Notice of Availability for Public Comment on the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Advisory Committee; Committee Proposed Draft “IOOS Vision”, 20093-20094 [2013-07592]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Extension of Application Period for
Seats for the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of extension for
application period and request for
applications.
AGENCY:
The ONMS is extending the
deadline and seeking applications for
the following vacant seats on the
Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Commercial Fishing. Applicants are
chosen based upon their particular
expertise and experience in relation to
the seat for which they are applying;
community and professional affiliations;
philosophy regarding the protection and
management of marine resources; and
possibly the length of residence in the
area affected by the sanctuary.
Applicants who are chosen should
expect to serve until February 2016.
DATES: Applications are due by May 3,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be
obtained from 99 Pacific Street, Bldg.
455A, Monterey, CA 93940 or online at
https://montereybay.noaa.gov/.
Completed applications should be sent
to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Sommers, 99 Pacific Street,
Bldg. 455A, Monterey, CA 93940, (831)
647–4247,
Jacqueline.Sommers@noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
MBNMS Advisory Council is a
community-based group that was
established in March 1994 to assure
continued public participation in the
management of the Sanctuary. Since its
establishment, the Advisory Council has
played a vital role in decisions affecting
the Sanctuary along the central
California coast.
The Advisory Council’s twenty voting
members represent a variety of local
user groups, as well as the general
public, plus seven local, state and
federal governmental jurisdictions. In
addition, the respective managers or
superintendents for the four California
National Marine Sanctuaries (Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary,
Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones
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National Marine Sanctuary and the
Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary) and the Elkhorn Slough
National Estuarine Research Reserve sit
as non-voting members.
Four working groups support the
Advisory Council: The Research
Activity Panel (‘‘RAP’’) chaired by the
Research Representative, the Sanctuary
Education Panel (‘‘SEP’’) chaired by the
Education Representative, the
Conservation Working Group (‘‘CWG’’)
chaired by the Conservation
Representative, and the Business and
Tourism Activity Panel (‘‘BTAP’’) cochaired by the Business/Industry
Representative and Tourism
Representative, each dealing with
matters concerning research, education,
conservation and human use. The
working groups are composed of experts
from the appropriate fields of interest
and meet monthly, or bi- monthly,
serving as invaluable advisors to the
Advisory Council and the Sanctuary
Superintendent.
The Advisory Council represents the
coordination link between the
Sanctuary and the state and federal
management agencies, user groups,
researchers, educators, policy makers,
and other various groups that help to
focus efforts and attention on the central
California coastal and marine
ecosystems.
The Advisory Council functions in an
advisory capacity to the Sanctuary
Superintendent and is instrumental in
helping develop policies, program goals,
and identify education, outreach,
research, long-term monitoring, resource
protection, and revenue enhancement
priorities. The Advisory Council works
in concert with the Sanctuary
Superintendent by keeping him or her
informed about issues of concern
throughout the Sanctuary, offering
recommendations on specific issues,
and aiding the Superintendent in
achieving the goals of the Sanctuary
program within the context of
California’s marine programs and
policies.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: March 28, 2013.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Availability for Public
Comment on the U.S. Integrated Ocean
Observing System Advisory
Committee; Committee Proposed Draft
‘‘IOOS Vision’’
National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for Public Comments.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS) Program in
NOAA publishes this notice on behalf of
the U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee (the
Committee) to announce a 30-day public
comment period for the draft ‘‘IOOS
Vision’’ statement. The Committee and
U.S. IOOS stakeholders will use the
‘‘IOOS Vision’’ to provide clear,
consistent messaging on U.S. IOOS to
public sectors on the mission and value
of U.S. IOOS.
DATES: Written, faxed or emailed
comments must be received no later
than 5 p.m. eastern daylight time on
May 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘IOOS Vision’’
and additional background material on
the Committee is available for review
from the U.S. IOOS Web site URL:
https://www.ioos.noaa.gov/
advisorycommittee. For the public
unable to access the Internet, printed
copies can be requested by contacting
the U.S. IOOS Program Office at the
address below. The public is
encouraged to submit comments
electronically to
ioos.advisorycommittee@noaa.gov. If
you are unable to access the Internet,
comments may be submitted via fax or
regular mail. Faxed comments should be
sent to 301–427–2073 with Attn: IOOS
Advisory Committee. Comments may be
submitted in writing to the U.S. IOOS
Program Office Attention: IOOS
Advisory Committee, 1100 Wayne
Avenue, Suite 1225, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about this notice,
please contact the Jessica Snowden,
Alternate DFO for the U.S. IOOS
Advisory Committee, telephone: 301–
427–2453; Email:
Jessica.snowden@noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
On 30
March 2009, President Barack Obama
signed into law the Integrated Coastal
and Ocean Observation System (ICOOS)
Act of 2009 (the Act). Among the
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requirements in the Act is a directive for
the NOAA Administrator to establish
the U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee, a
federal advisory committee. The
Committee provides advice as may be
requested by the NOAA Administrator
or the Interagency Ocean Observing
Committee (IOOC). The Committee was
officially established in August 2012.
Specific areas on which the
Committee is to provide advice are:
administration, operation, management,
and maintenance of IOOS, including
integration of Federal and non-Federal
assets and data management and
communication aspects of IOOS, and
fulfillment of the purposes set forth in
section 12302 of the ICOOS Act;
expansion and periodic modernization
and upgrade of technology components
of IOOS; identification of end-user
communities, their needs for
information provided by IOOS, and the
IOOS’s effectiveness in disseminating
information to end-user communities
and the general public; and any other
purpose identified by the NOAA
Administrator or the IOOC.
The Committee is composed of
members appointed by the NOAA
Administrator. Members are qualified
by education, training, and experience
to evaluate scientific and technical
information related to the design,
operation, maintenance, or use of IOOS,
or use of data products provided
through IOOS. Members are appointed
for 3-year terms, renewable once.
The Committee meets at least once
each year, and at other times at the call
of the NOAA Administrator, the IOOC,
or the chairperson.
Dated: March 20, 2013.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for
Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Service
and Coastal Zone Management.
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The next meeting of the U.S.
Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled
for 18 April 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commission offices at the National
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or oral statements should be addressed
to Thomas Luebke Secretary, U.S.
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address; by emailing CFAStaff@cfa.gov;
or by calling 202–504–2200. Individuals
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for the hearing impaired should contact
the Secretary at least 10 days before the
meeting date.
Dated: March 28, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Thomas Luebke,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0072]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
United States Military Entrance
Processing Command (USMEPCOM),
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel and Readiness) (Military
Personnel Policy), DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary of Defense announces a
proposed public information collection
and seeks public comment on the
provisions thereof. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by June 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–3100.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
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Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information. Any associated form(s) for
this collection may be located within
this same electronic docket and
downloaded for review/testing. Follow
the instructions at https://
www.regulations.gov for submitting
comments. Please submit comments on
any given form identified by docket
number, form number, and title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to HQ USMEPCOM
Program Analysis and Evaluation
Directorate, ATTN: Ms. M. Lou Wetzel,
2834 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL
60064–3094; call at 847–688–3680,
extension 7234 or email at
lou.wetzel@mepcom.army.mil.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: USMEPCOM MEPS Customer
Satisfaction Survey, OMB Control
Number 0704–0470.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection requirement is necessary to
aid the MEPS in evaluating effectiveness
of current policies and core processes,
identifying unmet customer needs, and
allocating resources more efficiently.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
USMEPCOM, with headquarters in
North Chicago, Ill., is a joint service
command staffed with civilians and
military from all five branches of
service. The command, through its
network of 65 Military Entrance
Processing Stations, determines whether
applicants are qualified for enlistment
based on standards set by each of the
services. USMEPCOM Regulation 601–
23, Enlistment Processing, directs the
information collection requirement for
all 65 Military Entrance Processing
Stations (MEPS) to obtain timely
feedback on MEPS core processes. This
web-based tool will allow MEPS to
efficiently administer voluntary surveys
on a routine basis to their primary
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Availability for Public Comment on the U.S. Integrated
Ocean Observing System Advisory Committee; Committee Proposed Draft
``IOOS Vision''
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for Public Comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Program in
NOAA publishes this notice on behalf of the U.S. IOOS Advisory
Committee (the Committee) to announce a 30-day public comment period
for the draft ``IOOS Vision'' statement. The Committee and U.S. IOOS
stakeholders will use the ``IOOS Vision'' to provide clear, consistent
messaging on U.S. IOOS to public sectors on the mission and value of
U.S. IOOS.
DATES: Written, faxed or emailed comments must be received no later
than 5 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The draft ``IOOS Vision'' and additional background material
on the Committee is available for review from the U.S. IOOS Web site
URL: https://www.ioos.noaa.gov/advisorycommittee. For the public unable
to access the Internet, printed copies can be requested by contacting
the U.S. IOOS Program Office at the address below. The public is
encouraged to submit comments electronically to
ioos.advisorycommittee@noaa.gov. If you are unable to access the
Internet, comments may be submitted via fax or regular mail. Faxed
comments should be sent to 301-427-2073 with Attn: IOOS Advisory
Committee. Comments may be submitted in writing to the U.S. IOOS
Program Office Attention: IOOS Advisory Committee, 1100 Wayne Avenue,
Suite 1225, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this
notice, please contact the Jessica Snowden, Alternate DFO for the U.S.
IOOS Advisory Committee, telephone: 301-427-2453; Email:
Jessica.snowden@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 30 March 2009, President Barack Obama
signed into law the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System
(ICOOS) Act of 2009 (the Act). Among the
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requirements in the Act is a directive for the NOAA Administrator to
establish the U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee, a federal advisory
committee. The Committee provides advice as may be requested by the
NOAA Administrator or the Interagency Ocean Observing Committee (IOOC).
The Committee was officially established in August 2012.
Specific areas on which the Committee is to provide advice are:
administration, operation, management, and maintenance of IOOS,
including integration of Federal and non-Federal assets and data
management and communication aspects of IOOS, and fulfillment of the
purposes set forth in section 12302 of the ICOOS Act; expansion and
periodic modernization and upgrade of technology components of IOOS;
identification of end-user communities, their needs for information
provided by IOOS, and the IOOS's effectiveness in disseminating
information to end-user communities and the general public; and any
other purpose identified by the NOAA Administrator or the IOOC.
The Committee is composed of members appointed by the NOAA
Administrator. Members are qualified by education, training, and
experience to evaluate scientific and technical information related to
the design, operation, maintenance, or use of IOOS, or use of data
products provided through IOOS. Members are appointed for 3-year terms,
renewable once.
The Committee meets at least once each year, and at other times at
the call of the NOAA Administrator, the IOOC, or the chairperson.
Dated: March 20, 2013.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean
Service and Coastal Zone Management.
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