[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8800-8801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03312]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting for March 9-10, 2022

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

ACTION: Announcement for open public meeting and notice of request for 
public comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice of a virtual public meeting for the NOAA Hydrographic 
Services Review Panel (HSRP) on March 9, 2022, 12:45-5:30 p.m. EST, and 
March 10, 2022, 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST via webinar. The HSRP agenda will 
be posted in advance on the HSRP website. Individuals or groups who 
want to comment on NOAA navigation services topics are encouraged to 
submit advance public comments and letters via email or via the 
question function in the webinar.

DATES:  NOAA HSRP public virtual meeting will meet via webinar as 
follows:

1. March 9, 2022, 12:45-5:30 p.m., EST
2. March 10, 2022, 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m., EST

ADDRESSES: You may submit public comments identified by ``March 2022 
HSRP meeting public comments'' in the subject line of the message in 
advance of the meeting or request to be added to the meeting 
announcements list by sending an email request to:  
[email protected], [email protected], and 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Mersfelder-Lewis, HSRP program 
manager, Office of Coast Survey, NOS, NOAA, email:  
[email protected], [email protected], phone: 240-
533-0064.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The webinar advance registration is at: 
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4379173811123072784. The HSRP 
meeting agenda, draft meeting documents, presentations, and background 
materials are posted and updated online which can be downloaded prior 
to the meeting at: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsrp/hsrp.html 
and https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsrp/meetings.html.
    The agenda, speakers, and time are subject to change; please refer 
to these websites for the most updated information. Past HSRP 
recommendation letters, issue and position papers are located online 
at: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsrp/recommendations.html.
    Public comments are encouraged and requested in advance and during 
the meeting on the navigation, observations, and positioning data, 
products, and services for NOS' Center for Operational Oceanographic 
Products and Services, National Geodetic Survey, Office of Coast 
Survey, and the University of New Hampshire's and NOAA's Joint 
Hydrographic Center (JHC) and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. 
Written statements received in advance of the meeting will be shared 
with the HSRP members, on the meeting website, and in the meeting 
public record. Due to the condensed nature of the meeting, each 
individual or group providing public comments will be limited to one 
comment of three minutes per public comment period with no repetition 
of previous comments. Comments can also be submitted in writing during 
the public comment portion of the webinar. Comments will be read into 
the record as time allows as well as transcribed and become part of the 
meeting record. Due to time constraints, all comments may not be 
addressed during the meeting.
    The HSRP is a Federal Advisory Committee established to advise the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the NOAA 
Administrator, on matters related to the responsibilities and 
authorities set forth in section 303 of the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act of 1998, as amended, and such other appropriate matters 
that the Under Secretary refers to the Panel for review and advice.

Matters To Be Considered

    The panel is convening on issues relevant to NOAA's navigation, 
observations and positioning services and suggestions for improvements, 
including: Data sharing and data licensing especially for bathymetry to 
use for ocean mapping, charts, modeling, and other NOAA products; 
bridge heights, datums, and air gap sensors to address safe navigation 
and the possible technology solutions from the transition to the new 
National Spatial Reference System (NSRS); and a discussion about the 
changes to raster paper charts and the improvements to Electronic 
Navigational Charts (ENC). HSRP regularly discusses stakeholder use of 
NOAA's navigation, observations and positioning data, products and 
services, and topics related to hydrographic surveys, nautical 
charting, coastal shoreline and ocean mapping, the NSRS modernization 
efforts, navigation services contributions to resilience and coastal 
data and information systems to support planning for resilience to 
climate change and sea level rise, contributions to the blue economy, 
coastal and ocean modeling and remote sensing, PORTS[supreg] (Physical 
Oceanographic Real-Time System) sensor enhancements and expansion, 
Precision Marine Navigation, the transition from raster paper charts to 
ENC, the scientific mapping and technology research projects of the 
cooperative agreements between NOAA and partners at the University of 
New Hampshire and the University of Southern Florida, and other topics. 
The meeting may include an update on the plans to address and implement 
two ocean and coastal mapping strategies--

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the Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy (ACMS) and the ``Establishing a 
National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the U.S. 
EEZ'' (NOMEC), including the Standard Ocean Mapping Protocol (SOMP). 
Navigation services include the data, products, and services provided 
by the NOAA programs and activities that undertake geodetic 
observations, gravity modeling, coastal and shoreline mapping, 
bathymetric mapping and modeling, hydrographic surveying, nautical 
charting, tide and water level observations, current observations, 
flooding, resilience, inundation and sea level rise, marine and coastal 
modeling, geospatial and LIDAR data, and related data and topics. This 
suite of NOAA products and services support safe and efficient 
navigation, the blue economy, resilient coasts and communities, and the 
nationwide positioning information infrastructure to support America's 
climate needs and commerce. The Panel will hear about the missions and 
uses of NOAA's navigation, observations and positioning services, the 
value these services bring, and what improvements could be made. Other 
matters may be considered.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities and there 
will be sign language interpretation. Please direct requests for other 
auxiliary aids to [email protected] at least 10 business days 
in advance of the meeting.

Rear Admiral (lower half) Benjamin K. Evans,
NOAA Director, Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-03312 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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