Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86320-86321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25227]

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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; StormReady, TsunamiReady, TsunamiReady Supporter, StormReady
Supporter, and Weather-Ready Ambassador Application Forms

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

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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 July 30, 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: StormReady, TsunamiReady, TsunamiReady Supporter, StormReady
Supporter & Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Application Forms
OMB Control Number: 0648-0419.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular [Revision and extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 700 per year.
Average Hours per Response: StormReady and TsunamiReady
Application: 1 hour.
StormReady Supporter Application Form: 1 hour.
TsunamiReady Supporter Application Form: 1 hour.
Weather-Ready Ambassador Application Form: 0.25 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 625 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for extension and revision of an
existing information collection. The National Weather Service (NWS)
established the StormReady program in 1999 and the TsunamiReady program
in 2002 to help communities, counties, Indian nations, universities and
colleges, military bases, government sites, commercial enterprises and
other groups reduce the potential for weather-related and tsunami
hazards through advanced planning, education and awareness. The program
encourages communities to take a new, proactive approach to improving
local hazardous weather operations by providing emergency managers with
clear-cut guidelines on how to improve their hazardous weather
operations. By participating in this program, local agencies earn
recognition for their jurisdiction by meeting guidelines established by
the NWS in partnership with federal, state, and local emergency
management professionals. Information and details on the StormReady and
TsunamiReady programs are located at https://www.weather.gov/stormready/ and https://www.weather.gov/tsunamiready/.
A Supporter is an organization, business, facility, or local
government entity actively engaged in weather safety and preparedness
that is unable to meet all the requirements of the full StormReady or
TsunamiReady program. Sites may be eligible based on the bylaws of the
local NWS StormReady Advisory Board and endorsement of local emergency
management. A local StormReady Advisory Board has final approval for
Supporter designation.
StormReady/TsunamiReady are voluntary programs that provide
guidance and incentive to officials interested in improving their
hazardous weather operations. The government will use the information
collected by the StormReady/TsunamiReady application to determine
whether a community has met all of the guidelines to receive
StormReady/TsunamiReady recognition.
NOAA requests revision to the title of the collection to include
the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador^TM program which is being
added as a new information collection to this control number. The
Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador^TM is a program of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), designed to
strengthen partnerships with external organizations toward building
community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme
weather, climate, and water events. Organizations can apply for
Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador^TM recognition. This program
recognizes NOAA partners who are improving the nation's readiness,
responsiveness, and overall resilience against extreme weather, water,
and climate events. As a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, partners
commit to working with NOAA and other Ambassadors to strengthen
national resilience against extreme weather.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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 0648-0419.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-25227 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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