[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41021-41022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16217]


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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; Tornado Watch/Warning Post-Event Evaluation

    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 15, 2021, (86 FR 3998) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Tornado Watch/Warning Post Event Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (New information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.1hrs.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 150.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for a new collection of 
information.
    Each year over 1000 tornadoes affect communities across the United 
States, yet very little is known about how individuals receive, 
interpret, and respond to information from NOAA

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relating to this hazard. In fact, only a small sample of tornadoes ever 
receive study, and most often those are only the largest tornadoes. No 
generalizable information on tornado warning response after real-world 
events exists. The National Weather Service (NWS) and National Severe 
Storms Laboratory have designed this data collection instrument to 
allow for more routine collection of this information. Respondents will 
include members of the U.S. public who have recently (within the 
previous 30 days) been in or near a tornado, and they will be asked 
questions about the ways they received, understood, and responded to 
NWS watch/warning information. The information would be collected by 
NWS forecasters using their Damage Assessment Tool (DAT) and also by 
members of the public who voluntarily access a web tool developed by 
the National Severe Storms Laboratory. The information will be used as 
part of a pilot study to explore methods for more systematically 
collecting post-event data in support of program evaluation for NOAA's 
tornado watch/warning system.
    Affected Public: Individual Households.
    Frequency: Whenever a tornado impacts an individual anywhere within 
the United States of America.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 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 Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-16217 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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