FOURTH NOAA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING BOULDER, CO GENERAL LOGISTICS AND SCHEDULE [Note: The October 19, 1999 SAB Meeting will be held in the Alpine Balsam Room at the Hotel Boulderado. The October 20 and 21, 1999 SAB meeting will be held in Room GB-124 at the David Skaggs Research Center (DSRC).] Tuesday, October 19, 1999 [Note: October 19, 1999 SAB Meeting will be held at the Hotel Boulderado.] 1000-1045 h: Sign-in by all participants and audience Registration for public verbal input to NOAA SAB [NOTE - Registration is open to any interested individual, but is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public input, unless the Chair requests otherwise. Time limit for verbal input from any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by SAB if requested by the SAB Chair] 1045 h:Formal SAB meeting begins following FACA guidelines 1045-1055 h: Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Dr. Michael P. Crosby - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1055-1110 h: Introduction of the NOAA SAB Chair and Board Members and Opening Statement of the Chair (Dr. Alfred Beeton, Chair - NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1110-1130 h: Welcoming remarks and review of purpose of the NOAA SAB (Dr. D. James Baker - Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator of NOAA) 1130-1230 h: Overview of NOAA-University Partnership activities Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado (Dr. Susan Avery - Director) Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University (Dr. Thomas Vonder Haar - Director) 1230-1330 h: Private Lunch at hotel for SAB and Dr. Baker (non-FACA) 1330-1430 h: NOAA responses to SAB recommendations concerning the Endangered Species Act related to salmon (from July 1999 meeting of the Board) (Ms. Penny Dalton - Assistant Administrator, NMFS; Dr. David Evans - Assistant Administrator, OAR) 1430-1630 h: NOAA responses to SAB recommendations concerning the establishment of three pilot SAB Working Groups to develop review processes that will be used to review various NOAA science efforts (from July 1999 meeting of the Board) (Dr. David Evans - Assistant Administrator, OAR; Mr. Greg Withee - Assistant Administrator, NESDIS; Dr. Nancy Foster - Assistant Administrator, NOS) 1630-1700 h: Discussion of SAB Report for the next NOAA Administrator (Dr. Beeton) 1700-1730 h: Public Input Session with SAB discussion (Leads - Drs. Crosby and Beeton) 1730 h: Adjourn for the day Wednesday, October 20, 1999 [Note: October 20, 1999 SAB Meeting will be held at the David Skaggs Research Center.] 0830-0840 h: Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Dr. Crosby ) 0840-0940 h: Overview of initial NOAA efforts to establish a collaborative coastal ocean and estuarine monitoring system that measures physical, biological, and chemical parameters (Dr. Robert Molinari – Senior Scientist, AOML (tentative); Dr. Donald Scavia – Senior Scientist, NOS) 0940-1000 h: Overview of NOAA report on "The Nation's Environmental Data: Treasures at Risk" (Executive Summary and other summary report material will be distributed at the meeting.) (Dr. Susan Zevin - Deputy Assistant Administrator, NESDIS) 1000-1015 h: BREAK 1015-1100 h: SAB discussion of NOAA report on "The Nation's Environmental Data: Treasures at Risk" (Dr. Beeton) 1100-1200 h: SAB discussion on potential recommendations related to NOAA strategic planning process (Dr. Denise Stephenson-Hawk - SAB Member) 1200-1400 h: Private lunch for SAB and Dr. Baker at DSRC (non-FACA) During this time, SAB Sub-Committees will also be able to hold their own discussions with any ideas or recommendations brought to the entire Board for discussion and appropriate action. 1400-1530 h: SAB Sub-Committee and Issue Group Reports Sub-Committee on Coastal Science (Peter Douglas - Chair) Sub-Committee on Data Issues (Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian - Chair) Sub-Committee on Synthesis (Dr. Pat Gober - Chair) Issue Group on Education (Dr. Denise Stephenson-Hawk - Lead) 1530-1545 h: BREAK 1545-1645 h: Continuation of SAB Sub-Committee and Issue Group Reports Sub-Committee on Coastal Science (Peter Douglas - Chair) Sub-Committee on Data Issues (Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian - Chair) Sub-Committee on Synthesis (Dr. Pat Gober - Chair) Issue Group on Education (Dr. Denise Stephenson-Hawk - Lead) 1645-1700 h: Summary of previous discussions (Dr. Beeton) 1700 h: Adjourn for the day Thursday, October 21, 1999 [Note: October 21, 1999 SAB Meeting will be held at the David Skaggs Research Center.] 1330-1340 h: Official Call to Order and Review of FACA Meeting Format (Dr. Michael Uhart) 1340-1400h: Opening remarks by Chair and comments from Board members regarding site visits (Lead - Dr. Beeton) 1400-1500 h: Overview of strategic planning material submitted with the FY00 NOAA budget request (from July 1999 meeting of the Board) (Ms. Susan Fruchter – Director of Policy and Strategic Planning) 1500-1530 h: Public Input Session with SAB discussion (Leads - Drs. Uhart and Beeton) 1530-1700 h: Concluding SAB discussions on Priority Science-related Issues for NOAA, with Sub-Committee Action Items, Next Steps and/or Preliminary Recommendations identified for any of the subjects discussed during the course of the meeting. (Lead - Dr. Beeton) 1700-1730 h: Summary of new SAB Recommendations and Action Items (Lead - Dr. Beeton) 1730 h: Final Adjournment