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the following points, to the extent
feasible:
1. Articulate what NOAA’s space
weather scales are used and describe
how are they used in missions and
inform sector operations. If there are
other uses of the scales, please describe.
2. Please discuss the benefits of using
the NOAA’s space weather scales and
how they are useful. Include scenarios
and situations of how the space weather
scales are useful for operators or how
they are useful in decision-making.
3. Describe challenges or difficulties
in using the space weather scales. Please
include information regarding the
content, context, and information
provided by the scales.
4. Provide suggested changes to the
space weather scales including
articulating what aspects could be
improved. Consider how the space
weather scales are communicated and
provide suggestions for how scales
communication could be improved. In
addition, discuss the impact to your
mission if the scales were to change.
5. Offer ideas for developing a new
space weather scale(s). Include what
phenomenon should be captured by a
potential new scale(s), discuss how
thresholds for a potential new scale(s)
would be determined, and provide some
scenarios on how a new scale(s) would
be used by the community.
Please note that this is an RFI only. In
accordance with the implementing
regulations of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), specifically 5 CFR
1320.3(h)(4), this general solicitation is
exempt from the PRA. Facts or opinions
submitted in response to general
solicitations of comments from the
public, published in the Federal
Register or other publications,
regardless of the form or format thereof,
provided that no person is required to
supply specific information pertaining
to the commenter, other than that
necessary for self-identification, as a
condition of the agency’s full
consideration, are not generally
considered information collections and
therefore not subject to the PRA.
Dated: May 21, 2024.
Michael Farrar,
Director, National Centers for Environmental
Prediction, National Weather Service.
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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 Fire Weather 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 Feb. 15,
2024 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 Fire Weather Social and
Behavioral Sciences Research.
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (New
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,140.
Average Hours Per Response: Survey:
15 minutes; Focus Groups: 2 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 605
hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
a new collection of information.
The data collection is sponsored by
DOC/NOAA/National Weather Service
(NWS)/Analyze, Forecast, and Support
Office (AFS), National Fire Weather
Program. Under the Disaster Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act of
2022, Congress charged NOAA/NWS to
improve (a) Hurricane intensity and
track forecasting, including through
deployment of unmanned ocean
observing platforms and enhanced data
assimilation; (B) precipitation and flood
prediction, forecasting, and mitigation
capabilities; and (C) wildfire research,
prediction, detection, forecasting,
monitoring, data management, and
communication and engagement. Based
on this directive, the NWS is conducting
this project to improve decision support
services for fire weather products and
services. By using social science
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expertise, the NWS seeks to identify
how probabilistic weather information
can most effectively influence firerelated decision-making to protect lives
and property and enhance the economy.
This data collection will include an online survey and virtual focus groups.
The survey sample will be a nonrepresentative panel that will draw
primarily from the Western, Southern
Plains, and Southeastern portions of the
United States. The focus groups will be
conducted with Public Information
Officers and Fire Weather Practitioners
at the national, regional, state, and local
levels based on contacts known to the
NWS. The insights and findings derived
from this data collection will be used to
develop Impact Decision Support
Services’ products and messages.
This is a new data collection and
currently there are no changes to the
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals, State,
Local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Disaster Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act of
2022.
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.
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