[Federal Register: October 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205)]
[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), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
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.
Time and Date: The meeting will be held Monday, November 5, 2007,
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, November 6, 2007, from 8 a.m.
to 3:45 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 in the NOAA Nickles
Conference Room 3910 at the National Weather Center on the campus of
the University of Oklahoma, 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Norman, Oklahoma
73072-7303. 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 November 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 should be received in the SAB Executive Director's
Office by October 29, 2007 to provide sufficient time for SAB review.
Written comments received by the SAB Executive Director after October
29, 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) The final NOAA response to the Reports from the Hurricane
Intensity Research Working Group (HIRWG); (2) the final NOAA response
to the External Review of NOAA's Ecosystem Research and Science
Enterprise; (3) the draft report from the SAB's Extension, Outreach,
and Education Working Group; (4) a presentation on Laboratory Reviews
in the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; (5) tours and
discussions of the University of Oklahoma and NOAA components of the
National Weather Center; and (6) Updates from SAB Working Groups on
Fire Weather Research, Social Science, and Partnerships.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive
Director,
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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: October 18, 2007
Terry Bevels,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-20866 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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