[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 47910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19552]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) is a Federal
Advisory Committee established to advise the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the NOAA Administrator, on matters
related to the responsibilities and authorities set forth in section
303 of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, as amended,
and such other appropriate matters that the Under Secretary refers to
the Panel for review and advice.
DATE AND TIME: The public meeting will be held from September 16-18,
2015, September 16, 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; September 17, 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.; and September 18, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All meetings times
are EDT.
LOCATION: Silver Spring, MD, with the meeting location to be posted
online at the Web site below. Please refer to the following Web site
for updates on the location, agenda, presentations, speaker's
biographies, and Web conferencing service sign up: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/meetings.htm and http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/meetings_washingtondc.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit the NOAA HSRP Web site at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm, or contact Lynne
Mersfelder-Lewis, HSRP Program Manager, National Ocean Service (NOS),
Office of Coast Survey, NOAA (N/NSD), 1315 East West Highway, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910; Telephone: 301-713-2702 ext. 199; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public and
public comment periods (on-site) will be scheduled at various times
throughout the meeting. Public comment periods will be included in the
draft and final agendas posted on the HSRP Web site listed above and
written comments are welcome in advance. Each individual or group
making verbal comments will be limited to a total time of five (5)
minutes. Comments will be recorded. Advance written comments should be
submitted to [email protected] by September 4, 2015. Public
seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. This
meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign
language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to
[email protected] by September 4, 2015. The HSRP meeting will
provide Web conferencing service and teleconference capability for
access to listen and observe the meeting presentations. Members of the
public who wish to participate virtually must register at least a day
in advance by September 15, 2015. The meeting times, topics, and
speakers are subject to change. For updated information and to register
for the Web conferencing service, please refer to http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: National and Federal partners and
stakeholders will present to the HSRP on issues relevant to NOAA's
navigation services. Navigation services includes the data, products,
and services provided by the NOAA programs and activities which
undertake geodetic observations, gravity modeling, shoreline mapping,
bathymetric mapping, hydrographic surveying, nautical charting, tide
and water level observations, current observations, and marine
modeling. This suite of geospatial data, products and services support
safe and efficient navigation, resilient coasts and communities, and
the nationwide positioning information infrastructure to build America
for the future.
The Panel will hear from Federal agencies and non-Federal
associations about their mission or business uses for NOAA's navigation
services; what value these services bring; and what improvements could
be made to NOAA's navigation services. Other business will include
reports by the HSRP working groups on their progress or results in
response to NOAA's tasking on coastal intelligence and resilience, and
emerging Arctic priorities.
The Panel will consider input from these discussions to develop
recommendations for the NOAA Under Secretary to improve NOAA's
navigation services.
Dated: July 31, 2015.
Rear Admiral Gerd F. Glang,
Director, Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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