U.S. Climate Change Science Program Draft Unified Synthesis Product Report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Federal Register: January 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 8)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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U.S. Climate Change Science Program Draft Unified Synthesis

Product Report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comments.

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes this notice to announce a 45-day public comment period for the second draft of the report titled, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Unified

Synthesis Product (USP). This draft report is being released solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by

NOAA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. After consideration of comments received on the draft report, a revised version along with the comments received will be published on the CCSP web site.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 27, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The draft Unified Synthesis Product is posted on the CCSP

Web site at: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/usp/

Detailed instructions for making comments on this draft report are also provided on the CCSP webpage. Comments must be prepared in accordance with these instructions and submitted to:

USP-comments@climatescience.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Fabien Laurier, Climate Change

Science Program Office, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 250,

Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 419-3481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCSP was established by the President in2002 to coordinate and integrate scientific research on global change and climate change sponsored by 13 participating departments and agencies of the U.S. Government. The CCSP is charged with preparing information resources that promote climate-related discussions and decisions, including scientific synthesis and assessment analyses that support evaluation of important policy issues.

Dated: January 6, 2009.

William J. Brennan,

Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting

NOAA Administrator, and Director of U.S. Climate Change Science

Program.

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