[Federal Register: February 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 35)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Science Advisory Board
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 Wednesday, March 12, 2008,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Thursday, March 13, 2008, from 8:30
a.m. to 5:30 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 at the Hilton Washington
DC/Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 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 12 (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 March 7, 2008 to provide sufficient time for SAB review.
Written comments received by the SAB Executive Director after March 7,
2008, 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) Draft Report from the Working Group to Examine Advisory
Options for Improving Communications among NOAA's Partners
(Partnerships WG or PWG); (2) Final Report from the Extension, Outreach
& Education Working Group (EOEWG); (3) Report on the Final Results from
the Ocean Exploration Advisory Working Group workshops; (4) NOAA
Response to the SAB High-Performance Computing Recommendations and the
Way Forward; (5) Discussion of a proposed SAB standing working group on
ecosystems; (6) NOAA Monitoring Research Committee process updates and
SAB Benchmark Review Discussion; (7) Discussion of SAB Strategic
Planning; (8) the Census of Marine Life (CoML) Program; (9) the NOAA
Hydrographic Services Review Panel; (10) results of the Review of the
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program; (11) Report on NOAA Activities in
Support of the International Year of the Reef (IYR); (12) Report on
NOAA Activities in Support of the International Polar Year (IPY); and
(13) the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Board on Atmospheric
Sciences and Climate (BASC).
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 13, 2008.
Mark Brown,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-3259 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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