03-29897. 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 meeting will remain open to the public.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 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 at Jurys Washington Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Melbourne G. Briscoe, Office of Naval Research, 800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22217-5660, telephone: [phone].

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.

Dated: November 25, 2003.

J.T. Baltimore,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.