[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53380-53381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-20-20AZ]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the 
Training and Education Modules in the North American Fatigue Management 
Program to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection 
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on November 
4, 2019 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC 
received one comment related to the previous notice. This notice serves 
to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

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) 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 FMCSA, 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.
    NIOSH will recruit two commercial vehicle carriers, and CMV 
drivers, hereafter referred to as ``drivers'', employed by those 
carriers. Data will be collected during drivers' 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

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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 8-month participation period.
    Drivers who have a valid Class-A commercial driver's license (CDL) 
and work at the participating company in regional and long-haul 
operations for at least one year will be eligible for the study. A 
convenience sample of 180 eligible drivers 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.
    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 data from a psychomotor vigilance test, the Karolinska 
Sleepiness Scale, a sleep log, a difficulty of drive scale, a degree of 
drive hazards scale, a fatigue scale, and a stress scale; (c) an 
electronic logging device which will record information about the 
driver's hours of service and driving; (d) a wrist actigraphy device to 
collect data on driver sleep and wake times. Drivers will be asked to 
synchronize the actigraph with a smartphone app daily; (e) smartphone 
or web-based questionnaires including an 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 (1st week) and middle (2nd month) of 
the baseline phase, and the middle (5th month) and end (8th 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 (1st week) of the study and end (8th 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.
    OMB approval is requested for two years. Participation is voluntary 
and there are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden is 5,278 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Carrier Management....................  Participation Agreement.               1               1               1
                                        Retrieval of Company                   1               8           90/60
                                         Monthly Roadside
                                         Violations/Crash
                                         Reports.
                                        Retrieval of Company                   1              16               2
                                         Administrative Costs.
                                        Management Practice                    5               1           45/60
                                         questionnaire (Time 1).
                                        Management Practice                    5               1           45/60
                                         questionnaire (Time 2).
Drivers...............................  Application to                       150               1           12/60
                                         Participate.
                                        Actigraph Training......              90               1           10/60
                                        Background Questionnaire              90               1           45/60
                                        Daily Smartphone                      90             720            1/60
                                         Questions.
                                        PVT.....................              90             720            3/60
                                        Exercise and Food                     90               4           20/60
                                         Consumption
                                         Questionnaire.
                                        SF-36v2.................              90               4           30/60
                                        Family Interactions                   90               4           15/60
                                         Questionnaire.
                                        Safety Climate                        90               4           10/60
                                         Questionnaire.
                                        Job Descriptive Index...              90               4           30/60
                                        Post-Study Questionnaire              90               1               1
                                        Phone Briefings.........              90               8            6/60
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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. 2020-18994 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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