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presentation and discussion on 

evaluation of the national system, and 

will consider draft reports and 

recommendations from the Scientific 

and Technical Subcommittee and the 

Review and Evaluation Subcommittee. 

It will also hear an update on NOAA’s 

Next Generation Strategic Plan and 

presentations on the development of the 

national system of marine protected 

areas, including the gap analysis 

processes and education and outreach 

initiatives. Representatives from NOAA 

and the Department of Interior have 

been invited to present on the 

Administration’s vision for ocean 

conservation. Committee members and 

the public are also invited to attend a 

ceremony to announce the first sites 

accepted into the National System of 

Marine Protected Areas. The agenda is 

subject to change. The latest version 

will be posted at http://www.mpa.gov. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–7234 Filed 3–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XO40 

Unified Synthesis Product 

Development Committee 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: A major activity of the 

Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) 

is the production of a series of 21 

Synthesis and Assessment Products 

(SAPs) that are designed to inform and 

aid decision making by policy makers, 

resource managers, stakeholders, the 

media, and the general public on issues 

related to global climate change. The 

Unified Synthesis Product (USP) 

Development Committee (USPDC), 

established by a Decision Memorandum 

on February 29, 2008, is the Federal 

Advisory Committee charged with 

responsibility to develop a draft USP 

that will synthesize the information 

contained in the 21 SAPs in the context 

of other recent climate and global 

change scientific studies and formal 

assessments. Please note that meeting 

location, times, and agenda topics 

described here are subject to change. 

Meeting information will be available 

online on the USPDC website: 

http://www.climate.noaa.gov/ 

index.jsp?pg=./ccsp/ 

unifiedlsynthesis.jsp 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 8 

a.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2009 and 

adjourn at 5:30 p.m. on that day. The 

location will be the US Climate Change 

Science Program Office, 1717 

Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 

20006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Christopher D. Miller, USPDC DFO and 

the Program Manager, NOAA/OAR/ 

Climate Program Office, Climate Change 

Data and Detection Program Element, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 12239, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; 

telephone 301–734–1241, e-mail: 

Christopher.D.Miller@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Status 

The meeting will be open to public 

participation and will include a 30- 

minute public comment period on April 

16, 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (check the 

USPDC website to confirm this time and 

the room in which the meeting will be 

held). Seats will be available to the 

public on a first-come, first-served basis. 

In general, each individual or group 

wishing to make a statement that 

addresses the agenda topics (see Matters 

To Be Considered) will be allotted a 

total time of five (5) minutes. Written 

comments (at least 35 copies) that 

address the agenda topics will also be 

accepted and should be received by the 

USPDC Designated Federal Official 

(DFO) by April 6, 2009 to provide 

sufficient time for review. Written 

comments received after April 6 will be 

distributed to the USPDC, but may not 

be reviewed prior to the meeting date. 

Matters To Be Considered 

The meeting will discuss a roll-out 

strategy for the USP and various aspects 

of outreach activities that will be 

employed to disseminate the 

information in the final report. 

Dated: March, 23, 2009. 

Captain Todd Stiles, 

Executive Director, Office of the Deputy 

Under Secretary, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration 

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BILLING CODE 3510–12–S 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (hereinafter the 

‘‘Corporation’’), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps to ensure that requested data can 

be provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirement on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, the Corporation is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed renewal of its 

AmeriCorps*VISTA Recovery Act 

Progress Report Supplement (OMB 

Control Number 3045–0131), the 

previously approved Progress Report 

will expire on September 30, 2009. 

This extension without changes 

reflects the Corporation’s intent to 

continue to collect data around the 

results of Recovery Act funded VISTA 

activities. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section by June 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By Mail Sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, Attn. 

Craig Kinnear, Program Analyst, Room 

9103A, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

8100 at the mail address given in 

paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By Fax to: (202) 565–2789, 

Attention Mr. Craig Kinnear, Program 

Analyst. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s E-Mail Address System: 

ckinnear@cns.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Kinnear (202) 606–6708 or by email at ckinnear@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Corporation is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the