,
SA3461SW–D, SA3462SW–D,
SA3463SW–D, SA3466SW–D,
SA3467SW–D, SA3468SW–D,
SA3469SW–D, SA3470SW–D,
SA3471SW–D, SA3472SW–D,
SA3473SW–D, SA3474SW–D,
SA3475SW–D, SA3476SW–D,
SA3477SW–D, SA3478SW–D,
SA3479SW–D, SA3480SW–D,
SA3481SW–D, SA3482SW–D,
SA3484SW–D, SA3485SW–D,
SA3486SW–D, SA3487SW–D,
SA3488SW–D, SA3489SW–D,
SA3490SW–D, SA3491SW–D,
SA3492SW–D, SA3494SW–D,
SA3495SW–D, SA3496SW–D,
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SA651SW, SA658SW, SA662SW,
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SA681SW, SA693SW, SA701SW,
SA705SW, SA709SW, SA727SW,
SA732SW, SA737SW, SA7417SW,
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SA757SW, SA761SW, SA767SW,
SA784SW, SA788SW, SA789SW,
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SA801SW, SA808SW, SA822SW,
SA824SW, SA829SW, SA837SW,
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D, SA8513SW–D, SA8514SW–D,
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SA8518SW–D, SA8519SW–D,
SA8520SW–D, SA8521SW–D,
SA8522SW–D, SA8523SW–D,
SA8524SW–D, SA8526SW–D,
SA8529SW–D, SA8530SW–D,
SA8531SW–D, SA8532SW–D,
SA8533SW–D, SA8534SW–D,
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SA8543SW–D, SA8544SW–D,
SA8545SW–D, SA8546SW–D,
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SA882SW, SA896SW, SA921SW,
SA925SW, SA929SW, SA939SW,
SA961SW, SA962SW, SA968SW,
SA981SW, and SH3458SW–D.
Descriptions of the STC design
changes and affected aircraft models are
available at https://drs.faa.gov/browse/
STC/doctypeDetails.
The FAA has received a third-party
request for the release of the
aforementioned engineering data under
the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552.
The FAA cannot release commercial or
financial information under FOIA
without the permission of the data
owner. However, in accordance with
title 49 of the United States Code
§ 44704(a)(5), the FAA can provide STC
‘‘engineering data’’ it possesses for STC
maintenance or improvement, upon
request, if the following conditions are
met:
1. The FAA determines the STC has
been inactive for 3 years or more;
2. Using due diligence, the FAA is
unable to locate the owner of record or
the owner of record’s heir; and
3. The availability of such data will
enhance aviation safety.
There has been no activity on this
STC for more than 3 years.
On December 17, 2025, the FAA sent
a registered letter to Century Flight
Systems, Inc., to its last known address:
3003 FM 1195, Mineral Wells, TX
76067–0610. The letter informed
Century Flight Systems, Inc., that the
FAA had received a request for
engineering data related to STC No.
SA3496SW–D and SA3497SW–D and
was conducting a due diligence search
to determine whether these STCs and
763 other STCs were inactive and may
be considered abandoned. The letter
further requested that the company
respond in writing within 60 days and
state whether it is the holder of these
765 STCs. The FAA has also attempted
to make contact with Century Flight
Systems, Inc., by other means, including
telephone communication and emails,
but without success.
Information Requested
If you are the owner or heir or a
transferee of all the 765 STCs or have
any knowledge regarding who may now
hold any of these STCs, please contact
Aourolia Kristianti using a method
described in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If you
are the heir of the owner, or the owner
by transfer of any of these STCs, you
must provide a notarized copy of your

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government-issued identification with a
letter and background establishing your
ownership of any of the STCs and, if
applicable, your relationship as the heir
to the deceased holder of the STCs.
Conclusion
If the FAA does not receive any
response by September 15, 2026, the
FAA will consider all 765 STCs as
abandoned, and the FAA will proceed
with the release of the requested data.
This action is for the purpose of
maintaining the airworthiness of an
aircraft and enhancing aviation safety.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44704(a)(5))
Issued on March 16, 2026.
Paul R. Bernado,
Acting Director, Compliance & Airworthiness
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2026–05324 Filed 3–18–26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2026–0463]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Crash Report Sampling
System (CRSS), Non-Traffic
Surveillance (NTS), and Special Study
Data Collection
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for extension
with modification of a currently
approved information collection.
SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public

comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension with
modification of a currently approved
information collection. Before a Federal
agency can collect certain information
from the public, it must receive
approval from 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 reinstatement of
previously approved collections. This
document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval on Crash Report
Sampling System (CRSS), Non-Traffic
Surveillance (NTS), and Special Study
Data Collection.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2026–0463 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic submissions: Go to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and 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. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets
via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Barbara
Rhea, State Data Reporting Systems
Division (NSA–120), (202) 560–6724,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Room W43–313, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Please identify the relevant
collection of information by referring to
its OMB Control Number (2127–0714).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency
submits a proposed collection of
information to OMB for approval, it
must first 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
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promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulation (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (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) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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 for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB.
Title: Crash Report Sampling System
(CRSS), Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS),
and Special Study Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0714.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 2178,
NHTSA Form 2174.
Type of Request: Extension with
modification of a currently approved
collection of information.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 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
support efforts to reduce injuries and
fatalities caused by motor vehicle
crashes. The Crash Report Sampling
System (CRSS) is a voluntary collection
of data from police-reported crashes
involving all types of motor vehicles,
pedestrians, and cyclists; this includes
property damage only crashes as well as
those resulting in injuries and fatalities.
The Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS) is a
virtual data collection effort for
collecting information about non-traffic
crashes and non-crash incidents. The
NTS data provide counts and details
regarding fatalities and injuries that
occur in non-traffic crashes and in noncrash incidents. This request for
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previously approved as OMB Control
No. 2127–0714 (current expiration Date:
8/31/2026). The previous request for
this information collection (OMB No.
2127–0714) estimated the annual
burden to be 42,680 burden hours and
this request decreases the burden to
18,167 hours. This ICR is adjusted due
to (a) reducing burden hour estimates
for CRSS information collection to
reflect current efficiencies, (b) remove
the Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count
Special Study.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
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
damages associated with motor vehicle
crashes. Using this authority, NHTSA
established the Crash Report Sampling
System (CRSS), Non-Traffic
Surveillance (NTS) and targeted Special
Studies to collect data on motor vehicle
crashes. These data collection effort
support the Department of
Transportation’s strategic goal for safety
by working toward the elimination of
transportation related deaths, injuries,
and property damage.
CRSS
The CRSS is a voluntary collection of
data from police-reported crashes
involving all types of motor vehicles,
pedestrians, and cyclists; this includes
property damage only crashes as well as
those resulting in injuries and fatalities.
CRSS obtains its data from a nationally
representative probability sample
selected from the estimated six million
police-reported crashes that occur
annually in the United States. By
focusing attention on police-reported
crashes, CRSS concentrates on the
crashes of greatest concern to the
highway safety community and the
public.
CRSS depends on the voluntary
participation and cooperation of State
and law enforcement agencies. This
allows NHTSA and its contractors to
access the crash reports to review, list,
and categorize the crashes. CRSS data is
solely based on crash reports. The crash
reports provide essential data: detailed
information regarding the location of the
crash, the vehicles, and the people
involved. The crash reports are official
local and State government forms that
include the location of the crash and the
pre-crash environment, explains the
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as well as describing the persons,
injuries and other variables to express
how the person was involved in the
crash. No personally identifiable
information is collected or released via
the CRSS data. Selected crashes are
released to the public in the annual
CRSS file following quality control
processes conducted by NHTSA. These
data files are used by NHTSA and the
public for highway safety research
purposes.
NTS
The NTS is a data collection effort for
collecting information about counts and
details regarding fatalities and injuries
that occur in non-traffic crashes and
non-crash incidents. U.S. Congress
required the Secretary of Transportation
(NHTSA by delegation) to collect and
maintain information about fatalities
and injuries in nontraffic and non-crash
incidents in the Cameron Gulbransen
Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007
(K.T. Safety Act) (Pub. L. 110–189).
NHTSA designed and implemented the
Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS) study to
fulfill the requirements of the K.T.
Safety Act.
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. The 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 the Fatality
Analysis Reporting System (FARS).3
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. The
NTS non-crash fatality data is derived
from death certificate information from
the Centers for Disease Control’s
National Vital Statistics System.
This ICR only seeks approval for the
collection of data for NTS non-traffic
crash data collection from the CRSS
data collection effort. The burden for
NTS is included across three
information collections because the data
is collected differently under each of
1 The CRSS information collection is assigned
OMB Control No. 2127–0714.
2 The CISS information collection is assigned
OMB Control No. 2127–0706.
3 The FARS information collection is assigned
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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 CRSS and CISS.
The FARS data collection effort
uncovers NTS applicable reports
received from the State during their
normal data collection activities for
FARS. Therefore, portions of the burden
for NTS are included in the ICRs for all
three data collection efforts.
Special Studies
Initially, the previous ICR requested
approval for two special studies to be
considered.
—Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count Special
Study
—PJ Frame Evaluation Special Study
Upon reevaluation, the statisticians
determined that PJ Frame Evaluation
Special Study would be the most
beneficial for reducing underestimation
in the CRSS estimates. Consequently,
the Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count
Special Study will no longer be utilized.
However, information for both special
studies is provided below for reference.
Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count Special
Study
In addition to the CRSS data
collection, NHTSA may require a
special study to collect crash counts
from the non-sampled CRSS
jurisdictions. The data to be collected
from the non-sampled PJs includes the
crash counts by the crash report Strata—
within in scope for CRSS, NTS
applicable, or out of scope. Nonsampled PJs are defined as PJs that
investigate motor vehicle crashes within
the CRSS Primary Sampling Units (PSU)
boundaries but are not selected for the
CRSS data collection.
The majority of the CRSS estimates
are sub-population totals and
percentages. To make these estimates
efficient, both CRSS PSU and PJ
samples were selected using probability
proportional to size sampling method.
Here the PSU and PJ crash counts were
used as the measure of size (MOS). On
the other hand, CRSS PSU and PJ
samples are panel samples—once
selected they are used for many years’
data collection. A drawback of using
panel sample is the MOS may become
outdated over time so that the estimates
become less efficient. To mitigate this
inadvertent effect, it is necessary to
collect the crash counts of the nonsampled PJs periodically and use them
together with the sampled PJ’s crash
counts to calibrate the PJ weights. The
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Crash Count Special Study supplements
the CRSS data collection effort to reduce
PJ frame coverage errors, sampling
variance and potential PJ non-response
bias. In addition, non-sampled counts
are also used to update the PJ frame for
future PJ sample re-selection.
There are various tasks associated
with the non-sampled PJ crash counts,
including working with the nonsampled police jurisdictions to gain
access to crash reports. Then, for an
entire data collection year, the
collection of the non-sampled PJ crash
counts would include the review of
crash reports from the non-sampled PJs
that are to be stratified and tallied.
PJ Frame Evaluation Special Study
Another special study NHTSA may
require is the CRSS PJ frame evaluation.
The current CRSS PJ sample was
selected from a PJ frame created in 2016.
However, the PJ frame is constantly
changing: new PJs start operating,
existing PJs are closed, multiple PJs are
merged into one PJ, or one PJ splits into
multiple PJs. The current CRSS PJ
sample was selected from the 2016 PJ
frame and the PJ weights were
calculated accordingly. If the PJ frame
has changed dramatically from the 2016
PJ frame, the CRSS PJ weights are no
longer correct and the CRSS estimates
may be biased. To prevent this, NHTSA
needs to evaluate the current PJ frame.
Specifically, this includes the following:
1. The PJ frame evaluation should
identify all the current PJs (including
new PJs, closed PJs, any changes) that
provide Police Crash Report (PCRs) in
the non-Electronic Data Transfer (EDT)
PSUs.
2. For all identified PJs in the PJ
frame, collect six crash counts (total
crashes, fatal crashes, injury crashes,
pedestrian crashes, motorcycle crashes,
and commercial motor vehicle crashes).
These crash counts will be used as PJ
measurement of size for PJ sample
selection or PJ weight adjustment if
needed.
The CRSS States have a combination
of crash report access methods, which
include but are not limited to the EDT,
access to State websites and web service
transfer. The EDT is a routine automated
transfer of State crash data from a State
agency to NHTSA to support crash data
collection efforts for various crash
report data collection systems. EDT
reduces the level of effort need to share
crash data to support NHTSA recordbased and crash investigation studies.
Absent the data collected and
disseminated via the CRSS, NTS and the
two special studies, US DOT, State
Highway Safety Offices, and other traffic
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information data crucial to problem
identification and countermeasure
development for motor vehicle crashes
and non-traffic crashes, respectively.
Affected Public: Various Police
Jurisdiction and State Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,367.
Frequency: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 18,167.
Burden for CRSS and NTS
Within the 30 States or 60 CRSS PSUs
there are PJs, from which a CRSS
sampler must obtain crash reports for
listing, categorization, and sampling.
Currently, 54 PSUs provide NHTSA
data electronically—through EDT, State
website access, or web service portal.
For one State, the crash reports are
obtained through EDT and manually
since not all crashes are reported
through EDT. A total of 6 PSUs, or 37
local PJs, where crash reports collection
is conducted in the field using a
combination of electronic and manual
methods as dictated by the sample PJ’s
crash report collection methods. The
manual PJs required field samplers
which incur an increased burden due to
the labor-intensive administrative
practices and privacy protections
associated with manually accessing the
crash reports.
The annual burden estimate detailed
in Table 1 is produced by identifying
the crash report access method for each
PSU and PJ and assigning the
appropriate burden hours for that
method as outlined below. Since NTS

data is collected with CRSS data, the
burden estimates also include NTS
burdens.
• EDT Maintenance—For PSUs
providing crash report through EDT, the
burden is estimated at five hours
annually. This accounts for yearly
updates to programming needed to
successfully transmit data, such as
updating data structures if new data
elements are added or any changes to
the state made to their crash report or
databases.
• State website—User Access Only:
For PSUs providing crash reports via a
state repository/website or database, the
burden is estimated at 10 hours
annually per PSU and PJ in the State.
This represents time to process user
account requests, establish credentials,
and routine maintenance of the State’s
data repositories.
• State website—User Access and
Additional Administrative Functions:
For PSUs providing crash reports
directly to NHTSA via web service or
where the State employees provide user
access accounts in addition to regularly
searches for crash reports, compiles the
lists of crashes to send to NHTSA
monthly, the burden is estimated at 60
hours annually per PSU and PJ in the
State. This represents implementation,
data transfer monitoring, and
communications with NHTSA and its
contractors.
• For PJs providing crash reports to
NHTSA via manual crash report access
methods (i.e., copying crash reports and
mailing them, and searching for recently
completed crash reports and uploading

crash reports to secure email links), the
burden is estimated at 470 hours
annually per PJ. This represents—but is
not limited to—maintaining a law
enforcement presence while the crash
reports are being reviewed, and/or
providing resources to the CRSS
sampler in order to access the crash
reports. This is the most labor extensive
access type due to the administrative
burden and the additional processes
required to protect PII. Other local
police jurisdictions may photocopy
crash reports and FedEx to the
contractors or download electronic
crash reports to submit electronically
via secure email or thumb drive
monthly. This total also accounts for
States that have monthly manual
processes to identify crash reports in
their state databases, compile crash
reports and share with NHTSA.
This hourly burden was calculated
using the Bureau of Labor Statistics’
mean hourly wage estimate for Court,
Municipal, and License Clerks
(Standard Occupational Classification
#43–4031) 4 from May 2024 of $24.61
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the hourly
wage associated with the estimated
17,820 burden hours to be $438,550.20
(17,820 hours × $24.61 per hour). The
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that
for State and local government workers,
wages represent 61.5% of total
compensation.5 Therefore, the total cost
of burden associated with this collection
is estimated to be $713,089. 76
($438,550.20 ÷ 0.6150).

TABLE 1—CRSS AND NTS DATA COLLECTION BURDEN HOURS
Hours per
jurisdiction
(PJ or States)

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Access method

Number of respondents (PJ or
States)

Total hours

EDT (Maintenance) ....................................................................................
State Website (user access only) ..............................................................
State Website (user access and additional administrative functions) .......
Web Service (user access and States query and compile info) ...............
Mixed Manual ............................................................................................

5
10
60
60
470

14 States .........................................
10 States and 2PJs .........................
1 States ...........................................
1 State and 2 PJs ...........................
37 PJs .............................................

70
120
60
180
17,390

Grand Total .........................................................................................

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

67 Respondents ..............................

17,820

Annually, there is the potential to
reselect police jurisdictions, which is
dependent on maintenance of
cooperation and access to crash reports.
If cooperation is lost, replacement
jurisdictions are sought. Regardless, the
PJ frame is updated, and the PJ sample
is reselected every year. However, the

changes in the sampled PJs are minimal
because Pareto sampling method is used
for PJ sample selection. Any changes to
the PJ frame could impact the reported
burden rates. For more details, please
refer to Pages 29–32 of the Technical
Report: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Api/Public/ViewPublication/812706.

Special Studies

4 See May 2023 National Industry-Specific
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, 43–
4031—Court, Municipal, and License Clerks,

available at Occupational Employment and Wage
Statistics (accessed December 23, 2025).
5 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership for state and local

government workers, available at https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm (accessed
December 23, 2025).

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The CRSS special studies are
important to evaluate the PJ frame of the
CRSS PSUs, determine PJ weights and
measure of size for the CRSS PJ sample
selection. For NHTSA to accomplish its
mission, motor vehicle crash data must
be of the highest quality which includes

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sampling from an accurate PJ frame to
select a nationally representative sample
of crashes.
Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count Special
Study (This study is Removed From
This ICR)
The burden calculation for the NonSampled PJ Crash Count Special Study
is difficult to determine. Each burden
calculation is associated with the agreed
upon crash report access method for
sample sites. For non-sampled PJs we
have no established relationship nor is
it known which type of access to crash
report is feasible. Most importantly,
Non-sampled Sampled PJ Crash Count
Special Studies are conducted on an adhoc basis and not implemented every
year. We estimate that the Non-sampled
Sampled PJ Crash Count Special Study
will at most be conducted once in the
next three-year cycle. Table 2 illustrates
the burden hours for this special study
by access method. EDT has been
removed from the table because CRSS
samples from the entire county for EDT

States, therefore there is no distinction
between the non-sampled and sampled
PJs. This is an added benefit to EDT
implementation as we get an accurate
assessment of the PSU frame by CRSS
strata. State websites with user access
have non-sampled PJs however, there is
no added burden because the initial
access granted is at the state level. State
website with user access and additional
administrative functions provide
NHTSA data at the county level, which
includes both sampled and nonsampled PJs, thus there is no additional
burden to the state. Webservice
agreements also provide data at the
county level, thus there is no additional
burden to the state to provide nonsampled crash reports. States noted as
having manual methods only account
for the sampled PJs. Without established
cooperation, NHTSA can’t forecast
individual PJ’s access methods for the
purposes of the burden calculation.
Therefore, NHTSA assumes that all the
non-sampled PJs within the PSUs using

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the mixed manual method will also use
this method. Thus, NHTSA estimates
136 PJs will participate in the nonsampled special study using the mixed
manual method. The maximum burden
for the Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count
Special Study’s estimated burden is
63,920 with the possibility of reduction
with cooperative agreements finalized.
If the Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count
Special Study were to be collected once
in the next three year, dividing the
63,920 total burden hours by three
would yield an annual burden of 21,307
hours.
After the statisticians revaluated the
Non-Sampled PJ Crash Count Special
Study, it was concluded that the PJ
frame evaluation and the updated six
crash counts would be the most
beneficial to reduce underestimation in
the CRSS estimates. Thus, the NonSampled PJ Crash Count Special Study
will be no longer utilized. The new
burden hours will no longer reflect this
special study in Table 4.

TABLE 2—NON-SAMPLED PJ CRASH COUNT SPECIAL STUDY BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
jurisdiction (PJ) or
States

Hours per
jurisdiction

Access method

Total hours

Manual ...................................................................................................................

470

136

21,307 (470*136/3)

Grand Total .....................................................................................................

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

136

21,307

PJ Frame Evaluation Special Study
The activities associated with PJ
frame evaluation special study include
identifying the in-scope PJs and

collecting six crash count from the inscope PJs. NHTSA estimates there are
total 40 non-EDT PSUs and about 1,300
PJs in those non-EDT PSUs. NHTSA
anticipates approximately 16 minutes

(0.25 hours) for each PJ to prepare the
six crash counts. NHTSA estimates the
total number of hours of response
burden is about 347 hours.

TABLE 3—PJ FRAME EVALUATION SPECIAL STUDY BURDEN HOURS
Hours per
jurisdiction
(minutes)

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PJ Frame evaluation

Number of
respondents
jurisdiction (PJ)

Total hours

Manual ...................................................................................................................

16

1,300

347 (16/60*1,300)

Grand Total .....................................................................................................

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

1,300

347

The total cost of burden associated
with PJ frame evaluation special study
is $13,885.64 (347 hours × $24.61 per
hour/.6150 compensation) using the
same mean hourly wage estimate for
Court, Municipal and license clerks and

estimates that for State and local
government workers, wages represent
61.50% of total compensation.6
The total annual burden hours for the
CRSS, and NTS and is estimated at
18,167 (17,820 + 347) for a data

collection year when all studies are
implemented.
The total cost of burden associated
with this collection is estimated to be
$726,975.40 ($713,089.76 + $13,885.64).

6 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership for state and local

government workers, available at https://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm (accessed
December 23, 2025).

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TABLE 4—SUMMARY OF BURDEN CHANGES
Number of
respondents

Previous
burden hours

New burden
hours

CRSS ................................................

67

21,040

17,820

3,220

NTS ...................................................
Non-sampled PJ Crash Count Special Study.
PJ Frame Evaluation Special Study

0
0

0
21,307

0
0

0
21,307

1,300

333

347

14

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

1,367

42,680

18,167

24,513

Information collections

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0.
There are no additional costs to
respondents participating.
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 1351.29A.)
Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator, National Center for
Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request on
Burden Related to the Election To
Treat a Qualified Revocable Trust as
Party of an Estate
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
IRS is inviting comments on the

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information collection request outlined
in this notice.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 18, 2026 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
and recommendations to Andrés Garcia,
Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526,
1111 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20224, or by email at
[email protected]. Please include,
‘‘OMB Number: 1545–1881—Public
Comment Request Notice’’ in the subject
line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
View the latest drafts of the tax forms
related to the information collection
listed in this notice at https://
www.irs.gov/draft-tax-forms. Requests
for additional information or copies of
this collection should be directed to
Ronald J. Durbala, (202) 317–5746 or via
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IRS,
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the public and
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps the IRS assess its impact and
minimize the burden of its information
collection requirements. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record and be viewable on
relevant websites. For this reason,
please do not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to

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Reasoning
Increased efficiencies with more
States participating in EDT and
Robotic Process Automation
(RPA)
Included with CRSS burden above
This special study is removed from
the data collection.
Estimated number is increased to
account for newly identified inscope PJs during evaluation.

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Title: Election To Treat a Qualified
Revocable Trust as Party of an Estate.
OMB Number: 1545–1881.
Form Number(s): 8855.
Abstract: Form 8855 is used to make
a section 645 election that allows a
qualified revocable trust to be treated
and taxed (for income tax purposes) as
part of its related estate during the
election period.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the form at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15,500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 5
Hrs., 38 min.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 87,420.
Dated: March 17, 2026.
Ronald J. Durbala,
Tax Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Health Systems Research Scientific
Merit Review Board
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to File.
SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the

Secretary of Veterans Affairs intends to

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