Department of Commerce Peer Review Report for FY 2010

Template for FY’10 Report pursuant to the

Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review

I. Summary Page for Department

Department ____Commerce_______________________________________

Departmental Contact for Implementation of the Bulletin for Peer Review

Name and title: Diana H. Hynek

Email address: dhynek@doc.gov

Phone number: 202-482-0266

Provide the URL for Department’s portal for compliance with the Bulletin

http://ocio.os.doc.gov/ITPolicyandPrograms/Information_Quality/index.htm

Have you checked to make sure all of the information and links on this URL are current? Y

Is this URL:

A Department-wide Peer Review Agenda N

A set of links to each agency (bureau or office’s) agenda Y, NOAA is the only Commerce operating unit with a peer review agenda.

How would a member of the public locate this peer review portal if she/he did not have this URL? Check all that apply:

A link from Department’s home page __X___

A link from Department’s Information Quality home page ____X____

Other means, e.g., a link from a science page (please describe) __________________

Number of peer reviews conducted subject to the Bulletin in FY’10 (see instructions for what should and should not be included here).

Number of influential scientific information peer reviews (ISI) (not including highly influential scientific assessments) ___23______

Number of highly influential scientific assessments (HISA) ____1____

Number of Waivers, Deferrals, Exemptions, or Alternative Procedures used: Total # __0__

Number of peer reviews that included at least one peer reviewer appointed pursuant to any exception to the applicable independence or conflict of interest standards of the Bulletin, including determinations by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary pursuant to Section III (3) (c).

Total # ____

Number of peer review panels that held in conjunction with public meetings: Total # _8___

Number of public comments provided on the Department’s peer review plans during FY ‘10, regardless of whether the peer review was actually completed during FY ‘10: Total # __0__

Template for FY’10 Report pursuant to the

Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review

II. Agency Report

GENERAL INFORMATION

Agency _______NOAA___________________

Agency Contact for Implementation of the Peer Review Bulletin

Name and title: Sarah Brabson, NOAA IQA Coordinator (IT Specialist)

Email address: sarah.brabson@noaa.gov

Phone number: 301-713-3333 ext 204

URL for Agency’s Peer Review Agenda ___http://www.cio.noaa.gov/Policy_Programs/prplans/PRsummaries.html_________________________________

What pathway(s) can a member of the public use to find the Agency’s peer review agenda if she/he did not have this URL?

o Link from Departmental or Agency home page, and

o Link from Agency Information Quality home page,

o Link from science, research, or regulatory pages (please specify) ____________

o Other (please describe) _____________

Does the agenda provide links to peer review reports for all completed peer reviews? _____Yes_________

Have you checked to make sure all of the information and links on the agency’s peer review home page to are current? Y

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INFORMATION ABOUT REVIEWS CONDUCTED

Number of peer reviews conducted subject to the Bulletin in FY 10. (see instructions for what should and should not be included here).

Number of influential scientific information peer reviews (ISI) (not including highly influential scientific assessments) _____23____

List the title of each ISI. Indicate whether the Peer Review Report has been completed (Y/N). NOTE: It is acceptable to provide a screen shot of your peer review agenda as an attachment.

ID140 - 2009 Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) - Y

ID141 - 2009 Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) - Y

ID153 - 2010 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks) - N

ID150 - A Protocol for Use of Shortnose, Atlantic, Gulf, and Green Sturgeon - Y

ID114 - Atlantic Sturgeon Research Techniques - Y

ID144 - Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Ocean Harvest of Salmon on Sacramento River Winter Run and Central Valley Spring Run Chinook Salmon ESUs -Y

ID158 - Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) Status Review - N

ID90 - Condition Report for Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary - Y

ID108 - Condition Report for Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary - Y

ID60 - Draft Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the following activities: State of Alaska parallel groundfish fisheries for pollock, Pacific cod, and Atka mackerel; Authorization of groundfish fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Authorization of groundfish fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska - Y

ID117 - ESA Status Review of Puget Sound Rockfish - Y

ID146 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Climate Change Site Scenario - Y

ID157 - Review of Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Stock Assessment - N

ID160 - Review of North Pacific Striped Marlin Stock Assessment - N

ID145 - SEDAR 19--South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Black Grouper and South Atlantic Red Grouper - Y State of the Climate in 2009 - Y

ID147 - State of the Climate in 2009 - Y

ID159 - Status Review of Hawaii Insular False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) - Y

ID130 - Status Review of the Bearded, Ringed, and Spotted Seals – N

ID 156 - Status Review Report of 82 Species of Corals under the US Endangered Species Act - N

ID143 - Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, Atlantic surfclam and butterfish - Y

ID142 - Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically, scallops, pollock and monkfish – Y

ID134 - U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessment (2009) - Y

ID149 - Vessel Calibration Analysis Review - Y

Number of highly influential scientific assessments (HISA) __1______

List the title of each HISA. Indicate whether the Peer Review Report has been Completed (Y/N) add more lines as needed

ID43 - Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for Marine Mammals - N

Provide the titles of ISIs and HISIs for which Waivers (W), Deferrals (D), or Exemptions (E) were invoked or Alternative Procedures used (A). If deferral is marked, please indicate the duration of the deferral.

Title of Document Type of Document W, D, E, or A

ISI or HISA (and duration)

None

Number of peer reviews that included at least one peer reviewer appointed pursuant to any exception to the applicable independence or conflict of interest standards of the Bulletin, including determinations by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary pursuant to Section III (3) (c)?

Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments) ___None___

List titles

Number of HISAs _None_____

List titles

Number of peer review panels that held public meetings:

Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments)____8___

Number of HISAs ____0____

Number of peer review panels that allowed public comment:

Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments)___11____

Number of HISAs ___1_____

Number of public comments provided on the agency’s peer review plans during FY 10, regardless of whether the peer review was actually completed during FY 10 ___None

Number of times agency specifically solicited peer reviewer nominations from professional societies. ____None_______

If such nominations were solicited, were any recommendations provided? Yes ___ No ___