IOOS Program Office Update

NERACOOS Board Meeting

December 4th, 2013

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Funding – FY13 Overview• FY2013 Appropriation $32,345,981 (after rescissions &

sequester) IOOS National – $5,953,040 IOOS Regional – $26,392,941

• Regional Observing Systems ($18.4M) and Surface Currents ($5M)

• Marine Sensor Innovation Project ($3.996M) Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) U.S. IOOS Coastal Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) Marine sensor and other advanced observing technologies

• Transition to Operations: Environmental Sample Processor• Ocean Acidification: Support for West Coast Shellfish

Industry

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FY14 Outlook

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FY14 Budget Update• Continuing Resolution through January 15, 2013• Scenarios for Appropriation

FY 2014 Regional IOOS (After Hollings)Pres Budget($29,520M)

FY13 CR level less 5% w/ Sequester Delta

  29,490,480 25,064,787 4,425,693

FY14 NOAA IOOS (After Hollings)President’s Budget

($6,593M)FY13 CR level less 5% w/ Sequestor Delta

  6,593,000 5,656,727 936,273

Certification Update

Drafting Final Rule• Clarifying QC requirements• Defining “employee” for liability purposes

Implementation• IOOS Office creating guidance on requirements• Certification is not tied to funding

Timeline• Final Rule to be published late Dec. 2013 or early Jan 2014• No comments requested• Ready to accept applications 30 days after rule published

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NEPA PEA

• General counsel’s comments are being incorporated into the draft.

• On November 13 we received instructions for formally submitting the draft and accompanying draft documents (FRN, FONSI) to PPI

• Draft supporting documents are in progress

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Update from NOS• NOS Priorities

Coastal preparedness, response, recovery, and resiliency Coastal intelligence network Place-based conservation

• Budget National line – Combined PPA Regional line still separate

• Coastal partner roundtables NOS hosted a Coastal Partners Roundtable in September to

explore opportunities for improved partnering, leveraging and communications

Outcomes included long-term commitment among all parties to routine coordination

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