[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68347-68348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34136]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs
describe the nature of the information collections and their expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the information collection entitled ``Study of
the First There, First Care National Campaign: An Intervention to Save
Lives' (previously referred to as the ``Bystander Care Program'') was
published on February 3, 1997 [62 FR, page 5066--5067] and on
information collection entitled ``Development of Improved Driver
Interview Procedures for Police Use at Checkpoints' was published on
February 19, 1997 [62 FR 7494--7495].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 30, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Kosek, NHTSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at (202) 366-2589.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Title: Study of the First There, First Care National Campaign: An
Intervention to Save Lives.
OMB No.: 2127-NEW.
Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals ages 16 and older living in households
with telephones within a population of two rural sites.
Abstract: NHTSA will conduct a telephone survey as a major
component of a two-site evaluation of its ``First There, First Care
National Campaign'' Program. In accordance with the agency's mandate to
reduce fatalities and economic loss resulting from motor vehicle
crashes, this Program was established to encourage passerby to stop at
rural crash sites, render life-saving assistance, and summon emergency
medical services (EMS). The program is designed to raise public
awareness of the importance of bystander care, and to teach the few
basic skills necessary to recognize an emergency, start victims'
breathing, stop victims' bleeding, and contact EMS. The data from the
survey will be used to evaluate the extent to which the ``First There,
First Care'' messages have reached the public in targeted areas, the
extent to which these messages were successful in changing attitudes
towards providing emergency care, and the extent to which the program
improved knowledge needed to successfully provide emergency care.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 164 hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 640.
Need: The findings will be used to judge the efficacy of the
``First There, First Care'' Program. NHTSA will draw on this
information when considering continuation, refinement, and expansion of
the ``First There, First Care'' Program.
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Title: Development of Improved Driver Interview Procedures for
Police Use at Checkpoints.
OMB No.: 2127-NEW.
Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.
Affected Public: Drivers who are stopped at two sobriety checkpoint
operations in one community and who are asked to voluntarily provide an
alcohol breath sample.
Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) plays a key role in the national effort to reduce alcohol
related traffic injuries and deaths. One way the enforcement community
has tried to combat this problem is by conducting sobriety checkpoints;
however, there is evidence that many of the impaired drivers passing
through these checkpoints are not detected by police. One component of
this study is the observation by researchers of customary police
interviewing practices at sobriety checkpoints. Behaviors and cues of
interviewed drivers will be linked to their breath alcohol levels to
develop more effective screening procedures. Breath samples will be
obtained only from drivers who volunteer to participate in this study.
Current data on the best ways to improve driver interviews by police at
checkpoints do not exist.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 49 hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Need: The findings from researcher observations of checkpoint
operations will help determine whether further development of an
improved battery of police interview procedures is warranted. If the
results are positive, a field test will be conducted as part of this
study to determine whether the new procedures are an improvement over
those customarily used by police to detect drivers at illegal BACs.
Should the findings from the field test be successful, a police
training package, containing the improved procedures, will be developed
and disseminated to police agencies. Improved interview procedures will
help police officers at checkpoints make more accurate decisions
regarding which drivers should or should not be detained for further
sobriety testing. This should increase the efficiency of checkpoint
operations. Such improvements should also heighten the public's
perception of being apprehended for drunk driving at sobriety
checkpoints.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. Comments
are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 23, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-34136 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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