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[Federal Register: June 6, 2001
(Volume 66, Number 109)]
[Notices]
[Page 30427]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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 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.
TIME AND DATE: The meeting will
be held Tuesday, June 26, 2001, from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, June 27, 2001, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
and
Thursday, June 28, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting on Tuesday,
June 26 will be held at the National
Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa
Cruz, CA.
On Wednesday, June 27, and Thursday, June 28, the meeting will
be held
at the West Coast Santa Cruz Hotel, 175 West Cliff Drive, Santa
Cruz,
CA.
STATUS: The meeting will be open
to public participation with four 15-
minute time periods set aside for questions or direct verbal
comments
from the public on agenda items and two 30-minute periods for
public
statements on any NOAA-related subject. 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
copies)
should be received in the SAB Executive Director's Office by
June 18,
2001, in order to provide sufficient time for SAB review. Written
comments received by the SAB Executive Director after June 18
will be
distributed to the SAB, but many not be reviewed prior to the
meeting
date. Approximately thirty (30) sets 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) Fisheries science in the NOAA line offices and their
programs, (2) The role of academia and other partners in fisheries
science, (3) Impediments to effective NMFS management and science
practices, (4) Briefings on outcomes of NOAA Constituents Workshop,
(5)
Review of Department of Commerce's Aquaculture Guidelines, (6)
Review
and discussion of the Report of the Panel on Strategies for Climate
Monitoring, (7) Public Input Sessions with SAB discussion, and
(8) SAB
Sub-Committee and Working Group Reports.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Michael Uhart, Executive Director,
Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 10600, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-713-9121, E-mail:
Michael.Uhart@noaa.gov); or visit the NOAA SAB website at http://www.sab.noaa.gov.
Dated: June 1, 2001.
Louisa Koch,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research.
[FR Doc. 01-14265 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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