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Download as PDF 11816 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 32 / Thursday, February 15, 2024 / Notices 2024, to be considered. The exact time for public comments will be included in the final agenda that will be posted on the MEP Advisory Board website at https://www.nist.gov/mep/about/ advisory-board.cfm. Questions from the public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, those who wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda or those who are/were unable to attend the meeting are invited to submit written statements electronically by email to Beverly.Bobb@nist.gov. Admittance Instructions: All wishing to attend the MEP Advisory Board meeting must submit their name, organization, email address and phone number to Beverly Bobb (Beverly.Bobb@ nist.gov or 301–975–5197) no later than Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 5 p.m. Eastern time. In person seating is limited and will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis. Detailed instructions on how to join the meeting via webinar or in-person will be sent to registered attendees. Tamiko Ford, NIST Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2024–03126 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XD726] Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 88 SRFS (State of Florida’s State Reef Fish Survey) Topical Working Group Scoping Webinar for Gulf of Mexico red grouper. AGENCY: The SEDAR 88 assessment of Gulf of Mexico red grouper will consist of a series of webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. DATES: The SEDAR 88 SRFS Topical Working Group Scoping Webinar will be held March 6, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., eastern. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to members of the public. Those interested in participating should contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below) to request an invitation providing webinar access khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Feb 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 information. Please request webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of each webinar. SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data Workshop; (2) Assessment Process utilizing webinars; and (3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a data report that compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses. The product of the Assessment Process is a stock assessment report that describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and recommends research and monitoring needs. The assessment is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The product of the Review Workshop is a Summary documenting panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, HMS Management Division, and Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants include data collectors and database managers; stock assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and NGO’s; International experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and State and Federal agencies. The items of discussion in the webinar are as follows: Participants will review SRFS data available for use in the assessment of Gulf of Mexico red grouper and make recommendations on its use. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business days prior to each workshop. Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are subject to change. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: February 12, 2024. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024–03201 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 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; Analysis for Probabilistic and Risk Reduction Decision Support Fire Weather Services National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before April 15, 2024. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Do not submit SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 32 / Thursday, February 15, 2024 / Notices 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: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Feb 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 11817 III. Data DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 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. [FR Doc. 2024–03190 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–KE–P PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [RTID 0648–XV196] Space Weather Advisory Group Meeting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11816-11817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03190]


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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; Analysis for Probabilistic and Risk Reduction Decision Support 
Fire Weather Services

AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment 
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed 
information collection must be received on or before April 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to 
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Do not submit

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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, [email protected].

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 fire-related decision-making 
to protect lives and property and enhance the economy. This data 
collection will include an on-line survey and virtual focus groups. The 
survey sample will be a non-representative 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-03190 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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