[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6749-6751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2430]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2005-20275]


Impaired-Driving Program Assessments; Technical Report

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

ACTION: Request for comments on technical report.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces NHTSA's publication of a technical 
report summarizing and comparing the findings in 38 Assessments of 
State programs to control impaired driving. The report's title is 
Impaired-Driving Program Assessments--A Summary of Recommendations 
(1991 to 2003).

DATES: Comments must be received no later than June 8, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Report: The report is available on the Internet for viewing 
on line in HTML and in PDF format at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/regrev/evaluate/809815.html. You may also obtain a copy of the 
report free of charge by sending a self-addressed mailing label to 
Charles Kahane (NPO-131), National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
    Comments: You may submit comments [identified by DOT DMS Docket 
Number NHTSA-2005-20275] by any of the following methods:
     Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-001.
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    You may call Docket Management at 1-800-647-5527 or visit the 
Docket from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Kahane, Chief, Evaluation 
Division, NPO-131, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5208, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-2560. FAX: 202-
366-2559. E-mail: [email protected].
    For information about NHTSA's evaluations of the effectiveness of 
existing regulations and programs: Visit the NHTSA Web site at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/regrev/evaluate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA developed an assessment process that 
gives States an opportunity to conduct a review of their efforts to 
control impaired driving by an outside team of nationally recognized 
experts. Each assessment examines a State's overall program and 
presents recommendations to improve or enhance it. NHTSA reviewed 38 
State assessment reports and found 2,982 individual recommendations, 
including 852 that were identified as priority recommendations by the 
teams.
    Most of the recommendations fit into ten broad thematic areas: (1) 
Increasing deterrence by prioritizing enforcement efforts and enhancing 
the arrest, prosecution, and adjudication process; (2) improving public 
information and education efforts related to prevention and deterrence; 
(3) remedying problems involving DUI data and records (reporting 
requirements, offender tracking systems, data linkages, uniform traffic 
citations); (4) enacting new laws or revising existing laws aimed at 
increasing the deterrence and/or prevention of DUI; (5) enhancing 
training for law enforcement, prosecution, and judicial personnel; (6) 
evaluating programs and activities to combat impaired driving; (7) 
providing sufficient resources for treatment and rehabilitation; (8) 
improving inter/intra-governmental coordination and cooperation; (9) 
providing funding (including self-sufficiency) to provide for adequate 
resources (personnel, equipment); and (10) developing or increasing 
task forces and/or community involvement.

How Can I Influence NHTSA's Thinking on This Subject?

    NHTSA welcomes public review of the technical report and invites 
reviewers to submit comments about the analyses. NHTSA will submit to 
the Docket a response to the comments and, if appropriate, additional 
analyses that supplement or revise the technical report.

How Do I Prepare and Submit Comments?

    Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your 
comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the Docket 
number of this document (NHTSA-2005-20275) in your comments.
    Your primary comments must not be more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 
553.21). However, you may attach additional documents to your primary 
comments. There is no limit on the length of the attachments.
    Please send a paper copy of your comments to Docket Management, 
submit them electronically, fax them, or use the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal. The mailing address is U. S. Department of Transportation 
Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590. If you submit your comments electronically, log onto the Dockets 
Management System Web site at http://dms.dot.gov and click on ``Help'' 
to obtain instructions. The fax number is 1-202-493-2251. To use the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal, go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow 
the online instructions for submitting comments.
    We also request, but do not require you to send a copy to Charles 
Kahane, Chief, Evaluation Division, NPO-131, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Room 5208, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20590 (alternatively, FAX to 202-366-2559 or e-mail to 
[email protected]). He can check if your comments have been 
received at the Docket and he can expedite their review by NHTSA.

How Can I Be Sure That My Comments Were Received?

    If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of 
your comments, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the 
envelope containing your comments. Upon receiving your comments, Docket 
Management will return the postcard by mail.

How Do I Submit Confidential Business Information?

    If you wish to submit any information under a claim of 
confidentiality, send three copies of your complete submission, 
including the information you claim to be confidential business 
information, to the Chief Counsel, NCC-01, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Room 5219, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20590. Include a cover letter supplying the information specified in 
our confidential business information regulation (49 CFR part 512).
    In addition, send a copy from which you have deleted the claimed 
confidential business information to Docket Management, Room PL-401, 
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or submit them 
electronically.

Will the Agency Consider Late Comments?

    In our response, we will consider all comments that Docket 
Management receives before the close of business on the comment closing 
date indicated above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also 
consider comments that Docket Management receives after that date.
    Please note that even after the comment closing date, we will 
continue to file relevant information in the Docket as it becomes 
available. Further, some people may submit late comments.

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Accordingly, we recommend that you periodically check the Docket for 
new material.

How Can I Read the Comments Submitted by Other People?

    You may read the comments by visiting Docket Management in person 
at Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
    You may also see the comments on the Internet by taking the 
following steps:
    A. Go to the Docket Management System (DMS) Web page of the 
Department of Transportation (http://dms.dot.gov).
    B. On that page, click on ``Simple Search.''
    C. On the next page ((http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm/) type in the five-digit Docket number shown at 
the beginning of this Notice (20275). Click on ``Search.''
    D. On the next page, which contains Docket summary information for 
the Docket you selected, click on the desired comments. You may also 
download the comments.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; delegation of authority at 49 
CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Joseph S. Carra,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and 
Analysis.
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