[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59383-59384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24002]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-20-20AZ; Docket No. CDC-2019-0099]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Evaluation of the Effectiveness 
of the Training and Education Modules in the North American Fatigue 
Management Program, which is an observational study evaluating 180 
long-haul and regional truck drivers in a naturalistic driving study 
over eight months. Questionnaires, in-vehicle monitor system, 
Actigraphy devices, and smartphones will be used in the data 
collection.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0099 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed 
above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training and Education 
Modules in the North American Fatigue Management Program--New--National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH) is to promote safety and health at work for all people 
through research and prevention. Reducing fatigue-related crashes is 
one of the top 10 changes needed to reduce transportation accidents and 
save lives identified by the National Transportation Safety Board 
(NTSB) for 2017-2018 and a National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) 
priority.
    Fatigue is a preventable cause of crashes. The North American 
Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP) was developed by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, Transport Canada, and other entities to 
address commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver fatigue through a 
comprehensive approach that delivers prevention information to 
carriers, dispatchers, drivers, and family members. In 2015, the 
National Academy of Sciences published the report ``Commercial motor 
vehicle driver fatigue, long-term health, and highway safety research 
needs'' that identified the need for fully evaluating the NAFMP so that 
recommendations for implementation of NAFMP are supported by scientific 
evidence. NIOSH is collaborating with the FMCSA to ensure the success 
of the proposed study.
    Data will be collected from CMV drivers (hereafter referred to as 
``driver'') during their application to participate in the study, 
briefing session, study participation, and debriefing session. Data 
collection will primarily focus on driving performance, sleep, and 
sleepiness. These outcomes will be compared between pre-rollout of the 
NAFMP (in which drivers will operate as they did before their 
participation in the study) and after the rollout of the NAFMP training 
and education modules (in which drivers and managers will operate with 
increased knowledge, strategies, and techniques to reduce their 
fatigue). All drivers interested in participating in the study may 
complete the application. A briefing session will be scheduled with 
drivers who are found eligible for the study. During the briefing 
session, drivers who provide informed consent will be enrolled in the 
study. Drivers will have a debriefing session if a driver chooses to 
withdraw from the study early or upon completion of the eight-month 
participation period.
    The sample of drivers in the study will include those employed as 
drivers at the participating carriers. Drivers who have a valid Class-A 
commercial driver's license (CDL) and work at the participating company 
in regional and

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long-haul operations for at least one year will be eligible for the 
study. A convenience sample of 180 eligible drivers over a two-year 
period will be recruited to participate in the study. The study sample 
will include approximately 90 regional and 90 long-haul drivers. There 
will be no required minimum number of female or minority drivers to be 
included in the study.
    Data will be collected during each phase: (1) In the application, 
drivers will be asked to provide their name and contact information 
(home address, telephone number, and email address) to allow contact 
from the research team regarding their eligibility for the study. (2) 
In the briefing session, drivers will be asked to complete the 
Background Questionnaire. (3) During the study, information collection 
will occur through several streams: (a) A real-time fatigue monitoring 
system installed in the participating driver's vehicle; (b) Smart phone 
apps to collect psychomotor vigilance test, Karolinska Sleepiness 
Scale, sleep log, difficulty of drive scale, degree of drive hazards 
scale, a fatigue scale, and a stress scale; (c) an electronic logging 
device to collect data on the driver's duty and driving; (d) a wrist 
actigraphy to collect data on driver sleep and wake times. Drivers will 
be asked to sync the actigraph with a smartphone app daily; (e) 
smartphone or web-based questionnaires including Exercise and Food 
Consumption Questionnaire, the quality of life short form 36 version-2 
questionnaire (SF-36v2), Family Interactions Questionnaire, and Job 
Descriptive Index. These will be completed by drivers at four different 
intervals, including the beginning (first week) and middle (second 
month) of the baseline phase, and the middle (fifth month) and end 
(eighth month) of the intervention phase; (f) A questionnaire to assess 
corporate practices and corporate safety climate will be given to 
managers at the participating carriers. These will be completed by 
managers at the beginning (first week) of the study and end (eighth 
month) of the intervention phase; and (g) during the field study, 
carriers will be asked to provide information concerning crashes and 
roadside violations occurring during each driver's period of study 
participation. Administrative cost information (e.g., equipment, labor, 
etc.) will also be collected from the carrier to evaluate cost-benefit 
of the intervention. The total annualized burden hours requested is 
5,139.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden   Total burden
               Type of respondent                               Form name                    Number of     responses per   per response      hours (in
                                                                                            respondents     respondent      (in hours)        hours)
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Carrier Management.............................  Participation Agreements...............               1               1               1               1
                                                 Monthly Roadside Violations, ELD, Crash               1              16           30/60               8
                                                  Reports, Administrative Costs.
                                                 Corporate Practices Questionnaire......              10               1           45/60               8
Drivers........................................  Application to Participate.............             150               1           12/60              30
                                                 Actigraph Training.....................              90               1           10/60              15
                                                 Background Questionnaire...............              90               1           45/60              68
                                                 Daily Smartphone Questions.............              90             720            1/60           1,037
                                                 PVT....................................              90             720            3/60           3,240
                                                 Exercise and Food Consumption                        90               4           20/60             120
                                                  Questionnaire.
                                                 SF-36v2................................              90               4           30/60             180
                                                 Family Interactions Questionnaire......              90               4           15/60              90
                                                 Job Descriptive Index..................              90               4           30/60             180
                                                 Post-Study Questionnaire...............              90               1               1              90
                                                 Phone Briefings........................              90               8            6/60              72
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,139
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-24002 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P