[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33727-33728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9126]


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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.htm
Product 4.6 (Health):
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-6/default.htm
Product 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.
[FR Doc. E6-9126 Filed 6-9-06; 8:45 am]
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