[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 81 (Friday, April 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22341-22342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9062]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket Number: 080411558-8559-01]
Draft Revision of the NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement
Project Plan
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice to announce the availability of the
draft NOAA Hurricane Forecasting
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Improvement Project Plan for public comment. The Plan has been written
to document NOAA's commitment to work with its partners in hurricane
research and development to improve its capabilities to forecast
hurricanes.
DATES: Comments on this draft document must be submitted by 5 p.m. EDT
on May 27, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The draft NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project
Plan will be available on the NOAA Research Council Web site at http://www.nrc.noaa.gov/HFIPDraftPlan.html.
The public is encouraged to submit comments electronically to
[email protected]. For individuals who do not have access
to the internet, comments may be submitted by mail to: NOAA Research,
c/o Mr. Roger Pierce, Silver Spring Metro Center Bldg. 3, Room 11412,
R/PPE, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Roger Pierce, Silver Spring Metro
Center Bldg. 3, Room 11314, R/PPE, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone 301-734-1062, Fax: 301-713-0158, E-mail:
[email protected]), during normal business hours of 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA is publishing this notice to announce
the availability of the draft NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement
Project Plan for public comment. The NOAA is seeking public comment
from all interested parties. The NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement
Project Plan draft is being issued for comment only and is not intended
for interim use. Suggested changes will be incorporated where
appropriate, and the final document will be posted on a NOAA Web site.
The NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan is being is
being developed to reflect the evolution of NOAA's research activities
and priorities. The draft NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement
Project Plan is consistent with the NOAA Science Advisory Board,
Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group recommendations and other
recent internal and external reports on hurricanes.
The draft NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan
frames research in NOAA within the context of societal needs and by
working with other government and academic organizations working on
critical environmental challenges, particularly those associated with
hurricanes, facing the United States today and in the future. This plan
states NOAA's priority research areas, such as Hurricane Intensity
forecast improvements, improvements in high performance computing, use
of new data, for the short term and the milestones by which NOAA
intends to measure progress within these areas. Significant topics
addressed in the NOAA Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan
include the importance of transition of research to application, the
recognition of the value of transformational research, and the
engagement and alignment of inter-agency and the larger scientific
community efforts toward finding solutions to the challenges posed to
improve hurricane forecasts.
NOAA welcomes all comments on the content of the draft NOAA
Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan. We also request
comments on any inconsistencies perceived within the document and
possible omissions of important topics or issues. For any shortcoming
noted within the draft document, please propose specific remedies.
Please follow these instructions for preparing and submitting
comments. Using the format guidance described below will facilitate the
processing of reviewer comments and assure that all comments are
appropriately considered. Overview comments should be provided first.
Comments that are specific to particular pages, paragraphs, or lines of
the section should follow any overview comments and should identify the
page numbers to which they apply. Please number each page of your
comments.
Dated: April 21, 2008.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-9062 Filed 4-24-08; 8:45 am]
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