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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2016 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2015–0116]

Agency Request for Approval of a New
Information Collection: Recruitment
and Debriefing of Human Subjects for
Head-Up Displays and Distraction
Potential
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comments on
a proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Transportation (DOT) invites public
comments about our intention to request
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for a new information
collection. The information collection
involves eligibility, demographic, and
debriefing questionnaires. The
information will be used to recruit
participants for a study on vehicle
Head-Up Displays. The proposed study
will focus on acceptance and distraction
potential of automotive Head-Up
Displays.

SUMMARY:

Written comments should be
submitted by March 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. NHTSA–2015–
0116 through one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Telephone:
202–366–9826.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
Instructions: All submission must
include the agency name and docket
number for this proposed collection of
information. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.regulation.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy heading below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register

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published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit http://
www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov, or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
access to background documents,
contact Julie Kang, Ph.D.; 202–366–
5677, Vehicle Safety Research, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC, 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must first publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
The OMB has promulgated regulations
describing what must be included in
such a document. Under OMB’s
regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an
agency must ask for public comment on
the following:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collection of information for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB:
OMB Control Number: Not assigned.
Title: Head-Up Displays and
Distraction Potential.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: New Information
Collection.
Background: Head-Up Display (HUD)
technology presents many opportunities
and challenges for mitigating driver
distraction, improving driver comfort,

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and engaging drivers with their
vehicles. On one hand, the reduction of
the distance that the eyes need to travel
between the road and a display can
minimize the amount of time required
to view a display relative to a traditional
Head-Down Display (HDD). There is
also an added benefit in that peripheral
roadway information can be processed
while viewing a HUD, allowing some
aspects of vehicle control, like lane
keeping, to be partially supported. On
the other hand, humans have difficulty
simultaneously processing two displays
overlaid on each other. Viewing HUDs
while driving may therefore prevent
drivers from perceiving events in the
environment, particularly centrally
located hazards such as a braking lead
vehicle. There is also a concern that
HUDs whose focal depth is less than 22
feet require the eyes to accommodate to
be viewed. Because older drivers have
difficultly accommodating to view these
displays, they may take more time to
process the displayed information
compared to younger drivers. There is
also a concern that if drivers perceive
HUDs to be safer than HDDs that they
may not regulate the length of time they
spend looking at the HUD. The HUD
may therefore negatively alter drivers’
visual scanning behavior. The potential
benefits and drawbacks of using a HUD
in a vehicle must therefore be
investigated.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The collection of
information consists of: (1) An
eligibility questionnaire, (2) a
demographic questionnaire, and (3)
consent form.
The information to be collected will
be used as follows:
• Eligibility questionnaire(s) will be
used to obtain self-reported eligibility
information.
• Demographic questionnaire will be
used to obtain demographic information
to confirm that the study group includes
participants from various groups (e.g.,
age; gender). Other demographic
information will be collected to describe
the study sample (e.g., annual travel
distance).
• Consent form will be used to inform
the participants of the study details.
Respondents: Virginia drivers with a
valid driver license.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 60
to 100.
Estimated Number of Responses:
Eligibility screening will consist of one
response containing 15 questions per
respondent. Full participation in the
study will include 5 additional
responses of 30 questions total per
respondent.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 18
minutes per respondent (35 hours total).

Estimated Frequency: One-time for
the eligibility, demographic
questionnaire, and consent form.

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents 1

Instrument

Frequency of
responses

Estimated
individual
burden
(minutes)

Number of
questions

Total
estimated
burden hours

Total
annualized
cost to
respondents 2

Eligibility questionnaire ............................
Demographic questionnaire .....................
Informed consent .....................................

100
60
60

1
1
1

15
8
1

10
3
5

17
3
5

$401.67
72.30
120.50

Total ..................................................

........................

........................

........................

........................

35

843.50

1 The

number of respondents in this table includes drop-out rates.
2 Estimated based on the mean hourly rate for Virginia (all occupations) is $24.10 as reported in the May 2013 Occupational Employment and
Wage Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_va.htm.

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. The agency will
summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44. U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
5 CFR part 1320; and 49 CFR 1.95.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 7,
2015.
Nathaniel Beuse
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety
Research.
[FR Doc. 2015–33022 Filed 12–31–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub–No. 318X)]

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Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in
McLennan County, TX
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F–
Exempt Abandonments to abandon 2.45
miles of rail line between milepost 2.31
and milepost 4.76 near Waco, in
McLennan County, Tex. (the Line).1 The
1 UP states that the segment of rail line proposed
for abandonment is the remaining portion of the
former Texas Central Railroad (TCR). TCR was
acquired by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
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Line traverse United States Postal
Service Zip Codes 76704 and 76705.
UP has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the Line for at
least two years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the Line; (3) no formal
complaint filed by a user of rail service
on the Line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the Line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will become effective on
February 3, 2016, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,2
UP states that it is the owner and operator of the
Line, which is known as UP’s Texas Central Lead.
2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5
I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may

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formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and
interim trail use/rail banking requests
under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
January 14, 2016. Petitions to reopen or
requests for public use conditions under
49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by January
25, 2016, with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to UP’s
representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr.,
101 North Wacker Drive, Room 1920,
Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
UP has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
January 8, 2016. Interested persons may
obtain a copy of the EA by writing to
OEA (Room 1100, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202)
245–0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339. Comments on
environmental and historic preservation
matters must be filed within 15 days
after the EA becomes available to the
public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or interim trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed,
where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of
take appropriate action before the exemption’s
effective date.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).

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