Notice2024-11660
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NWS Fire Weather Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
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Published
May 28, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 46073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11660]
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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 Fire Weather 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 Feb. 15, 2024 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 Fire Weather Social and Behavioral Sciences Research.
OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (New information collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,140.
Average Hours Per Response: Survey: 15 minutes; Focus Groups: 2
hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 605 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new collection of
information.
The data collection is sponsored by DOC/NOAA/National Weather
Service (NWS)/Analyze, Forecast, and Support Office (AFS), National
Fire Weather Program. Under the Disaster Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 2022, Congress charged NOAA/NWS to improve (a)
Hurricane intensity and track forecasting, including through deployment
of unmanned ocean observing platforms and enhanced data assimilation;
(B) precipitation and flood prediction, forecasting, and mitigation
capabilities; and (C) wildfire research, prediction, detection,
forecasting, monitoring, data management, and communication and
engagement. Based on this directive, the NWS is conducting this project
to improve decision support services for fire weather products and
services. By using social science methods and risk communication
expertise, the NWS seeks to identify how probabilistic weather
information can most effectively influence fire-related decision-making
to protect lives and property and enhance the economy. This data
collection will include an on-line survey and virtual focus groups. The
survey sample will be a non-representative panel that will draw
primarily from the Western, Southern Plains, and Southeastern portions
of the United States. The focus groups will be conducted with Public
Information Officers and Fire Weather Practitioners at the national,
regional, state, and local levels based on contacts known to the NWS.
The insights and findings derived from this data collection will be
used to develop Impact Decision Support Services' products and
messages.
This is a new data collection and currently there are no changes to
the collection.
Affected Public: Individuals, State, Local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of
2022.
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. 2024-11660 Filed 5-24-24; 8:45 am]
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