[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7643-7644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2178]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6936-7]


Peer Review of Agency Draft Strategy for Global Change Research 
Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a workshop organized by Eastern Research 
Group, Inc., a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor, 
to obtain scientific peer-review of an EPA Office of Research and 
Development (ORD) draft Research Strategy entitled: Research Strategy--
Global Change Research Program.

DATES: The peer review workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end no 
later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, 2001, and begin at 8 a.m. 
and end no earlier than 3 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2001. Members of 
the public may attend as observers. Due to limited space, seating at 
the meetings will be on a first-come first-serve basis.

ADDRESSES: The peer review will be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 
C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024. To attend the workshop as an 
observer, contact Eastern Research Group, Inc., Telephone: (781) 674-
7374. Space is limited so please register early.
    Availability of Review Materials: An electronic version of the 
draft Research Strategy is accessible on EPA's National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) home page via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/glbchng.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The EPA has contracted with Eastern 
Research Group, Inc., (ERG, Inc., 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, 
Massachusetts 02421). To attend the meeting as an observer, please 
preregister by calling ERG at 781-674-7374 or fax a registration 
request to 781-674-2906. Upon registration, you will be sent an agenda 
and a logistical fact sheet.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ERG is convening the peer review panel to 
review the draft Research Strategy--Global Change Research Program. The 
peer review panel is requested to comment on the extent to which the

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Research Strategy clearly identifies the appropriate strategic 
directions for a core research program that will develop the methods, 
models, and measurements to strengthen the scientific foundation for 
assessing the potential consequences of global change on human health, 
ecosystems, and social well-being in the United States.
    The emphasis of the Program's research and assessment strategy is 
on understanding the risks and opportunities presented by global 
change, the interdependent and interactive effects of multiple 
stresses, the human dimensions of global change (i.e., human activities 
that catalyze, as well as those that respond to global change), and 
adaptation options.
    After considering recommendations from extramural advisory groups, 
as well as from senior scientists from across EPA's Program and 
Regional Offices, ORD has identified, in the Research Strategy, the 
strategic directions for its Global Change Research Program. While the 
Research Strategy delineates the research areas comprising the 
framework for the Global Change Research Program, the details of the 
research areas, including the scientific approach at the individual 
project level, and the anticipated products, performance measures, and 
schedules, will be included in subsequent research plans and are not a 
part of this Research Strategy. ERG is undertaking the establishment of 
a peer review panel to review the Research Strategy.

    Dated: January 17, 2001.
William H. Farland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, Office of Research 
and Development.
[FR Doc. 01-2178 Filed 1-23-01; 8:45 am]
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