[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 8943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03275]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Transition of NOAA's Shoreline Compilation Scale

AGENCY: Office of National Geodetic Survey (NGS), National Ocean 
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Informational notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of National Geodetic Survey has adjusted the 
Nation's Shoreline Compilation Scale for more efficient application to 
the primary product that it supports, NOAA Nautical Charts. The current 
requirement is ``For any portion of a project area, the Compilation 
Scale within that portion is equal to two times the scale of the 
largest scale chart or chart inset that includes that portion. However, 
the Compilation Scale will be neither smaller than 1:20,000 nor larger 
than 1:2,500.'' The new requirement is ``For any portion of a project 
area, the Compilation Scale within that portion will be equal to the 
scale of the largest scale NOAA Nautical Chart or chart inset. However, 
the Compilation Scale will be neither smaller than 1:24,000 nor larger 
than 1:2,500.''

DATES: Effective Date: March 5, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the attention of Michael 
L. Aslaksen, Jr., Chief, Remote Sensing Division, Office of National 
Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, 1315 East West Highway, Silver 
Spring, Maryland 20910, fax 301-713-4572 or via email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael L. Aslaksen Jr., N/NGS3, 
1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; Telephone: 301-
713-2663 ext. 160, Fax: 301-713-4572; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 33 U.S.C. 883a, et seq., NOAA's 
National Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for providing nautical 
charts and related information for safe navigation. NOS collects and 
compiles hydrographic, tidal and current, geodetic, and a variety of 
other data. NGS collects data for managing our Nation's coastal 
resources and to define the National Shoreline, which provides critical 
baseline data for updating nautical charts and defining our Nation's 
territorial limits, including the Exclusive Economic Zone. Shoreline 
Compilation Scale changes supersede the following which is listed in 
the Scope of Work for Shoreline Mapping (SOW, Version 14A Section 4.5 
Compilation Scale) under NOAA's Coastal Mapping Program:
    4.5. Compilation Scale--The Compilation Scale is used to determine 
the general level of detail and feature generalization that the 
compiler should use in a particular area of a project. Many features 
have guidelines for their collection based on a particular map distance 
at the Compilation Scale. This Compilation Scale will normally be 
defined in the Project Instructions, but generally, the following rule 
is used: For any portion of a project area, the Compilation Scale 
within that portion is equal to two times the scale of the largest 
scale chart or chart inset that includes that portion. However, the 
Compilation Scale will be neither smaller than 1:20,000 nor larger than 
1:2,500.

    Dated: February 7, 2014.
Juliana P. Blackwell,
Director, Office of National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-03275 Filed 2-13-14; 8:45 am]
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