[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78087-78088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27733]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XV189]


Space Weather Advisory Group Meeting

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) will meet for 2 and a 
half-days on January 18-20, 2023.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled as follows: January 18-19, 2023 from 9 
a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and January 20, 2023 from 9 
a.m.-12 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be a hybrid event with the SWAG and 
invited guests convening ``in person'' at

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the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC, and any public participants attending virtually via 
Webinar. For details on how to connect to the webinar or to submit 
comments, please visit www.weather.gov/swag or contact Jennifer Meehan, 
National Weather Service; telephone: 301-427-9798; email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Meehan, National Weather 
Service, NOAA, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910; 
301-427-9798 or [email protected]; or visit the SWAG website: 
https://www.weather.gov/swag.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Promoting Research and 
Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow 
(PROSWIFT) Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq., the Administrator of NOAA and 
the National Science and Technology Council's Space Weather Operations, 
Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee established the Space 
Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) on April 21, 2021. The SWAG is the only 
Federal Advisory SWAG that advises and informs the interest and work of 
the SWORM. The SWAG is to receive advice from the academic community, 
the commercial space weather sector, and nongovernmental space weather 
end users to carry out the responsibilities of the SWAG set forth in 
the PROSWIFT Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq.
    The SWAG is directed to advise the SWORM on the following: 
facilitating advances in the space weather enterprise of the United 
States; improving the ability of the United States to prepare for, 
mitigate, respond to, and recover from space weather phenomena; 
enabling the coordination and facilitation of research to operations 
and operations to research, as described in section 60604(d) of title 
51, United States Code; and developing and implementing the integrated 
strategy under 51 U.S.C. 60601(c), including subsequent updates and 
reevaluations. The SWAG shall also conduct a comprehensive survey of 
the needs of users of space weather products to identify the space 
weather research, observations, forecasting, prediction, and modeling 
advances required to improve space weather products, as required by 51 
U.S.C. 60601(d)(3).

Matters To Be Considered

    The meeting will be open to the public. During the meeting, the 
SWAG will discuss the PROSWIFT Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq., directed 
duties of the SWAG including the required 51 U.S.C. 60601(d)(3) user 
survey, and the update to the 2019 National Space Weather Strategy and 
Action Plan (https://tinyurl.com/NSWSAP2019) Implementation Plan. The 
full agenda and meeting materials will be published on the SWAG 
website: https://www.weather.gov/swag.

Additional Information and Public Comments

    The meeting will be held over two and a half-days and will be 
conducted in a hybrid manner (for meeting details see ADDRESSES). 
Please register for the meeting through the website: https://www.weather.gov/swag.
    This event is accessible to individuals with disabilities. For all 
other special accommodation requests, please contact 
[email protected]. This webinar is a NOAA public meeting and 
will be recorded and transcribed. If you have a public comment, you 
acknowledge you will be recorded and are aware you can opt out of the 
meeting. Participation in the meeting constitutes consent to the 
recording. Both the meeting minutes and presentations will be posted to 
the SWAG website (https://www.weather.gov/swag). The agenda, speakers 
and times are subject to change. For updates, please check the SWAG 
website (https://www.weather.gov/swag).
    Public comments directed to the SWAG members and SWAG related 
topics are encouraged. In particular, the SWAG would like to hear from 
all interested parties on what the SWAG should consider advising the 
SWORM on in regard to the 2019 National Space Weather Strategy and 
Action Plan (https://tinyurl.com/NSWSAP2019) Implementation Plan 
update. For example, the SWAG seeks input from the public on the 
following:
    1. In priority order, how, where, and why should the Federal 
Government invest limited resources to enhance research, technology, 
and innovation to improve observations and understanding of space 
weather events?
    2. In priority order, what activities should the Federal Government 
undertake to enhance national capabilities to prepare for, recover 
from, adapt to, or otherwise mitigate the effects of space weather 
events?
    3. What innovative tools, platforms, or technologies are needed by 
the Federal Government and space weather research and development 
communities to advance the transition of research to operations for 
models and observations of space weather phenomena? Please include any 
barriers to implement the identified tools, platforms, or technologies.
    4. In priority order, what opportunities exist to enhance U.S. 
operational space weather predictions, alerts, and services, for Earth, 
near-Earth, and deep space applications? Please include any barriers 
for implementation and utilization of these capabilities.
    5. Beyond regulation and grant programs, what can the Federal 
government do to enable and advance the private sector role for 
capabilities, forecasting, modeling, mitigation, research, development, 
and observation in the space weather domain?
    6. What opportunities exist for the United States to marshal the 
collective resources of like-minded nations and organizations to 
address the global hazard of space weather?
    7. Is there any additional information related to enhancing 
national capabilities to address space weather events, not listed 
above, that you believe the SWAG should consider?
    The public input provided will inform the work of the SWAG as it 
works with the SWORM to develop the updated National Space Weather 
Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Plan. Individuals or groups who 
would like to submit recommendations to the SWAG will be given two 
minutes to present one slide. Please email the request to speak and the 
slide to [email protected] by January 13, 2023 to provide 
sufficient time for SWAG review.
    For other written public comments, please email 
[email protected] by January 13, 2023. Written comments received 
after this date will be distributed to the SWAG but may not be reviewed 
prior to the meeting date. As time allows, public comments will be read 
into the public record during the meeting. Advance comments will be 
collated and posted to the meeting website.

    Dated: December 16, 2022.
Michael Farrar,
Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National 
Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-27733 Filed 12-20-22; 8:45 am]
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