[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 42916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14099]


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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 Extreme Heat 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 January 6, 2023 (88 FR 1058) 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 Extreme Heat Social and Behavioral Sciences Research.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular (New information collection).
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new information collection.
    Heat continues to be the leading weather-related killer with the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating more than 
700 deaths a year resulting from heat exposure. The National Weather 
Service (NWS) needs to bridge the gap between physical science 
information and how it is received and acted upon by its public and 
partners. As such, this collection is critical in expanding NWS 
knowledge of public perception and understanding of heat to inform and 
improve national and local level heat communication and messaging. It 
is mission-critical for NWS to get their information out effectively, 
particularly to those most at risk including children, older adults, 
people experiencing homelessness, people with pre-existing conditions, 
indoor and outdoor workers, emergency responders, incarcerated people, 
low income communities, pregnant people, and athletes.
    The information will be used to improve heat-related products and 
services. Specifically, the information collected will be used to 
improve the NWS' national and local level heat communication and 
messaging. Information collected will also improve resources provided 
through Heat.gov, which is the webportal for the National Integrated 
Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS).
    This study is permitted by the Weather Research and Forecasting 
Innovation Act of 2017 which calls on NOAA to ``improve the 
understanding of how the public receives, interprets, and responds to 
warnings and forecasts of high impact weather events that endanger life 
and property.'' It also addresses Executive Order 13985, Advancing 
Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the 
Federal Government. The study addresses the NOAA FY22-26 Strategic 
Plan.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal, State, 
Local, or Tribal government; Academic institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1048.
    Estimated Time per Response:

 Focus Group: 90 minutes
 Survey: 15 minutes

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 322.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: None.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. Ch. 111, Weather Research and 
Forecasting Information.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
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. 2023-14099 Filed 7-3-23; 8:45 am]
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