[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11411-11413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05765]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 950

[Docket No: 181108999-9149-02]
RIN 0648-BI60


Schedule of Fees for Access to NOAA Environmental Data, 
Information, and Related Products and Services; Correction

AGENCY: National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service 
(NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: NESDIS published a document in the Federal Register on 
February 11, 2019, establishing a new schedule of fees for special 
access to NOAA data, information, and related products and services. 
Several entries in the table of fees were inadvertently transcribed 
incorrectly, and this rule is necessary to correct those errors. This 
will avoid confusion among regulated entities and allow NESDIS to 
charge fees, where appropriate, consistent with its statutory authority 
to accurately reflect the cost of providing access to certain 
environmental information, information, and related products and 
services.

DATES: This correction is effective March 27, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mahendra Shrestha, (301) 713-7063.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NESDIS published a final rule (84 FR 3101; 
February 11, 2019) to establish a new schedule of fees for special 
access to NOAA data, information and related products and services. As 
explained in greater detail in the original final rule, NOAA continues 
to make its environmental data available to the public without any fee 
in most instances, primarily via NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-Data 
Stewardship System (CLASS). NESDIS is revising the fee schedule that 
has been in effect since 2015 to ensure that the fees accurately 
reflect the costs of providing access to the environmental data, 
information, and related products and services. NESDIS is authorized 
under 15 U.S.C. 1534 to assess fees, up to fair market value, depending 
upon the user and intended use, for access to environmental data, 
information, and products derived from, collected, and/or archived by 
NOAA. The changes to the table are minimal and within the scope of our 
statutory authority and the public's reasonable expectations.

Need for Correction

    In the Federal Register of February 11, 2019, (84 CFR 3101) NESDIS 
included a table, Appendix A to Part 950--Schedule of User Fees for 
Access to NOAA Environmental Data on page 3102. That table included 
several entries of services that NESDIS no longer provides.

Classification

    This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of 
E.O.

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12866. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking and the opportunity for 
public participation are inapplicable because this rule falls within 
the public property exception of subparagraph (a)(2) of section 553, as 
it relates only to the assessment of fees, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 
1534. Further, no other law requires that a notice of proposed 
rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment be given for this 
rule. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment are not required to be given for this rule under 5 
U.S.C. 553 or by any other law, the requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not applicable. Accordingly, 
no Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is required and none has been 
prepared.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 950

    Organization and functions (Government agencies).

    Dated: March 8, 2019.
Cherish Johnson,
Chief Financial Officer (CFO/CAO), National Environmental, Satellite 
and Data Information Service.

    For the reasons set forth above, 15 CFR part 950 is amended as 
follows:

PART 950--ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION

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1. The authority citation for part 950 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 1534.

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2. Revise Appendix A to part 950--Schedule of User Fees for Access to 
NOAA Environmental Data to read as follows:

    Appendix A to Part 950--Schedule of User Fees for Access to NOAA
                           Environmental Data
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    Name of product/data/publication/
           information/service
-----------------------------------------   Current fee     New fee ($)
 NOAA National Center for Environmental         ($)
               Information
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Department of Commerce Certification....          116.00          119.00
General Certification...................           92.00          103.00
Paper Copy..............................            3.00            8.00
Data Poster.............................           18.00           17.00
Shipping Service........................            8.00            8.00
Rush order fee..........................           60.00           63.00
Super Rush Order Fee....................          100.00          105.00
Foreign Handling Fee....................           43.00           45.00
NEXRAD Doppler radar Color Prints.......           21.00           22.00
Paper Copy from Electronic Media........            8.00            8.00
Offline In-Situ Digital Data............          175.00          127.00
Microfilm Copy (roll to paper) per frame           20.00           20.00
 from existing film.....................
Satellite Image Product.................           92.00           61.00
Offline Satellite, Radar, and Model               753.00          388.00
 Digital Data (average unit size is 1
 terabyte)..............................
Conventional CD-ROM/DVD.................          110.00           79.00
Specialized CD-ROM/DVD..................          208.00          175.00
CD-ROM/DVD Copy, Offline................           43.00           62.00
CD-ROM/DVD Copy, Online Store...........           16.00           28.00
Facsimile Service.......................           89.00           89.00
Order Handling..........................           11.00           20.00
Non-Digital Order Consultation..........           10.00            9.00
Digital Order Consultation..............           28.00           26.00
Non-Serial Publications.................           32.00               *
Non-Standard Data; Select/Copy to CD,              77.00               *
 DVD or Electronic Transfer,
 Specialized, Offline...................
Digital and Non-Digital Off-the-Shelf              13.00               *
 Products, Online.......................
Digital and Non-Digital Off-the-Shelf              17.00               *
 Products, Offline......................
Order Consultation Fee..................            4.00               *
Handling and Packing Fee................           12.00               *
Mini Poster.............................            2.00               *
Icosahedron Globe.......................            1.00               *
Convert Data to Standard Image..........            8.00               *
Single Orbit OLS & Subset...............           19.00           20.00
Single Orbit OLS & Subset, Additional               6.00            6.00
 Orbits.................................
Geolocated Data.........................           50.00               *
Subset of Pre-existing Geolocated Data..           32.00               *
Global Nighttime Lights Annual Composite       74,032.00               *
 from One Satellite.....................
Daily or Nightly Global Mosaics (visible          332.00               *
 & thermal band, single spectral band or
 environmental data)....................
Global Nighttime Lights Monthly                 8,259.00        8,705.00
 Composite--one satellite...............
Research Data Series CD-ROM/DVD.........           25.00           25.00
NOS Bathymetric Maps and Miscellaneous              8.00               *
 Archived Publication Inventory.........
Global Annual Composite of Nighttime           10,794.00               *
 Lights in Monthly Increments From One
 Satellite..............................
High Definition Geomagnetic Model.......       20,262.00       22,540.00
High Definition Geomagnetic Model--Real        26,204.00       29,059.00
 Time (HDGM-RT).........................
Provision of Global Nighttime VIIRS day/       55,727.00       56,130.00
 night band data in geotiff Format......
Provision of Global Nighttime VIIRS day/       27,888.00       29,975.00
 night band data in HDF5 Format.........
Provision of regional data from the            14,306.00       14,720.00
 VIIRS instrument on a daily basis......
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* Indicates a product no longer offered.


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