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Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Robyn 

Heffernan, National Fire Weather 

Services Senior Advisor, NOAA 

National Weather Service, 3833 S 

Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705, 

(208) 387–5089, robyn.heffernan@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

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 

methods and risk communication 

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. 

II. Method of Collection 

Both the survey and the focus groups 

will be conducted electronically via 

video conferencing technology based on 

schedules and participant preference. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

new information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals, State, 

local, or Tribal government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,140. 

Estimated Time per Response: Focus 

group: 2 hours; Survey: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 605 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: None. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Disaster Relief 

Supplemental Appropriations Act of 

2022. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XV196] 

Space Weather Advisory Group 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Space Weather Advisory 

Group (SWAG) will meet for a full day 

on March 26, 2024. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled as 

follows: March 26, 2024 from 10 a.m.– 

5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time 

(EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

a virtual event. For details on how to 

connect to the webinar or to submit 

comments, please visit https://

www.weather.gov/swag or contact Amy 

Macpherson, National Weather Service; 

telephone: 816–287–1344; email: 

amy.macpherson@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Macpherson, National Weather 

Service, NOAA, 7211 NW 101st Terrace, 

Kansas City, MO 64153; 816–287–1344 

or amy.macpherson@noaa.gov; or visit 

the SWAG website: https://

www.weather.gov/swag. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Promoting Research and 

Observations of Space Weather to 

Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow 

(PROSWIFT) Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et 

seq., the Administrator of NOAA and 

the National Science and Technology 

Council’s Space Weather Operations, 

Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) 

Subcommittee established the SWAG on 

April 21, 2021. The SWAG is the only 

Federal Advisory SWAG that advises 

and informs the interest and work of the 

SWORM. The SWAG is to receive 

advice from the academic community, 

the commercial space weather sector, 

and nongovernmental space weather 

end users to carry out the 

responsibilities of the SWAG set forth in 

the PROSWIFT Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et 

seq. 

The SWAG is directed to advise the 

SWORM on the following: facilitating 

advances in the space weather 

enterprise of the United States; 

improving the ability of the United 

States to prepare for, mitigate, respond 

to, and recover from space weather 

phenomena; enabling the coordination 

and facilitation of research to operations 

and operations to research, as described 

in 51 U.S.C. 60604(d); and developing 


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and implementing the integrated 

strategy under 51 U.S.C. 60601(c), 

including subsequent updates and 

reevaluations. The SWAG shall also 

conduct a comprehensive survey of the 

needs of users of space weather 

products to identify the space weather 

research, observations, forecasting, 

prediction, and modeling advances 

required to improve space weather 

products, as required by 51 U.S.C. 

60601(d)(3). 

Matters To Be Considered 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. During the meeting, the SWAG 

will discuss the PROSWIFT Act, 51 

U.S.C. 60601 et seq., directed duties of 

the SWAG including the required 51 

U.S.C. 60601(d)(3) user survey. The full 

agenda and meeting materials will be 

published on the SWAG website: 

https://www.weather.gov/swag. 

Additional Information and Public 

Comments 

The meeting will be held over one full 

day and will be conducted in a virtual 

manner (for meeting details see 

ADDRESSES). Please register for the 

meeting through the website: https://

www.weather.gov/swag. 

This event is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. For all other special 

accommodation requests, please contact 

amy.macpherson@noaa.gov. This 

webinar is a NOAA public meeting and 

will be recorded and transcribed. If you 

have a public comment, you 

acknowledge you will be recorded and 

are aware you can opt out of the 

meeting. Participation in the meeting 

constitutes consent to the recording. 

Both the meeting minutes and 

presentations will be posted to the 

SWAG website https://

www.weather.gov/swag. The agenda, 

speakers and times are subject to 

change. For updates, please check the 

SWAG website https://

www.weather.gov/swag. 

Public comments directed to the 

SWAG members and SWAG related 

topics are encouraged. For other written 

public comments, please email 

amy.macpherson@noaa.gov by March 

22, 2024. Written comments received 

after this date will be distributed to the 

SWAG but may not be reviewed prior to 

the meeting date. As time allows, public 

comments will be read into the public 

record during the meeting. Advance 

comments will be collated and posted to 

the meeting website. 

Dated: February 9, 2024. 

Michael Farrar, 

Director, National Centers for Environmental 

Prediction, National Weather Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD723] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

conducting six scoping meetings to 

solicit comments regarding the rang of 

alternatives to consider in Amendment 

10 (A10) to the Atlantic Herring Fishery 

Management Plan to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The 

Council is proposing to take action 

through A10 to address spatial and 

temporal allocation and management of 

Atlantic herring at the management unit 

level to minimize user conflicts, 

contribute to optimum yield and 

support rebuilding of the resource. The 

Council is also proposing to take action 

to enhance river herring (alewife and 

blueback herring) and shad (American 

shad and hickory shad) avoidance and 

other catch reduction measures to better 

support ongoing coastwide restoration 

efforts for those species. The Council is 

scheduling the scoping meetings in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act and the National Environmental 

Policy Act. A summary of public 

comments received will be provided to 

the Council for formal consideration 

and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: These meetings and webinars 

will be held between the dates of 

Friday, March 1, 2024 and Monday, 

April 22, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for more details on specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: Council address: New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Ph.D., Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Friday, March 1, 2024, 1–2:30 p.m., 

Samoset Resort Hotel, 220 Warrenton 

Street, Rockport, ME 04856; 

2. Monday, March 4, 2024, 6–8 p.m., 

Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801; 

3. Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 6–8 p.m., 

Hampton Inn, 20 Hotel Drive, South 

Kingstown, RI 02879; 

4. Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 6–8 

p.m., Hampton Inn, 12 Kendall Rae 

Place, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532; 

5. Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 6–8 

p.m., Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan 

Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355, also via 

webinar. Please register for the webinar 

here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ 

register/3372208096915656544. 

6. Monday, April 22, 2024, from 6–8 

p.m. via webinar. Please register for the 

webinar here: https://attendee.

gotowebinar.com/register/

3923008446850127706. 

Public comments: The public 

comment deadline is 8 a.m. EST on 

Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mail to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill #2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950. Mark the outside of the 

envelope ‘‘Atlantic Herring Amendment 

10 Scoping Comments’’. Comments may 

also be sent via email to comments@

nefmc.org—with ‘‘Atlantic Herring 

Amendment 10 Scoping Comments’’ in 

the subject line. 

Agenda 

Council staff will brief the public on 

the A10 scoping document before 

receiving comments. These meetings 

will begin promptly at the time 

indicated above. If all attendees who 

wish to do so have provided their 

comments prior to the end time 

indicated, the meeting may conclude 

early. To the extent possible, the 

Council may extend scoping meetings 

beyond the end time indicated above to 

accommodate all attendees who wish to 

speak. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 


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