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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Changes in the Development
and Distribution of NOAA Nautical
Charts and Publications
Office of Coast Survey,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice to advise the public of
changes to the printing and distribution
of NOAA’s nautical charts, including
digital charts, and to seek public
comment.
AGENCY:
NOAA is making significant
changes to nautical chart printing and
distribution, and is seeking public
comment. This notice informs the
public of the Office of Coast Survey’s
approach to expanding navigation
products and services, and explains
how mariners may continue to access
the nautical charts necessary for safe
navigation of U.S. waters and to meet
regulatory carriage requirements.
DATES: Written, faxed, or emailed
comments are due by midnight,
February 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by mail
to Director, Office of Coast Survey, 1315
East-West Highway #6216, Silver
Spring, MD 20910; or by using the
online NOAA Nautical Inquiry &
Comment System at https://
nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/inquiry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit
the Web site (https://
nauticalcharts.noaa.gov) or contact the
Office of Coast Survey at the following
address: NOAA, National Ocean
Service, Office of Coast Survey, Marine
Chart Division, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
32821, U.S.A.; telephone 888–990–6622;
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anthony.r.klemm@noaa.gov.
NOAA is
privatizing the printing of nautical
charts. Regulations that govern nautical
chart and publication carriage
requirements remain unchanged. These
regulations are found in 33 CFR 164 and
Title 46 of the U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR).
After April 13, 2014, NOAA-certified
Print-on-Demand (POD) charts will be
the only official source available for
mariners to obtain NOAA paper nautical
charts. NOAA-certified POD charts,
available since 1999 through certified
POD partners, are official paper nautical
charts that are up-to-date at the time of
printing. These charts are considered
‘‘published’’ by NOAA’s National Ocean
Service, and therefore meet chart
carriage requirements.
POD charts are currently available
from NOAA commercial partners
OceanGrafix (https://
www.oceangrafix.com) and East View
Geospatial (https://www.geospatial.com).
If you are interested in becoming a POD
chart provider, learn more at our Web
site at https://
www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pod/
PODpartner.htm.
NOAA is also making nautical chart
information available digitally in three
new ways, and is seeking feedback on
these three changes.
1. For a three-month trial period
(October 22, 2013 to January 22, 2014),
NOAA is providing free digital chart
image files in PDF (Portable Document
Format) file format. The free PDF chart
files are available for public use. The
digital charts are also available as
NOAA-certified Print-on-Demand
charts. NOAA will evaluate the usage
and user feedback to decide whether to
continue providing public access to PDF
nautical charts. Please note that the free
PDF charts do not meet chart carriage
requirements under federal regulations
unless printed to NOAA quality
standards by a NOAA-certified POD
partner. Download PDF charts at
www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pdfcharts.
2. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey is
providing high-resolution NOAA raster
navigational charts (NOAA RNC®) for
public testing and evaluation. The
Office of Coast Survey is upgrading the
image quality from the current 254 DPI
to 400 DPI to improve clarity,
readability, and aesthetics of this digital
charting product. The evaluation
dataset, which is kept up-to-date like
the current RNCs, is available for
download for Tampa Bay, Detroit, Long
Island Sound, and Puget Sound. If no
problems are identified or left
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unresolved, Coast Survey intends to
upgrade all RNCs to 400 dpi by
February 2014. Software product
developers and RNC users are invited to
provide comments or questions
regarding this new service. Download
the evaluation datasets at
www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs_400/.
3. An online seamless viewer of
NOAA’s electronic navigational charts
(NOAA ENC®) is available for public
use at the Web site https://
www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/
ENCOnline/. NOAA ENC Online
optimizes the viewing of the entire ENC
suite, using the display rules defined by
the International Hydrographic
Organization’s S–52 standards,
Specifications for Chart Content and
Display Aspects of ECDIS. The public is
invited to provide comments or
questions regarding this new service.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. Chapter 17, Coast and
Geodetic Survey Act of 1947.
Dated: December 16, 2013.
Gerd Glang,
Director, Office of Coast Survey, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Science Advisory Board (SAB)
Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the NOAA
Science Advisory Board. The members
will discuss and provide advice on
issues outlined in the section on Matters
To Be Considered.
Time and Date: The meeting is
scheduled for Thursday January 23,
2014 from 4:00–5:35 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: Conference call. Public
access is available at: NOAA, SSMC 3,
Room 10836, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, Md. Members of the
public will not be able to dial in to this
meeting.
Status: The meeting will be open to
public participation with a 5-minute
public comment period from 5:30–5:35
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The SAB
expects that public statements presented
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Changes in the Development and Distribution of NOAA
Nautical Charts and Publications
AGENCY: Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice to advise the public of changes to the printing and
distribution of NOAA's nautical charts, including digital charts, and
to seek public comment.
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SUMMARY: NOAA is making significant changes to nautical chart printing
and distribution, and is seeking public comment. This notice informs
the public of the Office of Coast Survey's approach to expanding
navigation products and services, and explains how mariners may
continue to access the nautical charts necessary for safe navigation of
U.S. waters and to meet regulatory carriage requirements.
DATES: Written, faxed, or emailed comments are due by midnight,
February 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by mail to Director, Office of Coast Survey,
1315 East-West Highway 6216, Silver Spring, MD 20910; or by
using the online NOAA Nautical Inquiry & Comment System at https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/inquiry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit the Web site (https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov) or contact the Office of Coast Survey at the
following address: NOAA, National Ocean Service, Office of Coast
Survey, Marine Chart Division, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910-32821, U.S.A.; telephone 888-990-6622; fax 301-713-4516; email
anthony.r.klemm@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA is privatizing the printing of nautical
charts. Regulations that govern nautical chart and publication carriage
requirements remain unchanged. These regulations are found in 33 CFR
164 and Title 46 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
After April 13, 2014, NOAA-certified Print-on-Demand (POD) charts
will be the only official source available for mariners to obtain NOAA
paper nautical charts. NOAA-certified POD charts, available since 1999
through certified POD partners, are official paper nautical charts that
are up-to-date at the time of printing. These charts are considered
``published'' by NOAA's National Ocean Service, and therefore meet
chart carriage requirements.
POD charts are currently available from NOAA commercial partners
OceanGrafix (https://www.oceangrafix.com) and East View Geospatial
(https://www.geospatial.com). If you are interested in becoming a POD
chart provider, learn more at our Web site at https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pod/PODpartner.htm.
NOAA is also making nautical chart information available digitally
in three new ways, and is seeking feedback on these three changes.
1. For a three-month trial period (October 22, 2013 to January 22,
2014), NOAA is providing free digital chart image files in PDF
(Portable Document Format) file format. The free PDF chart files are
available for public use. The digital charts are also available as
NOAA-certified Print-on-Demand charts. NOAA will evaluate the usage and
user feedback to decide whether to continue providing public access to
PDF nautical charts. Please note that the free PDF charts do not meet
chart carriage requirements under federal regulations unless printed to
NOAA quality standards by a NOAA-certified POD partner. Download PDF
charts at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pdfcharts.
2. NOAA's Office of Coast Survey is providing high-resolution NOAA
raster navigational charts (NOAA RNC[supreg]) for public testing and
evaluation. The Office of Coast Survey is upgrading the image quality
from the current 254 DPI to 400 DPI to improve clarity, readability,
and aesthetics of this digital charting product. The evaluation
dataset, which is kept up-to-date like the current RNCs, is available
for download for Tampa Bay, Detroit, Long Island Sound, and Puget
Sound. If no problems are identified or left unresolved, Coast Survey
intends to upgrade all RNCs to 400 dpi by February 2014. Software
product developers and RNC users are invited to provide comments or
questions regarding this new service. Download the evaluation datasets
at www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs_400/.
3. An online seamless viewer of NOAA's electronic navigational
charts (NOAA ENC[supreg]) is available for public use at the Web site
https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ENCOnline/. NOAA ENC Online
optimizes the viewing of the entire ENC suite, using the display rules
defined by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-52
standards, Specifications for Chart Content and Display Aspects of
ECDIS. The public is invited to provide comments or questions regarding
this new service.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. Chapter 17, Coast and Geodetic Survey Act
of 1947.
Dated: December 16, 2013.
Gerd Glang,
Director, Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-31378 Filed 12-31-13; 8:45 am]
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