Science Advisory Board (SAB), 112-113 [2013-31431]

Download as PDF 112 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 1 / Thursday, January 2, 2014 / Notices conduct of Sunset Reviews. Please consult the Department’s regulations at 19 CFR part 351 for definitions of terms and for other general information concerning antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings at the Department. This notice of initiation is being published in accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). Dated: December 23, 2013. Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2013–31429 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 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; maindgalligan on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:20 Dec 31, 2013 Jkt 232001 fax 301–713–4516; email 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 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. [FR Doc. 2013–31378 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\02JAN1.SGM 02JAN1 maindgalligan on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 1 / Thursday, January 2, 2014 / Notices 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 one minute. Written comments should be received in the SAB Executive Director’s Office by January 16, 2014 to provide sufficient time for SAB review. Written comments received by the SAB Executive Director after January 16, 2014, will be distributed to the SAB, but may not be reviewed prior to the meeting date. Special Accommodations: These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for special accommodations may be directed no later than 12 p.m. on January 16, 2014, to Dr. Cynthia Decker, SAB Executive Director, SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315 East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOAA 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 strategies for research, education, and application of science to operations and information services. 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. Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will include the following topics: (1) Proposed New Members and Renewal of Member Terms for the Ecosystem Sciences and Management Working Group; (2) NOAA Response to the SAB External Review of the Ocean Exploration Program; and (3) Proposed Members for the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science Program Advisory Working Group. For the latest agenda, please visit the SAB Web site at https://www.sab.noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, Email: Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov.) Dated: December 27, 2013. Jason Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. 2013–31431 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:20 Dec 31, 2013 Jkt 232001 Office of the Secretary [Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0238] Proposed Collection; Comment Request Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness, DoD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness 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 March 3, 2014. 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 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. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 To request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to Director, Military Community Outreach, Military Community and Family Policy, 4000 Defense Pentagon Room 2E355, Washington, DC 20301–2400 ATTN: Ms. Beth Riffle, or 703–695–3265. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; Associated Form; and OMB Control Number: Military OneSource Case Management System (CMS)— Satisfaction Feedback; Military OneSource Member Survey (Counseling, Health & Wellness Coaching, Educational Materials, Document Translation, Financial, Work Life, Wounded Warrior); OMB Control Number 0704–XXXX. Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary to support the Military OneSource Case Management System contract mandated Quality Control Plan (QCP) which requires a process to capture participant quality satisfaction feedback. Key quality factors include but are not limited to appropriateness, effectiveness, successful outcomes and any or all of the dimensions of quality such as accessibility, availability, efficiency, continuity, safety, timeliness and respectfulness. Council on Accreditation (COA) or URAC guidance for sample size and confidence levels shall be followed at a minimum. Affected Public: Individuals or households; Federal Government. Annual Burden Hours: 1,000. Number of Respondents: 10,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Average Burden per Response: 6 minutes. Frequency: On occasion. Respondents are military service members and their families who accessed Military OneSource for support for an inquiry or issue and agreed to provide satisfaction feedback. Respondent feedback is captured using two methods: An outreach call or via an email containing a link to the feedback Web site. When outreach calls are made, respondents are interviewed and a staff person enters those responses into a feedback form. Respondents may also elect to complete feedback via an electronic form, which is emailed to the respondent. All respondents who contact Military OneSource are asked to provide feedback about their Military OneSource experience, though on average only about 1–2% of respondents provide feedback. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 113 E:\FR\FM\02JAN1.SGM 02JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 112-113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31431]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Science Advisory Board (SAB)

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce 
(DOC).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: 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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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 one minute. 
Written comments should be received in the SAB Executive Director's 
Office by January 16, 2014 to provide sufficient time for SAB review. 
Written comments received by the SAB Executive Director after January 
16, 2014, will be distributed to the SAB, but may not be reviewed prior 
to the meeting date.
    Special Accommodations: These meetings are physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for special accommodations may be 
directed no later than 12 p.m. on January 16, 2014, to Dr. Cynthia 
Decker, SAB Executive Director, SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315 East-West Hwy., 
Silver Spring, MD 20910.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOAA 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 strategies for 
research, education, and application of science to operations and 
information services. 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.
    Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will include the following 
topics: (1) Proposed New Members and Renewal of Member Terms for the 
Ecosystem Sciences and Management Working Group; (2) NOAA Response to 
the SAB External Review of the Ocean Exploration Program; and (3) 
Proposed Members for the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science 
Program Advisory Working Group. For the latest agenda, please visit the 
SAB Web site at https://www.sab.noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive 
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-
713-1459, Email: Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov.)

    Dated: December 27, 2013.
Jason Donaldson,
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Office of 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-31431 Filed 12-31-13; 8:45 am]
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