82 FR 56102 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Driver Commuting Practices Survey
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 226 (November 27, 2017)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 226 (November 27, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-25526 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 56102-56103] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-25526] [[Page 56102]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0313] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Driver Commuting Practices Survey AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FMCSA is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, FMCSA is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment. FMCSA proposes a survey to inquire about driver commuting practices to fulfill Section 5515 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act). Section 5515 of the FAST Act requires FMCSA to conduct a study on the safety effects of motor carrier operator commutes exceeding 150 minutes. The administrator is then required to submit a report to Congress containing the findings of the study. The survey proposed within this information collection request is seeking to gather information on the prevalence of excessive (greater than 150 minutes) driver commuting in the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) industry, including the number and percentage of drivers who commute; the distances traveled, time zones crossed, time spent commuting, and methods of transportation used; research on the impact of excessive commuting on safety and CMV driver fatigue; and the commuting practices of CMV drivers and policies of motor carriers. DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 26, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA-2017-0313 using any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Fax: 1-202-493-2251. Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and the docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments, see the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street address listed above. Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be considered to the extent practicable. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Michel, Research Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (202) 366-4354. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact Docket Services, telephone (202) 366-9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Impact of Driver Commuting on Safety OMB Control Number: 2126-00XX. Type of Request: New information collection. Respondents: A random sample of licensed CMV operators, to include both freight operators and those with a passenger bus endorsement. Estimated Number of Respondents: 500 CMV drivers (250 each of freight drivers and passenger bus drivers). Estimated Time per Response: The estimated average time for a driver to complete the survey is 20 minutes. Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new information collection request (ICR). Frequency of Response: This survey requires a one-time response per CMV operator, with an estimated total of 500 respondents (250 each of freight drivers and passenger bus drivers). Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden is 166.7 hours, or $3,945.79 (based on an average labor cost of $23.67 per hour for each responding driver). I. Background On December 4, 2015, the FAST Act was signed into law (Pub. L. 114- 94,129 Stat. 1312, 1557 (Dec. 4, 2015)). Section 5515 of the FAST Act directs the FMCSA Administrator to ``conduct a study on the safety effects of motor carrier operator commutes exceeding 150 minutes'' (subsection (a)). The Act further specifies that a report containing the findings of this study should be submitted to Congress no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Act (subsection (b)). FMCSA must complete this information collection to the meet the specified congressional requirements set forth in the FAST Act. Additionally, during the 114th Congress (2015-2016), legislation entitled the Truck Safety Act was introduced. This legislation provided greater context to inform study of this area (S. 1739, 114th Cong. Sec. 7) by proposing the following: SECTION. 7. STUDY ON COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER COMMUTING. (a) EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE COMMUTING.--The Administrator of the FMCSA shall conduct a study of the effects of excessive commuting on safety and commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue. (b) STUDY.--In conducting the study, the Administrator shall consider-- (1) the prevalence of excessive driver commuting in the commercial motor vehicle industry, including the number and percentage of drivers who commute; (2) the distances traveled, time zones crossed, time spent commuting, and methods of transportation used; (3) research on the impact of excessive commuting on safety and commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue; (4) the commuting practices of commercial motor vehicle drivers and policies of motor carriers; (5) the FMCSA regulations, policies, and guidance regarding excessive driver commuting; and (6) any other matters the Administrator considers appropriate. [[Page 56103]] In the past two decades, as the number of workers has increased and the distance to affordable housing has also increased in most metropolitan areas, commuting times have increased in the United States. According to the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard,\1\ travel delays due to traffic congestion caused drivers to waste more than 3 billion gallons of fuel and kept travelers stuck in their cars for nearly 7 billion extra hours (42 hours per rush-hour commuter). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Schrank, David; Eisele, Bill; Lomax, Tim; and Bak, Jim. (2015.) 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard. Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Inrix, Inc., available at: http://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/mobility-scorecard-2015.pdf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long commuting times can adversely affect commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers in multiple ways, for example: Compromising off-duty time. Long commuting times can reduce a driver's available off-duty time for sleep and personal activities. This can lead to excessive fatigue while on duty, creating safety concerns for both the CMV driver and other drivers on the roads. Impacting driver health. A recent study was conducted that monitored 4,297 adults from 12 metropolitan Texas counties. In this region, 90 percent of people commute to work. The study found that the drivers who have long commuting times were more likely to have poor cardiovascular health and be less physically fit.\2\ This study showed that people who commute long distances to work weigh more, are less physically active, and have higher blood pressure. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Hoehner, Christine; Barlow, Carolyn; Allen, Peg; and Schootman, Mario. (2012.) Commuting Distance, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Metabolic Risk. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 42(6): 571-578. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The objective of the survey proposed in this ICR is to learn more about the following CMV driver characteristics: Work history; Commuting time, transportation mode, and recording of that time; Driving schedules; Rests and breaks; Miles driven annually; and Demographics. II. Data Collection Plan The information collection is a one-time, Web-based collection, including surveys of current and past drivers of freight and passenger vehicles. The survey will be entirely online. There will be no paper survey. The general survey approach and design is as follows: 1. FMCSA will provide a random sample of 12,000 drivers based on recent Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) data, augmented with the drivers' last known mailing address, obtained by cross-referencing Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) data with the licensing States' CDL driver histories. The samples will be divided into one list for drivers who operate (or previously operated) freight vehicles and a second list for those who drive (or previously drove) passenger-carrying vehicles. 2. Using a mail-Web methodology, the driver commute survey will be sent out by the research team, on behalf of FMCSA, to the 12,000 selected drivers identified in step 1. These drivers will be solicited to complete an online survey, using a recruitment letter (with a $2 pre-incentive), a reminder postcard, and a second follow-up letter. The letter will inform the drivers that they will receive a check for $10 upon completion of the survey, which is expected to average 20 minutes to complete. Our initial expectation is that 4.17 percent of the 12,000 (500) will complete the survey on the Web. The burden analysis is based on this figure of 500 responses. III. Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) prohibits agencies from conducting information collection (IC) activities until they analyze the need for the collection of information and how the collected data will be managed. Agencies must also analyze whether technology could be used to reduce the burden imposed on those providing the data. The Agency must estimate the time burden required to respond to the IC requirements, such as the time required to complete a particular form. The Agency submits its IC analysis and burden estimate to OMB as a formal ICR; the Agency cannot conduct the information collection until OMB approves the ICR. V. Request for Public Comments FMCSA asks for comment on the IC requirements of this study. Comments can be submitted to the docket as outlined under ADDRESSES at the beginning of this notice. You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: 1. Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the performance of FMCSA's functions. 2. The accuracy of the estimated burden. 3. Ways for FMCSA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information. 4. Ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: November 17, 2017. G. Kelly Regal, Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2017-25526 Filed 11-24-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Estimated Number of Respondents:
Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. 500 CMV drivers (250 each of freight
Federal Motor Carrier Safety and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, drivers and passenger bus drivers).
Administration except Federal holidays. Estimated Time per Response: The
[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0313] Instructions: All submissions must estimated average time for a driver to
include the Agency name and the complete the survey is 20 minutes.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information docket number. For detailed Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
Collection: Driver Commuting instructions on submitting comments, information collection request (ICR).
Practices Survey see the Public Participation heading Frequency of Response: This survey
below. Note that all comments received requires a one-time response per CMV
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety will be posted without change to http:// operator, with an estimated total of 500
Administration (FMCSA), DOT. www.regulations.gov, including any respondents (250 each of freight drivers
ACTION: Notice and request for personal information provided. Please and passenger bus drivers).
comments. see the Privacy Act heading below. Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
Docket: For access to the docket to estimated total annual burden is 166.7
SUMMARY: FMCSA is seeking approval hours, or $3,945.79 (based on an average
read background documents or
from the Office of Management and labor cost of $23.67 per hour for each
comments received, go to http://
Budget (OMB) for the information responding driver).
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
collection described below. In
online instructions for accessing the I. Background
accordance with the Paperwork
dockets, or go to the street address listed
Reduction Act, FMCSA is requesting On December 4, 2015, the FAST Act
above.
comment from all interested parties on was signed into law (Pub. L. 114–94,129
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
the proposed collection of information. Stat. 1312, 1557 (Dec. 4, 2015)). Section
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 5515 of the FAST Act directs the
from the public to better inform its
60 days of public comment. FMCSA Administrator to ‘‘conduct a
FMCSA proposes a survey to inquire rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any study on the safety effects of motor
about driver commuting practices to carrier operator commutes exceeding
fulfill Section 5515 of the Fixing personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 150 minutes’’ (subsection (a)). The Act
America’s Surface Transportation Act, further specifies that a report containing
2015 (FAST Act). Section 5515 of the described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can the findings of this study should be
FAST Act requires FMCSA to conduct submitted to Congress no later than 18
a study on the safety effects of motor be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
Public Participation: The Federal months after the date of enactment of
carrier operator commutes exceeding the Act (subsection (b)). FMCSA must
150 minutes. The administrator is then eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You complete this information collection to
required to submit a report to Congress the meet the specified congressional
containing the findings of the study. can obtain electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the requirements set forth in the FAST Act.
The survey proposed within this Additionally, during the 114th
information collection request is seeking ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you Congress (2015–2016), legislation
to gather information on the prevalence entitled the Truck Safety Act was
of excessive (greater than 150 minutes) want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a self- introduced. This legislation provided
driver commuting in the commercial greater context to inform study of this
motor vehicle (CMV) industry, addressed, stamped envelope or
postcard, or print the acknowledgement area (S. 1739, 114th Cong. § 7) by
including the number and percentage of proposing the following:
drivers who commute; the distances page that appears after submitting
traveled, time zones crossed, time spent comments online. Comments received
SECTION. 7. STUDY ON COMMERCIAL
commuting, and methods of after the comment closing date will be
MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER COMMUTING.
transportation used; research on the included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable. (a) EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE
impact of excessive commuting on COMMUTING.—The Administrator of the
safety and CMV driver fatigue; and the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FMCSA shall conduct a study of the effects
commuting practices of CMV drivers Nicole Michel, Research Division, of excessive commuting on safety and
and policies of motor carriers. Federal Motor Carrier Safety commercial motor vehicle driver fatigue.
DATES: Comments must be received on Administration, 1200 New Jersey (b) STUDY.—In conducting the study, the
or before January 26, 2018. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– Administrator shall consider—
0001, by email at nicole.michel@ (1) the prevalence of excessive driver
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments commuting in the commercial motor vehicle
bearing the Federal Docket Management dot.gov, or by telephone at (202) 366–
4354. If you have questions on viewing industry, including the number and
System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– percentage of drivers who commute;
2017–0313 using any of the following or submitting material to the docket, (2) the distances traveled, time zones
methods: contact Docket Services, telephone (202) crossed, time spent commuting, and methods
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 366–9826. of transportation used;
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (3) research on the impact of excessive
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instructions for submitting comments. Title: Impact of Driver Commuting on commuting on safety and commercial motor
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Safety vehicle driver fatigue;
• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX. (4) the commuting practices of commercial
motor vehicle drivers and policies of motor
Department of Transportation, 1200 Type of Request: New information
carriers;
New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building, collection. (5) the FMCSA regulations, policies, and
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Respondents: A random sample of guidance regarding excessive driver
Washington, DC 20590–0001. licensed CMV operators, to include both commuting; and
• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 freight operators and those with a (6) any other matters the Administrator
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, passenger bus endorsement. considers appropriate.
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In the past two decades, as the augmented with the drivers’ last known Issued under the authority delegated in 49
number of workers has increased and mailing address, obtained by cross- CFR 1.87 on: November 17, 2017.
the distance to affordable housing has referencing Commercial Driver’s License G. Kelly Regal,
also increased in most metropolitan Information System (CDLIS) data with Associate Administrator, Office of Research
areas, commuting times have increased the licensing States’ CDL driver and Information Technology.
in the United States. According to the histories. The samples will be divided [FR Doc. 2017–25526 Filed 11–24–17; 8:45 am]
2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard,1 travel into one list for drivers who operate (or BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
delays due to traffic congestion caused previously operated) freight vehicles
drivers to waste more than 3 billion and a second list for those who drive (or
gallons of fuel and kept travelers stuck previously drove) passenger-carrying DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
in their cars for nearly 7 billion extra vehicles.
hours (42 hours per rush-hour 2. Using a mail-Web methodology, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
commuter). driver commute survey will be sent out Administration
Long commuting times can adversely by the research team, on behalf of
affect commercial motor vehicle (CMV) FMCSA, to the 12,000 selected drivers [Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0025]
drivers in multiple ways, for example: identified in step 1. These drivers will
• Compromising off-duty time. Long be solicited to complete an online Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
commuting times can reduce a driver’s survey, using a recruitment letter (with Applications; Vision
available off-duty time for sleep and a $2 pre-incentive), a reminder postcard,
personal activities. This can lead to and a second follow-up letter. The letter AGENCY:Federal Motor Carrier Safety
excessive fatigue while on duty, creating will inform the drivers that they will Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
safety concerns for both the CMV driver receive a check for $10 upon completion ACTION: Notice of denials.
and other drivers on the roads. of the survey, which is expected to
• Impacting driver health. A recent average 20 minutes to complete. Our SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its
study was conducted that monitored initial expectation is that 4.17 percent of decision to deny applications from 109
4,297 adults from 12 metropolitan Texas the 12,000 (500) will complete the individuals who requested an
counties. In this region, 90 percent of survey on the Web. The burden analysis exemption from the vision standard in
people commute to work. The study is based on this figure of 500 responses. the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
found that the drivers who have long Regulations (FMCSRs) to operate a CMV
commuting times were more likely to III. Paperwork Reduction Act
in interstate commerce.
have poor cardiovascular health and be The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(the PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
less physically fit.2 This study showed
prohibits agencies from conducting Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical
that people who commute long
information collection (IC) activities Programs Division, (202) 366–4001,
distances to work weigh more, are less
until they analyze the need for the fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA,
physically active, and have higher blood
collection of information and how the Department of Transportation, 1200
pressure.
The objective of the survey proposed collected data will be managed. New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64–
in this ICR is to learn more about the Agencies must also analyze whether 224, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
following CMV driver characteristics: technology could be used to reduce the Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5
• Work history; burden imposed on those providing the p.m., ET, Monday through Friday,
• Commuting time, transportation data. The Agency must estimate the except Federal holidays.
mode, and recording of that time; time burden required to respond to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Driving schedules; IC requirements, such as the time
• Rests and breaks; required to complete a particular form.
I. Electronic Access
• Miles driven annually; and The Agency submits its IC analysis and
• Demographics. You may see all the comments online
burden estimate to OMB as a formal through the Federal Document
II. Data Collection Plan ICR; the Agency cannot conduct the Management System (FDMS) at: http://
The information collection is a one- information collection until OMB www.regulations.gov.
time, Web-based collection, including approves the ICR. Docket: For access to the docket to
surveys of current and past drivers of V. Request for Public Comments read background documents or
freight and passenger vehicles. The comments, go to http://
FMCSA asks for comment on the IC
survey will be entirely online. There www.regulations.gov and/or Room
requirements of this study. Comments
will be no paper survey. The general W12–140 on the ground level of the
can be submitted to the docket as
survey approach and design is as West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
outlined under ADDRESSES at the
follows: SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
1. FMCSA will provide a random beginning of this notice. You are asked
and 5 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday,
sample of 12,000 drivers based on to comment on any aspect of this
except Federal holidays.
recent Motor Carrier Management information collection, including:
1. Whether the proposed collection is Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
Information System (MCMIS) data, U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
necessary for the performance of
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FMCSA’s functions. from the public to better inform its
1 Schrank, David; Eisele, Bill; Lomax, Tim; and
2. The accuracy of the estimated rulemaking process. DOT posts these
Bak, Jim. (2015.) 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard.
Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Inrix, Inc., burden. comments, without edit, including any
available at: http://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/ 3. Ways for FMCSA to enhance the personal information the commenter
documents/mobility-scorecard-2015.pdf. quality, usefulness, and clarity of the provides, to http://www.regulations.gov,
2 Hoehner, Christine; Barlow, Carolyn; Allen, Peg;
collected information. as described in the system of records
and Schootman, Mario. (2012.) Commuting
Distance, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Metabolic
4. Ways that the burden could be notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
Risk. American Journal of Preventive Medicine minimized without reducing the quality be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/
42(6): 571–578. of the collected information. privacy.
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