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Conservation and Management Act of
1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801–
1891d], with Essential Fish Habitat
requirements [16 U.S.C. 1855(b)(2)].
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U.S.C. 1170].
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Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C.
4201–4209].
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James Cons Christian,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025–15934 Filed 8–20–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0096]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Factors That Influence the
Effectiveness of Hazard Anticipation
and Attention Maintenance Training
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
a new information collection.
AGENCY:

The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites
public comments about our intention to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
new information collection. Before a
Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must
receive approval from OMB. Under
procedures established by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatement
of previously approved collections. This
document describes a collection of
information for which NHTSA intends
to seek OMB approval on Factors that
Influence the Effectiveness of Hazard
Anticipation and Attention
Maintenance Training.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 20, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2024–0096 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Go to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
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number for this notice. 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.
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
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78), or you may visit https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets
via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact
Christine Watson, Ph.D., Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NPD–320),
Christine.Watson@dot.gov, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
W46–474, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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: (a)
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;
(b) 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;
(c) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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
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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.
Title: Factors that Influence the
Effectiveness of Hazard Anticipation
and Attention Maintenance Training.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Forms 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.
Type of Request: Request for approval
of a new information collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information:
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) is seeking
approval for a one-time voluntary
information collection from 168
participants ages 18 and 19 who do not
yet have driver’s licenses for a research
study on novice driver training.
Specifically, this collection involves
developing and testing a novice driver
training program on a smartphone-like
platform and determining whether the
effectiveness of the training differs for
participants of different sexes,
socioeconomic status (SES) strata, and
trait levels of sensation seeking and
aggressiveness.
To be eligible for the study,
participants must be 18 or 19 years old,
must not have an unrestricted driver’s
license or an intermediate/provisional
license that allows driving
independently, and must be interested
in obtaining one in the next 12 months.
Recruitment efforts will include posting
information about the study on social
media platforms, providing study
information to contacts in local
communities (e.g., community college
faculty, high school principals, local
driving schools), and reaching out to
those who participated in past studies at
the research center and agreed to be
contacted about future opportunities.
Enrolled participants will complete
either the hazard anticipation and
attention maintenance training program
or a placebo training program on a
smartphone-like platform. Then,
participants’ driving performance will
be assessed on a computerized driving
simulator. Finally, participants will
complete a questionnaire that includes
demographic questions and two
validated scales to assess trait levels of
sensation seeking and aggressiveness.
After data collection, the research team
will examine whether driving simulator
performance differs between
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anticipation and attention maintenance
training program and those that received
the placebo training. The research team
will also investigate whether the effects
of training differ by sex, SES, and
propensities for sensation seeking and
aggressiveness.
Prior to conducting the study, the
research team will obtain review and
approval of this data collection from an
Institutional Review Board (IRB) that
meets all Federal requirements in 45
CFR 46, is registered with the Office for
Human Research Protections, and has a
Federalwide Assurance. NHTSA will
use the results of this study to produce
a technical report containing summary
descriptive and inferential statistics.
The technical report will be shared with
State highway safety offices, local
governments, policymakers, researchers,
educators, advocates, and others who
may wish to use the data from this
survey to support their work on novice
and teen driver safety.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information:
Novice teen drivers are more likely to
crash in the first several months after
they obtain licenses than more
experienced drivers. Higher crash rates
are observed for novice drivers who first
obtain their licenses at ages 18 and 19,1
novice drivers who live in zip codes
with higher poverty rates,2 male
novices,3 and novices with greater
propensities for personality factors like
sensation seeking and aggressiveness.4
One reason novices who first obtain
their licenses at age 18 or 19 are at
higher risk of crashing may be because
most States do not apply Graduated
Driver Licensing (GDL) requirements to
novice drivers 18 and older. GDL
programs typically restrict nighttime
driving and the number of teen
passengers that can be in the vehicle
and often include the requirement to
1 Masten, S., Foss, R., & Marshall, S. (2011).
Graduated driver licensing and fatal crashes
involving 16- to 19-year-old drivers. Journal of the
American Medical Association, 306(14), 1098–1103.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/
1104325.
2 Roberts, S., Zhang, F., Fisher, D., & Vaca, F.
(2021). The effect of hazard awareness training on
teen drivers of varying socioeconomic status.
Traffic Injury Prevention, 22(6), 455–459. https://
doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2021.1940984.
3 National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
(2024, July). Young drivers: 2022 data (Traffic
Safety Facts. Report No. DOT HS 813 601). National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration. https://
crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/
ViewPublication/813601.
4 Bates, L.J., Davey, J., Watson, B., King, M.J., &
Armstrong, K. (2014). Factors contributing to
crashes among young drivers. Sultan Qaboos
University Medical Journal, 14(3), e297–e305.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4117653/
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enroll in a driver education program. An
increasing proportion of teens are
waiting until age 18 or older to get their
licenses,5 when they are exempt from
most States’ GDL requirements, and part
of this delay may be the cost and
availability associated with traditional
novice driver education programs.6
However, while most research has failed
to find evidence that traditional prelicensure driver education reduces
novice drivers’ crash risk,7 a growing
body of studies suggests that training
that focuses on teaching specific skills—
hazard anticipation and attention
maintenance—may increase novice
drivers’ safety. Prior studies also suggest
that trainings focused on these skills
may especially benefit male novices,8
novice drivers from lower SES
backgrounds,2 and young drivers with
lower levels of the sensation seeking
and aggressiveness personality traits.9
Hazard anticipation training teaches
novices to be aware of hazards on the
road that are visible and those that are
hidden. Novice driver training programs
targeting hazard anticipation have
reduced behaviors linked to crashes on
driving simulators 10 and during on-road
drives 11 and have reduced crashes
5 Twenge, J., & Park, H. (2019). The decline in
adult activities among U.S. adolescents, 1976–2016.
Child Development, 90(2), 638–654. https://doi.org/
10.1111/cdev.12930.
6 Tefft, B. & Foss, R. (2019). Prevalence and
timing of driver licensing among young adults
(Research Brief). AAA Foundation for Traffic
Safety. https://aaafoundation.org/wp-content/
uploads/2019/10/19-0500_AAAFTS_Teen-DriverSafety-Week-Brief_r1.pdf.
7 Kirley, B.B., Robison, K.L., Goodwin, A.H.,
Harmon, K.J. O’Brien, N.P., West, A., Harrell, S.S.,
Thomas, L., & Brookshire, K. (2023, November).
Countermeasures that work: A highway safety
countermeasure guide for State Highway Safety
Offices, 11th edition, 2023 (Report No. DOT HS 813
490). National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/
nhtsa.gov/files/2023-12/countermeasures-thatwork-11th-2023-tag_0.pdf.
8 Thomas, F., Rilea, S., Blomberg, R., Peck, R., &
Korbelak, E. (2016). Evaluation of the safety benefits
of the risk awareness and perception training
program for novice teen drivers (Report No. DOT
HS 812 235). National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/
1986/dot_1986_DS1.pdf.
9 Zhang, T., Hajiseyedjavadi, F., Wang, Y.,
Samuel, S., Qu, X., & Fisher, D. (2018). Training
interventions are only effective on careful drivers,
not careless drivers. Transportation Research Part
F (58), 693–707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.
07.004.
10 Pollatsek, A., Narayanaan, V., Pradhan, A., &
Fisher, D. (2006). Using eye movements to evaluate
a PC-based risk awareness perception training
program on a driving simulator. Human Factors,
48(3), 255–259. https://doi.org/10.1518/
001872006778606787.
11 Pradhan, A., Pollatsek, A., Knodler, M. &
Fisher, D. (2009). Can younger drivers be trained to
scan for information that will reduce their risk in
roadway traffic scenarios that are hard to identify
as hazardous?, Ergonomics, 52, 657–673. https://
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2707454/.

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among 18-year-old newly-licensed
males by 32% in the year following
training.8 Attention maintenance
training teaches novices to reduce the
number and duration of long glances
away from the forward roadway. Novice
driver training programs focused on
attention maintenance have reduced
behaviors linked to crashes on driving
simulators 12 and in the field,13 and the
benefits of training extended up to four
months.14
The goal of this information collection
is to test the effectiveness of a hazard
anticipation and attention maintenance
training program for novice drivers that
takes relatively little time to complete
and could support future efforts to
deliver the training via smartphones.
Another goal of the information
collection is to determine whether the
effectiveness of the training program
differs for groups of novices who may be
at higher risk, i.e., different sexes, SES
levels, and trait levels of sensation
seeking and aggressiveness. NHTSA will
use the results of this study to produce
a technical report to be shared with
State highway safety offices, local
governments, policymakers, researchers,
educators, advocates, and others who
may wish to use the data from this
survey to support their work on novice
and teen driver safety.
Affected Public: Participants will be
English-speaking adults, aged 18–19,
without a driver’s license.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Overall, 334 annual respondents will
complete the screening questionnaire,
and 60 of these respondents will
undergo the informed consent process.
Finally, of these 60, 54 annual
respondents will enroll and participate
in the study.
Although the study site has not been
finalized, our descriptions assume that
the study will be conducted in one
potential study site area, Boston,
Massachusetts. The study plans to
recruit participants who are ages 18 and
12 Divekar, G., Pradhan, A.K., Masserang, K.M.,
Reagan, I., Pollatsek, A., & Fisher, D.L. (2013). A
simulator evaluation of the effects of attention
maintenance training on glance distributions of
younger novice drivers inside and outside the
vehicle. Transportation Research Part F, 20, 154–
169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2013.07.004.
13 Pradhan, A.K., Divekar G., Masserang, K.,
Romoser, M., Zafian, T., Blomberg, R., Thomas, F.,
Reagan, I., Knodler, M., Pollatsek, A., & Fisher, D.
(2011). The effects of focused attention training
(FOCAL) on the duration of novice drivers’ glances
inside the vehicle. Ergonomics (54), 917–931.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
PMC3437545/.
14 Divekar, G., Samuel, S., Pollatsek, A., Thomas,
D.F., Korbelak, K., Blomberg, R.D., & Fisher, D.L.
(2016). Effects of a PC-based attention maintenance
training program on driver behavior can last up to
four months. Transportation Research Record,
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19, who do not have an unrestricted
driver’s license or an intermediate/
provisional license that allows driving
independently, and who are interested
in obtaining an unrestricted or
intermediate/provisional license in the
next 12 months. Participants may have
a learner’s permit. A screening
questionnaire will be administered
electronically to an estimated 1,002
potential participants (334 annually) to
yield a total sample of 168 participants
(56 annually). We estimate that
approximately 18% (180 participants) of
those who respond to the screening
questionnaire will be eligible,
interested, and will travel to the
research center to undergo the informed
consent procedure. Then, an estimated
168 participants (approximately 94% of
those who undergo the informed
consent process) are expected to consent
and enroll in the study. Of the 168
enrolled participants, 84 will be from a
low SES stratum (as determined by
average poverty rate of zip code of
residence at age 17) and 84 will be from
a medium/high SES stratum. An equal
number of males and females will be
recruited within each SES group.
Frequency: This study will be
conducted one time during the threeyear period for which NHTSA is
requesting approval.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours:
The research team expects to provide
screening questionnaires to an estimated
1,002 potential participants to
determine their eligibility for the study.
The research team will post the
opportunity on social media platforms
likely to be seen by eligible participants
and provide it to existing contacts (e.g.,
managers at neighborhood development
community centers, teen centers,
community college faculty in the area,
high school principals, local driving
schools) in local communities. The
research team will also contact potential
participants via email or phone who
indicated a prior interest in similar past
studies if they agreed to be contacted
about future opportunities. Completing
the screening questionnaire has an
estimated burden of 5 minutes per
respondent (an annual burden of 28
hours for 334 annual respondents,
averaged over the three-year approval
period) (Table 1).
Similar to a NHTSA behavioral study
recently reviewed by OMB,15 we
estimate that approximately 18% (180
individuals) of those who respond to the
screening questionnaire will be eligible,
interested, and will travel to the
research center to undergo the informed
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estimated at 60 minutes round trip, and
the informed consent process is
estimated to take 10 minutes. Thus, the
burden for this second phase of the
study, including travel time, is
estimated at 70 minutes per participant
(an annual burden of 70 hours for 60
annual respondents).
Finally, we estimate that
approximately 94% (168 individuals) of
those who undergo the informed
consent process will consent and enroll
in the study. For these participants,
participation in the study is estimated at
240 minutes per participant (an annual
burden of 224 hours for 56 annual
respondents). Study tasks include (see
Table 1):
i. An enrollment process (5 minutes);
ii. A pre-study questionnaire
assessing participants’ propensity to
experience motion sickness in the
computerized driving simulator (5
minutes);
iii. A pre-training hazard anticipation
and attention maintenance test
administered on a smartphone-like
platform (20 minutes);
iv. A novice driver training program
(placebo or treatment), administered on
a smartphone-like platform (60
minutes);
v. A post-training hazard anticipation
and attention maintenance test
administered on a smartphone-like
platform (20 minutes);
vi. A break (15 minutes);
vii. A drive on a computerized driving
simulator (90 minutes); and
viii. A post-study questionnaire (25
minutes) that consists of: demographic
questions; the Arnett Inventory of
Sensation Seeking; 15 the Buss-Perry
Aggression Questionnaire; 16 and a poststudy debriefing.
In total, NHTSA estimates that this
information collection will yield a total
annual burden of 322 hours (Table 1).
NHTSA estimates the opportunity
cost to respondents using an average
hourly wage. The May 2023 mean
hourly wage for all occupations in the
United States was $31.48 per hour.17
Additionally, given that wages in
burden estimates need to be fullyloaded,18 we added 29% to reflect the
15 Arnett, J. (n.d.) Arnett Inventory Sensation
Seeking (AISS). https://sjdm.org/dmidi/Arnett_
Inventory_of_Sensation_Seeking.html.
16 Buss, A. & Perry, M. (n.d.) Buss Perry
Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ). https://
psychology-tools.com/test/buss-perry-aggressionquestionnaire.
17 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024, April 3).
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and
Wage Estimates. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#000000.
18 https://pra.digital.gov/burden/estimation/.

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full cost of labor, including benefits,
yielding a fully-loaded mean hourly

wage of $40.61. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates the total annual opportunity

cost to be approximately $13,069 (Table
1).

TABLE 1—ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annual
number of
respondents

Information collection

Hourly
opportunity
cost

Opportunity
cost per
response

Total annual
opportunity
cost

Total annual
burden
(hours)

NHTSA Form 2018 (Total) .......................
Screening Questionnaire
NHTSA Form 2019 (Total) .......................
Travel Time (Round-Trip) .................
Informed Consent .............................
NHTSA Form 2020 (Total) .......................
Enrollment .........................................
Pre-Study Questionnaire ..................
NHTSA Form 2021 (Total) .......................
Pre-Training Test ..............................
Training Program ..............................
Post-Training Test ............................
Break .................................................
Driving Simulator Testing .................
Post-Study Questionnaire .................

334

5

$40.61

$3.38

$1,129

28

60
........................
........................
56
........................
........................
56
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................

70
60
10
10
5
5
230
20
60
20
15
90
25

40.61

47.38

2,843

70

40.61

6.77

379

9

40.61

155.67

8,718

215

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

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

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

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

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

13,069

322

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
$0.
Participation in this study is
voluntary and there are no costs to
participants beyond the time spent
completing the study. The costs
associated with travel to the research
center are minimal and expected to be
offset by the compensation that will be
provided to the research participants.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 49
CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29A.)

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2020–0001]

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comments on a
request for two special permit segment
extensions and one new special permit
segment submitted by Florida Gas
Transmission Company, LLC (FGT), a
subsidiary of Energy Transfer and
Kinder Morgan, Inc. FGT is seeking
relief from compliance with certain
requirements in the Federal pipeline
safety regulations. At the conclusion of
the 30-day comment period, PHMSA
will review the comments received from
this notice as part of its evaluation to
grant or deny the special permit request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
this special permit request by
September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for this special
permit request and may be submitted in
the following ways:
• E-Gov Website: http://
www.regulations.gov. This site allows
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• Mail: Docket Management System:
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, M–30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Management
System: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: You should identify the
docket number for the special permit
request you are commenting on at the
beginning of your comments. If you
submit your comments by mail, please
submit two copies. To receive
confirmation that PHMSA has received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
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(5 United States Code 552), CBI is
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comments responsive to this notice
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