[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18358-18359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7902]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 033104C]


Availability of the Draft Guidelines for the Climate Change 
Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Products

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

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The United States Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is 
announcing the availability of the Draft Guidelines for the CCSP 
Synthesis and Assessment Products, which are described in the Strategic 
Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/stratplan2003/final/default.htm). The 
synthesis and assessment products are intended to provide useful 
information for a variety of users about key climate change topics. The 
products include reports, data sets, and evaluations of the uses and 
limits of climate information for decisionmaking. See Chapter 2 of the 
Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program for a 
detailed description of the products.
    Your comments are requested on the effectiveness of the proposed 
guidelines for (1) ensuring scientific integrity and (2)facilitating 
public involvement in the products. All comments should be sent 
electronically to [email protected]. Please refer to the 
instructions for formatting and submitting comments (http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-reviewinstructions.htm) to 
facilitate the collation of comments received into a master set for 
review by the CCSP.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 7, 2004. The comments received 
by this date will be posted on the CCSP web site.

ADDRESSES: The Draft Guidelines for the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment 
Products are available on the CCSP web

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site at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-guidelines-29mar2004.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sandy MacCracken, 1-202-419-3483 
(voice), U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Suite 250, 1717 
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

CCSP Products and Guidelines

    The Climate Change Science Program is an interagency endeavor, with 
13 participating Federal agencies and departments. One or more of the 
agencies that comprise CCSP will have the lead responsibility for 
preparing each product. The topic of the product, lead and supporting 
agencies, and time frame for producing the product are listed in a 
table available at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-summary.htm. This table also provides information regarding which CCSP 
interagency working groups are collaborating in the production of each 
product. The national and international research community is 
anticipated to play a major role in preparation of many of the 
products.
    To ensure consistency and transparency in the processes that will 
be used by the lead and supporting CCSP agencies in preparing the 
products, the guidelines currently under review describe the steps to 
be followed in each of four phases of the preparation process--framing, 
drafting, review, and production. This product development will 
facilitate involvement of the research community and the public in 
ensuring that the products meet the highest standards of scientific 
excellence. The guidelines also encourage transparency by ensuring that 
public information about the status of the products will be provided on 
the CCSP web site (http://www.climatescience.gov).

    Dated: April 1, 2004.
James R. Mahoney,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Director, 
U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
[FR Doc. 04-7902 Filed 4-6-04; 8:45 am]
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