[Federal Register: June 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 119)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 061306C]

 
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment 
Product 2.1

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 publishes 
this notice to announce the availability of the U.S. Climate Change 
Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment draft Product 2.1 
addressing the CCSP Topic: ``Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 
Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario 
Development and Application'' for public comment. Following the public 
comment period, the lead authors will revise the Product, taking into 
consideration the submitted comments. The lead agency will then submit 
the revised Synthesis and Assessment Product to the CCSP Interagency 
Committee for approval and eventual release in accordance with the 
procedure described in the approved Prospectus for Synthesis and 
Assessment Product 2.1 that is posted on the CCSP Program Office web 
site: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/default.htm


DATES: Comments must be received by August 7, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The Synthesis and Assessment draft Product and detailed 
instructions for making comments on the draft Product are posted, along 
with the Prospectus, on the CCSP Program Office Web site at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/default.htm
.

    Please make certain that submitted comments are 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 and 
climate changes 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 Synthesis and Assessment 
draft Product addressing the CCSP Topic: ``Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated 
Scenario Development and Application'' is one of 21 such products that 
will be produced by the CCSP.

    Dated: June 15, 2006.
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.,
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans 
and Atmosphere.
[FR Doc. E6-9744 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]

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