[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 218 (Thursday, November 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70109-70110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29101]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: Evacuation Movement and Behavior Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0051.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Burden Hours: 3,334.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The NIST's Engineering Laboratory, formally the 
Building and Fire Research Laboratory, has established project efforts 
to better understand occupant egress from high-rise buildings. 
Buildings of interest include varying heights, and of varying occupancy 
types, e.g., residential, office, and assembly occupancies. Data will 
be collected via questionnaires on occupant behavior during regularly 
scheduled evacuation drills from high-rise building across the United 
States. All of these evacuation drills will be conducted regardless of 
whether NIST data collection takes place. The occupant behavioral data 
requested will involve the occupants' knowledge of the procedure, their 
awareness of the event, and their behavior during the evacuation. This 
data will be used to improve egress designs for buildings, safety 
assessment models, and occupant training and education about what to do 
in an emergency.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households (selected individuals 
who have evacuated high-rise buildings in cities across the U.S. during 
scheduled evacuation drills).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance

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Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5167 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: November 4, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-29101 Filed 11-9-11; 8:45 am]
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