Notice2025-05488
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Using Quick Response Surveys To Understand Public Perception and Response
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Published
March 31, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 60 (Monday, March 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14247-14248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05488]
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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; Using Quick Response Surveys To Understand Public Perception
and Response
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before May 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f5bbbab4b4dba5a7b4b59b9a9494db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="044a4b45452a545645446a6b65652a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0805 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are part of the public record and will
generally be posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> without change.
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Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive
or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Ji Sun Lee, DOC/NOAA/NWS/OSTI, 1325 East West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910, (301) 349-6175, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f59f9c86809bdb999090b59b9a9494db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6cccfd5d3c888cac3c3e6c8c9c7c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for revision and extension of an approved
information collection.
The proposed collection is sponsored by the National Weather
Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI). The
collection is permitted under 15 U.S.C. ch. 111, Weather Research and
Forecasting Information, that directs NOAA to focus on improving its
understanding of how the public receives, interprets, and responds to
warnings and forecasts of high impact weather events that endanger life
and property. The purpose of the collection is to improve how the NWS
communicates risks posed by hazardous weather or water events to the
public that are most likely to result in action to mitigate the risk.
Information from this collection will help the agency meet its mission
to ``provide weather, water and climate data, forecasts, warnings, and
impact-based decision support services for the protection of life and
property and enhancement of the national economy.''
This collection aims to create an online survey system for
collecting data on the publics' perception and response to four
different hazards: tornados, thunderstorm winds over 70 miles per hour
(mph), flash floods, and winter weather. The online surveys will
provide event-based reports on hazardous weather events for National
Weather Service Forecast Offices, and be the building blocks for a
multi-year, cross-sectional database on human perception and response.
The survey system will enable individual National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) to disseminate Quick Response Surveys
(QRS) soon after a hazardous event occurs to collect perishable data on
the publics' perceptions and response. WFOs will distribute the QRSs
using web links on NWS social media and core partners' social media or
email lists. Surveys will ask the public questions on timing, location,
weather information sources, motivations and influences for taking
protective action to gain insights into how NWS warning communications
interact with these factors to result in protective action behaviors.
The collection is being revised to remove the Weather and Society
Survey. The agency no longer collects information using the Weather and
Society Survey.
II. Method of Collection
The primary method of data collection will be a web-based survey.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0805.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Extension and revision of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 90,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. Ch. 111, Weather Research and
Forecasting Information.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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 information collection request. Before including
your address, phone number, email address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be
made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-05488 Filed 3-28-25; 8:45 am]
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