[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34044-34045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15033]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0019]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for
Comment; Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Motor Vehicle
Crash Victims Admitted to Select Trauma Centers.
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a new information
collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below is being submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment
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period soliciting comments on the information collection was published
on April 24, 2019. NHTSA received one comment, from the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), that was supportive of the proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for NHTSA, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Berning, Contracting Officer's
Representative, NHTSA-NPD-130, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W44-237,
Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Berning's phone number is 202-366-5587, and
her email address is [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before a Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). In compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following information collection request
has been forwarded to OMB.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection was published on April 24,
2019.\1\ NHTSA received one comment,\2\ from the NTSB, that was
supportive of the information collection. NTSB stated that it found the
proposed collection of information to be necessary, proper, and useful;
the methodology to be valid; the quality and clarity of the proposed
collected information to be appropriate; and the collection techniques
to be suitable. The comment expressed NTSB's support for NHTSA's
research efforts to better understand the prevalence of alcohol and
other drug use among crash victims admitted to selected trauma centers
and morgues and stated that NHTSA's work on drugs and driving is
crucial to NHTSA's proper performance of its agency functions,
particularly addressing the safety hazards caused by driver impairment.
In further support, NTSB referenced its own safety recommendation to
NHTSA to develop and disseminate a common standard of practice for drug
toxicology testing.\3\ NTSB also noted that because the blood specimens
will be left over from those already drawn and used for medical care
and that demographic data will be deidentified, there will be no
evident burden placed on the public or the individuals involved in the
research. NHTSA is not making any changes to the information collection
based on the comment received.
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\1\ 84 FR 17233.
\2\ The docket number for the 60-day notice was mistakenly used
twice, and the docket also included nine comments that were related
to a shoulder belt requirement for side-facing seats on
motorcoaches.
\3\ See the NTSB's November 21, 2012, letter to NHTSA issuing
Safety Recommendations H-12-32 and -33. Safety Recommendation H-12-
33 is classified ``Open--Acceptable Response.''
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Title: Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Motor Vehicle
Crash Victims Admitted to Select Trauma Centers.
OMB Control Number: 2127--New.
Affected Public: Seriously- or fatally-injured victims of motor
vehicle crashes presenting directly to the selected trauma centers or
morgues shortly after a crash.
Form Number: No forms.
Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) seeks to examine the prevalence of legal and illegal drugs in
the systems of seriously- and fatally-injured drivers and other crash-
involved road users (e.g., passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and
scooter riders) presenting directly to the selected trauma centers or
morgues. The participating trauma centers and medical examiners will
provide the study with de-identified blood samples, when available,
that were already collected during their routine clinical treatment
activities. The study will then conduct independent drug toxicology
testing to determine the prevalence of alcohol and other drugs in the
systems of the participants. The trauma centers and medical examiners
will also provide the study with other de-identified participant
classification information such as patient demographics, cause of
injury, and injury severity. The trauma centers and medical examiners
will provide this already-collected and de-identified information to
the study in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and local
regulations governing the sharing of such information and as approved
by the study IRB. The trauma centers and medical examiners at the
selected study sites universally draw patients' blood for clinical
treatment or autopsy purposes. The trauma centers and medical examiners
also collect other information such as patient demographics, cause of
injury, injury severity, and drugs administered during treatment as
part of their normal operating procedures. Therefore, there is no
estimated time burden on the participants as the trauma centers and
medical examiners will be providing the study with de-identified blood
samples already collected, but not used, during their routine clinical
procedures, and other de-identified information that was already
collected as part of their routine clinical documentation procedures.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 0.00 hours per year.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The study anticipates collecting
de-identified information on approximately 7,500 seriously- or fatally-
injured victims of crashes.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the Department's
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the
department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the collected information.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued in Washington, DC.
Jon Krohmer,
Associate Administrator, Acting, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2019-15033 Filed 7-15-19; 8:45 am]
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