[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59383-59384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24002]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-20-20AZ; Docket No. CDC-2019-0099]
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 proposed and/or
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, which is an observational study evaluating 180
long-haul and regional truck drivers in a naturalistic driving study
over eight months. Questionnaires, in-vehicle monitor system,
Actigraphy devices, and smartphones will be used in the data
collection.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0099 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) 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-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
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; and
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.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training and Education
Modules in the North American Fatigue Management Program--New--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) for 2017-2018 and a National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
priority.
Fatigue is a preventable cause of 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 FMCSA to ensure the success
of the proposed study.
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 after the 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 at the participating carriers. Drivers who have a valid Class-A
commercial driver's license (CDL) and work at the participating company
in regional and
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long-haul operations for at least one year will be eligible for the
study. A convenience sample of 180 eligible drivers over a two-year
period will be recruited to participate in 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 in the study.
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. (3) During the study, information collection
will occur through several streams: (a) 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. The total annualized burden hours requested is
5,139.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden Total burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response hours (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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Carrier Management............................. Participation Agreements............... 1 1 1 1
Monthly Roadside Violations, ELD, Crash 1 16 30/60 8
Reports, Administrative Costs.
Corporate Practices Questionnaire...... 10 1 45/60 8
Drivers........................................ Application to Participate............. 150 1 12/60 30
Actigraph Training..................... 90 1 10/60 15
Background Questionnaire............... 90 1 45/60 68
Daily Smartphone Questions............. 90 720 1/60 1,037
PVT.................................... 90 720 3/60 3,240
Exercise and Food Consumption 90 4 20/60 120
Questionnaire.
SF-36v2................................ 90 4 30/60 180
Family Interactions Questionnaire...... 90 4 15/60 90
Job Descriptive Index.................. 90 4 30/60 180
Post-Study Questionnaire............... 90 1 1 90
Phone Briefings........................ 90 8 6/60 72
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 5,139
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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. 2019-24002 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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