[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 76378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31264]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency clearance the following 
proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Survey of Occupants, First Responders, and Families of 
Victims of World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency.
    Burden Hours: 3,100.
    Number of Respondents: 2,300.
    Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour for the questionnaire; and 2 
hours for interview participation.
    Needs and Uses: NIST will be conducting the Investigation as 
requested under the WTC Report issued by Congress on February 8, 2002. 
The objectives of the NIST World Trade Center Investigation are to: (1) 
Determine technically, why and how the buildings, WTC 1, 2, and 7, 
collapsed following the initial impact of the aircraft; (2) determine 
why the injuries and fatalities were so high or low depending on 
location, including all technical aspects of fire protection, response, 
evacuation, and occupant behavior and emergency response; (3) determine 
the procedures and practices that were used in the design, 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the World Trade Center 
Buildings; and (4) identify, as specifically as possible, building and 
fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision and are 
still in use. The proposed information collection will consist of 
questionnaire and interview segments. This information will be used to 
develop or refute investigatory hypotheses, support modeling results, 
and record events inside the buildings which cannot otherwise be 
determined. This information must be conducted in a timely manner in 
order to facilitate dissemination to other aspects of the 
Investigation, including structural analysis, emergency personnel 
response, thermal environment and interior tenability, and egress and 
human behavior analysis.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households (present at the World 
Trade Center Complex on the morning of September 11, 2001).
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 66625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by December 20, 2002 to David Rostker, OMB 
Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: December 6, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-31264 Filed 12-11-02; 8:45 am]
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