[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20093-20094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07592]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Availability for Public Comment on the U.S. Integrated 
Ocean Observing System Advisory Committee; Committee Proposed Draft 
``IOOS Vision''

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Request for Public Comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Program in 
NOAA publishes this notice on behalf of the U.S. IOOS Advisory 
Committee (the Committee) to announce a 30-day public comment period 
for the draft ``IOOS Vision'' statement. The Committee and U.S. IOOS 
stakeholders will use the ``IOOS Vision'' to provide clear, consistent 
messaging on U.S. IOOS to public sectors on the mission and value of 
U.S. IOOS.

DATES: Written, faxed or emailed comments must be received no later 
than 5 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 3, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The draft ``IOOS Vision'' and additional background material 
on the Committee is available for review from the U.S. IOOS Web site 
URL: http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/advisorycommittee. For the public unable 
to access the Internet, printed copies can be requested by contacting 
the U.S. IOOS Program Office at the address below. The public is 
encouraged to submit comments electronically to 
[email protected]. If you are unable to access the 
Internet, comments may be submitted via fax or regular mail. Faxed 
comments should be sent to 301-427-2073 with Attn: IOOS Advisory 
Committee. Comments may be submitted in writing to the U.S. IOOS 
Program Office Attention: IOOS Advisory Committee, 1100 Wayne Avenue, 
Suite 1225, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this 
notice, please contact the Jessica Snowden, Alternate DFO for the U.S. 
IOOS Advisory Committee, telephone: 301-427-2453; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 30 March 2009, President Barack Obama 
signed into law the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System 
(ICOOS) Act of 2009 (the Act). Among the

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requirements in the Act is a directive for the NOAA Administrator to 
establish the U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee, a federal advisory 
committee. The Committee provides advice as may be requested by the 
NOAA Administrator or the Interagency Ocean Observing Committee (IOOC). 
The Committee was officially established in August 2012.
    Specific areas on which the Committee is to provide advice are: 
administration, operation, management, and maintenance of IOOS, 
including integration of Federal and non-Federal assets and data 
management and communication aspects of IOOS, and fulfillment of the 
purposes set forth in section 12302 of the ICOOS Act; expansion and 
periodic modernization and upgrade of technology components of IOOS; 
identification of end-user communities, their needs for information 
provided by IOOS, and the IOOS's effectiveness in disseminating 
information to end-user communities and the general public; and any 
other purpose identified by the NOAA Administrator or the IOOC.
    The Committee is composed of members appointed by the NOAA 
Administrator. Members are qualified by education, training, and 
experience to evaluate scientific and technical information related to 
the design, operation, maintenance, or use of IOOS, or use of data 
products provided through IOOS. Members are appointed for 3-year terms, 
renewable once.
    The Committee meets at least once each year, and at other times at 
the call of the NOAA Administrator, the IOOC, or the chairperson.

    Dated: March 20, 2013.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean 
Service and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-07592 Filed 4-2-13; 8:45 am]
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