NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel, which advises the NOAA administrator on products and services related to navigation, water levels and currents, and positioning, will meet April 8 to 10 in Long Beach, California, to receive updates on regional activities and resource needs.

 

The panel will consider information presented at this meeting in making recommendations to the NOAA administrator for improving NOAA’s suite of navigation and positioning data, products and services. The meeting is open to the public. A meeting agenda can be found at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm.

WHAT:

•             Three-day public meeting of NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel

o             Discussions on navigational tools needed for precision navigation for the Port of Long Beach,

o             Stakeholder breakout sessions, focusing on coastal intelligence (observations, measurements, models, forecasts, and analyses) and coastal resilience,

o             Emerging Arctic priorities,

o             Local concerns.

WHEN:

•             Wed., April 8, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

•             Thu., April 9, 8:30 a.m. ‒ 6:00 p.m.

•             Fri., April 10, 8:30 a.m. ‒ 3:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Long Beach Hilton, 701 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, California

The meeting will also be webcast live. Registration is required. To register contact Lynne Mersfelder-Lewis at [email protected].

WHO:

•             Mayor Robert Garcia, Long Beach, California

•             U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (CA-47th)

•             Thomas Cullen, Jr., administrator, Office of Spill Prevention & Response, California Department of Fish & Game

•             Captain John Strong, vice president, Jacobsen Pilot Service

•             Julie Thomas, executive director, Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System

•             Captain Jennifer Williams, deputy commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach

•             Dr. Russell Callender, acting assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA’s National Ocean Service

•             Rear Admiral Gerd F. Glang, director, NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey

•             Members of the Hydrographic Services Review Panel

 

For more information about the meeting, contact NOAA Office of Coast Survey’s California navigation manager, Jeff Ferguson, at [email protected] or 805-893-7107; or panel coordinator, Lynne Mersfelder-Lewis, at [email protected] or 301-713-2702 ext. 199.

 

NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel is a federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA administrator on carrying out the agency’s navigation services mission—to ensure the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound movement of commerce along America’s marine transportation system—and other related missions.