Notice2022-27733
Space Weather Advisory Group Meeting
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Published
December 21, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) will meet for 2 and a half-days on January 18-20, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78087-78088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27733]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XV189]
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 2 and a
half-days on January 18-20, 2023.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled as follows: January 18-19, 2023 from 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and January 20, 2023 from 9
a.m.-12 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be a hybrid event with the SWAG and
invited guests convening ``in person'' at
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the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC, and any public participants attending virtually via
Webinar. For details on how to connect to the webinar or to submit
comments, please visit <a href="http://www.weather.gov/swag">www.weather.gov/swag</a> or contact Jennifer Meehan,
National Weather Service; telephone: 301-427-9798; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cea4aba0a0a7a8abbce0a3ababa6afa08ea0a1afafe0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1379767d7d7a7576613d7e76767b727d537d7c72723d747c65">[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#6f050a010106090a1d41020a0a070e012f01000e0e41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e646b606067686b7c20636b6b666f604e60616f6f20696178">[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 (SWORM) Subcommittee established the Space
Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) on April 21, 2021. The SWAG is the only
Federal Advisory SWAG that advises and informs the interest and work of
the SWORM. 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 SWORM 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).
Matters To Be Considered
The meeting will be open to the public. During the meeting, the
SWAG will discuss the PROSWIFT Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq., directed
duties of the SWAG including the required 51 U.S.C. 60601(d)(3) user
survey, and the update to the 2019 National Space Weather Strategy and
Action Plan (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/NSWSAP2019">https://tinyurl.com/NSWSAP2019</a>) Implementation Plan. The
full agenda and meeting materials will be published on the SWAG
website: <a href="https://www.weather.gov/swag">https://www.weather.gov/swag</a>.
Additional Information and Public Comments
The meeting will be held over two and a half-days and will be
conducted in a hybrid manner (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="9bd1fef5f5f2fdfee9b5f6fefef3faf5dbf5f4fafab5fcf4ed">[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. In particular, the SWAG would like to hear from
all interested parties on what the SWAG should consider advising the
SWORM on in regard to the 2019 National Space Weather Strategy and
Action Plan (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/NSWSAP2019">https://tinyurl.com/NSWSAP2019</a>) Implementation Plan
update. For example, the SWAG seeks input from the public on the
following:
1. In priority order, how, where, and why should the Federal
Government invest limited resources to enhance research, technology,
and innovation to improve observations and understanding of space
weather events?
2. In priority order, what activities should the Federal Government
undertake to enhance national capabilities to prepare for, recover
from, adapt to, or otherwise mitigate the effects of space weather
events?
3. What innovative tools, platforms, or technologies are needed by
the Federal Government and space weather research and development
communities to advance the transition of research to operations for
models and observations of space weather phenomena? Please include any
barriers to implement the identified tools, platforms, or technologies.
4. In priority order, what opportunities exist to enhance U.S.
operational space weather predictions, alerts, and services, for Earth,
near-Earth, and deep space applications? Please include any barriers
for implementation and utilization of these capabilities.
5. Beyond regulation and grant programs, what can the Federal
government do to enable and advance the private sector role for
capabilities, forecasting, modeling, mitigation, research, development,
and observation in the space weather domain?
6. What opportunities exist for the United States to marshal the
collective resources of like-minded nations and organizations to
address the global hazard of space weather?
7. Is there any additional information related to enhancing
national capabilities to address space weather events, not listed
above, that you believe the SWAG should consider?
The public input provided will inform the work of the SWAG as it
works with the SWORM to develop the updated National Space Weather
Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Plan. Individuals or groups who
would like to submit recommendations to the SWAG will be given two
minutes to present one slide. Please email the request to speak and the
slide to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f79d9299999e919285d99a92929f9699b799989696d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="563c3338383f303324783b33333e3738163839373778313920">[email protected]</span></a> by January 13, 2023 to provide
sufficient time for SWAG review.
For other written public comments, please email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#355f505b5b5c5350471b5850505d545b755b5a54541b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d27282323242b283f63202828252c230d23222c2c632a223b">[email protected]</span></a> by January 13, 2023. Written comments received
after this date 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: December 16, 2022.
Michael Farrar,
Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National
Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-27733 Filed 12-20-22; 8:45 am]
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