Notice2021-25407
Space Weather Advisory Group Meeting
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Published
November 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) will meet for 1 half- day on December 1, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 222 (Monday, November 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 66290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25407]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA831]
Space Weather Advisory Group Meeting
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) will meet for 1 half-
day on December 1, 2021.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled as follows: December 1, 2021 from 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted virtually via webinar.
For details on how to connect to the webinar or to submit comments,
please contact Jennifer Meehan, National Weather Service; telephone:
301-427-9798; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#076d6269696e616275296a62626f6669476968666629606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d07080303040b081f43000808050c032d03020c0c430a021b">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Meehan, National Weather
Service, NOAA, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910;
301-427-9798 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f298979c9c9b949780dc9f97979a939cb29c9d9393dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4329262d2d2a2526316d2e26262b222d032d2c22226d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>; or visit the SWAG website:
<a href="https://www.weather.gov/swag">https://www.weather.gov/swag</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Promoting Research and
Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow
(PROSWIFT) Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq., the Administrator of NOAA and
the National Science and Technology Council's Space Weather Operations,
Research, and Mitigation Interagency Working Group (interagency working
group) established the Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) on April 21,
2021. The SWAG is the only Federal Advisory Committee that advises and
informs the interest and work of the interagency working group. The
SWAG is to receive advice from the academic community, the commercial
space weather sector, and nongovernmental space weather end users to
carry out the responsibilities of the SWAG set forth in the PROSWIFT
Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq.
The SWAG is directed to advise the interagency working group on the
following: Facilitating advances in the space weather enterprise of the
United States; improving the ability of the United States to prepare
for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from space weather phenomena;
enabling the coordination and facilitation of research to operations
and operations to research, as described in section 60604(d) of title
51, United States Code; and developing and implementing the integrated
strategy under 51 U.S.C. 60601(c), including subsequent updates and
reevaluations. The SWAG shall also conduct a comprehensive survey of
the needs of users of space weather products to identify the space
weather research, observations, forecasting, prediction, and modeling
advances required to improve space weather products, as required by 51
U.S.C. 60601(d)(3).
I. Matters To Be Considered
The meeting will be open to the public. During the meeting, the
Committee will discuss the PROSWIFT Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq.,
directed duties of the SWAG and kick off the required by 51 U.S.C.
60601(d)(3) user survey. The full agenda will be published on the SWAG
website. Meeting materials, including work products, will also be
available on the SWAG website: <a href="https://www.weather.gov/swag">https://www.weather.gov/swag</a>.
II. Additional Information and Public Comments
The meeting will be held over one half-day and will be conducted
via webinar (for meeting details see ADDRESSES). Please register for
the meeting through the website: <a href="https://www.weather.gov/swag">https://www.weather.gov/swag</a>.
This event is accessible to individuals with disabilities. For all
other special accommodation requests, please contact
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c46696262656a697e22616969646d624c62636d6d226b637a">[email protected]</a>. This webinar is a NOAA public meeting and
will be recorded and transcribed. If you have a public comment, you
acknowledge you will be recorded and are aware you can opt out of the
meeting. Participation in the meeting constitutes consent to the
recording. Both the meeting minutes and presentations will be posted to
the SWAG website (<a href="https://www.weather.gov/swag">https://www.weather.gov/swag</a>). The agenda, speakers
and times are subject to change. For updates, please check the SWAG
website (<a href="https://www.weather.gov/swag">https://www.weather.gov/swag</a>).
Public comments directed to the SWAG members and SWAG related
topics are encouraged. Individuals or groups who would like to submit
advance written comments, please email them to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a2ada6a6a1aeadbae6a5adada0a9a688a6a7a9a9e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cca6a9a2a2a5aaa9bee2a1a9a9a4ada28ca2a3adade2aba3ba">[email protected]</span></a>
by November 29, 2021 to provide sufficient time for SWAG review.
Written comments received after these dates will be distributed to the
SWAG but may not be reviewed prior to the meeting date. As time allows,
public comments will be read into the public record during the meeting.
Advance comments will be collated and posted to the meeting website.
Dated: November 17, 2021.
Michael Farrar,
Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National
Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-25407 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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