[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 231 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67947-67948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5897]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Climate Change Science Program; Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey.
    Committee Name: USGS-CCSP Committee for Synthesis and Assessment 
Product 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting by Teleconference.

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SUMMARY: The USGS-CCSP Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 
(SAP) 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change will hold a teleconference on December 
21, 2007 from 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
    Agenda: The purpose of the teleconference is to discuss the results 
of the peer review process for SAP 3.4. The first draft of the SAP was 
peer reviewed by 24 scientists with expertise tied to the subject 
matter of the report. Comments from the peer reviewers were collated 
and distributed to the chapter lead authors of the report. The chapter 
authors have prepared proposed responses to the peer review comments 
and distributed them to the full Committee for deliberation at the 
December 21 teleconference. The teleconference is open to the public. 
Pre-registration is required to attend. Contact the Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) at the address below by December 17 to pre-register and 
to receive a copy of the peer review comments and proposed responses. 
The teleconference will take place in a conference room at the USGS in 
Reston, VA (full address below). In order to participate in the 
teleconference, members of the public will need to attend in person at 
the USGS in Reston, VA. Prepared statements may be presented orally to 
the Committee during the teleconference between 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. 
Public statements will be limited to 3 minutes per person. For 
scheduling reasons, intent to make a public statement must be 
established at the time of pre-registration. A written copy of the oral 
statement must be left with the Committee's DFO as a matter of public 
record. Additional short

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public comments/questions during the teleconference will be allowed 
only if time permits. Special instructions pertaining to security at 
USGS and directions to the conference room will be provided to those 
who pre-register. Please check the Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.4 
Web page (http://www.usgs.gov/global_change/sap_3.4/default.asp) for 
any last minute changes to the teleconference date, location or agenda. 
The teleconference may close early if all business is completed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO PRE-REGISTER CONTACT: John McGeehin 
(DFO), U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, M.S. 926A, 
Reston, VA 20192, (703) 648-5349, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5b8b6b2b0b0bdbcbb95a0a6b2a6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="117c7276747479787f51646276623f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>.

Dr. William Werkheiser,
Acting Associate Director for Geology, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 07-5897 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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