[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41177-41179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14725]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2022-0017]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for 
Comment; National Driver Register

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments on an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA), 
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
summarized below is being forwarded 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. This document 
describes a currently approved collection of information on NHTSA's 
National Driver Register for which NHTSA intends to seek approval from 
OMB for extension. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on March 28, 2022. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 10, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection, including

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suggestions for reducing burden, should be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find 
this particular information collection, select ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comment'' or use the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Miriam Chege, NSA 200, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room W55-210, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Miriam 
Chege's telephone number is (202) 366-2571. Please identify the 
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control 
Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a 
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and 
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a 
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control 
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces 
that the following information collection request will be submitted to 
OMB.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the information collection was published on March 28, 2022 
(87 FR 17408). No comments were received.
    Title: National Driver Register (NDR).
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0001.
    Form Number(s): This collection of information is electronically 
submitted to NHTSA. There are no standard forms.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Type of Review Requested: Regular.
    Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of 
approval.
    Summary of the Collection of Information: The National Driver 
Register Act of 1982, Title 49 U.S.C., Subtitle VI, Part A, Chapter 303 
(as amended) requires the Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by 
delegation) to maintain a National Driver Register (NDR) to assist the 
State chief driver licensing officials in the exchange of information 
about the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. The chief 
driver licensing official of a participating State must report to the 
NDR identification information regarding any individual who is denied a 
motor vehicle operator's license for cause, whose motor vehicle 
operator's license is withdrawn for cause, or who is convicted of 
certain serious motor vehicle related offenses (specified in the Act at 
49 U.S.C. 30304) or comparable offenses. (23 U.S.C. 30304(a); 23 CFR 
1327, appendix A). Participating States are required to submit an 
inquiry to the NDR on all applicants for driver's licenses before 
issuing a license to the applicant. In addition, when requested by 
other authorized users (e.g., the Federal Aviation Administration), 
participating States are required to submit inquires to the NDR and 
provide responses to the other authorized users of the NDR for 
transportation safety purposes. All 50 States and the District of 
Columbia participate in the NDR.
    The NDR maintains the computerized database known as the Problem 
Driver Pointer System (PDPS) which contains information on individuals 
whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended, 
canceled or denied or who have been convicted of serious traffic-
related offenses. The records maintained at the NDR consist of 
identification information including name, date of birth, sex, driver 
license number, and reporting State which is collected on a daily 
basis.
    States use interactive communication for their routine transactions 
with the NDR which allows them to submit the required information 
automatically at the same time the individual's information is entered 
into the State's system. Specifically, when an individual applies for a 
driver's license, an inquiry is automatically transmitted to the NDR 
when the driver's application is entered into the State's system. 
Likewise, when a State records license actions that have been taken 
against an individual that require reporting to the NDR, a transaction 
submitting the individual's identification information is automatically 
generated and transmitted to the NDR.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the 
Information: The purpose of the information collection is to improve 
traffic and transportation safety by assisting States in keeping 
problem drivers off the nation's highways. The NDR was established to 
serve as the central repository of information on problem drivers to 
promote information sharing among States, eliminating the need for 
States to contact each of the other 50 jurisdictions, and the District 
of Columbia individually. The information collected is used by State 
driver licensing agencies to identify problem drivers prior to issuing 
a driver's license and to develop and implement driver improvement 
programs. The following groups are also authorized to receive 
information upon inquiry to a State driver licensing agency for 
transportation safety purposes:
    a. Employers of motor vehicle operators,
    b. Employers of locomotive operators,
    c. Federal Aviation Administration regarding applications for or 
holders of airman's certificates,
    d. U.S. Coast Guard regarding applicants for or holders of 
licenses, certificates of registry, or merchant mariner's documents, 
and for Coast Guard crew members,
    e. National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration in connection with accident investigations,
    f. Air carriers regarding individuals seeking employment as pilots, 
and
    g. Individuals who have or are seeking access to national security 
information for purposes under E.O. 12968 or who are being investigated 
for Federal employment.
    60-Day Notice: A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the information collection was published 
on March 28, 2022 (87 FR 17408). No comments were received.
    Affected Public: Participating States.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The number of respondents is 51--
all 50 States and the District of Columbia.
    Frequency: On a daily basis.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,739 hours.
    States use routine electronic interactive communication for 
transactions with the NDR, which allows the States to submit the 
required information automatically at the same time the information is 
entered into the State's own system. Although States are required to 
report and check for a problem driver when issuing a driver's license, 
no burden hours are incurred for these queries for this information 
collection because the State's computer systems automatically transmit 
the information that is entered as a part of normal business practice. 
Therefore, the estimated hour burden is based on the States' PDPS IT 
infrastructure maintenance and States' participation in the optional 
Clean File process.
    To estimate the annual maintenance and infrastructure burden to 
report and check for problem drivers, NDR asked a small sample of 
States for information about their annual burden. NDR received 
formatted estimates from two States which included the maintenance and 
infrastructure labor hours and cost used to send and maintain 
information to PDPS. Together, the burden from these two States was 530 
hours and the associated labor cost was $17,400. Using

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these estimates, NHTSA calculates an average of 265 hours per State, 
with an annual labor cost of $8,700. There are 51 respondents per year 
(the 50 States and the District of Columbia). Therefore, total annual 
burden hours for maintenance and infrastructure is estimated to be 
13,515 hours (51 respondents x 265 hours). The total annual maintenance 
and infrastructure labor cost per year is estimated to be $443,700 
($8,700 x 51).
    To ensure that the information contained in the NDR is accurate, 
States sometimes submit a ``clean file'' which is a confirmation of all 
drivers of that State who should be listed in the NDR file. NHTSA 
estimates that an average of 28 clean files will be submitted annually 
by States. States use SFTP to submit this information, and NHTSA 
estimates it takes an IT specialist 8 hours to prepare and run the 
data. NHTSA estimates the cost for IT personnel burden hours using the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics' mean wage estimate for Software and Web 
Developers, Programmers, and Testers (Standard Occupational 
Classification #15-1250, May 2020) of $52.86.\1\ The Bureau of Labor 
Statistics estimates that for State and local government workers, wages 
represent 61.9% of total compensation.\2\ Therefore, the total hourly 
cost associated with the IT burden hours is estimated to be $85.40 
($52.86 / 61.9%) per hour. The total annual burden hours to prepare and 
submit clean files is 224 hours (8 x 28). The total annual clean file 
labor cost per year is estimated to be $19,130 ($85.40 x 224).
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    \1\ May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates 
United States, Occupational Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000, last accessed July 23, 2021.
    \2\ Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by ownership (Dec. 
2020), available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm 
(accessed July 23, 2021).

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                                                                             Estimated        Average
                     Submission type                          Annual        burden per     hourly labor   Labor cost per   Total burden     Total labor
                                                            submissions     submission         cost          submission        hours           costs
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Maintenance and Infrastructure..........................              51             265             N/A          $8,700          13,515        $443,700
Clean files.............................................              28               8           85.40          683.20             224          19,130
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    Total...............................................              51  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,739         462,830
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: There are no annual costs.
    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 proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) 
ways minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including 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.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29A.

Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and 
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2022-14725 Filed 7-8-22; 8:45 am]
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