[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29626-29628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13641]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Discretionary Cooperative Agreements To Support You Drink & 
Drive. You Lose. Campaign With State Associations of Chiefs of Police

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Announcement of Cooperative Agreements in conjunction with the 
You Drink & Drive. You Lose. Campaign to increase impaired driving 
enforcement with the State Associations of Chiefs of Police.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
announces a cooperative agreement program to solicit support for the 
You Drink & Drive. You Lose. Campaign. NHTSA solicits applications from 
the State Associations of Chiefs of Police to participate in the 
campaign, by mobilizing law enforcement agencies to increase the 
enforcement of impaired driving laws. Only applications submitted by 
the State Association of Chiefs of Police will be considered. The State 
Associations of Chiefs of Police will take a leadership role in 
involving the law enforcement agencies in their state in increasing 
enforcement of impaired driving laws by participating in the 
mobilization periods, highly visibility enforcement, training for 
officers and public information and education.

DATES: Applications must be received no later than July 16, 2001 at 2 
pm., Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
(NAD-30), ATTN: Ross S. Jeffries, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 5301, 
Washington, DC 20590. All applications submitted must include a 
reference to NHTSA Cooperative Agreement Program No.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General administrative questions may 
be directed to, Ross S. Jeffries, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
at (202) 366-6283. Programmatic questions should be directed to Sandy 
Richardson, Traffic Law Enforcement Division, NTS-13, NHTSA, 400 7th 
Street, SW., Washington DC 20590 by e-mail [email protected] or 
by phone (202) 366-4294. Interested applicants are advised that no 
separate application package exists beyond the contents of this 
announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Each year, approximately 41,000 Americans die in traffic crashes 
and another three million are injured. On America's roads, someone is 
killed every 13 minutes and someone is injured every nine seconds in 
traffic crashes.
    In 1995, law enforcement agencies, working with Federal, state and 
community traffic safety partners established a national goal of 
reducing alcohol-related traffic fatalities in America to no more than 
11,000 by the year 2005. Ultimately, the goal is zero tolerance. 
Achieving this goal will reduce deaths caused by impaired driving by 
approximately 5,000 each year, saving 14 lives every day. Reducing the 
death toll to 11,000 represents a national commitment.
    Two national mobilizations are planned yearly targeting impaired 
drivers. The first ``wave'' takes place the July 4th week. The second 
mobilization period is for a week in December. The impaired driving 
dates coincide with those regularly scheduled by Operation Combined 
Accident Reduction Effort, the organization of state police and highway 
patrols which schedules saturated holiday enforcement periods. By 
establishing these dates, law enforcement can continue to conduct 
enforcement campaigns around holidays and other emphasis periods and 
the highway safety community can partner to help publicize the events 
and better educate the public.
    Past agency efforts have identified a number of enforcement 
techniques, strategies, and technology-based tools which can act to 
reduce the occurrence of impaired driving related crashes.

1. Sobriety Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols

    Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols coupled with a public 
information and education campaign have proven to be highly effective 
in removing the impaired driver from the highways. Research conducted 
both in the U.S. and abroad indicates that the use of sobriety 
checkpoints has been associated with substantial reductions in impaired 
driving related crashes (Ross, 1992; Voas et al. 1985). Sobriety 
checkpoints involve the stopping of motor vehicles on a non-
discriminatory basis in order to detect drivers who may be impaired by 
alcohol and other drugs. In addition, checkpoints can be instrumental 
in the enforcement of other traffic safety laws such as zero tolerance 
for youth and graduated licensing. The use of sobriety checkpoints is 
permitted in 41 states and the District of Columbia.
    As an example of the kinds of reductions that may be achieved with 
a large and sustained program, the State of Tennessee conducted an 
intensive sobriety checkpoint effort combined with PI & E from April 
1994 to March 1995 (see Lacey et al., 1999). As part of this effort, 
state and local enforcement agencies were involved. Nearly 900 
checkpoints were conducted and more than 140,000 drivers were checked 
for alcohol impairment. In addition to the nearly 800 DUI arrests, 
there were more

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than 9,000 other traffic citations. Use of interrupted time series 
analysis indicated a 20 percent reduction over the number of impaired 
driving fatal crashes that would have occurred with no intervention. It 
was estimated that there was a reduction of 9 impaired driving fatal 
crashes per month due to the influence of the checkpoint program, 
amounting to more than 100 lives saved over the intervention period. A 
check of five comparison states showed non-significant increases in 
impaired-driving-fatal crashes over the same period.
    In addition to sobriety checkpoints, another approach for 
apprehending impaired drivers is the use of saturation patrols. Law 
enforcement agencies have often concentrated traffic safety efforts in 
high volume crash areas in an attempt to reduce the frequency of 
impaired-driving-related crashes, and other traffic violations. Model 
guidelines for implementing saturation patrols as a means of reducing 
impaired driving on a community-wide basis were developed under the 
auspices of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the 
National Sheriff's Association and NHTSA.
    Data from the sixteen DUI Task Forces in Arizona indicated that 
2,922 DUI arrests were made during the 2000 holiday period saturation 
patrols (November 22-January 1, 2001). The average BAC was .157. The 
officers participating in the saturation patrols also conducted 130 
Drug Recognition Expert Evaluations, wrote 407 child seat violations, 
1, 855 citations for non-belt use, 493 citations for minor consumption, 
and 194 underage DWI arrests.

2. National Mobilizations

     Since the national law enforcement mobilizations have been proven 
to be effective in increasing seat belt use, two mobilizations periods 
have been established for impaired driving enforcement. The You Drink & 
Drive. You Lose. Campaign supports two national mobilizations each year 
(July 4 and the December holidays). Law enforcement agencies from 
around the country conducted sobriety checkpoints and saturation 
patrols combined with a public information and education campaign 
during the past three mobilization periods.

3. Impaired Driving Enforcement Training

    Officers trained in the proper administration of the Standardized 
Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) are more successful in the detection, 
apprehension and conviction of the impaired driver. The Drug Evaluation 
and Classification (DEC) Program was developed to train law enforcement 
officers in the detection, apprehension, and conviction of the drug 
impaired driver.

Period of Support

    Cooperative agreements may be awarded for a period of support for 
(1) year. The application should address what is proposed and can be 
accomplished during the funding period (12 months). Subject to the 
availability of funds, the agency anticipates awarding up to 5 
cooperative agreements in the amount of $50,000 each, totaling 
$250,000. Federal funds should be viewed as seed money to assist the 
Associations in working with local law enforcement agencies in the 
development of traffic safety initiatives. NHTSA may choose to extend 
the period of performance under this agreement for an additional 12 
months, subject to the availability of funds. If NHTSA elects to do so, 
it will notify the recipients within 60 days prior to the expiration of 
this agreement and the recipients will submit a proposal for an 
additional 12 months of performance.

Eligibility Requirements

    In order to be eligible to participate in this cooperative 
agreement program, an applicant must be a State Association of Chiefs 
of Police, and must meet the following requirements:

--Have the ability to provide funding to law enforcement agencies in 
the state.
--Have written support and approval from the applicant's chief 
executive officer to conduct impaired driving enforcement programs to 
participate in and encourage local law enforcement participation in the 
You Drink & Drive. You Lose Campaign. (Include copy with proposal.)
--Obtain written support from the Governor's Representative or his/her 
designee in the State Highway Safety Office (SHSO) demonstrating that 
the applicant's proposal is partnered with the State's program. 
(Include copy with proposal.)

Application Procedure

    Each applicant must submit one original and two copies of their 
application package to: NHTSA, Office of Contracts and Procurement 
(NAD-30), ATTN: Ross S. Jeffries, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 5301, 
Washington, DC 20590. Only complete application packages received by 
the due date will be considered. Submission of four additional copies 
will expedite processing, but is not required. Applications must be 
typed on one side of the page only. Applications must include a 
reference to NHTSA Program No. DTNH22-01-R-05144. The applicant shall 
specifically identify any information in the application for which 
confidential treatment is requested, in accordance with the procedures 
of 49 CFR Part 512, Confidential Business Information.
    Only complete packages received on or before May 25, 2001 at 2:00 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time will be considered.

Application Contents

    The application package must be submitted with OMB Standard Form 
424 (Rev. 4-88, including 424A and 424B), Application for Federal 
Assistance, with the required information filled in and the 
certifications and assurances included. While the Form 424-A deals with 
budget information, and section B identifies Budget Categories, the 
available space does not permit a level of detail which is sufficient 
to provide for a meaningful evaluation of the proposed costs. A 
supplemental sheet should be provided which presents a detailed 
breakdown of the proposed costs, as well as any costs which the 
applicant proposes to contribute in support of this effort. The budget 
should be a 1-year plan. Also included shall be a program narrative 
statement which addresses the following:
    1. A description of the project to be pursued which provides:
    a. A detailed explanation of the proposed strategy to support the 
enforcement efforts, including methods for gaining support (both within 
the community and law enforcement leadership) for ``waves'' of highly 
publicized impaired driving enforcement and for mobilization efforts. 
In addition, an explanation of the strategies to fund local law 
enforcement agencies to participate in the national mobilizations, and 
to conduct ``waves'' of highly publicized impaired driving enforcement. 
A description of efforts to address training needs (e.g., SFST, DEC) of 
law enforcement jurisdictions and how training will be marketed to 
these jurisdictions.
    b. The goals, objectives, and the anticipated results and benefits 
of the project (supporting documentation from concerned interests other 
than the applicant can be used.)
    c. Written evidence of approval by the applicant's Chief Executive 
Officer.
    d. An explanation demonstrating the need for assistance.
    e. Description of any extraordinary social/community involvement.

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    f. A discussion of the criteria to be used to evaluate the results 
(e.g. number of citations, number of officers trained, number of 
sobriety checkpoints, number of saturation patrols conducted, level of 
earned media coverage, etc.).
    2. A list of the proposed activities in chronological order to show 
the schedule of accomplishments and their target dates.
    3. Identification of the proposed program coordinator for 
participation in the proposed project effort.
    4. A description of the applicant's previous experience related to 
this proposed program effort (i.e. past participation in highly 
publicized enforcement or participation in the impaired driving 
national seat belt mobilizations).
    5. A statement of any technical assistance which the applicant may 
require of NHTSA in order to successfully complete the proposed 
project.

Application Review Process and Evaluation Factors

    Initially, each application will be reviewed to confirm that the 
applicant meets the eligibility requirements and that the application 
contains all of the information required by the Application Contents 
section of this notice. Each complete application from an eligible 
recipient will then be evaluated by a Technical Evaluation Committee. 
The applications will be evaluated using the following criteria:

1. The Potential of the Proposed Project Effort To Increase Impaired 
Driving Enforcement (40%)

    The likeliness and feasibility of the applicant's projects to 
increase impaired driving enforcement by law enforcement jurisdictions. 
The degree to which the applicant has identified jurisdictions that 
might benefit from impaired driving training opportunities and 
effectiveness of the applicant's plan for providing that training. The 
impaired driving training offered must meet the standards that have 
been established by the International Association of Chiefs of Police 
(IACP) and approved by the IACP/NHTSA. Currently, the IACP/NHTSA 
curriculum for SFST and DEC are the only training programs that meet 
those standards. The overall soundness and feasibility of the 
applicant's approach to participating and successfully seeking law 
enforcement participation in mobilization efforts and public 
information campaigns concerning impaired driving.

2. The Applicant's Proposed Strategy for Participating and Seeking the 
Participation of Local Law Enforcement Agencies in the You Drink & 
Drive. You Lose. Campaign National Mobilizations (40%)

    The likeliness and feasibility of the Association's proposal, as 
described in its innovative project plan, to assist smaller law 
enforcement agencies in participating in the You Drink & Drive. You 
Lose. Campaign national mobilizations. The degree to which the 
applicant has demonstrated a complete understanding of the requirements 
for successful participation in the national impaired driving 
mobilizations. The overall soundness and feasibility of the applicant's 
proposed strategy and demonstrated ability to involve and coordinate 
this project with smaller law enforcement agencies.

3. The Applicant's Ability To Demonstrate Support and Coordination With 
Local Government and the State Highway Safety Office (15%)

    The degree to which the proposal describes efforts and commitment 
to obtain the support from local government officials throughout the 
State. The likeliness and feasibility of the applicant's proposal for 
reaching local and state government executives throughout the state, 
including suggested methods for generating interest, making initial 
contacts and reasons for taking the proposed approach as opposed to 
others.

4. The Adequacy of the Organizational Plan for Accomplishing the 
Proposed Project Effort Through the Experience and Technical Expertise 
of the Proposed Personnel (5%)

    Program management and technical expertise will be estimated by 
reviewing the qualifications and experience of the proposed personnel, 
and the relative level of effort of the staff. Consideration will be 
given to the adequacy of the organizational plan for accomplishing the 
proposed project effort. Consideration will also be given to the 
Association's resources and how it will provide the program management 
capability and personnel expertise to successfully perform the 
activities in its plan.

NHTSA Involvement

    The NHTSA will be involved in all activities undertaken as part of 
the cooperative agreement program and will:
    1. Provide a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) 
to participate in the planning and management of the cooperative 
agreement and to coordinate activities between the selected State 
Associations of Chiefs of Police and NHTSA;
    2. Provide information and technical assistance from government 
sources, within available resources and as determined appropriate by 
the COTR;
    3. Provide liaison between the selected State Associations of 
Chiefs of Police and other government and private agencies as 
appropriate; and
    4. Stimulate the exchange of ideas and information among 
cooperative agreement recipients through periodic meetings.

Terms and Conditions of Award

    1. Prior to award, the recipient must comply with the certification 
requirements of 49 CFR Part 29--Department of Transportation 
Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement) and 
Government-wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants).
    2. During the effective period of the cooperative agreement(s) 
awarded as a result of this notice, the agreement(s) shall be subject 
to NHTSA's General Provisions for Assistance Agreements (7-95).

Reporting Requirements

    1. The recipient shall submit brief quarterly reports documenting 
the project effort to date, which will include information on 
accomplishments, obstacles and problems encountered, and noteworthy 
activities. Quarterly reports shall be due 15 days after the end of 
each quarter, and a final report summarizing the project effort shall 
be due within 30 days after the completion of the project. An original 
and three copies of each of these reports shall be submitted to the 
COTR.
    2. The recipient may be requested to conduct an oral presentation 
of project activities for the COTR and other interested NHTSA 
personnel. For planning purposes, assume that these presentations will 
be conducted at the NHTSA Office of Traffic and Injury Control 
Programs, Washington, DC or at a conference, as identified by the COTR. 
An original and three copies of briefing materials shall be submitted 
to the COTR.

Rose A. McMurray,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-13641 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am]
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