Meeting of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel

AGENCY:

Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) will meet to discuss National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) activities. All sessions of the meetings will remain open to the public.

DATES:

The meetings will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2004, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, June 30, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. In order to maintain the meeting time schedule, members of the public will be limited in their time to speak to the Panel. Members of the public should submit their comments one week in advance of the meeting to the meeting Point of Contact.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held in the Damon Room of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305-5602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Melbourne G. Briscoe, Office of Naval Research, 800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22217-5660, telephone (703) 696-4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice of open meeting is provided in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The purpose of this meeting is to discuss NOPP activities. The meeting will include discussions on ocean observations, current and future NOPP activities, and other current issues in the ocean sciences community.