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[Federal Register: July 5, 2000
(Volume 65, Number 129)]
[Notices]
[Page 41446-41447]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, NOAA, DOC.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Science Advisory
Board (SAB) was established by a Decision
Memorandum dated September 25, 1997, and is the only Federal
Advisory
Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of
Commerce
for Oceans and Atmosphere on long and short-range strategies
for
research, education, and application of science to resource management.
SAB activities and advice will provide necessary input to ensure
that
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) science
programs
are of the highest quality and provide optimal support to resource
management.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Wednesday, July 19, 2000, from 8 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, July 20, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
and
Friday, July 21, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: On July 19 and 21,
the meeting will be held at the Westmark
Hotel, 813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, AK. On Thursday, July 20,
2000, the
meeting will be held at the International Arctic Research Center
(IARC), University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.
Status: The meeting will be open to public participation
with two
30-minute time periods set aside during the meeting for direct
verbal
comments or questions from the public. The SAB expects that public
statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of
previously submitted verbal or written statements. In general,
each
individual or group making a verbal presentation will be limited
to a
total time of five (5) minutes. Written comments (at least 35
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copies) should be received in
the SAB Executive Director's Office by
July 5, 2000, in order to provide sufficient time for SAB review.
Written comments received by the SAB Executive Director after
July 5
will be distributed to the SAB, but may not be reviewed prior
to the
meeting date. Approximately thirty (30) seats will be available
for the
public including five (5) seats reserved for the media. Seats
will be
available on a first-come first-served basis.
Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will include the following
topics: (1) Overview of NOAA's Alaskan, Arctic and Northern Pacific
Region Science and Research programs, (2) NOAA's involvement
in the
National Oceanographic Partnership Program, (3) Discussion of
the SAB
Report for the next NOAA Administrator, (4) Public Input Session
with
SAB discussion, (5) Presentation and SAB discussion of the proposal
for
Lab and Joint Institute Reviews, (6) SAB Sub-Committee and Working
Group Reports, (7) SAB debriefing of NOAA response to SAB commendations
on Northwest Salmon, (8) Presentations of University of Alaska
Fairbanks Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) major
NOAA
activities and research programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Michael S. Uhart, Executive
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11142, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (Phone: 301-713-9121,
Fax: 301-
713-3515, E-mail: Michael.Uhart@noaa.gov); or visit the NOAA
SAB
website at www.sab.noaa.gov.
Dated: June 28, 2000.
Louisa Koch,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, OAR.
[FR Doc. 00-16943 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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