Commerce FY 2006 Peer Review Report
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Department __Commerce_________________________________________
Departmental Contact for Implementation of the Peer Review Bulletin
Name and title: Diana H. Hynek, Commerce Information Quality Coordinator
Email address: dhynek@doc.gov
Phone number: 202-482-0266
Is there a Department-wide Peer Review Agenda? Yes _X__ No ___
URL for Department-wide Agenda ___________http://www.osec.doc.gov/cio/oipr/noaalinkprplans.htm____________________
Does the Department-wide Peer Review Agenda include links to each agency’s peer review agenda? Yes __X_ No ___
What pathway(s) can a member of the public use to find the Agency’s peer review agenda if she/he did not have this URL?
o Link from Departmental or Agency home page YES
o Link from Information Quality home page YES
o Link from science, research, or regulatory pages (please specify)
o Other (please describe)___________________________________
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Agency _National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)_____________
Agency Contact for Implementation of the Peer Review Bulletin
Name and title: Carla Steinborn
Email address: Carla.A.Steinborn@noaa.gov
Phone number:301-713-3525 ext. 197
URL for Agency’s Peer Review Agenda: http://www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/infoq.htm or http://www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/prplans/PRsummaries.html
• What pathway(s) can a member of the public use to find the Agency’s peer review agenda if she/he did not have this URL?
o Link from Departmental or Agency home page, YES
o Link from Information Quality home page, YES
o Link from science, research, or regulatory pages (please specify) YES
o Other (please describe): There are Information Quality links on the NOAA home page and the home pages of all the Line Offices.
• Does the agenda provide links to the peer review plans for upcoming peer reviews? Yes, as soon as we reasonably can add them
• Does the agenda provide links to peer review reports for all completed peer reviews? _Yes, as soon as we have them___
Number of peer reviews conducted subject to the Bulletin in FY06. (note: include all peer reviews conducted, regardless of whether the peer review report has been completed)
Total #: 19
Number of influential scientific information peer reviews (ISI) (not including highly influential scientific assessments) __16_______
List the title of each ISI. Indicate whether the Peer Review Report has been completed (Y/N) add more lines as needed NOTE: If your peer review agenda is up to date, you might want to simply block and copy this information from your peer review agenda or provide as an attachment.
Items 56, 59, 61, 62, 64, 73, and 74 from Table 1
Items 25, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47 and 4 from Table 2
Items 29, 38, and 48 from Table 3
Number of highly influential scientific assessments (HISA) ______3__
List the title of each HISA. Indicate whether the Peer Review Report has been Completed (Y/N) add more lines as needed
Items 20, 22, and 43 from table 2.
Provide the titles of ISIs and HISIs for which Waivers (W), Deferrals (D), or Exemptions (E) were invoked or Alternative Procedures used (A). If deferral is marked, please indicate the duration of the deferral.
Title of Document Type of Document W, D, E, or A
ISI or HISA (and duration)
There were no Waivers, Deferrals, Exemptions, or Alternative Procedures.
Number of peer reviews that included at least one peer reviewer appointed pursuant to any exception to the applicable independence or conflict of interest standards of the Bulletin, including determinations by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary pursuant to Section III (3) (c)?
Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments) 0 (zero)
List titles
Number of HISAs 0 (zero)
List titles
Number of peer review panels that held public meetings:
Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments): at least 6
Number of HISAs ________
We have not tracked the number of panels that held public meetings, however, we do know that the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service last year had six ISI for which public meetings were held.
Number of peer review panels that allowed public comment: not tabulated
Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments)_
Number of HISAs ________
As to the number of peer review panels that allowed public comment, for NOAA National Fisheries Service (NMFS) ISI, 14 peer review plans provided the opportunity for public comment on the work product to be peer reviewed. Also, comment was available at public meetings (all panels that held public meetings allowed public comment at those meetings), through materials posted to the web, and/or through FR notices of availability.
Further information can be found on the Web at http://www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/prplans/PRsummaries.html.
All HISAs for the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA OAR) include a public comment period, but it is not explicitly part of the expert review. Two reports so far (1.1 and 2.2) had the public comment period after the expert review. NOAA OAR is considering having the public comment concurrent with the expert review, and making the public comments available to the peer review panels. The one NOAA OAR ISI did not have a public comment period. See attached Table 4.
Number of public comments provided on the agency’s peer review plans during FY 06, regardless of whether the peer review was actually completed during FY 06 0 (zero) There were no comments on the peer review plans per se.______
Number of times agency specifically solicited peer reviewer nominations from professional societies. _not tabulated
NOAA as a whole in its peer review agenda tracks whether the public, including scientific and professional societies, is asked by NOAA to nominate potential peer reviewers (7_times for items posted during 2006 – see attached Table 5).
However, we do know that two NMFS ISI items used professional societies to solicit peer reviewers. [Gulf menhaden study and ID44, right whale ship strike strategy.]
For all of OAR's HISAs, a broad audience is invited to nominate reviewers via the National Academy of Sciences liaisons and mailing lists; it is not limited to professional societies. NOAA OAR has not specifically asked professional societies to nominate reviewers. See also attached Table5.
If such nominations were solicited, were any recommendations provided? Yes ___ No ___
Supplemental Tables Provided
During 2006, there were 24 new items added to the Agenda. Of these, one was HISA and 23 were ISI. In addition, there were 19 items first listed before 2006 but still open at the start of the year. Of these, eight were HISAs and the remainder ISI. See attached Table 1 and Table 2.
Finally, five items were removed from the Agenda in December. All had been posted for a year and complete for at least eight months. All are ISI. These are listed in Table 3.
Table 1: First Listed in 2006 | |||
ID |
Info. Type |
Title |
Dissem. Date |
51 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 5.2 Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making |
4/15/2007 |
75 |
ISI |
Impact of Ozone in Eradicating Invasive Species |
|
73 |
ISI |
Amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and sharks and the Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan |
6/29/2006 |
56 |
ISI |
Stock Assessment for Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Large Coastal Shark Complex and Blacktip and Sandbar Sharks |
7/15/2006 |
62 |
ISI |
Shortbelly Rockfish Stock Assessment |
7/31/2006 |
59 |
ISI |
Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, spiny dogfish shark, deep sea red crab, and black sea bass |
8/15/2006 |
54 |
ISI |
Condition Report for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary |
9/15/2006 |
55 |
ISI |
Condition Report for Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
9/29/2006 |
52 |
ISI |
Condition Report for Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary |
9/29/2006 |
53 |
ISI |
Condition Report for Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary |
9/29/2006 |
61 |
ISI |
Status Review for Atlantic Sturgeon |
12/1/2006 |
74 |
ISI |
Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Fishery characteristics and biological reference points for management |
12/15/2006 |
64 |
ISI |
Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, ocean quahog, Northeast skate species complex, and Atlantic surfclam |
2/15/2007 |
71 |
ISI |
Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake /Whiting in U.S. and Canadian Waters |
3/5/2007 |
58 |
ISI |
Required Survival Rate Changes to Meet Technical Recovery Team Abundance and Productivity Viability Criteria for Interior Columbia ESA-Listed Pacific Salmon Populations |
5/1/2007 |
68 |
ISI |
Critical Habitat Designation for Elkhorn and Staghorn corals under the Endangered Species Act |
5/9/2007 |
63 |
ISI |
State of Deep Coral Communities of the United States |
6/1/2007 |
60 |
ISI |
Draft Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for Alaskan Groundfish Fisheries |
6/1/2007 |
69 |
ISI |
Pacific coast black rockfish and blue rockfish stock assessments |
6/10/2007 |
67 |
ISI |
Pacific coast Sablefish and Longnose skate stock assessments |
6/10/2007 |
66 |
ISI |
Pacific coast darkblotched rockfish stock assessment |
9/14/2007 |
65 |
ISI |
Pacific coast canary rockfish and arrowtooth flounder stock assessments |
9/14/2007 |
70 |
ISI |
Pacific coast bocaccio and chilipepper rockfish stock assessments |
9/14/2007 |
57 |
ISI |
Stock Assessment for Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Small Coastal Shark Complex and Blacknose, Bonnethead, Finetooth, and Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks |
9/15/2007 |
Table 2: First Listed before 2006 but still open at start of 2006 | |||
ID |
Info. Type |
Title |
Dissem. Date |
22 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 1.1 Temperature trends in the lower atmosphere - steps for understanding and reconciling differences |
3/31/2006 |
20 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 2.2 North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle |
3/31/2007 |
43 |
HISA |
Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for Marine Mammals |
6/1/2007 |
26 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 5.3 Decision support experiments and evaluations using seasonal to interannual forecasts and observational data. |
12/30/2007 |
21 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 3.2 Climate projections for research and assessment based on emissions scenarios developed through the Climate Change Technology Program. |
12/31/2007 |
23 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 3.3 Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate |
2/28/2008 |
17 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 2.4 Trends in emissions of ozone-depleting substances, ozone-layer recovery, and implications for ultraviolet radiation exposure |
6/30/2008 |
18 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 1.3 Re-analysis of historical climate data for key atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of observed change |
6/30/2008 |
45 |
ISI |
Status Review for Eastern Oysters |
1/1/2006 |
46 |
ISI |
Status Review for Atlantic Salmon |
1/15/2006 |
25 |
ISI |
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Controlling Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) in the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay. |
7/3/2006 |
39 |
ISI |
Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Gag Grouper |
7/15/2006 |
42 |
ISI |
U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments |
7/15/2006 |
32 |
ISI |
Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) |
12/10/2006 |
31 |
ISI |
Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) |
12/10/2006 |
4 |
ISI |
Comprehensive Passage (Compass) Model |
2/1/2007 |
40 |
ISI |
Assessment of Leatherback Sea Turtle Population in the Atlantic |
3/15/2007 |
7 |
ISI |
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Lobster Stock Assessment Model Development |
3/30/2007 |
44 |
ISI |
Right Whale Shipstrike Strategy |
6/1/2007 |
Table 3: Closed and removed in 2006 | ||||
ID |
Info. Type |
Title |
Submission Date |
Dissem. Date |
48 |
ISI |
Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, Atlantic mackerel, silver hake, illex squid and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission multispecies assessment |
12/16/2005 |
2/15/2006 |
1 |
ISI |
Critical Habitat for Southern Resident Killer Whales |
12/16/2005 |
2/28/2006 |
29 |
ISI |
Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Technical Review and Use Recommendations Report 1: Copper treated products Report 2: Creosote treated products |
12/16/2005 |
4/3/2006 |
27 |
ISI |
Final Updated Status Review Report for North American Green Sturgeon; ...Proposed Rule to List the Southern Distinct Population Segment ... as Threatened; ...Final Rule to List ... as Threatened |
12/16/2005 |
4/6/2006 |
38 |
ISI |
Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of Mexico Vermillion Snapper, Greater Amberjack, and Gray Triggerfish |
12/16/2005 |
4/15/2006 |
Table 4: Allowed Public Comment | |||||
ID |
Info. Type |
Title |
Allow Public Comts. |
Submission Date |
Dissem. Date |
22 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 1.1 Temperature trends in the lower atmosphere - steps for understanding and reconciling differences |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
3/31/2006 |
18 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 1.3 Re-analysis of historical climate data for key atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of observed change |
Yes |
6/16/2005 |
6/30/2008 |
20 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 2.2 North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
3/31/2007 |
17 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 2.4 Trends in emissions of ozone-depleting substances, ozone-layer recovery, and implications for ultraviolet radiation exposure |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
6/30/2008 |
21 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 3.2 Climate projections for research and assessment based on emissions scenarios developed through the Climate Change Technology Program. |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
12/31/2007 |
23 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 3.3 Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
2/28/2008 |
51 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 5.2 Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
4/15/2007 |
26 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 5.3 Decision support experiments and evaluations using seasonal to interannual forecasts and observational data. |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
12/30/2007 |
43 |
HISA |
Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for Marine Mammals |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
6/1/2007 |
73 |
ISI |
Amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and sharks and the Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
6/29/2006 |
39 |
ISI |
Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Gag Grouper |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
7/15/2006 |
38 |
ISI |
Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of Mexico Vermillion Snapper, Greater Amberjack, and Gray Triggerfish |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
4/15/2006 |
32 |
ISI |
Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
12/10/2006 |
68 |
ISI |
Critical Habitat Designation for Elkhorn and Staghorn corals under the Endangered Species Act |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
5/9/2007 |
1 |
ISI |
Critical Habitat for Southern Resident Killer Whales |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
2/28/2006 |
60 |
ISI |
Draft Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for Alaskan Groundfish Fisheries |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
6/1/2007 |
27 |
ISI |
Final Updated Status Review Report for North American Green Sturgeon; ...Proposed Rule to List the Southern Distinct Population Segment ... as Threatened; ...Final Rule to List ... as Threatened |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
4/6/2006 |
31 |
ISI |
Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) |
yes |
6/16/2005 |
12/10/2006 |
7 |
ISI |
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Lobster Stock Assessment Model Development |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
3/30/2007 |
69 |
ISI |
Pacific coast black rockfish and blue rockfish stock assessments |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
6/10/2007 |
70 |
ISI |
Pacific coast bocaccio and chilipepper rockfish stock assessments |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
9/14/2007 |
65 |
ISI |
Pacific coast canary rockfish and arrowtooth flounder stock assessments |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
9/14/2007 |
66 |
ISI |
Pacific coast darkblotched rockfish stock assessment |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
9/14/2007 |
67 |
ISI |
Pacific coast Sablefish and Longnose skate stock assessments |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
6/10/2007 |
58 |
ISI |
Required Survival Rate Changes to Meet Technical Recovery Team Abundance and Productivity Viability Criteria for Interior Columbia ESA-Listed Pacific Salmon Populations |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
5/1/2007 |
44 |
ISI |
Right Whale Shipstrike Strategy |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
6/1/2007 |
46 |
ISI |
Status Review for Atlantic Salmon |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
1/15/2006 |
61 |
ISI |
Status Review for Atlantic Sturgeon |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
12/1/2006 |
56 |
ISI |
Stock Assessment for Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Large Coastal Shark Complex and Blacktip and Sandbar Sharks |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
7/15/2006 |
57 |
ISI |
Stock Assessment for Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Small Coastal Shark Complex and Blacknose, Bonnethead, Finetooth, and Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
9/15/2007 |
71 |
ISI |
Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake /Whiting in U.S. and Canadian Waters |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
3/5/2007 |
48 |
ISI |
Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, Atlantic mackerel, silver hake, illex squid and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission multispecies assessment |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
2/15/2006 |
64 |
ISI |
Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, ocean quahog, Northeast skate species complex, and Atlantic surfclam |
yes |
12/15/2006 |
2/15/2007 |
59 |
ISI |
Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, spiny dogfish shark, deep sea red crab, and black sea bass |
yes |
6/16/2006 |
8/15/2006 |
29 |
ISI |
Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: Technical Review and Use Recommendations Report 1: Copper treated products Report 2: Creosote treated products |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
4/3/2006 |
42 |
ISI |
U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments |
yes |
12/16/2005 |
7/15/2006 |
Table 5: Items where public was asked to nominate potential peer reviewers | ||
ID |
Info. Type |
Title |
18 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 1.3 Re-analysis of historical climate data for key atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of observed change |
20 |
HISA |
CCSP Product 2.2 North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle |
43 |
HISA |
Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for Marine Mammals |
32 |
ISI |
Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) |
68 |
ISI |
Critical Habitat Designation for Elkhorn and Staghorn corals under the Endangered Species Act |
27 |
ISI |
Final Updated Status Review Report for North American Green Sturgeon; ...Proposed Rule to List the Southern Distinct Population Segment ... as Threatened; ...Final Rule to List ... as Threatened |
31 |
ISI |
Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) |
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