[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1118-1120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32958]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 950
[Docket No. 150202106-5999-03]
RIN 0648-BE86
Schedule of Fees for Access to NOAA Environmental Data,
Information, and Related Products and Services; Correction
AGENCY: National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
(NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: This action corrects the NESDIS FY 2016 schedule of fees for
the sale of its data, information, and related products and services to
users. NESDIS is authorized under the United States Code to assess
fees, up to fair market value, for access to environmental data,
information, and products derived from, collected, and/or archived by
NOAA. This action corrects one user fee, titled the Department of
Commerce Certification. In the October 22, 2015, final rule, the fee
was incorrectly listed as $16.00. The correct user fee should be
$116.00.
DATES: Effective January 11, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Lewis (301) 713-7073.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NESDIS operates NOAA's National Center for Environmental
Information (NCEI). Through NCEI, NESDIS provides and ensures timely
access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources,
provides information services, and develops science products. NESDIS
maintains some 1,300 databases containing over 2,400 environmental
variables at NCEI and seven World Data Centers. These centers respond
to over 2,000,000 requests for these data and products annually from
over 70 countries. This collection of environmental data and products
is growing rapidly, both in size and sophistication, and as a result
the associated costs have increased.
Users have the ability to access the data offline, online and
through the NESDIS e-Commerce System (NeS) online store. Our ability to
provide data, information, products and services depends on user fees.
New Fee Schedule
In an October 22, 2015, final rule (80 FR 63914), NESDIS
established a new schedule of fees for the sale of its data,
information, and related products and services to users (``October 2015
Fee Schedule Rule''). NESDIS revised the fee schedule that has been in
effect since 2013 to ensure that the fees accurately reflect the costs
of providing access to the environmental data, information, and related
products and services. The new fee schedule lists both the current fee
charged for each item and the new fee to be charged to users that took
effect beginning November 23, 2015. The schedule applies to the listed
services provided by NESDIS on or after this date, except for products
and services covered by a subscription agreement in effect as of this
date that extends beyond this date. In those cases, the increased fees
will apply upon renewal of the subscription agreement or at the
earliest amendment date provided by the agreement.
NESDIS will continue to review the user fees periodically, and will
revise such fees as necessary. Any future changes in the user fees and
their effective date will be announced through notice in the Federal
Register.
Need for Correction
The October 2015 Fee Schedule Rule contains one fee--which appears
in a table in Appendix A to Part 950--that was reported incorrectly.
The Department of Commerce Certification Fee was listed as $16.00. The
last rule had the rate incorrectly listed. The correct fee for this
service is $116.00. We now are setting out the entire table with the
corrected fee to provide clarity for the public.
Classification
The correction this action makes is minor and merely updates a
typographical error within the original final rule. This rule has been
determined to be not significant for purposes of E.O. 12866.
The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553)
requiring notice of proposed rulemaking and the opportunity for public
comment are inapplicable because this rule falls within the public
property exception of subparagraph (a)(2) of section 553, as it relates
only to the assessment of fees, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 1534, that
accurately reflect the costs of providing access to publicly available
environmental data, information, and related products. Further, no
other law requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an
opportunity for
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public comment be given for this rule. Because a notice of proposed
rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are not required to be
given for this rule under 5 U.S.C. 553 or by any other law, the
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
are not applicable. Accordingly, no Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is
required and none has been prepared.
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 950
Organization and functions (Government agencies).
Dated: December 17, 2015.
Cherish Johnson,
Chief, Financial Officer (CFO/CAO).
For the reasons set forth above, 15 CFR part 950 is corrected by
making the following correcting amendment:
PART 950--ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION
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1. The authority citation for part 950 continues to read as follows:
Authority: (5 U.S.C. 552, 553). Reorganization Plan No. 4 of
1970.
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2. Appendix A to part 950 is revised to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 950--Schedule of User Fees for Access to NOAA
Environmental Data
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Name of product/Data/Publication/
Information/Service Current fee New fee
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NOAA National Center for Environmental
Information:
Department of Commerce Certification $86.00 $116.00
General Certification............... 72.00 92.00
Paper Copy.......................... 2.00 3.00
Data Poster......................... 18.00 18.00
Shipping Service.................... 4.00 8.00
Rush Order Fee...................... 60.00 60.00
Super Rush Order Fee................ 100.00 100.00
Foreign Handling Fee................ 67.00 43.00
NEXRAD Doppler Radar Color Prints... 14.00 21.00
Paper Copy from Electronic Media.... 6.00 8.00
Offline In-Situ Digital Data........ 124.00 175.00
Microfilm Copy (roll to paper) per 14.00 20.00
frame from existing film...........
Satellite Image Product............. 73.00 92.00
Offline Satellite, Radar, and Model 615.00 753.00
Digital Data (average unit size is
1 terabyte)........................
Conventional CD-ROM/DVD............. 60.00 110.00
Specialized CD-ROM/DVD.............. 131.00 208.00
CD-ROM/DVD Copy, Offline............ 30.00 43.00
CD-ROM/DVD Copy, Online Store....... 15.00 16.00
Facsimile Service................... 78.00 89.00
Order Handling...................... 8.00 11.00
Non-Digital Order Consultation...... 6.00 10.00
Digital Order Consultation.......... 18.00 28.00
Non-Serial Publications............. 27.00 32.00
Non-Standard Data; Select/Copy to 59.00 77.00
CD, DVD or Electronic Transfer,
Specialized, Offline...............
Digital and Non-Digital Off-the- 9.00 13.00
Shelf Products, Online.............
Digital and Non-Digital Off-the- 11.00 17.00
Shelf Products, Offline............
Order Consultation Fee.............. 2.00 4.00
Handling and Packing Fee............ 8.00 12.00
World Ocean Database-World Ocean 15.00 (*)
Atlas 2009 DVDs....................
Mini Poster......................... 1.00 2.00
Icosahedron Globe................... 1.00 1.00
Convert Data to Standard Image...... 6.00 8.00
Single Orbit OLS & Subset........... 18.00 19.00
Single Orbit OLS & Subset, 5.00 6.00
Additional Orbits..................
Geolocated Data..................... 47.00 50.00
Subset of Pre-existing Geolocated 28.00 32.00
Data...............................
Global Nighttime Lights Annual 74,032.00 74,924.00
Composite from One Satellite.......
Most Recent DMSP-OLS Thermal Band/ 259.00 (*)
Cloud Cover Mosaics from Multiple
Satellites.........................
Daily or Nightly Global Mosaics 241.00 332.00
(visible & thermal band, single
spectral band or environmental
data)..............................
Global Nighttime Lights Lunar Cycle. 6,531.00 8,259.00
Radiance Calibrated Global DMSP-OLS 82,075.00 (*)
Nighttime Lights Annual Composite
from One Satellite.................
Research Data Series CD-ROM/DVD..... 25.00 25.00
Custom Analog Plotter Prints........ 60.00 (*)
NOS Bathymetric Maps and 7.00 8.00
Miscellaneous Archived Publication
Inventory..........................
Global Annual Composite of Nighttime 8,305.00 10,794.00
Lights in Monthly Increments From
One Satellite......................
High Definition Geomagnetic Model... 20,060.00 20,262.00
Provision of Global Nighttime VIIRS .............. 55,727.00
day/night band data in geotiff
format.............................
Provision of Global Nighttime VIIRS .............. 27,888.00
day/night band data in HDF5 Format.
Provision of regional data from the .............. 14,306.00
VIIRS instrument on a daily basis..
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* Reflects a product no longer offered.
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[FR Doc. 2015-32958 Filed 1-8-16; 8:45 a.m.]
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