[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 23427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9474]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XH51


Unified Synthesis Product Development Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: A major activity of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) 
is the production of a series of 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products 
(SAPs) that are designed to inform and aid decision making by policy 
makers, resource managers, stakeholders, the media, and the general 
public on issues related to global climate change. The Unified 
Synthesis Product (USP) Development Committee (USPDC), established by a 
Decision Memorandum on February 29, 2008, is the Federal Advisory 
Committee charged with responsibility to develop a draft USP that will 
synthesize the information contained in the 21 SAPs in the context of 
other recent climate and global change scientific studies and formal 
assessments. Please note that meeting location, times, and agenda 
topics described here are subject to change. Meeting information will 
be available online on the USPDC website:
http://www.climate.noaa.gov/index.jsp?pg=./ccsp/unified_synthesis.jsp

DATES: The meeting will convene at 8 a.m. on Monday, May 19, 2008 and 
adjourn at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Written comments (at 
least 35 copies) should be received by the USPDC Designated Federal 
Official (DFO) by May 2, 2008 to provide sufficient time for review. 
Written comments received after May 2 will be distributed to the USPDC, 
but may not be reviewed prior to the meeting date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher D. Miller, USPDC DFO 
and the Program Manager, NOAA/OAR/Climate Program Office, Climate 
Change Data and Detection Program Element, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 
12239, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; telephone 301-734-1241, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
STATUS: The meeting will be open to public participation and will 
include a 30-minute public comment period on May 19, 8 a.m. to 8:30 
a.m. (check the USPDC website to confirm this time and the room in 
which the meeting will be held). In general, each individual or group 
making a verbal presentation will be limited to a total time of five 
(5) minutes. Seats will be available to the public on a first-come, 
first-served basis.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The meeting will finalize plans for 
completion and submission of the First Draft of the CCSP Unified 
Synthesis Product to the National Research Council for peer review.

    Dated: April 24, 2008.
William J. Brennan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, and 
Acting Director, Climate Change Science Program.
[FR Doc. E8-9474 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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