[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 8649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2753]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology Interagency 
Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping 
(IWG-OCM), established under the governance of the Joint Subcommittee 
on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST), will host a workshop from 
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, until Thursday, February 28, 2008, to 
support the development of a National Ocean and Coastal Mapping 
Strategic Action Plan. Participation is by invitation only; however, 
plenary sessions will be open to the public.
    Dates and Times: The public plenary sessions will be on Tuesday, 
February 26, 2008, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and on Thursday, February 28, 
2008, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Location: Florida Atlantic University SeaTech Campus, Auditorium 
(Room 205), 101 North Beach Road, Dania Beach, Florida 33004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons interested in obtaining 
additional information including a workshop agenda should visit http://www.csc.noaa.gov/iwg/ or contact Carol Jeffords or Tricia Gibbons at 
703-642-0972.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to the findings of the U.S. 
Ocean Action Plan, JSOST established the IWG-OCM in 2006. This 
interagency working group--co-chaired by the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. 
Geological Survey, and Minerals Management Service--seeks to avoid 
duplication of mapping ocean and coastal mapping activities and 
facilitate the coordination and leveraging of mapping resources across 
the federal sector and with state, industry, academic, and non-
governmental organization mapping interests. The workshop will bring 
together individuals from federal mapping agencies, non-federal mapping 
interests, and stakeholders to frame a Strategic Action Plan designed 
to expand, improve, and/or develop (a) coordination and partnerships; 
(b) data collection, availability, dissemination, interoperability, and 
standardization; and (c) products and tools required of ocean and 
coastal geospatial data users.
    The public plenary sessions are accessible to people with physical 
disabilities. Public comment periods will be scheduled at the end of 
the day's deliberations on Tuesday and Thursday. Each individual or 
group wishing to make a verbal presentation will be limited to a total 
time of five (5) minutes. Approximately fifteen (15) seats will be 
available for the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

    Dated: February 4, 2008.
Captain Steven Barnum,
Director, Office of Coast Survey.
 [FR Doc. E8-2753 Filed 2-13-08; 8:45 am]
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