Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 7, 1995 / Notices 7179

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change, Working Group III

AGENCY: Office of Policy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

report and request for comment.

SUMMARY: Working Group III of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) has prepared a draft 1995

Assessment of Economic and Crosscutting Issues. The IPCC Secretariat

requires comments on this report from

national governments by March 13,

1995, so that the Secretariat can meet its

obligations to member governments of

the IPCC. The U.S. Government received

a copy for formal government comment

on January 20, 1995. The Department of

Energy, on behalf of the U.S. Global

Change Research Program (USGCRP), is

responsible for coordinating and

preparing the comments of the United

States Government. Through today’s

notice, DOE is announcing the

availability of the draft 1995

Assessment, and requesting public

comments on this report. These

comments will be reviewed and

incorporated, as appropriate, in the

official U.S. comments to the IPCC.

DATES: Written comments (five copies,

and if possible on a 3 1/2′′ floppy

diskette in either Microsoft Word or

WordPerfect format) on the draft 1995

Assessment should be submitted on or

before February 21, 1995. DOE does not

anticipate extending this deadline

because the IPCC requires input by

March 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

submitted either by mailing to: IPCC

WG III Comments, Office of the U.S.

Global Change Research Program, 300 D

Street, SW., Suite 840, Washington, DC

20024, or by E-mail in ASCII format on

Internet to:

‘‘comments.wg3@usgcrp.gov’’.

A copy of the draft 1995 Assessment

can be obtained by: (1) telephone

request to Ms. Susan Henson at (202)

651–8240, (2) sending E-mail on

Internet to ‘‘office@usgcrp.gov’’, (3)

faxing a request to (202) 554–6715, (4)

sending a letter to the USGCRP Office

directed to Ms. Henson, or (5) direct

pick-up at the USGCRP office at the

address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed

Watts, Office of Global Environment,

U.S. Department of Energy at (202) 586–

8436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change (IPCC) was jointly

established in 1988 by the United

Nations Environment Programme and

the World Meteorological Organization

to conduct periodic assessments of the

state of knowledge concerning global

climate change. The IPCC has formed

working groups to study various aspects

of climate change. Working Group I

addresses the state of the science;

Working Group II addresses

vulnerability, impacts and adaptation

and mitigation strategies; and Working

Group III addresses economics and

cross-cutting issues associated with

climate change. Like the other working

groups, Working Group III is charged

with issuing periodic assessment

reports. The first Scientific Assessment

of Climate Change, for example, was

published in June 1990. Periodic

assessment reports such as this provide

a comprehensive statement of the state

of knowledge concerning such topics as

scientific information, environmental

impacts, response strategies, economics,

and cross-cutting issues concerning

climate change. The draft 1995

Assessment represents the result of

Working Group III’s efforts since its

inception to address economics and

cross-cutting issues.

II. Public Input Process

The IPCC Secretariat requires

comments by March 13, 1995, so that it

can meet its obligations to member

governments for a timely completion of

the 1995 IPCC assessment. The

Department of Energy, on behalf of the

USGCRP, is responsible for preparing

these comments, and through this notice

is seeking public views which will be

incorporated, as appropriate, in the

official U.S. comments. Because of the

short review time provided by the IPCC

Secretariat and the need to provide time

for review of the public comments and

development of the official U.S.

comments on the draft document,

public comments must be received on or

before February 21, 1995.

III. Request for Submission of Public

Comments

Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on the draft 1995

Assessment. Five copies should be

submitted to the address indicated in

the ADDRESSES section, and must be

received by the date indicated in the

DATES section of this notice. All written

comments received from the public will

be available for public inspection in the

DOE Freedom of Information Office

Reading Room, which is located in

Room 1E–090 of the DOE Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Ave, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 2,

1995.

Abraham E. Haspel,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and

Environmental Policy, Office of Policy.

[FR Doc. 95–3011 Filed 2–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Metal Casting Industrial Advisory

Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770),

notice is hereby given of the Metal

Casting Industrial Advisory Board

meeting.

DATES: February 28, 1995, 8:00 am–5:30

pm; March 1, 1995, 8:00 am–12:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Bay Valley Resort Hotel,

2470 Old Bridge Road, Bay City,

Michigan 48706.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas E. Kaempf, Program Manager,

Department of Energy, Office of

Industrial Technologies (EE–23), 1000

Independence Ave. S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20585, (202) 586–5264, Fax: (202)

586–3180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Committee: The Metal Casting

Industrial Advisory Board serves to

provide guidance and oversight of

research programs provided under the

Metal Casting Competitiveness Research

Program and to recommend to the

Secretary of Energy new or revised

program activities and Metal Casting

Research Priorities.

Tentative Agenda

February 28, 1995

8:00 a.m. Welcome and Instructions,

Douglas Kaempf

8:30 a.m. Presentations of the FY 94

selected projects research activities and

management plans (30 minutes each):

University of Alabama—Tuscaloosa, Tom

Piwonka

Ohio State University/Worcester

Polytechnic Institute, Allen Miller

Ohio State University/ Case Western

Reserve University

Idaho State University, K.L. Moore

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Continue presentations of the FY

94 selected projects research activities

and management plans (30 minutes

each):

Texas A&M University, Malur Srinivasan

University of Alabama—Birmingham,

Charles Bates

11:45 a.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Presentations of selected metal

casting research activities and

management plans (30 minutes each):
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Pennsylvania State University/University

of Missouri-Rolla, Robert Voigt

American Foundrymen’s Society, TBD

Michigan Technological University,

Richard Tieder

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

Pradeep Rohatgi

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Presentations of other Federally

Funded Metal Casting Research

Programs (20 minutes each):

NIST, Robert Schaefer

NSF, Bruce Kramer

DOD/Air Force, Tom Broderick

DOD/Army, Al Gonsiska

DOD/Navy, TBD

EM, TBD

DP, TBD

5:30 p.m. Adjournment

March 1, 1995

8:00 a.m. Welcome

9:00 a.m. Status of metal casting industry

vision by metal casting coalition, Dan

Twarog

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Panel Discussion—Technology

Advances & Opportunities in the

National Laboratories:

Argonne, Henry Domanus

Idaho, Marty Sorensen

Lawrence Livermore, Al Lingenfelter

Los Alamos, Billy Hogan

Oak Ridge, Peter Angelini

Sandia, Frank Zanner

12:00 p.m. Adjournment

A final agenda will be available at the

meeting.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. The Chairperson of

the Board is empowered to conduct the

meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct

of business. Any member of the public

who wished to make oral statements

pertaining to the agenda items should

contact Douglas E. Kaempf at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received at

least 5 days prior to the meeting and

reasonable provisions will be made to

include the presentation on the agenda.

Written statements may be filed with

the Committee either before or after the

meeting.

Transcript: Available for public

review and copying at the Freedom of

Information Public Reading Room,

Room 1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. between 9:00 AM and

4:00 PM, Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, D.C. on February 2,

1995.

Gail Cephas,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee,

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–3009 Filed 2–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Notice of Additional Public Meeting

and Request for Comment on a Draft

Outline for a Technical Study

Concerning the National Ignition

Facility and the Issue of

Nonproliferation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of additional public

meeting and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) held a workshop on September 8,

1994, to begin a dialogue with the

public concerning issues arising from

building and operating the National

Ignition Facility (NIF). Two public

meetings held on January 24, 1995, in

Oakland, CA, and on January 30, 1995,

in Washington, DC, continued this

dialogue, focusing on a draft outline for

a technical study that DOE is writing

concerning the NIF and the issue of

nonproliferation. Today’s notice is to

announce that DOE is adding an

additional public meeting in Livermore,

CA, on the draft outline for the study

and extending the written comment

period. DOE is requesting both oral and

written comments on the outline for the

technical study.

DATES: Written comments (11 copies)

are requested to be received by DOE on

or before March 16, 1995. Oral views

and data may be presented at an

additional public meeting to be held in

Livermore, CA, on March 9, 1995,

beginning at 1:30 p.m. and concluding

at 9:00 p.m. with a break for dinner from

4:30–6:30 p.m. The length of each oral

presentation is limited to 10 minutes.

ADDRESSES: All written comments (11

copies) and requests to speak at the

public meeting should be addressed to

U.S. Department of Energy, NN–40,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC, 20585, (202) 586–3012.

In the event any person wishing to

submit a written comment cannot

provide eleven copies, alternate

arrangements can be made in advance

by calling the phone number referenced

above.

The public meeting be held at the

following location: Research Drive

Conference Center, Room One, 2140

Research Drive, Livermore, CA.

Copies of the public meeting

transcripts and written comments

received may be read and photocopied

at DOE Freedom of Information Reading

Room, U.S. Department of Energy, Room

1E–190, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC, 20585, (202) 586–

6020, between the hours of 9:00 a.m.

and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

except Federal holidays. These

documents may also be read during the

same hours at DOE Oakland Operations

Office, Federal Building, 1301 Clay

Street, Room 1070N (10th Floor),

Oakland, CA, 94612 (510) 637–1762.

For further information concerning

public participation, see the

‘‘Opportunity For Public Comment’’

section of this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIF and

its potential impact on the

nonproliferation of nuclear weapons

was an issue which was raised at the

September 8, 1994, NIF public

workshop held in Washington, DC. As

a result of this meeting, DOE has

prepared an outline for a technical

study of this issue. The purpose of the

public meetings is to seek the comments

of the public on the outline for the

technical study and to ensure that the

issues the Department plans to address

in this study are comprehensive. As

such, DOE is soliciting the public to

provide oral statements concerning the

outline at public meetings and/or to

provide written comments. Addresses,

dates and times are provided at the

beginning of this notice.

Draft Outline

The working title that DOE is using is,

‘‘The National Ignition Facility and its

Potential Impact on the

Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.’’

The outline that DOE is proposing to

use for the technical study is:

I. Introduction

• Thermonuclear weapons

—fusion secondaries

• Controlled thermonuclear reactions

—inertially-confined fusion

—ignition and burn

II. The National Ignition Facility

• Overview

• How NIF differs from

—magnetic confinement

—its predecessors, NOVA, etc., and similar

facilities in the U.S. and other countries

III. Fusion Science and High-Energy-Density

Physics

• What important science can be learned at

NIF?

• How is it learned?

• What may NIF do that couldn’t be done

before?

• What do scientists want to do?

—how does this differ from nuclear

weapons science?

IV. Horizontal Proliferation

• What could proliferators learn by

—access to NIF or comparable facilities?

—access to unclassified NIF data and

reports?

• What could proliferators do with this

information?

• How can this information be kept from

proliferators?

—classification/declassification issues

—access/experimental program control