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OMB Control No: 0648-0805	ICR Reference No: 202508-0648-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202202-0648-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No: 0648-WxSD
Title: Using Quick Response Surveys to Build a Public Perception and Response Database
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/14/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	33,675	37,650
Time Burden (Hours)	5,613	7,140
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: This is a request for revision and extension of an approved information collection. The previously approved collection is called Phase I and the revision and extension are called Phase II. The Phase II collection is also sponsored by the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI). The collection is permitted under 15 USC Ch. 111, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation, that directs NOAA to focus on improving its understanding of how the public receives, interprets, and responds to warnings and forecasts of high impact weather events that endanger life and property. The purpose of the collection is to improve how the NWS communicates risks posed by hazardous weather or water events to the public that are most likely to result in action to mitigate the risk. Information from this collection will help the agency meet its mission to “provide weather, water and climate data, forecasts, warnings, and impact-based decision support services for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.” Phase II will continue the work using an online survey system for collecting data on the publics’ perception and response to four different hazards: tornados, thunderstorm winds over 70 miles per hour (mph), flash floods, and winter weather. The online surveys provide event-based reports on hazardous weather events for National Weather Service Forecast Offices, and are building blocks for a multi-year, cross-sectional organized collection of human perception and response data. The survey system enables individual National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) to disseminate Quick Response Surveys (QRS) soon after a hazardous event occurs to collect perishable data on the publics’ perceptions and response to the event. WFOs distribute the QRS using web links on NWS social media and core partners’ social media or email lists. Surveys ask the public questions on timing, location, weather information sources, motivations and influences for taking protective action to gain insights into how NWS warning communications interact with these factors to result in protective action behaviors. The collection is being revised to remove the longitudinal Weather and Society Surveys. The agency no longer collects information using these longitudinal surveys.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 115 - 25 101-110 Name of Law: Weather Research & Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 14247	03/31/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 39184	08/14/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	33,675	37,650	-3,975
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,613	7,140	-1,527
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The longitudinal Weather & Society surveys were removed from this collection as these surveys are no longer being conducted. The number of respondents for the Quick Response Surveys has increased as more NWS offices are seeking to use this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $144,024

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Ji Sun Lee 301 349-6175

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