Notice2023-14099
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NWS Extreme Heat Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
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Published
July 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14099]
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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; NWS Extreme Heat Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
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 6, 2023 (88 FR 1058) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: NWS Extreme Heat Social and Behavioral Sciences Research.
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (New information collection).
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new information collection.
Heat continues to be the leading weather-related killer with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating more than
700 deaths a year resulting from heat exposure. The National Weather
Service (NWS) needs to bridge the gap between physical science
information and how it is received and acted upon by its public and
partners. As such, this collection is critical in expanding NWS
knowledge of public perception and understanding of heat to inform and
improve national and local level heat communication and messaging. It
is mission-critical for NWS to get their information out effectively,
particularly to those most at risk including children, older adults,
people experiencing homelessness, people with pre-existing conditions,
indoor and outdoor workers, emergency responders, incarcerated people,
low income communities, pregnant people, and athletes.
The information will be used to improve heat-related products and
services. Specifically, the information collected will be used to
improve the NWS' national and local level heat communication and
messaging. Information collected will also improve resources provided
through <a href="http://Heat.gov">Heat.gov</a>, which is the webportal for the National Integrated
Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS).
This study is permitted by the Weather Research and Forecasting
Innovation Act of 2017 which calls on NOAA to ``improve the
understanding of how the public receives, interprets, and responds to
warnings and forecasts of high impact weather events that endanger life
and property.'' It also addresses Executive Order 13985, Advancing
Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government. The study addresses the NOAA FY22-26 Strategic
Plan.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal, State,
Local, or Tribal government; Academic institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1048.
Estimated Time per Response:
<bullet> Focus Group: 90 minutes
<bullet> Survey: 15 minutes
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 322.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: None.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. Ch. 111, Weather Research and
Forecasting Information.
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 Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-14099 Filed 7-3-23; 8:45 am]
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