Notice2022-20212
Public Meeting and Listening Session for Developing the National Ocean Service Strategic Plan
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Published
September 19, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service (NOS) is currently developing a new strategic plan. NOS will hold a public meeting to solicit early input to inform the development of this plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 180 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57180-57181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20212]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Public Meeting and Listening Session for Developing the National
Ocean Service Strategic Plan
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and opportunity to comment.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Ocean Service (NOS) is currently developing a new strategic plan. NOS
will hold a public meeting to solicit early input to inform the
development of this plan.
DATES: The virtual public meeting will be held on Tuesday, September
27, 2022, from 3-4:30 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT). NOAA may end
the meeting before 4:30 p.m. EDT if all participants have concluded
their oral comments.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using Adobe Connect.
Participants may also join the meeting by phone using this toll-free
number: 877-462-2185 with a passcode of 9687178. To register for the
meeting please use this link <a href="https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/e31ixeyt0hw6/event/registration.html">https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/e31ixeyt0hw6/event/registration.html</a>.
To provide oral comment during the virtual listening session,
please sign up prior to the meeting by selecting the option to speak
when you pre-register, or by contacting Michelle Rome by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d00242e2528212128631f2220280d23222c2c632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8b5919b909d94949dd6aa97959db896979999d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a> or phone at 240-533-0669. Please indicate what
topic(s) you would like to comment on, including: ``Conserve, Restore,
Connect,'' ``Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and
Accessibility,'' ``Coastal Resilience,'' ``New Blue Economy,'' and
``Other Input.'' Participants may also sign-up to speak during the
meeting. However, priority will be given to participants who pre-
register to speak.
The meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Closed
captioning will be available. Requests for other auxiliary aids should
be sent to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#266b4f454e434a4a430874494b43664849474708414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="561b3f353e333a3a337804393b33163839373778313920">[email protected]</span></a> or by phone at 240-533-0669 by
September 21, 2022.
Please note that the meeting will not be recorded. However, public
comments, including any associated names, will be captured in the
minutes of the meeting, will be maintained by the NOS as part of its
administrative record, and may be subject to public release pursuant to
the Freedom of Information Act. By signing up to provide a comment, you
agree that these communications, including your name and comment, will
be maintained as described here.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Michelle Rome, Executive Officer,
NOS Assistant Administrator's Office, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d00242e2528212128631f2220280d23222c2c632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dd0f4fef5f8f1f1f8b3cff2f0f8ddf3f2fcfcb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a> or phone at 240-533-0669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOS is developing a new strategic plan for
2024-2029. The strategic plan will define a future course as NOS
continues to play a critical role in filling important needs for our
national and coastal communities, including tackling the climate
crisis, understanding and reversing declining ecosystem functions, and
meeting the ever-expanding needs for authoritative environmental
information.
This new plan also represents an opportunity for NOS to refresh our
priorities, track our progress toward our goals, and align with the
Department of Commerce (DOC) and NOAA strategic plans. Connecting these
efforts, both across the agency and with partners, will allow us to
achieve a greater impact through collaboration and information sharing.
We are seeking early input from the public as we begin to develop
and define our long-term goals, objectives, and opportunities. In
addition, we welcome your views on how external partnerships can help
us better achieve our mission within NOS. Please consider the four
priorities below and bring your ideas to the NOS Strategic Planning
Listening Session on September 27, 2022. Participants are encouraged to
sign-up to speak prior to the meeting by selecting the option to speak
when you pre-register through this link <a href="https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/e31ixeyt0hw6/event/registration.html">https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/e31ixeyt0hw6/event/registration.html</a>, or
by contacting Michelle Rome by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdd0d4ded5d8d1d1d893cfd2d0d8fdd3d2dcdc93dad2cb">[email protected]</a> or phone
at 240-533-0669.
Conserve, Restore, Connect: America's ocean and coasts are facing
significant and increasing pressures from human activity and climate
change. NOS would like to hear your ideas on what is most needed to
mitigate stressors, enhance degraded ecosystems, restore lost benefits,
and provide value-added products and services that facilitate
sustainable use, especially within marine protected areas. How can NOS
data, observations, and scientific expertise be best utilized to
achieve these aims? We'd also like to hear from you on how conserving
and restoring ecosystems can address the causes and effects of the
climate crisis.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility:
Diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and accessibility are fundamental
principles that underpin NOS values and how we conduct our mission,
guiding our actions today and into the future. To ensure our mission
benefits more communities across the nation and serves all people
fairly and responsibly, NOS is interested in hearing your thoughts on
how we can improve our efforts to equitably provide our data, products,
and services. We'd also like your thoughts on how we can better
leverage the various expertise and abilities of our external partners
and additional organizations to attract, recruit and retain a diverse,
highly-capable workforce, especially for future mission needs.
Coastal Resilience: U.S. coastal States, territories, communities,
economies, and ecosystems are facing an array of event-based and long-
term coastal hazards, including the impacts of changing water levels,
land subsidence, marine debris, oil and chemical spills, harmful algal
blooms, ocean acidification, and marine heat waves. Risk-informed
decision making requires accurate and authoritative data, observations,
modeling, mapping, and services that quantify and clearly communicate
the drivers of coastal flood risk. NOS addresses this need by providing
equitable access to actionable, authoritative data, products, and
services relevant to coastal conditions and change that helps
communities plan for both the near- and long-term resilience and
adaptation of the nation's coasts in a changing climate. How can NOS
coastal and ocean data, modeling, predictions, training, grants, tools,
services, and products better support communities to prepare for
increased near and long-term threats? How can we help ensure the
equitable delivery of resilience information and resources to
historically underserved communities?
New Blue Economy: NOS envisions a sustainable and equitable ocean
and coastal economy that optimizes advances in science and technology
to create value-added, data-driven economic opportunities and solutions
to pressing societal needs. The New Blue Economy is focused on applying
science and technology, especially the vast amounts of data and
information they yield, to catalyze public and private sector
innovation. By promoting U.S. development of new and improved data-
derived products and services, NOS hopes to ensure that the nation has
access to better tools to inform decision making across all Blue
Economy sectors.
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How can NOS better support and accelerate the growth of the New Blue
Economy? How can NOS support efforts to ensure there is a diverse and
available talent pool and workforce that is essential to the success of
the New Blue Economy?
Nicole R. LeBoeuf,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-20212 Filed 9-16-22; 8:45 am]
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