[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 45406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17960]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XJ39


Unified Synthesis Product Development Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of Open Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: A major activity of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) 
is the production of a series of twenty-one 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 these 21 SAPs in the context of 
other recent climate and global change scientific studies and formal 
assessments.

DATES: The meeting will convene at 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2008 
and adjourn at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 22, 2008. Meeting 
information will be available online on the USPDC website:
(http://www.climate.noaa.gov/index.jsp?pg=./ccsp/unified_synthesis.jsp).
Please note that meeting location, times, and agenda topics are subject 
to change.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Erik Jonsson Center of the 
National Academies in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

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 
August 21, 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. Written comments (at least 35 copies) 
should be received by the USPDC Designated Federal Official (DFO) by 
August 7, 2008 to provide sufficient time for review. Written comments 
received after August 7 will be distributed to the USPDC, but may not 
be reviewed prior to the meeting date. Seats will be available to the 
public on a first-come, first-served basis.
    Matters to be Considered: The USP author team will consider all 
peer review and public comments received during the USP First Draft 
review phase, which ends on August 14, 2008. The authors will decide 
how to address each comment, and plans for completion of the Final 
Draft of the USP will be developed.

    Dated: July 29, 2008.
William J. Brennan,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
Director, Climate Change Science Program.
[FR Doc. E8-17960 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am]
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