[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 50995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20979]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Joplin, MO Tornado Public Warnings and Response Interviews.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission (new information collection).
    Burden Hours: 200.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Under the National Construction Safety Team Act, 
the NIST Director established a team to perform a technical 
investigative study of the Joplin, MO tornado event of May 22, 2011. 
One of the study's five objectives focuses on determining the pattern, 
location, and cause of fatalities and injuries, and associated 
emergency communications and public response. To achieve this 
objective, the team will interview individuals who have knowledge and/
or experiences related to the tornado. The team is interested in 
understanding the ways in which people received information about the 
tornado (if at all), the personal protective actions they took in 
response to the tornado (if any), any information that they have about 
injuries and fatalities resulting from the tornado, and any pre-5/22/11 
experiences with and/or planning for tornados inside and outside of the 
Joplin, MO area.
    Potential interviewees are those who experienced some aspect of the 
tornado. Most of these individuals will include survivors of the 
tornado, located within the damage path of the tornado and survived. 
Other interviewees can include those who were originally located within 
the damage path prior to tornado touch-down; have knowledge about 
injuries and fatalities from the disaster; or willing to discuss pre-5/
22/11 experiences with tornados in the Joplin, MO area. The team will 
interview people as they volunteer to participate in interviews and 
will cease when key areas of interest are saturated. The team will 
attempt, as much as possible, to collect information from interviewees 
varying by age group, geographical location within the damage path and 
Joplin, MO, and overall experience with the disaster, among other 
factors.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer:. Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 6616, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to, OMB Desk Officer, Jasmeet Seehra, FAX Number (202) 395-5167, or 
[email protected]).

    Dated: August 12, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20979 Filed 8-16-11; 8:45 am]
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