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The primary responsibility of the 

ACSERAC is to conduct an expert peer 

review of the external review draft 

report entitled: ‘‘Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 4.4: Preliminary 

Review of Adaptation Options for 

Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and 

Resources’’ (SAP 4.4). The ACSERAC 

will provide advice to the EPA 

Administrator on the conduct of this 

study, and within the context of the 

basic study plan, the ACSERAC will 

advise on: (1) The specific issues to be 

addressed; (2) appropriate technical 

approaches; (3) the usefulness of 

information provided to decision 

makers; (4) the quality of the content of 

the final report; (5) compliance with the 

Information Quality Act; and (6) other 

matters important to the successful 

achievement of the objectives of the 

study. Additionally, once the Agency 

completes its responses to the 

comments received from the ACSERAC 

and the public, the ACSERAC will 

review the Agency’s responses. 

EPA has already released the external 

draft SAP 4.4 report for public review. 

The Federal Register notice (FR72 

46610) announcing a forty-five day 

public comment period was posted on 

the U.S. Climate Change Science 

Program (CCSP) Web site 

(www.climatescience.gov) on August 21, 

2007. This report is accessible at 

www.epa.gov/ncea under Recent 

Additions and is linked to the CCSP 

Web site. 

Dated: December 31, 2007. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E8–17 Filed 1–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8514–3] 

Human Impacts of Climate Change 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, HICCAC. 

ACTION: Notice of a public conference 

call meeting of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Human Impacts of 

Climate Change Advisory Committee 

(HICCAC) on January 14, 2008, at 12 

noon until 2 pm. (EST). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463 as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), 

notification is hereby given that the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD) will hold a public conference call 

meeting of the HICCAC. This public 

conference call meeting is a follow-up to 

the public meeting that was held on 

October 15–16, 2007 (72 FR 52877, 

September 17, 2007). 

The U.S. District Court for the District 

of Northern California has ordered the 

interagency U.S. Climate Change 

Science Program (CCSP) to produce the 

periodic scientific assessment of climate 

change required by the Global Change 

Research Act of 1990 by May 31, 2008 

(Center for Biological Diversity v. 

Brennan, et al., 2007 WL 2408901 [No. 

06–7062, Aug. 21, 2007]). Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 4.6, which is being 

reviewed by the HICCAC, is an integral 

component of this assessment. The 

CCSP has directed EPA to complete and 

submit a final draft of Product 4.6 to the 

CCSP by January 31, 2008. To meet this 

deadline, the HICCAC is holding this 

conference call meeting to review its 

final report on this product. This notice 

is being published less than 15 days 

before the teleconference. Product 4.6 is 

a large document that has been 

developed under an unusually short 

time frame, with impacts on the authors’

and committee members’ schedules. 

January 14 is the only date that the 

Committee is available to hold this 

conference call meeting. Since EPA will 

likely have to make changes to the 

document following the teleconference, 

delaying this meeting would cause EPA 

to be late in submitting this product to 

the CCSP. Participants will discuss the 

revisions to the document that were a 

result of the public meeting in October. 

The CCSP expects to release the draft 

scientific assessment in April 2008. 

Interested parties will have an 

opportunity to review and comment on 

the entire scientific assessment, 

including Product 4.6, when it is 

released to the public. 

Public Participation: Members of the 

public may submit written comments to 

Joanna Foellmer, Designated Federal 

Official, HICCAC (see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section below). In 

addition, members of the public may 

call into the conference call meeting as 

observers, and there will be a limited 

time for comments from the public. 

Please contact Joanna Foellmer no later 

than COB January 10, 2008, if you wish 

to make oral comments during the 

conference call meeting. Requests to 

make oral comments must be in writing 

(via e-mail, fax or ground mail). Please 

send a copy of your presentation to 

Joanna Foellmer by January 12, 2008. 

Information on services for the disabled 

may be obtained by contacting Joanna 

Foellmer. 

Agenda: The proposed agenda for the 

conference call includes, but is not 

limited to, a review of the revised 

Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP 

4.6) that analyzes the impacts of global 

change on human health, human 

settlements, and human welfare. The 

HICCAC will respond to the changes 

made to the final report based on the 

review of an earlier draft of the report. 

There will be a discussion by the 

HICCAC panel with respect to their 

individual and collective assessment of 

the revised SAP 4.6 report. A draft 

agenda may be obtained from Joanna 

Foellmer (see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section below). 

DATES: The conference call will take 

place on January 14, 2008, at 12 noon 

until 2 pm (EST). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding information and 

logistics for the HICCAC public 

conference call meeting should be 

directed to Joanna Foellmer by 

telephone: 703–347–8508, by e-mail: 

Foellmer.Joanna@epa.gov, by fax: 703–

347–8694, or by regular mail: Joanna 

Foellmer, ORD/NCEA (Mail Code 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

HICCAC supports the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

in its participation in the interagency 

U.S. Climate Change Science Program 

(CCSP), specifically in implementation 

of Goal 4 of the Strategic Plan for the 

CCSP. Goal 4 is to understand ‘‘the 

sensitivity and adaptability of different 

natural and managed ecosystems and 

human systems to climate and related 

global changes.’’ EPA also helps the 

CCSP satisfy its requirement to conduct 

periodic assessments of climate change 

and variability, as set forth in the Global 

Change Research Act of 1990. The 

HICCAC serves in the public’s interest 

and supports EPA in performing its 

duties and responsibilities. 

The primary responsibility of the 

HICCAC is to conduct an expert peer 

review of the external review draft 

report entitled: ‘‘Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 4.6: Analyses of the 

effects of global change on human 

health and welfare and human systems’’

(SAP 4.6). The HICCAC will provide 

advice to the EPA Administrator on the 

results of this study, and within the 

context of the basic study plan, the 

HICCAC will advise on: (1) The specific 

issues to be addressed; (2) appropriate 

technical approaches; (3) the usefulness 

of information provided to decision 

makers; (4) the quality of the content of 

the final report; (5) compliance with the 


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Information Quality Act; and (6) other 

matters important to the successful 

achievement of the objectives of the 

study. Additionally, once the Agency 

completes its responses to the 

comments received from the HICCAC 

and the public, the HICCAC will review 

the Agency’s responses. 

EPA has already released the external 

draft SAP 4.6 report for public review. 

The Federal Register notice (FR 72 

39798) announcing a forty-five day 

public comment period was posted on 

the U.S. Climate Change Science 

Program (CCSP) Web site 

(www.climatescience.gov) on July 20, 

2007. This report is accessible at 

www.epa.gov/ncea under Recent 

Additions and is linked to the CCSP 

Web site. 

Dated: December 31, 2007. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E8–22 Filed 1–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

GSA BULLETIN FMR 2008–B3 

Use of Segways and Similar Devices 

by Individuals with a Mobility 

Impairment in GSA-Controlled Federal 

Facilities 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration 

ACTION: Notice of Interim Policy 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) recognizes that 

some persons with mobility 

impairments are utilizing the Segway 

Personal Transporter (Segway) and 

similar devices as their preferred means 

of locomotion. GSA is committed to 

making all reasonable efforts to make its 

facilities accessible to persons with 

disabilities. To that end, on December 3, 

2007, GSA’s Public Buildings Service 

issued the following interim policy to 

permit individuals with a mobility 

impairment to use these devices in 

Federal buildings under GSA’s 

jurisdiction, custody or control, 

including those buildings delegated to 

other Federal agencies by the 

Administrator of General Services. This 

interim policy does not cover privatelyowned leased buildings. GSA will issue 

a final policy once the effectiveness of 

the interim policy has been thoroughly 

reviewed and assessed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley C. Langfeld, Director, 

Regulations Management Division 

(MPR), General Services 

Administration, Washington, DC 20405; 

stanley.langfeld@gsa.gov, (202) 501–

1737. Please cite FMR Bulletin 2008–B3. 

Dated: December 17, 2007. 

Kevin Messner, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[GSA Bulletin FMR 2008–B3] 

TO: Heads of Federal Agencies 

SUBJECT: Use of Segways and 

Similar Devices by Individuals with a 

Mobility Impairment in GSA-Controlled 

Federal Facilities 

Interim Segway Personal Transporter 

Policy 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) recognizes that some persons 

with mobility impairments are utilizing 

the Segway Personal Transporter 

(Segway) and similar devices as their 

preferred means of locomotion. GSA is 

committed to making all reasonable 

efforts to make its facilities accessible to 

persons with disabilities. To that end, 

GSA’s Public Buildings Service is 

issuing this interim policy to permit 

individuals with a mobility impairment 

to use these devices in Federal buildings 

under GSA’s jurisdiction, custody or 

control, including those buildings 

delegated to other Federal agencies by 

the Administrator of General Services. 

This interim policy does not cover 

privately-owned leased buildings. The 

use of Segways and other similar 

devices in leased locations should be 

negotiated with the building lessor. No 

alterations or modifications should be 

required for Segways or similar devices 

to enter GSA-controlled buildings. GSA 

will continue to comply with the 

building accessibility standards 

identified in 41 C.F.R. § 102–76.65. 

GSA will issue a final policy once the 

effectiveness of the interim policy has 

been thoroughly reviewed and 

assessed.The following interim policy is 

designed to facilitate the safe integration 

of these mobility devices into the 

Federal workplace. 

Definition of Segway and Scope of 

Interim Policy 

A Segway is a two-wheeled, 

gyroscopically stabilized, batterypowered personal transportation device. 

Additional information on this device is 

available at the following link: http:// 

www.segway.com. This policy applies 

not only to the brand name Segway, 

but also to any similar device that is 

being used as a mobility aid by an 

individual with a mobility impairment. 

This policy does not cover motorcycles, 

mopeds, tricycles, bicycles (whether or 

not motor-powered), or other similar 

devices not permitted to be operated in 

Federal buildings. 

For purposes of this policy, an 

‘‘individual with a mobility 

impairment’’ means any person who is 

subject to any physical impairment or 

condition regardless of its cause, nature 

or extent that renders the person unable 

to move about without the aid of 

crutches, a wheelchair or any other form 

of support, or that limits the person’s 

functional ability to ambulate, climb, 

descend, sit, or rise, or to perform any 

related function. 

Applicability 

Individual with a Mobility 

Impairment - An individual with a 

mobility impairment is permitted to 

operate a Segway in a Federal building 

under the jurisdiction, custody or 

control of GSA in any areas open to 

pedestrian use. 

Individual without a Mobility 

Impairment - An individual without a 

mobility impairment is not permitted to 

operate a Segway within a Federal 

building under the jurisdiction, custody 

or control of GSA. An individual may 

bring a Segway into a Federal building, 

provided the ‘‘power assist’’ mode, or 

any other mode that engages the battery, 

is not used when walking the Segway, 

unless the on-site security personnel or 

building manager determines that 

bringing the device into the building is 

not reasonable in the specific 

circumstances. Requests for waivers to 

the policy prohibiting an individual 

without a mobility impairment from 

operating a Segway in a Federal 

building under the jurisdiction, custody 

or control of GSA will be considered on 

a case-by-case basis and will require the 

approval of the appropriate GSA 

Assistant Regional Administrator, 

Public Buildings Service, where such 

specific authorization may facilitate 

improvements in the efficiency in 

performing work assignments. One 

example of a circumstance in which a 

waiver could be appropriate is an 

individual without a mobility 

impairment who performs work in areas 

that are spacious, such as a warehouse, 

where four-wheeled, battery-operated 

devices are currently in use. 

Safety 

The Segway must be operated in a 

manner that does not compromise the 

safety of the user, the building 

occupants or the building infrastructure. 

Those individuals operating a Segway 

within a Federal building must remain 

in control at all times and must exercise 

caution when turning corners and 


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