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Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

Room 2617, 1305 East West Hwy, Bldg. 

SSMC4, Silver Spring, MD 20910–3278. 

(Phone: 301–628–1010, email: 

derek.parks@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) is seeking 

expression of interest from private firms 

interested in entering into a Cooperative 

Research and Development Agreement 

(CRADA) with NOAA to conduct 

collaborative research and development 

(R&D) on new and innovative 

approaches that could lead to new and 

better ways of processing, exploiting 

and disseminating space-based Earth 

and space weather observations from 

NOAA developed and deployed 

satellites, with a wide range of 

applications, societal and economic 

benefits. 

The initial period of performance for 

this CRADA is expected to be from 

fiscal year 2019 through fiscal year 2021 

(three years), with extensions possible if 

all parties agree. 

This notice does not constitute an 

Invitation for Bid or Request for 

Proposal and is not to be construed as 

a commitment by the Government. No 

contracts will be awarded as a result of 

this notice. No reimbursement will be 

made for any costs associated with 

providing information in response to 

this notice or for any follow-up requests 

for information. NOAA may contact 

respondents for clarification and 

discussion of the submitted responses. 

Synopsis 

NOAA wishes to conduct 

collaborative R&D with one or more 

private firms or non-government groups 

on new techniques to be used, new 

products to be generated, enhancement 

of the use of satellite data in existing or 

new applications, and exploring 

potential new services that will enhance 

the value and enable wider use of data 

obtained from NOAA’s space-based 

assets. General areas of R&D interest 

include, but are not limited to, 

exploring creating new products and 

eliciting new information for 

geophysical applications benefiting 

citizens, communities, local, state and 

federal governments and the private 

sector, and the use of new numerical 

approaches such as machine learning 

and artificial intelligence (AI) to 

maximize the information gathered from 

satellite observations. Some potential 

R&D topics on specific uses of data 

could include: (1) Atmospheric 

composition for air quality, and 

visibility applications, (2) atmospheric 

data for measuring instability and 

therefore severe weather and turbulence 

applications, (3) ocean and coastal data 

for ecosystems, severe weather, 

inundation, and water quality 

management, (4) land data for multiple 

applications such as wildfires, 

agriculture, droughts, flooding, urban 

planning, etc., (5) information delivery 

systems for extreme environmental 

conditions, (6) satellite-based data of 

volcanic ash for aviation safety and 

societal applications, (7) day-night band 

for new applications such as detection 

of fires, population migration, etc., (8) 

satellite data for renewable energy 

availability, (9) space-based data for 

measuring economic vulnerability (to 

space weather, to drought, etc.), (10) 

compositing multiple geophysical data 

sets to generate user-ready decisionmaking products for different economic 

sectors (insurance, health, 

transportation, tourism, education, 

energy, agriculture, etc.), and (11) cloud 

information for better characterizing the 

state of the atmosphere in all sky 

situations for use as initial conditions in 

numerical model forecasts. 

Documentation of Interest 

Responders may document their 

interest in entering into a CRADA with 

a comment to Derek Parks, Technology 

Transfer Program Manager. See contact 

information above in ADDRESSES. 

Responders must include, in writing, 

detailed information regarding their 

technical qualifications, the company 

name, address, point of contact, 

telephone number, and business size. 

Information submitted should be 

pertinent and specific in the technical 

areas described above under 

consideration. Any other specific and 

pertinent information as pertains to this 

particular undertaking that would 

enhance the information submitted will 

be considered by the agency. 

Additional information requested: 

(A) Institution’s name, address, point 

of contact, phone number and email 

address. 

(B) If a business, include the firm’s 

DUNS number and Cage Code as 

provided under the SAM system. 

(C) If a business, then state the firm’s 

SBA certified small business concern 

status or other socioeconomic status. 

Specifically identify if your firm is 

HUBZone-certified, Service Disabled 

Veteran Owned, Women Owned, or in 

the SBA’s 8(a) program. If your 

institution is not a small business, 

please state that it is a large business, 

FFRDC, university, UARC, or other. 

(D) Institution’s previous work 

experience that is similar to that 

described above. 

(E) Any other pertinent 

documentation or information. 

(F) Responses should be no more than 

10 pages. 

All information submitted in response 

to this notice is voluntary; the United 

States Government will not pay for 

information requested nor will it 

compensate any respondent for any cost 

incurred in developing information 

provided to the United States 

Government. No hard copy submittals 

will be accepted or considered. All 

responses to this Request for 

Information shall be submitted only via 

email to derek.parks@noaa.gov (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Dated: August 2, 2018. 

Sid Boukabara, 

Senior Scientist for Strategic Initiatives, 

Center for Satellite Applications and 

Research, NOAA Satellite and Information 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–HR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration National Data Buoy 

Center 

AGENCY: National Weather Service 

(NWS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

DATES: The PEA and Finding of No 

Significant Impact are available for 

public inspection for 30 days after 

posting. 

ADDRESSES: The Final PEA can be 

accessed at:http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ 

pea/ndbc_final_pea_20180104.pdf. 

The Finding of No Significant Impact 

is available for public inspection for 30 

days after posting. It can be found 

at:http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/pea/ndbc_

fonsi_signed_20180102.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Swaykos, National Data Buoy Center, 

Bldg. 3205, Stennis Space Center, MS 

39529; phone (228) 688–4766; fax (228) 

688–1364; email joe.swaykos@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) National Data 

Buoy Center (NDBC), a part of the 

National Weather Service (NWS), 

designs, develops, operates, and 

maintains a network of moored buoys 


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and coastal stations throughout the 

world’s oceans, seas, and lakes for the 

purpose of civil earth marine 

observations. NDBC has prepared a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) to analyze the 

continued operational activities of its 

network of moored buoys and coastal 

stations. The NDBC PEA has been 

created in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 

The expected outcome from a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment is either (a) finding of no 

significant impact; (b) identification of 

the need for an environmental impact 

statement; or (c) the proposed action is 

covered by a categorical exclusion 

established by the parent agency. In the 

case of the NDBC PEA a finding of no 

significant impact was made. 

Dated: August 3, 2018. 

Joseph A. Pica, 

Director, Office of Observation, National 

Weather Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17038 Filed 8–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Pacific Island Pelagic Longline 

Fisheries; Short-tailed AlbatrossFisheries Interaction Recovery 

Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0456. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 1. 

Burden Hours: 3. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. Federal 

regulations require the operator of a 

vessel with a Hawaii longline limited 

access permit vessel to notify NMFS if 

an endangered short-tailed albatross is 

hooked or entangled during fishing 

operations. Following the retrieval of 

the albatross from the ocean the vessel 

operator must record the condition of 

the bird on a recovery data form. A 

veterinarian will use the information to 

provide advice to the captain for caring 

for the bird. If the albatross is dead, the 

captain must attach an identification tag 

to the carcass to assist the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologists in 

subsequent studies. This collection of 

information is one of the terms and 

conditions contained in the Endangered 

Species Act Section 7 biological opinion 

issued by USFWS, and is intended to 

maximize the probability of the longterm survival of short-tailed albatrosses 

accidentally taken by longline gear. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: August 6, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Certification Requirements for 

Distributors of NOAA Electronic 

Navigational Charts/NOAA 

Hydrographic Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0508. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 8. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour 

to provide a distribution report twice a 

year, 12 hours for reporting of errors in 

the ENC (approximately 4 per month, 

usually each distributor will catch the 

same issue). 

Burden Hours: 88. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

NOS Office of Coast Survey manages 

the Certification Requirements for 

Distributors of NOAA Electronic 

Navigational Charts (NOAA ENCs®). 

The certification allows entities to 

download, redistribute, repackage, or in 

some cases reformat, official NOAA 

ENCs and retain the NOAA ENC’s 

official status. The regulations for 

implementing the Certification are at 15 

CFR part 995. The recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements of 15 CFR part 

995 form the basis for this collection of 

information. This information allows 

the Office of Coast Survey to administer 

the regulation, and to better understand 

the marketplace resulting in products to 

that meet the needs of the customer in 

a timely and efficient manner. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; business or other for-profits 

organizations. 

Frequency: Semiannually and on 

occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: August 6, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17055 Filed 8–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2018–HQ–0003] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 


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