[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22668]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Office of the Chief Economist; Public Comment Period for Climate 
Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System Assessment 
Report

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment on Climate Change, Global Food 
Security, and the U.S. Food System Assessment Report.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has led the 
development of an interagency assessment report entitled ``Climate 
Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System.'' The report 
has been developed to support the National Climate Assessment of the 
U.S. Global Change Research Program, and is called for under the 
President's Climate Action Plan. USDA is requesting input from the 
public. This request is being published in the Federal Register for a 
30-day public comment period. Public comments will be considered during 
the preparation of the final report. The final report will be published 
on USDA's Web site when it becomes available. Comments from the public 
will be accepted electronically via http://www.globalchange.gov/notices. Comments may be submitted only online and via this address; 
instructions for doing this are on the Web site.

DATES: Comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 
8, 2015 will be considered.

ADDRESSES: Comments from the public will be accepted electronically via 
http://www.globalchange.gov/notices. Comments may be submitted only 
online and via this address; instructions for doing this are on the Web 
site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Hohenstein, Director, USDA 
Climate Change Program Office, telephone: 202-720-9978, Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment draft can be found online 
at www.globalchange.gov/notices. Only comments received through the 
online comment system (www.globalchange.gov/notices) will be 
considered.
    All comments received will be considered by the report's authors 
and will become part of the public record once the final report is 
issued. However, until the report is finalized and released to the 
public, commenters' identities will not be shared with the authors. 
When the report is released in final form to the public, the comments, 
in association with the commenter's name, will be made available upon 
request. No additional information a commenter submits as part of the 
registration process (such as an email address) will be disclosed 
publicly.
    The Department of Agriculture will publish a notice informing the 
public of the final report when it is issued.

 Robert Johansson,
Chief Economist.
[FR Doc. 2015-22668 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]
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