[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.
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