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Information Collection Request

Improving Knowledge about NWS Forecaster Core Partner Needs for Reducing Vulnerability to Compound Threats in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Amid Covid-19

ICR 202209-0648-007 · OMB 0648-0810 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2022-10-04
Supporting Statement A
2022-09-29
Supplementary Document
2022-09-29
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
256197 New
ICR Details
202209-0648-007
Received in OIRA
DOC/NOAA 0648-HEND
Improving Knowledge about NWS Forecaster Core Partner Needs for Reducing Vulnerability to Compound Threats in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Amid Covid-19
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular 10/04/2022
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
35 0
35 0
0 0
In alignment with the Weather Forecasting and Innovation Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115-25), this is a request for a new collection of information that cannot be merged with other existing collections. The data collection is sponsored by DOC/NOAA/National Weather Service (NWS)/Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI). Compound hazards, like tornadoes and flash floods (called TORFFs), are a significant issue for risk communication and are common in landfalling tropical cyclones. Currently, NOAA lacks data and data collection instruments that articulate and explain how emergency managers and broadcast meteorologists receive, interpret, and respond to NWS prediction information about these compound hazards before and during landfalling tropical cyclones, like Hurricane Ida. Furthermore, NOAA lacks adequate knowledge about how these risks are best communicated during pandemics such as COVID-19, when it is important for those who are most vulnerable to adjudicate their risks of exposure to both severe weather and COVID-19. Such knowledge about compound weather hazards would be particularly useful for NWS forecasters who communicate risk information to their colleagues in emergency management and broadcast meteorology (hereafter “partners”), especially when information about sheltering practices, evacuation, and vulnerability can be complicated by exposure to public health threats and bilingual needs.
US Code: 15 USC 111 Name of Law: Weather Research and Forecasting Information
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  87 FR 43005 07/19/2022
87 FR 60128 10/04/2022
No
1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Semi-Structured Interviews
  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 35 0 0 35 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 35 0 0 35 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
This is a new information collection.
$1,571
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Nicole Kurkowski 301 427-9104 nicole.kurkowski@noaa.gov
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10/04/2022