65152 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Availability for Public 

Comment on Proposed Data 

Management and Communications 

Standards for U.S. Integrated Ocean 

Observing System

AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice of availability is 

hereby given for a 30-day public 

comment period on proposed Data 

Management and Communications 

(DMAC) standards for the initial 

implementation of the U.S. Integrated 

Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The 

proposed standards are contained in the 

draft Ocean.US Data Management and 

Communications Plan for Research and 

Operational Integrated Ocean Observing 

Systems—I. Interoperable Data 

Discovery, Access, and Archive (May 

2004). The Plan, developed by the 

Ocean.US office under the auspices of 

the inter-agency National Ocean 

Research Leadership Council’s (NORLC) 

Ocean Observations Executive 

Committee (EXCOM), provides guidance 

to ocean and coastal data providers 

regarding data documentation 

(metadata) and discovery, data 

transport, Internet-enabled data 

browsing, and data archiving of the U.S. 

Integrated Ocean Observing System. The 

Plan provides additional 

recommendations regarding the 

incorporation of marine data buoy 

observations into IOOS by way of 

establishing cooperative arrangement(s) 

with the NOAA National Data Buoy 

Center (NDBC). Review and comment 

from the public and all interested 

parties on the proposed standards are 

hereby solicited. All substantive 

comments received during the review 

period will be considered by a broadly 

based, expert panel convened by 

Ocean.US for that purpose. The final 

Plan will subsequently be announced in 

the Federal Register, and the standards 

contained therein shall be adopted for 

the initial implementation of IOOS. Any 

subsequently proposed modifications or 

additions to these standards shall be 

subject to public review and comment 

as described herein.

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed standards must be received no 

later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time, 

on December 10, 2004. Written 

comments should be sent to: Ocean.US, 

Attention: Ms. Rosalind E. Cohen, 2300 

Clarendon Blvd. Suite 1350, Arlington, 

VA 22201. Comments may also be sent 

via e-mail to the following address: 

Rosalind.E.Cohen@noaa.gov, or by FAX 

to (703) 588–0872. The Plan is available 

on-line to interested parties from the 

Office of Ocean.US Web site at the 

following URL: http://dmac.ocean.us/

dacsc/imp_plan.jsp. In addition, copies 

of the Plan may be obtained by 

contacting Ocean.US at the above 

Ocean.US address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this notice, 

please contact Rosalind E. Cohen, Office 

of Ocean.US, telephone: (703) 588–

0854. E-mail: 

Rosalind.E.Cohen@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Ocean.US Office, operating by interagency agreement under the statutory 

authority of the National Oceanographic 

Partnership Program (NOPP, 10 U.S.C. 

7901 et seq.), serves as the national 

agent for integrating ocean observing 

activities (http://www.ocean.us). 

Ocean.US is also the focal point for 

relating U.S. ocean observing system 

elements to associated international 

efforts, such as the Global Earth 

Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) 

and the Intergovernmental 

Oceanographic Commission (IOC) 

sponsored Global Ocean Observing 

System (GOOS). The U.S. IOOS 

represents the U.S. contribution to the 

ocean components of these international 

partnership efforts. Key to the 

realization of the U.S. IOOS is the 

establishment of an integrated DMAC 

infrastructure. This infrastructure will 

enable users to discover, retrieve, and 

use data from federal and state 

government, government-sponsored, 

other public, private, and commercial 

coastal and ocean observing activities 

regardless of source or location. 

In 2002 Ocean.US established a 

broad-based national IOOS DMAC 

Steering Committee that was charged 

with developing a plan for the 

assessment of IOOS DMAC standards 

needs, making initial recommendations, 

and formulating a process by which 

standards gaps so identified could be 

addressed. This assessment resulted in 

the current DMAC Plan: Data 

Management and Communications Plan 

for Research and Operational Integrated 

Ocean Observing Systems—I. 

Interoperable Data Discovery, Access, 

and Archive, May 2004. The DMAC 

Plan provides prioritized 

recommendations, with additional 

concrete guidance to data providers, to 

establish initial DMAC standards and 

practices for the U.S. IOOS. The areas 

addressed include: (1) Metadata, data 

discovery and data location; (2) data 

transport; (3) data archival; and, (4) data 

policy. 

Review to Date of the Plan and 

Proposed Standards 

Over the past 18 months the DMAC 

Plan has undergone several levels of 

review, and substantive comments 

received at each stage have been 

incorporated into the current May 2004 

draft. Comments were received from 

internal and external reviews by 

national and international technical and 

scientific experts, federal and state 

ocean and coastal resource managers, as 

well as organized discussions at various 

national and regional professional 

workshops and conferences. Comments 

were also solicited and received 

electronically via the Ocean.US Web 

site. This current solicitation formalizes 

and completes the public review of the 

Plan.

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Richard W. Spinrad, 

Assistant Administrator, Ocean Services and 

Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Reserve Operations Plan for the 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral 

Reef Ecosystem Reserve

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary 

Program (NMSP), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

announcement of the availability of the 

Final Reserve Operations (ROP) Plan for 

the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 

Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Reserve) 

appeared in the Federal Register dated 

October 15, 2004 (69 FR 199), pages 

61205–61207. The document contained 

an incorrect point of contact for 

information. In addition, the ROP is not 

yet available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicki Wedell, 301–713–3125, extension 

137. 

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Correction 

In the Federal Register of October 15, 

2004, in FR Doc. 04–23165, on page 

61205, in the second column, correct 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

caption to read:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Malia Chow, (808) 397–2660, 

nwhi@noaa.gov. 

In the same notice, on page 61205, in 

the second column, add a DATES caption 

to read:

DATES: The date of the release of the 

final ROP for distribution to the public 

will be announced when available in 

the Federal Register.

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

Atmospheric Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Chief of Engineers Environmental 

Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice; cancellation.

SUMMARY: The Chief of Engineers 

Environmental Advisory Board meeting 

scheduled for November 19, 2004, from 

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. published in the 

Federal Register on Thursday, 

November 4, 2004 (69 FR 64282), has 

been cancelled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Norman Edwards, Headquarters, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, 

DC 20314–1000; Ph: 202–761–1934.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy 

Meetings of the Chief of Naval 

Operations (CNO) Executive Panel

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings.

SUMMARY: The CNO Executive Panel 

will hear classified briefings and 

provide consensus advice to the Chief of 

Naval Operations on ‘‘The Navy Role in 

Near East Security.’’ The Panel will also 

receive CNO direction regarding future 

studies to be conducted.

DATES: Meetings will be held on 

November 18–19, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Center for Naval Analyses, 4825 

Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 

22311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander Gary Herbert, CNO 

Executive Panel, (703) 681–4941 or 

Commander Kevin Wilson, CNO 

Executive Panel, (703) 681–6206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2), these matters constitute classified 

information that is specifically 

authorized by Executive Order to be 

kept secret in the interest of national 

defense and are, in fact, properly 

classified pursuant to such Executive 

Order. Accordingly, the Secretary of the 

Navy has determined in writing that the 

public interest requires that all sessions 

of this meeting be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned with 

matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) of 

title 5, United States Code.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

J.H. Wagshul, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

10, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Leader, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) title; (3) summary of 

the collection; (4) description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

reporting and/or recordkeeping burden. 

OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Application for Federal 

Education Assistance (ED Form 424) 

Clearance Package. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; individuals or 

household; businesses or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 25,326. 

Burden Hours: 6,331. 

Abstract: Need to collect information 

necessary for the processing of various 

Department of Education grant 

program’s application packets from 

State and Local educational agencies, 

institutions of higher education. 

Information is used by program offices 

to determine eligibility and facilitate in 

the disbursement of program funds.