Notice2022-19558
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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September 12, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled, Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training and Education Modules in the North American Fatigue Management Program. This is an observational study evaluating 180 long-haul and regional truck drivers in a naturalistic driving study over eight months, using questionnaires, in-vehicle monitor system, Actigraphy devices, and smartphones for data collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55809-55810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19558]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-1338; Docket No. CDC-2022-0106]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled, Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training and Education
Modules in the North American Fatigue Management Program. This is an
observational study evaluating 180 long-haul and regional truck drivers
in a naturalistic driving study over eight months, using
questionnaires, in-vehicle monitor system, Actigraphy devices, and
smartphones for data collection.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 14,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0106 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all Federal comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) or by U.S. mail to the address
listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5dad8d7f5d6d1d69bd2dac3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deb1b3bc9ebdbabdf0b9b1a8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. 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
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training and Education
Modules in the North American Fatigue Management Program (OMB Control
No. 0920-1338, Exp. 06/30/2023)--Extension--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 truck crashes. The North American
Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP) was developed by the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, 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 Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) to ensure the success of the proposed study.
NIOSH is requesting an extension to account for the additional time
necessary to recruit more respondents.
Data will be collected from CMV drivers (hereafter referred to as
``driver'') during their 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 post-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 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 eight-month
participation period.
The sample of drivers in the study will include those employed as
drivers
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at the participating carriers. A convenience sample of 180 eligible
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. 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 to be
included.
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; and (3) During the study, information
collection will occur through several streams: (a) real-time fatigue
monitoring system installed in the participating driver's vehicle; (b)
smart phone apps to collect psychomotor vigilance test, Karolinska
Sleepiness Scale, sleep log, difficulty of drive scale, degree of drive
hazards scale, a fatigue scale, and a stress scale; (c) an electronic
logging device to collect data on the driver's duty and driving; (d) a
wrist actigraphy to collect data on driver sleep and wake times.
Drivers will be asked to sync the actigraph with a smartphone app
daily; (e) smartphone or web-based questionnaires including 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 (first week) and middle
(second month) of the baseline phase, and the middle (fifth month) and
end (eighth 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 (first week) of the study and end (eighth
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.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 5,278 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Carrier Management............ Participation 1 1 1 1
Agreement.
Retrieval of 1 8 90/60 12
Company Monthly
Roadside
Violations/
Crash Reports.
Retrieval of 1 16 2 32
Company
Administrative
Costs.
Management 5 1 45/60 4
Practice
questionnaire
(Time 1).
Management 5 1 45/60 4
Practice
questionnaire
(Time 2).
Drivers....................... Application to 150 1 12/60 30
Participate.
Actigraph 90 1 10/60 15
Training.
Background 90 1 45/60 68
Questionnaire.
Daily Smartphone 90 720 1/60 1,080
Questions.
PVT............. 90 720 3/60 3,240
Exercise and 90 4 20/60 120
Food
Consumption
Questionnaire.
SF-36v2......... 90 4 30/60 180
Family 90 4 15/60 90
Interactions
Questionnaire.
Safety Climate 90 4 10/60 60
Questionnaire.
Job Descriptive 90 4 30/60 180
Index.
Post-Study 90 1 1 90
Questionnaire.
Phone Briefings. 90 8 6/60 72
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,278
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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. 2022-19558 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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