    [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 14680]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2026-05900]

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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; User Needs Survey by the Space Weather Advisory Group

        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 December 11, 2025, 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: User Needs Survey by the Space Weather Advisory Group.
        OMB Control Number: 0648-0814.
        Form Number(s): None.
        Type of Request: Regular submission (Extension of a current
    information collection).
        Number of Respondents: 491.
        Average Hours per Response:

     Aviation: 1 hour
     Emergency Management: 8 hours
     Global Navigation Satellite System: 15 minutes (Survey) and 1
    hour (Interview)
     Human Space Flight: 1 hour
     Power Grid: 1 hour
     Research Sector: 1 hour
     Space Situational Awareness: 1 hour

        Total Annual Burden Hours: 432.
        Needs and Uses: The data collection is sponsored by Department of
    Commerce (DOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/
    National Weather Service (NWS)/Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG). The
    SWAG is required under 51 U.S. Code Sec.  60601(d)(3) to undertake a
    comprehensive survey of space weather product users to identify the
    ``research, observations, forecasting, prediction, and modeling
    advances required to improve space weather products.'' Specifically,
    the SWAG will (i) assess the adequacy of current Federal Government
    goals for lead time, accuracy, coverage, timeliness, data rate, and
    data quality for space weather observations and forecasting; (ii)
    identify options and methods to, in consultation with the academic
    community and the commercial space weather sector, improve upon the
    advancement of the goals described in clause (i); (iii) identify
    opportunities for collection of new data to address the needs of the
    space weather user community; (iv) identify methods to increase
    coordination of space weather research to operations and operations to
    research; (v) identify opportunities for new technologies, research,
    and instrumentation to aid in research, understanding, monitoring,
    modeling, prediction, forecasting, and warning of space weather; and
    (vi) identify methods and technologies to improve preparedness for
    potential space weather phenomena.
        This collection identified seven sectors (Aviation, Emergency
    Management, Global Navigation Satellite System, Human Space Flight,
    Power Grid, Research, and Space Situational Awareness/Space Traffic
    Management) that will be consulted as part of this effort. Information
    will be collected from each of the sectors as needed. Respondents in
    each sector include the general public, defined as (adults ages 18+).
    Members of the SWAG will oversee recruitment of the respondents.
    Respondents will be asked questions about their current use of space
    weather observations, information, and forecasts, technological
    systems, components or elements affected by space weather, current and
    future risk and resilience activities, future space weather
    requirements, and unused or new types of measurements or observations
    that would enhance space weather risk mitigation. This data collection
    serves many purposes, including gaining a better understanding of the
    needs of users of space weather products. The SWAG will use the data to
    identify the space weather research, observations, forecasting,
    prediction, and modeling advances required to improve space weather
    products. Specifically, the information will be used to advise the
    National Science and Technology Council's Space Weather Operations,
    Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee on improving the ability
    of the United States to prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover
    from space weather storms.
        Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
    profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
    Tribal government; Federal government.
        Frequency: On occasion.
        Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
        Legal Authority: 51 U.S. Code 60601 Space weather.
        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 either the title of the collection or the OMB
    Control Number 0648-0814.

    Sheleen Dumas,
    Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
    Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
    [FR Doc. 2026-05900 Filed 3-25-26; 8:45 am]
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