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OMB Control No: 2127-0730	ICR Reference No: 202202-2127-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201803-2127-010
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/10/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/17/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	36 Months From Approved
Responses	457	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	39,550	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	422,500	0	0

Abstract: This is to request approval for reinstatement of a previously approved collection of information for State grants under Chapter 4 of Title 23, U.S.C., including State Highway Safety Program grants, the National Priority Safety Program grants, and a separate grant on racial profiling data collection. The purpose of the information collection is to collect information necessary for NHTSA to issue grants to States. To receive grants, a State must submit a Highway Safety Plan (HSP) that supports its qualifications for receiving grant funds. Specifically, the HSP consists of information on the highway safety planning process, performance report, performance plan, problem identification, highway safety countermeasure strategies, planned activities and funding amounts, certifications and assurances, and application materials that cover Section 405 and 1906 grants. Responding to the information collection is required for respondents to receive grants. Respondents to the collection include 57 State respondents (the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Secretary of the Interior). The grant submissions from States are annual and States must also submit an annual report evaluating their progress in achieving performance targets. In addition, as part of the statutory criteria for Section 405 grants covering the areas of occupant protection, traffic safety information system improvement and impaired driving countermeasures, States are required to receive an assessment of their State programs every three or five years in order to receive a grant. The assessments involve State and subject matter expert respondents. The assessment involves States providing certain information and responding to questions that are then provided to the subject matter experts. The subject matter experts in turn evaluate performance and provide recommendations for the purpose of improving programs in the covered areas. NHTSA estimates that, on average, 247 subject matter experts will provide responses for State assessments each year, and those responses will be coordinated by 13 administrative assistants. The subject matter experts are either recruited by NHTSA or the States voluntarily and provided payment for their time. This reinstatement will include adjustments and program changes of the additional burden calculation for the Subject Matter Experts of the assessments. The total burden for this collection has increased by 12,935 hours (from 26,615 hours to 39,550) and $422,500 (from $0 to $422,500). The increase in burden is due to adjustments and program changes including burden hours associated with the assessments and including, in response to question 13, the costs States incur in paying for the assessments. While the last request included, in response to question 12, an estimate that States pay $325,000 to complete the assessments, NHTSA now estimates that assessments cost, on average, $422,500 per year.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 23 USC 402 Name of Law: Highway Safety Programs
   US Code: 23 USC 405 Name of Law: National Priority Safety Program Grants
   PL: Pub.L. 114 - 94 4002 Name of Law: The Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 114 - 94 4002 Name of Law: The Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 8832	02/09/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 13360	03/09/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	457	317	3	137
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	39,550	13,504	-569	26,615
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	422,500	0	422,500	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: NHTSA is requesting a reinstatement with adjustments and program changes of the additional burden calculation for the Subject Matter Experts of the assessments. The total burden for this collection has increased by 12,935 hours (from 26,615 hours to 39,550) and $422,500 (from $0 to $422,500). The increase in burden is due to adjustments and program changes including burden hours associated with the assessments and including, in response to question 13, the costs States incur in paying for the assessments. While the last request included, in response to question 12, an estimate that States pay $325,000 to complete the assessments, NHTSA now estimates that assessments cost, on average, $422,500 per year.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $976,918

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: barbara sauers 202 366-0144

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