Paperwork Reduction Act 30-Day Notice; Request for Comments

Cem Hatipoglu
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
5 February 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 1819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01057]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2018-0075]


Paperwork Reduction Act 30-Day Notice; Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments on an extension of a 
previously-approved 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 forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review, and requests comments on the ICR. A Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following information collection was published on July 23, 2018. NHTSA 
received three comments on the 60-day notice. One supported the 
information collection, another addressed an issue unrelated to 
information collection, and a third stated that the research is a waste 
of money without providing any support for the statement. NHTSA has 
concluded that it is not necessary to make any changes to the 
information collection based on those comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 7, 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 the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725-17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Timothy M. Pickrell, NHTSA, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, W55-320, NSA-210, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. 
Pickrell's telephone number is (202) 366-2903. Please identify the 
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control 
Number.

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 July 23, 2018 
(83 FR 34912). NHTSA received three comments on the 60-day notice. 
Consumer Reports supported the information collection. Of the other two 
comments, one addressed a subject other than the subject of the 
information collection, and therefore was not relevant, and the other 
stated that the research is a waste of money but did not provide 
support for that view. NHTSA has concluded that it is not necessary to 
make any changes to the information collection based on those comments.
    Title: The National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0644.
    Affected Public: Motorists in passenger vehicles at gas stations, 
fast food restaurants, and other types of sites frequented by children 
during the time in which the survey is conducted.
    Form Number: NHTSA Form 1010.
    Abstract: NHTSA began conducting the National Survey of the Use of 
Booster Seats to respond to Section 14(i) of the Transportation Recall 
Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act of 2000. 
Section 14(i), ``Booster seat education program,'' directed the 
Department of Transportation to develop a 5-year plan to reduce deaths 
and injuries caused by failure to use an appropriate booster seat among 
children in the 4- to 8-year old age group by twenty-five percent. 
Conducting the National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats provided the 
Department with invaluable information on use and non-use of booster 
seats, helping the Department to improve its booster seat outreach 
programs. NHTSA has continued the survey to obtain current data on 
booster seat use, to ensure that children ages 4 to 8 are protected to 
the greatest extent possible when they ride in motor vehicles. NHTSA 
also seeks to collect information about child restraint use by children 
of other ages.
    The OMB approval for the survey is scheduled to expire on May 31, 
2019. NHTSA seeks an extension of this approval to obtain this 
important survey data. With up-to-date data of consumers' use and non-
use of booster seats and other child restraint systems, the agency will 
be better able to maximize the effectiveness of its outreach and 
consumer education programs in increasing correct booster and other 
child restraint use, and save more children from death and injury.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 340 hours.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 4,800 adult 
motorists in passenger vehicles at gas stations, fast food restaurants, 
and other types of sites frequented by children during the time in 
which the survey is conducted.
    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:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.95.

Cem Hatipoglu,
Acting Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics 
and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2019-01057 Filed 2-4-19; 8:45 am]
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