Notice2021-16217
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tornado Watch/Warning Post-Event Evaluation
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Published
July 30, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41021-41022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16217]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Tornado Watch/Warning Post-Event Evaluation
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on January 15, 2021, (86 FR 3998) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Tornado Watch/Warning Post Event Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (New information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Average Hours per Response: 0.1hrs.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 150.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new collection of
information.
Each year over 1000 tornadoes affect communities across the United
States, yet very little is known about how individuals receive,
interpret, and respond to information from NOAA
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relating to this hazard. In fact, only a small sample of tornadoes ever
receive study, and most often those are only the largest tornadoes. No
generalizable information on tornado warning response after real-world
events exists. The National Weather Service (NWS) and National Severe
Storms Laboratory have designed this data collection instrument to
allow for more routine collection of this information. Respondents will
include members of the U.S. public who have recently (within the
previous 30 days) been in or near a tornado, and they will be asked
questions about the ways they received, understood, and responded to
NWS watch/warning information. The information would be collected by
NWS forecasters using their Damage Assessment Tool (DAT) and also by
members of the public who voluntarily access a web tool developed by
the National Severe Storms Laboratory. The information will be used as
part of a pilot study to explore methods for more systematically
collecting post-event data in support of program evaluation for NOAA's
tornado watch/warning system.
Affected Public: Individual Households.
Frequency: Whenever a tornado impacts an individual anywhere within
the United States of America.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: This information collection request may be viewed
at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-16217 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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