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announcing the availability of the final
evaluation findings.
Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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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; NWS Extreme Heat Social
and Behavioral Sciences Research
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

Notice of information collection,
request for comment.

ACTION:

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.

SUMMARY:

To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before March 7, 2023.

DATES:

Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
XXXX in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.

ADDRESSES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Kimberly McMahon, Public Weather
Services Program Manager, DOC/
NOAA/NWS/AFS, 1325 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
301–427–9692, kimberly.mcmahon@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 (AFSO). Heat continues to be the
leading weather-related killer with the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) estimating more than
700 deaths and 9,000 hospitalizations a
year resulting from heat exposure. In
particular, historically underserved
communities, as defined and
highlighted in Executive Order 13985,
Advancing Racial Equity and Support
for Underserved Communities Through
the Federal Government, typically
experience higher rates of poverty,
homelessness, disabilities, and language
barriers, which increase their
vulnerability to heat impacts. The NWS
has articulated a priority to enhance
services for these historically
underinvested and underserved
communities that are at greater risk for
experiencing negative health impacts
related to extreme heat.
As heat-related impacts continue to
increase, the NWS must rise to the
challenge and provide the most
equitable and informed heat products
and services to mitigate loss of life and
property. Modeling and forecasting
capabilities have continued to expand,
but even the most accurate and up-todate forecasts must be paired with
Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences (SBES) to ensure that NWS can
meet its mission of protecting life and
property and enhancing the national
economy. In addition, this study
supports the Weather Research and
Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017,
which calls on NOAA to ‘‘improve the
understanding of how the public
receives, interprets, and responds to
warnings and forecasts of high impact
weather events that endanger life and
property.’’
While NWS continues to enhance its
heat-related products and services, there
is still significant room for
improvement, particularly in bridging
the gap between physical science
information and how it is received and
acted upon by our public and partners.
As such, this study will focus on
expanding our knowledge of public
perception and understanding of heat to
inform and improve NWS’ national and
local level heat communication and
messaging. This will include an initial
literature review to draw out known
best practices and identify research gaps
to inform a mixed methods approach
including a series of remote focus
groups and a large-scale public survey.

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The focus groups are intended to
explore how pertinent public, nonprofit,
corporate, and academic stakeholders
message heat information and resources,
particularly for underserved
communities. The quantitative survey
will use a representative sample of the
U.S. population and focus on more
broadly conceptualizing public
perception and understanding of heat.
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected via
mixed methods approach of qualitative
focus groups and a quantitative survey.
The focus groups will consist of six
remote groups lasting 90-minutes. Each
group will consist of six to eight
participants for a total of up to 48
participants. Participants will include a
mix of public, nonprofit, corporate, and
academic stakeholders who have a role
in messaging and assisting with
behavior change to improve extreme
heat outcomes. Specific focus group
questions will provide information
about how NWS can effectively reach
underserved groups with its extreme
heat messaging including how to reach
underserved groups, what messaging
spurs action, and what communication
channels are most effective.
The 15-minute web survey will
consist of 1,000 nationally distributed
participants from the general public.
Respondents include adults who reside
in the United States, recruited through
a non-probability panel. Specific survey
questions will determine how members
of the US public receive, comprehend,
and respond to extreme heat messages.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (New
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal, State, local, or
Tribal government; academic
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,048.
Estimated Time per Response:
• Focus Group: 90 minutes.
• Survey: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 322.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: None.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. chapter
111, Weather Research and Forecasting
Information.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)

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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 Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2023–00051 Filed 1–5–23; 8:45 am]
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the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post
Road, Warwick, RI 02886; phone: (401)
739–3000.
ADDRESSES:
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda: The Ecosystem-Based
Fishery Management (EBFM) Committee
and Advisory Panel Chairs will meet to
discuss when and how to conduct deepdive public information workshops.
They will also continue development of
the Prototype Management Strategy
Evaluation and provide guidance to the
project team.
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 this meeting. 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.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC651]

New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

Dated: January 3, 2023.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–00088 Filed 1–5–23; 8:45 am]
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The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management
Committee (EBFM) and Advisory Panel
Chairs to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Friday, January 20, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. at

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; West Coast Region
Groundfish Electronic Fish Ticket
Program
The Department of Commerce will
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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 August 9,
2022 (87 FR 48469), 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: West Coast Region Groundfish
Electronic Fish Ticket Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0738.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Number of Respondents: 145.
Average Time per Response:
Electronic fish ticket submission: 2
minutes; IFQ First Receiver Submission:
10 minutes; Pacific Whiting Disposition
Recordkeeping, 1 minute.
Burden Hours: 2,102 hours.
Needs and Uses: As part of its fishery
management responsibilities, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
collects information to determine the
amount and type of groundfish caught
by fishing vessels. Electronic fish tickets
are submissions of landings data from
the first receiver to the Pacific States
Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC)
and NMFS. This collection supports
requirements for participants of the
Pacific Coast shorebased commercial
groundfish fisheries, including the
shorebased Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) program, the limited entry fixed
gear fishery, and the open access fixed
gear fishery, to account for all landed
catch and to transmit electronic catch
data used to manage the catch
allocations and limits. NMFS may use
this data for general purpose statistics
and program evaluation.
Affected Public: Primary respondents
are businesses or other for-profit
organizations (e.g., groundfish
fishermen, fishing companies,
partnerships, and shorebased first
receivers), individuals or households,
and State fisheries agencies.
Frequency: Reporting occurs
concurrently with fishing landings,
which could range from occasionally to

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