[Federal Register: June 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 112)]
[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. 053006A]
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment
Product Prospectuses
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 draft Prospectuses for
three of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and
Assessment Products (Products) for public comment. These draft
Prospectuses address the following CCSP Topics:
Product 4.4 Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-
Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources;
Product 4.6 Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health
and Welfare and Human Systems; and
Product 5.2 Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating
and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making.
After consideration of comments received on the draft Prospectuses, the
final Prospectuses along with the comments received will be published
on the CCSP web site.
DATES: Comments must be received by July 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The draft Prospectuses is posted on the CCSP Program Office
web site. The web addresses to access the draft Prospectuses are:
Product 4.4 (Ecosystems):
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-4/default.htmProduct
4.6 (Health):
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-6/default.htmProduct
5.2 (Uncertainty)
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap5-2/default.htm
Detailed instructions for making comments on the draft Prospectuses
are
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provided with each Prospectus. Comments should be prepared in
accordance with these instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Richardson, Climate Change
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 Prospectuses
addressed by this notice provide a topical overview and describe plans
for scoping, drafting, reviewing, producing, and disseminating three of
21 final synthesis and assessment Products that will be produced by the
CCSP.
Dated: June 5, 2006.
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.),Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere.
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