[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25961]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee 
(NCADAC)

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).
    Time and Date: The meeting will be held November 14, 2012 from 9:00 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. and November 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time.
    Place: This meeting will be held at the Silver Spring Civic 
Building at Veterans Plaza located at One Veterans Place Silver Spring, 
MD 20910. Please check the National Climate Assessment Web site for 
additional information at http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment.
    Status: Seating will be available on a first come, first serve 
basis. Members of the public must RSVP in order to attend all or a 
portion of the meeting by contacting the NCADAC DFO 
([email protected]) and alternate DFO ([email protected]) by 
12 p.m. November 9, 2012. The meeting will be open to public 
participation with a 15-minute public comment period from 11:45 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. on November 14, 2012. 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, November 9, 2012, to provide sufficient 
time for NCADAC review. Written comments received by the NCADAC DFO 
after Friday, November 9, 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, November 9, 2012, to Dr. 
Cynthia Decker, SAB Executive Director, SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315 East-
West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910.

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].

    Dated: October 16, 2012.
Andy Baldus,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer, Office of 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-25961 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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