[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18302-18303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06331]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2023-HQ-0007]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Department of the Army, 
Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
USACE announces a proposed public information collection and seeks 
public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 30, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-
1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to U.S. Army Engineer 
Research and Development Center (ERDC), 3909 Halls Ferry Road,

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Vicksburg, MS 39180; ATTN: Dr. Robert P. Jones, or call 601-634-4098.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Stakeholder and Community 
Coastal Storm Hazard Surveys; OMB Control Number 0710-CCFR.
    Needs and Uses: Information from the surveys described here is 
needed to address the research questions funded in the Compound Coastal 
Flooding Congressional Add; a $5 million joint effort between the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers--Engineer Research and Development Center 
(ERDC) and the University of Alabama. Research seeks to inform improved 
modeling of compound coastal storm events, including improved 
simulation of impacts to communities and of protective action-taking. 
The collaborative Broad Agency Agreement with the University of Alabama 
includes proposed tasks to identify effective flood risk communication 
tools which influence coastal residents' risk mitigation actions and to 
better understand key community stakeholder communication of hazards. 
Execution of these funded tasks requires the University of Alabama 
Principal Investigator and team to gather information through three 
community and stakeholder surveys. Findings from their analysis will 
inform coastal storm hazard modeling and risk communication for better 
outcomes from storm events.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,525.
    Number of Respondents: 3,050.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 3,050.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: Once.
    The coastal storm hazard surveys will be distributed to 
stakeholders and members of the general public in Houston, Texas, 
Mobile, Alabama, and Savannah, Georgia. The stakeholder survey 
instrument aims to identify the perceptions and attitudes of local 
stakeholders in these at-risk areas toward coastal storm hazards, 
mitigation of those hazards, and the information dissemination to the 
public regarding those hazards. Three community survey instruments aim 
to identify the perceptions and use of information by the general 
public regarding coastal hazards, specifically hurricane and flood 
events, before, during, and after the Atlantic hurricane season. The 
data will be used for statistical tests to identify significant trends 
in the distinct topics addressed by each survey.

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-06331 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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