[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68398-68399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15790]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting, September 24th-26th, 
2024

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: This serves as the notice of a public meeting for the NOAA 
Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) Federal Advisory Committee 
from September 24th through September 26th, 2024, in Detroit, MI. The 
agenda for the HSRP public meeting will be posted in advance of the 
meeting on the HSRP website. Individuals or groups who would like to 
comment on NOAA navigation, observation, and positioning services 
topics are encouraged to submit public comments in advance of the HSRP 
public meeting via email, during the public meeting in person, or 
during the public meeting via the ``Questions'' function in the meeting 
webinar if joining the public meeting virtually.

DATES: Members of the public may attend the NOAA HSRP public meeting in 
person or virtually on the following dates and at the following times:

1. September 24th, 2024, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
2. September 25th, 2024, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET.
3. September 26th, 2024, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: Please visit the HSRP online landing page at https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsrp/hsrp.html for instructions on how to 
register to attend the HSRP public meeting in person and virtually, and 
for the most up-to-date information about the HRSP public meeting. The 
HSRP public meeting agenda, which is subject to change, will also be 
available via a link on the HSRP website. Draft meeting documents, 
presentations, background materials, past HSRP recommendation letters, 
and issue papers may be found there as well. Comments for the HSRP 
public meeting record may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Email: Send written comments in advance of the HSRP public 
meeting to [email protected], with ``September 2024 HSRP 
meeting public comments'' in the subject line of the email message.

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     Webinar: Submit written comments during the HSRP public 
meeting through the HSRP webinar's ``Questions'' function. As time 
allows, commenters may be invited to orally expand on written comments 
they submitted during the public meeting's public comment periods.
     In person: Provide public comments during the daily public 
comment periods at the in-person meeting.
    NOAA will accept anonymous comments; however, the written comments 
NOAA receives are considered part of the public record, and the 
entirety of the comment, including the name of the commenter, email 
address, attachments, and other supporting materials, will be publicly 
accessible. Sensitive personally identifiable information, such as 
account numbers and Social Security numbers, should not be included 
with the comments. Comments that are not related to the HSRP public 
meeting or that contain profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other 
inappropriate language will not be considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, as amended 
(HSIA; 33 U.S.C. 892 et seq.), established the HSRP as a Federal 
Advisory Committee (see 33 U.S.C. 892c) to advise the NOAA 
Administrator ``on matters related to the responsibilities and 
authorities set forth in [33 U.S.C. 892a]'' of the HSIA, ``and such 
other appropriate matters as the Administrator refers to the [HSRP] for 
review and advice.''
    The HSRP invites NOAA stakeholder feedback and welcomes public 
comments in advance of and during the upcoming HSRP public meeting on 
the use of NOAA's navigation, observations, and positioning data, 
science, products, and services for the National Ocean Service's Center 
for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Geodetic 
Survey, and Office of Coast Survey, and the NOAA/University of New 
Hampshire Joint Hydrographic Center. Relevant public comments sent in 
advance of the HSRP public meeting will be shared with the HSRP 
members, posted on the meeting website, and included in the public 
record for the meeting. Individuals and groups may also submit public 
comments during the scheduled daily public comment periods during the 
meeting or through the webinar's ``Questions'' function. These public 
comments will be read into the record during public comment periods. As 
time allows, commenters may be invited to orally expand on their 
written comments during the meeting's public comment periods. Due to 
time constraints, all public comments may not be addressed orally 
during the meeting.

Matters To Be Considered

    The HSRP members will focus on the issues relevant to NOAA's 
navigation, observations, and positioning services, and the value these 
services bring the nation, and invite suggestions from stakeholders and 
partners for improvements to these services. This suite of NOAA 
services supports 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. Specifically, the HSRP will consider:
     National Ocean Service programs' recent activities, such 
as updates to the National Spatial Reference System, datums, national 
ocean and coastal mapping goals, hydrographic surveying, nautical 
charting, uncrewed systems, coastal remote sensing and bathymetric 
lidar, photogrammetry, positioning, sea level rise, and water levels in 
support of ``seamless data.''
     The status of NOAA's navigation services in the context of 
recent legislation (e.g., the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 
Inflation Reduction Act).
     Measuring, monitoring, and mitigating flooding and sea 
level change and the contribution of NOAA's critical foundational 
geospatial data to projects.
     NOAA navigation data, products, and services that enable 
further economic growth and impact safe navigation.
     Other topics related to NOAA programs and activities, such 
as bathymetric and coastal/ocean modeling, tide and current 
observations, resilience and coastal data and information systems to 
support planning for climate change in ports and coastal communities, 
flooding/inundation, contributions to the Blue Economy, Physical 
Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS[supreg]) sensor enhancements and 
expansion, Precision Marine Navigation, the transition from raster 
paper charts to Electronic Navigational Charts, geodetic observations, 
gravity modeling, data stewardship, education and training to sustain 
the workforce necessary for NOAA navigation services missions, and 
scientific mapping and technology research projects tied to cooperative 
agreements between NOAA and other partners.

Special Accommodations

    This public meeting is accessible to people with disabilities and 
there will be sign language interpretation and captioning services. 
Please direct requests for other auxiliary aids to 
[email protected] at least 10 business days in advance of 
the meeting.
    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 892 et seq.

Benjamin K. Evans,
RDML, Director, Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-15790 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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