[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61574-61575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24866]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee; 
Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce 
(DOC).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule of a forthcoming meeting 
of the DoC NOAA National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory 
Committee (NCADAC).

DATES: Time and Date: The meeting will be held Wednesday, October 24, 
2012 from 3-5 p.m. Eastern time.

PLACE: This meeting will be a conference call. Public access will be 
available at the office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, 
Conference Room A, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20006. The public will not be able to dial into the call. Please 
check the National Climate Assessment Web site for additional 
information at http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment.

Status

    The meeting will be open to public participation with a 10-minute 
public comment period from 4:45-4:55 p.m. The NCADAC expects that 
public statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of 
previously submitted verbal or written statements. In general, each 
individual or group making a verbal presentation will be limited to a 
total time of two minutes. Written comments should be received in the 
NCADAC DFO's office by Friday, October 19, 2012, to provide sufficient 
time for NCADAC review. Written comments received by the NCADAC DFO 
after Friday, October 19, 2012, will be distributed to the NCADAC, but 
may not be reviewed prior to the meeting date.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for special accommodations may be directed no 
later than 12 p.m. on Friday, October 19, 2012, to Dr. Cynthia Decker, 
Designated Federal Official, National Climate Assessment and 
Development Advisory Committee, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-
713-1459, Email: [email protected].)

Matters to be Considered

    Please refer to the Web page http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/NCADAC/index.html for the most up-to-date meeting agenda, when available.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Climate Assessment and 
Development Advisory Committee was established in December 2010. The 
committee's mission is to synthesize and summarize the science and 
information pertaining to current and future impacts of climate change 
upon the United States; and to provide advice and recommendations 
toward the development of an ongoing, sustainable national Assessment 
of global change impacts and adaptation and mitigation strategies for 
the Nation. Within the scope of its mission, the committee's specific 
objective is to produce a National Climate Assessment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Designated Federal 
Official, National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory 
Committee, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-713-1459, Email: 
[email protected].)


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    Dated: October 3, 2012.
Andy Baldus,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer, Office of 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-24866 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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