61514 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 204 / Monday, October 24, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Meetings: Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) was established by a Decision 

Memorandum dated September 25, 

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with responsibility to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies 

for research, education, and application 

of science to operations and information 

services. SAB activities and advice 

provide necessary input to ensure that 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Time and Date: The meeting will be 

held Tuesday, November 8, 2005, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and Wednesday, 

November 9, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Refer to the Web page http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov/Meetings/ 

meetings.html for the most up-to-date 

meeting agenda. 

Place: The meeting will be held both 

days at the Beacon Hotel, 1615 Rhode 

Island Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20036. 

Status: The meeting will be open to 

public participation with a 30-minute 

public comment period on November 8 

from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. (check 

Web site to confirm this time). The SAB 

expects that public statements presented 

at its meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted verbal or written 

statements. In general, each individual 

or group making a verbal presentation 

will be limited to a total time of five (5) 

minutes. Written comments (at least 35 

copies) should be received in the SAB 

Executive Director’s Office by November 

1, 2005 to provide sufficient time for 

SAB review. Written comments received 

by the SAB Executive Director after 

November 1 will be distributed to the 

SAB, but may not be reviewed prior to 

the meeting date. Seats will be available 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) Discussion and approval of 

the Report of the ‘‘Evaluation of 

NOAA’s Response to the Research 

Review Report’’; (2) Approval of NOAA 

Cooperative Institute (CI) Reviews (the 

CI for Climate and Ocean Research and 

the CI for Limnology and Ecosystems 

Research); (3) Briefings on NOAA’s role 

related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; 

(4) Updates from the Reviews of NOAA 

Ecosystem Science and Research and of 

NOAA Physical and Social Sciences; (5) 

Briefing on the reauthorization of the 

Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation 

and Management Act—Update on 

provisions in the Administration’s 

proposed bill regarding science and data 

collection; and (6) Report on the Review 

of the National Sea Grant College 

Extension Program and a Call for 

Greater National Commitment to 

Engagement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Uhart, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11142, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 

713–9121, Fax: 301–713–0163, E-mail: 

Michael.Uhart@noaa.gov); or visit the 

NOAA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

Dated: October 18, 2005. 

Mark Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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