[Federal Register: July 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 145)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071806B]

 
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment 
Product Draft Prospectus 3.2

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publish 
this notice to announce the availability of the draft Prospectus for 
one of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and 
Assessment Products (Products) for public comment. This draft 
Prospectus addresses the following CCSP Topic:
    Product 3.2 Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for 
long-lived radioactively trace gases and future climate impacts of 
radioactive gases and aerosols
    After consideration of comments received on the draft Prospectus, 
the final Prospectus along with the comments received will be published 
on the CCSP web site.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 28, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The draft Prospectus is posted on the CCSP Program Office 
web site. The web addresses to access the draft Prospectus is:
Product 3.2 (Climate Projections)
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap3-2/default.htm
    Detailed instructions for making comments on the draft Prospectus 

is provided with the Prospectus. Comments should be prepared in 
accordance with these instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Richardson, Climate Change

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Science Program Office, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 250, 
Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 419-3465.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCSP was established by the President in 
2002 to coordinate and integrate scientific research on global change 
and climate change sponsored by 13 participating departments and 
agencies of the U.S. Government. The CCSP is charged with preparing 
information resources that support climate-related discussions and 
decisions, including scientific synthesis and assessment analyses that 
support evaluation of important policy issues. The Prospectus addressed 
by this notice provides a topical overview and describes plans for 
scoping, drafting, reviewing, producing, and disseminating one of 21 
final synthesis and assessment Products that will be produced by the 
CCSP.

    Dated: July 24, 2006.
William J. Brennan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, and 
Acting Director, Climate Change Science Program.
[FR Doc. E6-12129 Filed 7-27-06; 8:45 am]

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