[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3011]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III

AGENCY: Office of Policy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft report and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change (IPCC) has prepared a draft 1995 Assessment of Economic and 
Cross-cutting Issues. The IPCC Secretariat requires comments on this 
report from national governments by March 13, 1995, so that the 
Secretariat can meet its obligations to member governments of the IPCC. 
The U.S. Government received a copy for formal government comment on 
January 20, 1995. The Department of Energy, on behalf of the U.S. 
Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), is responsible for 
coordinating and preparing the comments of the United States 
Government. Through today's notice, DOE is announcing the availability 
of the draft 1995 Assessment, and requesting public comments on this 
report. These comments will be reviewed and incorporated, as 
appropriate, in the official U.S. comments to the IPCC.

DATES: Written comments (five copies, and if possible on a 3 1/2'' 
floppy diskette in either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format) on the 
draft 1995 Assessment should be submitted on or before February 21, 
1995. DOE does not anticipate extending this deadline because the IPCC 
requires input by March 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted either by mailing to: IPCC WG 
III Comments, Office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, 300 D 
Street, SW., Suite 840, Washington, DC 20024, or by E-mail in ASCII 
format on Internet to: ``[email protected]''.
    A copy of the draft 1995 Assessment can be obtained by: (1) 
telephone request to Ms. Susan Henson at (202) 651-8240, (2) sending E-
mail on Internet to ``[email protected]'', (3) faxing a request to 
(202) 554-6715, (4) sending a letter to the USGCRP Office directed to 
Ms. Henson, or (5) direct pick-up at the USGCRP office at the address 
shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Watts, Office of Global 
Environment, U.S. Department of Energy at (202) 586-8436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was jointly 
established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme and the 
World Meteorological Organization to conduct periodic assessments of 
the state of knowledge concerning global climate change. The IPCC has 
formed working groups to study various aspects of climate change. 
Working Group I addresses the state of the science; Working Group II 
addresses vulnerability, impacts and adaptation and mitigation 
strategies; and Working Group III addresses economics and cross-cutting 
issues associated with climate change. Like the other working groups, 
Working Group III is charged with issuing periodic assessment reports. 
The first Scientific Assessment of Climate Change, for example, was 
published in June 1990. Periodic assessment reports such as this 
provide a comprehensive statement of the state of knowledge concerning 
such topics as scientific information, environmental impacts, response 
strategies, economics, and cross-cutting issues concerning climate 
change. The draft 1995 Assessment represents the result of Working 
Group III's efforts since its inception to address economics and cross-
cutting issues.

II. Public Input Process

    The IPCC Secretariat requires comments by March 13, 1995, so that 
it can meet its obligations to member governments for a timely 
completion of the 1995 IPCC assessment. The Department of Energy, on 
behalf of the USGCRP, is responsible for preparing these comments, and 
through this notice is seeking public views which will be incorporated, 
as appropriate, in the official U.S. comments. Because of the short 
review time provided by the IPCC Secretariat and the need to provide 
time for review of the public comments and development of the official 
U.S. comments on the draft document, public comments must be received 
on or before February 21, 1995.

III. Request for Submission of Public Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the draft 1995 
Assessment. Five copies should be submitted to the address indicated in 
the ADDRESSES section, and must be received by the date indicated in 
the DATES section of this notice. All written comments received from 
the public will be available for public inspection in the DOE Freedom 
of Information Office Reading Room, which is located in Room 1E-090 of 
the DOE Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 
20585.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 2, 1995.
Abraham E. Haspel,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Environmental Policy, 
Office of Policy.
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