29524 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 118 / Monday, June 22, 2009 / Notices 

Please note that all submissions may 

be posted without change to http:// 

ocean.ceq.gov/about/jsost.html, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

The public comment period will close 

on July 17, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Any 

comments received after the close of the 

comment period will not be considered. 

The full text of the January 2007 

Charting the Course is posted at 

http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/ 

sup_jsost_prioritiesplan.html). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice, 

please contact comments@jsost.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This national plan, released in 

January of 2007, is intended to present 

ocean research priorities that focus on 

the most compelling issues in key areas 

of interaction between society and the 

ocean. The goal of Charting the Course 

is to formulate priorities for ocean 

science and technology initiatives 

across the wide scope of societal 

interests and to define the fundamental 

principles for guiding actions and 

programs in support of the research 

priorities. This document also provides 

guidance on how the various ocean 

science sectors (government, academia, 

industry, and non-governmental 

entities) can and should be engaged, 

individually or through partnerships, to 

address the areas of greatest research 

priority and opportunity. 

Charting the Course was developed 

through a collaborative effort involving 

academia, industry, non-governmental 

organizations, state and local 

governments, and anyone with an 

interest in ocean issues. The JSOST also 

developed a series of public and 

conference information sessions to 

provide updates on the development of 

the national ocean research priorities. 

Charting the Course concisely gathers 

together and lays out in a single 

document the issues and priorities 

agreed to across the ocean sciences 

community. It has supported the 

creation of programs and projects where 

there were none, and it has guided 

priorities in federal agency budget 

submissions beginning in Fiscal Year 

2008 and continuing through the latest 

budget submission, Fiscal Year 2010. 

The JSOST recognizes the need to 

harness momentum and magnify this 

progress. 

In the two and a half years since 

Charting the Course was released, much 

has changed in the understanding of the 

ocean, its processes and its role in the 

Earth system as a whole. Much has also 

changed in our ability to access, 

explore, observe, and model the ocean 

and its communities. In light of these 

changes, and based on encouragement 

and input from the federal ocean 

community’s external advisory body— 

the Ocean Research and Resources 

Advisory Panel (ORRAP)—and the 

Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, the JSOST is building a way 

forward to refresh Charting the Course 

and revisit the priorities it sets forth. 

The first and most critical step in this 

way forward is reaching out to all 

interested parties for comments on how 

the current priorities should be revised 

for the refreshed Charting the Course. 

For example, are there issues that 

should be listed as priorities under the 

current six societal themes? Are there 

important areas that the original 

Charting the Course did not capture? As 

with developing Charting the Course, 

the JSOST considers community input 

and involvement in updating the 

national ocean research priorities a vital 

component in the process. JSOST is also 

working with ORRAP to additionally 

ensure proper community input and 

communication. All input received will 

be compiled, cataloged and thoroughly 

considered by the federal agency writing 

teams tasked with crafting a refreshed 

look at our nation’s ocean research 

priorities. 

The JSOST is requesting input in this 

community effort to revise, update and 

focus Charting the Course. Please 

provide complete contact information 

(name, affiliation, physical address, 

phone, e-mail) and note which of the 

following Charting the Course themes 

your comments address: 

• Stewardship of our natural and 

cultural ocean resources 

• Increasing resilience to natural 

hazards 

• Enabling marine operations 

• The ocean’s role in climate 

• Improving ecosystem health 

• Enhancing human health 

• Other 

You may also elect to provide 

comments on the following Charting the 

Course cross-cutting areas: 

• Observations and Infrastructure 

• Ocean Education 

• Enhancing Basic Understanding 

The input obtained through this 

process will be fully considered as the 

JSOST drafts the updated Charting the 

Course. 

M. David Hodge, 

Operations Manager, OSTP. 

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