[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64511-64512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9017]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development
Committee (CPDC) for Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3
ACTION: Notice to establish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product
Development Committee (CPDC) for Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3
(CPDC--S&A 1.3) under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, and the General Services Administration
(GSA) rule of Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR part 102-3,
and after consultation with GSA, the Secretary of Commerce has
determined that the establishment of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)
Product Development Committee (CPDC) for Synthesis and Assessment
Product 1.3 (CPDC--S&A 1.3) is in the public interest, in connection
with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law. The
CPDC--S&A 1.3 will advise the Secretary, through the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, on CCSP Topic 1.3: ``Re-analyses of
historical climate data for key atmospheric features: Implications for
attribution of causes of observed change''. This advice will be
provided in the form of a draft Synthesis and Assessment product
intended to be used by NOAA to develop a final product in accordance
with the Guidelines for Producing the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment
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Products, the OMB Peer Review bulletin, and the Information Quality Act
guidelines. The CPDC--S&A 1.3 will consist of no more than 20 members
to be appointed by the Under Secretary to assure a balanced
representation among preeminent scientists, educators, and experts
reflecting the full scope of the scientific issues addressed in CCSP
Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3. The CPDC--S&A 1.3 will function
solely as an advisory body, and in compliance with the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Its charter will be filed under the
Act, fifteen days from the date of publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CPDC--S&A 1.3 DFO and Dr. Ming Ji,
Program Manager, NOAA/OAR/Climate Program Office, Climate Dynamics and
Experimental Prediction Program, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1215, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910; telephone 301-427-2373, e-mail:
[email protected].
Dated: October 26, 2006.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-9017 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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