[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18358-18359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7902]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 033104C]
Availability of the Draft Guidelines for the Climate Change
Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Products
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is
announcing the availability of the Draft Guidelines for the CCSP
Synthesis and Assessment Products, which are described in the Strategic
Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/stratplan2003/final/default.htm). The
synthesis and assessment products are intended to provide useful
information for a variety of users about key climate change topics. The
products include reports, data sets, and evaluations of the uses and
limits of climate information for decisionmaking. See Chapter 2 of the
Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program for a
detailed description of the products.
Your comments are requested on the effectiveness of the proposed
guidelines for (1) ensuring scientific integrity and (2)facilitating
public involvement in the products. All comments should be sent
electronically to [email protected]. Please refer to the
instructions for formatting and submitting comments (http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-reviewinstructions.htm) to
facilitate the collation of comments received into a master set for
review by the CCSP.
DATES: Comments must be received by May 7, 2004. The comments received
by this date will be posted on the CCSP web site.
ADDRESSES: The Draft Guidelines for the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment
Products are available on the CCSP web
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site at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-guidelines-29mar2004.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sandy MacCracken, 1-202-419-3483
(voice), U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Suite 250, 1717
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
CCSP Products and Guidelines
The Climate Change Science Program is an interagency endeavor, with
13 participating Federal agencies and departments. One or more of the
agencies that comprise CCSP will have the lead responsibility for
preparing each product. The topic of the product, lead and supporting
agencies, and time frame for producing the product are listed in a
table available at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-summary.htm. This table also provides information regarding which CCSP
interagency working groups are collaborating in the production of each
product. The national and international research community is
anticipated to play a major role in preparation of many of the
products.
To ensure consistency and transparency in the processes that will
be used by the lead and supporting CCSP agencies in preparing the
products, the guidelines currently under review describe the steps to
be followed in each of four phases of the preparation process--framing,
drafting, review, and production. This product development will
facilitate involvement of the research community and the public in
ensuring that the products meet the highest standards of scientific
excellence. The guidelines also encourage transparency by ensuring that
public information about the status of the products will be provided on
the CCSP web site (http://www.climatescience.gov).
Dated: April 1, 2004.
James R. Mahoney,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Director,
U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
[FR Doc. 04-7902 Filed 4-6-04; 8:45 am]
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