Notice2022-04746
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Partner Probabilistic Snowfall Messaging Survey
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Published
March 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12665-12666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04746]
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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; Partner Probabilistic Snowfall Messaging Survey
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
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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 October 28, 2021
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department
of Commerce.
Title: Partner Probabilistic Snowfall Messaging Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission new information collection.
Number of Respondents: 7,600.
Average Hours per Response: 0.25 hours or 15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,900 hours.
Needs and Uses: For decades, the National Weather Service (NWS) has
provided deterministic (i.e., single-value) snowfall forecasts or
snowfall uncertainty forecasts with set, narrow ranges (i.e., 2-4, 4-6
inches). More recent advancements in model ensembles have allowed for
the calculation of probabilistic snowfall information. This forecast
information can be messaged in a number of ways, for example, as the
probability a location will receive some amount of snowfall, or as the
probability the snowfall will be within a certain range. While
statistically more accurate, it is unknown if probabilistic snowfall
forecasts are understood or helpful to the end user in their decision
making process.
The NWS and National Center for Atmospheric Research will work
together to conduct a survey across the NWS Central Region to determine
different core partners' needs, preferences, understanding, and
usefulness regarding probabilistic snow forecasts. Core partners of
interest for this effort are emergency managers, school officials, and
transportation officials. The survey will be hosted as a web-based
survey through QuestionPro and will be electronically distributed to
core partners by local NWS forecast offices across the Central Region
in early 2022.
Results from this survey will be used to determine how
probabilistic snowfall information will be used in future NWS products
and services with the ultimate goal of providing information in a way
that improves core partners' ability to make informed decisions for the
protection of life and property.
Affected Public: Local (city or county), state, tribal, federal,
and college/university emergency managers, local school principals,
superintendents, transportation directors, and maintenance officials,
and city, regional, or state transportation officials.
Frequency: Up to once per year for the approved period.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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. 2022-04746 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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