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request as soon as possible in order to permit the

Commission to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

3The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

4B&H states that the entire line is suitable for

alternative public use and that it has contracted to

sell the segment between milepost 9.07 and

milepost 9.17 to the Town of Urbana, NY, for

waterfront access and use as a park.

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and

trail use/rail banking statements under

49 CFR 1152.29 3 must be filed by

March 18, 1995. Petitions to reopen or

requests for public use conditions under

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by March

28, 1995, with: Office of the Secretary,

Case Control Branch, Interstate

Commerce Commission, Washington,

DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: William B.

Joint, Cole & Latham, P.C., P.O. Box 232,

7 East Steuben Street, Bath, NY 14810.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

B&H has filed an environmental

report which addresses the effects of the

abandonment, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by March 13, 1995.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser, Chief of SEA, at (202)

927–6248. Comments on environmental

and historic preservation matters must

be filed within 15 days after the EA is

available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.4

Decided: March 3, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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[Notice (95–022)]

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change, Working Group II

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of draft

report and request for comment.

SUMMARY: Working Group II of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) has prepared a draft 1995

Assessment of Impacts, Adaptation, and

Mitigation. The IPCC Secretariat

requires comments on this report from

national governments by April 28, 1995,

so that the Secretariat can meet its

obligations to member governments of

the IPCC. The U.S. Government is

expected to receive its copy of this

assessment for formal government

comment on March 6, 1995. Dr. Robert

Harriss, Director, Science Division,

Office of Mission to Planet Earth, on

behalf of the U.S. Subcommittee on

Global Change Research (SGCR) is

responsible for coordinating the

preparation of the comments of the

United States Government. Through this

notice, the SGCR is announcing the

availability of the draft 1995 Assessment

and requesting comments on this report

from experts and interested groups and

individual. These comments will be

reviewed, combined, and incorporated

as appropriate, in the process of

preparing the set of official U.S.

comments to the IPCC.

DATES: Written comments (hard copy

and if possible on a 3.5 inch diskette in

either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect

format) on the draft 1995 Assessment

should be submitted on or before March

31, 1995. the USGCRP does not

anticipate extending this deadline

because the member countries of the

IPCC have established a timetable that

requires input by April 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

submitted either by mailing to: IPCC

WG II 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: wg2@usgcrp.gov’’.

A list of chapters making up the draft

1995 Assessment is included with this

notice, Review is sought by those having

specific expertise or interest in the

various aspects of the assessment.

Copies of individual chapters making

up the draft 1995 Assessment can be

obtained by: (1) Telephone request to

Mr. Earley Green at (202) 651–8240; (2)

sending E-mail to ‘‘office@usgcrp.gov’’;

(3) faxing a request to (202) 554–6715;

or (4) sending a letter to the USGCRP

Office directed to Mr. Earley Green at

the address shown above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Desiree Martinez, Science Division,

Office of Mission to Planet Earth, at

(202) 358–2102.

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

concerning what is happening and is

projected to happen to the climate;

Working Group II addresses the state of

the science concerning (i) vulnerability

to and impacts of climate change and

(ii) adaptation and mitigation strategies;

and Working Group III addresses the

state of science and understanding

concerning economics and cross-cutting

issues associated with climate change.

Each Working Group is charged with

issuing periodic assessments. The first

Scientific Assessment of Climate

Change, for example, was prepared in

1990. Periodic assessment reports such

as this provide a comprehensive

statement of the state of knowledge

concerning topics such as scientific

information, environmental impacts,

response strategies, and other issues

concerning climate change. The draft

1995 Assessment represents the result of

Working Group II efforts since its

inception to address the consequences

and impacts of climate change and

response strategies focusing on

mitigation and adoption.

II. Public Input Process

The member countries of the IPCC

established a timetable that requires

comments from governments be

received by April 28, 1995, so that the

IPCC Secretariat can meet its obligations

for a timely completion of the 1995

IPCC Assessment. The Subcommittee on

Global Change Research is responsible

for coordinating preparation of the U.S.

Government response, and through this

notice is seeking the views of experts

and interested groups and individuals to

help in the formulation of its response.

Comments that are provided will be

reviewed, integrated, and used, as

appropriate, in the preparation of the

official U.S. comments.

In this review process, the emphasis

should be on providing detailed

recommendations on specific chapters

for which the reviewer has established

expertise or interest. To be most useful,

comments should be specific in

suggesting wording changes to the text

of a particular chapter and, where

appropriate, offer supporting
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information and peer-reviewed

references supporting the proposed

changes. Comments on the overall tone

and scientific validity of the chapter and

comments expressing agreement and

disagreement with specific major points

in the Executive Summary of the

chapters are also solicited.

Reviewers should request for review

those specific chapters of the IPCC

Working Group II Second Assessment

Report for which they have expertise or

special interest. The material available

for review includes 25 chapters (with

introductory materials and two

appendices, as outlined below. A copy

of the draft Summary for Policymakers

will also be provided for each reviewer

in order to provide an opportunity for

the reviewer to consider the consistency

of the chapter and the selection and

representation of its major points in the

draft Summary for Policymakers.

A. Chapters Relating to Assessment of

Impacts and Adaptation Option for

Ecological, Climatic, or Physiographic

Systems

1. Forests

2. Grasslands and Rangelands

3. Desert Regions

4. Land Degradation, including

Desertification

5. Mountain Regions

6. Non-Coastal Wetlands

7. The Cryosphere

8. Oceans and Large Lakes

9. Coastal Zones and Small Islands

10. Freshwater Systems and Hydrology

B. Chapter Relating to Assessment of

Impacts and Adaptation Options for

Socio-Economic Systems

11. Energy, Industry, and Transportation

12. Human Settlement

13. Agriculture

14. Freshwater Supply and Quality

15. Forestry

16. Fisheries

17. Insurance

18. Human Health

C. Chapters Relating to Assessment of

Mitigation Options

19. Energy Supply

20. Industry

21. Transportation

22. Human Settlements

23. Agriculture

24. Forests

25. Cross-Sectoral Options

D. Appendices Relating to

Methodologies and Inventories

26. Assessments of Impacts and

Adaptation Options (Not available for

review, having been previously

reviewed and approved by IPCC).

27. Assessments of Mitigation Options

28. Inventory of Technologies, Methods,

and Practices

III. Request for Submission of Public

Comments

Interested persons and scientific

experts are invited to submit comments

on the draft 1995 Assessment. An

information sheet providing specific

requests for formatting submissions will

be provided with each mailing of a

chapter. Comments should be submitted

to the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section, and must be received by the

date indicated in the DATES section of

this notice. Submission should be made

by mail (preferably providing a

computer diskette in addition to paper

copy), by fax (for short submissions,

only, please) or by E-mail on Internet;

comments submitted orally will not be

accepted. All comments received will be

available for public inspection in the

NASA Library, which is located in

Room 1J20, of the NASA Office

Building, 300 E Street SW., Washington,

DC 20546.

Charles F. Kennel,

Associate Administrator, Office of Mission

to Planet Earth.

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Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that meeting of the

Literature Advisory Panel (Professional

Development/Special Projects/Overview

Sections) to the National Council on the

Arts will be held on March 16–17, 1995.

The Professional Development/Special

Projects Section will meet from 9:00

a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on March 16 and the

Overview Section will meet from 9:30

a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 17. This

meeting will be held in Room M–07, at

the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506.

The Overview Section of this meeting

will be open to the public from 9:30

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on March 17 for a

program overview and policy and

guidelines review.

The remaining portions of this

meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on

March 17 are for the purpose of Panel

review, discussion, evaluation, and

recommendation on applications for

financial assistance under the National

Foundation on the Arts and the

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,

including information given in

confidence to the agency by grant

applicants. In accordance with the

determination of the Chairman of

February 8, 1994, these sessions will be

closed to the public pursuant to

subsection (c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of

section 552b of Title 5, United States

Code.

Any person may observe meetings, or

portions thereof, of advisory panels

which are open to the public, and may

be permitted to participate in the

panel’s discussions at the discretion of

the panel chairman and with the

approval of the full-time Federal

employee in attendance.

If you need special accommodations

due to a disability, please contact the

Office of Special Constituencies,

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Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682–5532,

TYY 202/682–5496, at least seven (7)

days prior to the meeting.

Further information with reference to

this meeting can be obtained from Ms.

Yvonne Sabine, Committee Management

Officer, National Endowment for the

Arts, Washington, D.C. 20506, or call

202/682–5433

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Yvonne M. Sabine,

Director, Office of Council and Panel

Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.

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Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby

given that a meeting of the Media Arts

Advisory Panel (Film/Video Production

Section) to the National Council on the

Arts will be held on March 22–23, 1995.

The panel will meet from 9:00 a.m. to

6:30 p.m. on March 22 and from 9:00

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 23 in Room

716, at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20506.

A portion of this meeting will be open

to the public on March 23 from 4:30

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a policy

discussion.

Remaining portions of this meeting

from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on March 22

and from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on

March 23 are for the purpose of panel

review, discussion, evaluation, and

recommendation on applications for

financial assistance under the National

Foundation on the Arts and the