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Office of Coast Survey Update

Explore details of NOAA Office of Coast Survey budget allocation for mapping and charting in 2005, including updates on ENC distribution, RNC production, hydrographic surveys, and more.

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Office of Coast Survey Update

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  1. Office of Coast Survey Update CAPT Roger L. Parsons, NOAA Director, Office of Coast Survey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hydrographic Services Review Panel August 18, 2005

  2. Mapping and Charting Budget ($000) 2005 Conf Mark2006 Request2006 House Mark2006 Senate Mark Base 27,600 29,710 48,313 43,995 Coastal Mapping 500 500 Marine Modeling 1,100 3,100 Hydro Surveys 1,300 2,300 NRTs 1,885 1,885 Nautical Charting 6,500 6,500 Total Base 38,885 43,995 48,313 43,995 ENCs 4,300 6,190 6,190 Shoreline Mapping 4,448 2,448 2,448 2,448 Shoreline Analysis 500 Joint Hydro Cntr 7,600 7,499 7,500 Survey Backlog 19,000 31,487 31,487 20,450 EEZ Surveys 2,200 2,200 Other Surveys 2,000 AK Surveys 2,500 3,500 Time Charter 2,000 11,850 Digital Coast 800 1,000 Coastal Map Consortium 1,000 River Studies 750 NMAO Payment 3,058 Total Mapping/Charting 83,733 91,619 82,248 104,441

  3. Coast Survey Update • ENCs – 502 available and in continuous maintenance • 98% of NOAA ENCs updated on a weekly basis • Jan 2007 – expect ENC coverage available in > 90% of • areas in which vessels expected to be impacted by new • USCG electronic chart carriage rules operate • RNCs - NOAA/Maptech RNC CRADA expired in June 2005 • Contract to produce NOAA RNCs competitively awarded to • MAPTECH in June 2005 • On/about 1 Oct 2005 NOAA RNCs and updates to be available • free over the Internet • Commercial providers will be able to distribute NOAA RNCs or • value-added RNCs • Distributors must adhere to specified practices

  4. Coast Survey Update • Final ENC Distribution Rule • - Published in Federal Register this week • - 9 of 12 HSRP recommendations incorporated • Hydrographic Products Quality Assurance Program • - To date, no private sector products submitted for certification • Hydrographic Survey Vessel Time Charter (TC) • - Base performance year ended 7 July • - Insufficient FY05 TC funds available to exercise option year • - Contract extended until early Oct with available FY05 TC funds • - Absent appropriations TC contract will expire at that time

  5. Coast Survey Update • Hydrodynamic models under development and scheduled for • completion in FY06 • - St. John’s River • - Lake Erie • - Lake Michigan • Navigation Response Teams (NRT) • - NRT 7 stood up in June (mid-Atlantic Region) • - NRT 8 scheduled for FY06 (NE Region) • - Hurricane Dennis response • Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping – Federal Mapping Inventory • - NOAA, USGS, USACE and USN collaboration

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