[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46304-46305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22156]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 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 Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collections and their expected 
burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period was 
published on December 13, 2000 (65 FR 77958-77959).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Culbreath at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, (NAD-40), 202-366-1566. 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 6132, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes & 
Behaviors--2001
    OMB Number: 2127--New.
    Type of Request: New information collection requirement.
    Abstract: An agency goal is to reduce the number of alcohol related 
fatalities from 15,786, in 1999, to 11,000 by the year 2005. In support 
of this goal, NHTSA has conducted over past decade a series of bi-
annual surveys of the driving-aged public (aged 16 or older) to 
identify patterns and trends in public attitudes and behaviors towards 
drinking and driving and public reaction to alcohol countermeasures 
aimed at reducing the occurrence of drinking and driving and alcohol 
related crashes. The proposed study, to be administered in the 3rd 
quarter of 2001, and the sixth in this series of biennial survey's will 
collect data on topics included in the first five studies (and several 
additional topics), including: frequency of drinking and driving and of 
riding with an impaired driver, ways to prevent drinking and driving, 
enforcement of drinking and driving laws including the use of sobriety 
checkpoints, understanding of BAC levels and legal limits, and crash 
and injury experience.
    Affected Public: Randomly selected members of the general public 
aged sixteen and older in telephone households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,680.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

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Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
Attention NHTSA 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 Departments 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. A Comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on August 29, 2001.
Herman L. Simms,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-22156 Filed 8-31-01; 8:45 am]
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