RadioBanter - US Coast Guard request for public comments on HF weather broadcasts

The following taken from The Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 80 /
Thursday, April 26, 2007 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2007-27656]
High Frequency (HF) Radio Broadcasts
of Marine Weather Forecasts and
Warnings
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comments.
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is soliciting
public comment on the need to continue
providing high frequency (HF) radio
broadcasts of weather forecasts and
warnings. Public comment is necessary
in order to assess the demand for the HF
radio broadcasts of weather forecasts in
each of three forms: (1) Radiofacsimile;
(2) voice; and, (3) Simplex Teletype
Over Radio (SITOR), also known as
Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP).
The infrastructure necessary to provide
these services has exceeded its life
expectancy; the equipment is no longer
manufactured, repairs are difficult to
accomplish, and spare parts generally
are not available. Because of the very
significant costs involved to continue
these specific HF radio services, the
Coast Guard requires information on the
extent to which these services are used
by the public and what alternative
services are being used or are available
to obtain weather forecasts and
warnings.
DATES: Comments and related material
must reach the Docket Management
Facility on or before August 24, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG-2007-27656 to the
Docket Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid
duplication, please use only one of the
following methods:
(1) Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001.
(3) Fax: 202-493-2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL-401 on the
Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
The telephone number is 202-366-
9329.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice,
please contact Mr. Russell S. Levin,
Spectrum Management Division (CG-
622), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
telephone: 202-475-3555, fax: 202-
475-3927, or e-mail:
. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Renee V.
Wright, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-493-0402.

Supplementary information available at:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/..._WX_Notice.pdf