Notice2023-09695
Agency Information Collection Activities: Assessment of Flooding Impacts and Climate Inequities
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Published
May 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing a new information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29686-29687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09695]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX22.LQ00.UN80423; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Assessment of Flooding
Impacts and Climate Inequities
AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the U.S. Geological Survey
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(USGS) is proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e98e9ac480878f86b68a8685858c8a9d8086879aa99c9a8e9ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2641550b4f4840497945494a4a4345524f494855665355415508414950">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028-NEW--Flooding in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact John Warner by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#345e574355465a514674414753471a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="513b322630233f342311242236227f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>, or
by telephone at 508-457-2237. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point of contact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How the agency might 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 submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: We will investigate social vulnerability to coastal-storm
flooding in urban neighborhoods to assess inequities in the burden of
flood risk. Recent flood disasters arising from severe coastal storms
and hurricanes (i.e., Hurricane Ida 2021) have demonstrated the
critical importance of incorporating rainfall into assessments of
coastal flood risk. Climate change is leading to both increasing
rainfall intensity and higher water levels during floods, creating
increased risk for residents of low-lying areas such as those living in
basement apartments who are often low-income or from minority racial
groups. We will collect data on vulnerability to flooding from rainfall
and tidal flooding through interviews and household/small business
surveys. Participants will be drawn from residents and businesses in
the Jamaica Bay watershed in and around Brooklyn, New York, who have
experienced rainfall and/or tidal flooding within the last four years.
Interview participants will be identified through snowball sampling and
contact with community leaders. We plan to interview or conduct focus
group discussions (FGDs) with 20 residents and to interview 5 small
business owners, with each interview or FGD lasting 1-2 hours.
Participants will share their experiences, concerns, and responses to
flooding events and risks. Interviews will be recorded and transcribed.
Transcripts will then be analyzed using qualitative data analysis
software such as Atlas.ti. We will survey 300 households and 150 small-
to medium business owners, with each survey lasting about 30 minutes.
We will select survey participants through stratified random sampling.
We will use regression analysis on the survey data to investigate
indicators of vulnerability.
Title of Collection: Assessment of Flooding Impacts and Climate
Inequities.
OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Residents and businesses in the
Jamaica Bay watershed in and around Brooklyn, New York, who have
experienced rainfall and/or tidal flooding during the last 4 years.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 475: 20 resident
interviews or FGD participants, 5 small business interviews; 300
household surveys, 150 small business surveys.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 475: 20 resident
interviews or FGD participants, 5 small business interviews; 300
household surveys, 150 small business surveys.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 2 hours for resident
interviews or FGDs, 1 hour or less for small business interviews, 0.5
hour for household surveys and 0.5 hours for small business surveys.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 270 Hours.
20 resident interviews/FGD x 2 hrs = 40 hrs
5 small business interviews x 1 hr = 5 hrs
300 household surveys x 0.5 hr = 150 hrs
150 small business surveys x 0.5 hr = 75 hrs
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Jane Denny,
Acting Center Director, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science
Center.
[FR Doc. 2023-09695 Filed 5-5-23; 8:45 am]
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