[Federal Register: February 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 37)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Science Advisory Board (SAB); Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision
Memorandum dated September 25, 1997, and is the only Federal Advisory
Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies for research, education, and
application of science to operations and information services. SAB
activities and advice provide necessary input to ensure that National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) science programs are of
the highest quality and provide optimal support to resource management.
Times and Dates: The meeting will be held Tuesday March 6, 2007,
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday March 7, 2007, from 7:45
a.m. to 4 p.m. These times and the agenda topics described below are
subject to change. Please refer to the Web page http://www.sab.noaa.gov/Meetings/meetings.html
for the most up-to-date meeting
agenda.
Place: The meeting will be held both days tentatively at the Hilton
Washington DC/Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, pending approval of a purchase order. Please check the
SAB Web site http://www.sab.noaa.gov for confirmation of the venue.
Status: The meeting will be open to public participation with a 30-
minute public comment period on March 6 (check Web site to confirm
time). The SAB expects that public statements presented at its meetings
will not be repetitive of previously submitted verbal or written
statements. In general, each individual or group making a verbal
presentation will be limited to a total time of five (5) minutes.
Written comments (at least 35 copies) should be received in the SAB
Executive Director's Office by March 2, 2007, to provide sufficient
time for SAB review. Written comments received by the SAB Executive
Director after March 2, 2007, will be distributed to the SAB, but may
not be reviewed prior to the meeting date. Seats will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Matters to be Considered: The meeting will include the following
topics: (1) NOAA's Regional Collaboration Initiative; (2) NOAA's Role
in Research on Ocean Acidification; (3) Monitoring the Performance of
Research in NOAA; (4) update on the NOAA Response to the Reports of the
Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group (HIRWG); (5) update on the
NOAA Response to the Report of the External Ecosystem Task Team (EETT);
(6) Report on the Review of the Cooperative Institute for Climate
Applications and Research (CICAR); and (7) Report on the Review of the
Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS).
There will also be a joint meeting of the SAB and the NOAA Research
Council.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-
713-1459, E-mail: Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov); or visit the NOAA SAB Web
site at http://www.sab.noaa.gov.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. 07-866 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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