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notice is hereby given that the U.S. 

Small Business Administration (SBA), 

National Small Business Development 

Center Advisory Board will be hosting 

a public meeting via conference call to 

discuss such matters that may be 

presented by Board members, staff of 

the SBA and interested others. The 

conference call is scheduled for 

Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at 1 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. The purpose of 

this meeting is to discuss the upcoming 

ASBDC Spring Conference in March and 

other official SBDC business. 

Anyone wishing to make an oral 

presentation to the Board must contact 

Alanna Falcone, Program Analyst, U.S. 

Small Business Administration, Office 

of Small Business Development Centers, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20416, telephone (202) 619–1612 or fax 

(202) 481–0134. 

Cherylyn H. Lebon, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–2290 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6094] 

Evaluation of the Intergovernmental 

Panel on Climate Change 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. State Department, in 

its role as coordinator for the U.S. 

Government’s role in the IPCC, requests 

public comment on the activities and 

process of the Intergovernmental Panel 

on Climate Change (IPCC) in order to 

facilitate the U.S. Government’s effort to 

assess and enhance the IPCC’s highlevel of scientific credibility and 

relevance for the evolving needs of 

decision-maker. 

The IPCC is a scientific 

intergovernmental body set up by the 

World Meteorological Organization 

(WMO) and the United Nations 

Environment Program (UNEP). The 

IPCC’s role is to assess on a 

comprehensive, objective, open, and 

transparent basis the latest scientific, 

technical, and socio-economic literature 

produced worldwide. Consistent with 

this role, the IPCC does not conduct 

research, nor does it monitor climate 

related data or parameters. 

In order to fulfill this role, the IPCC 

produces comprehensive assessment 

reports at regular intervals of the state 

of knowledge with respect to climate 

change science; impacts, vulnerability 

and adaptation; and mitigation. The 

most recent of these, the Fourth 

Assessment Report, was completed in 

November 2007. The First Assessment 

Report was completed in 1990, the 

Second Assessment Report in 1995, and 

the Third Assessment Report in 2001. 

These reports have been widely used as 

key references for the state of knowledge 

on climate change, including in 

international climate discussions under 

the United Nations Framework 

Convention on Climate Change 

(UNFCCC). The IPCC also issues 

periodic Special Reports on specific 

aspects of climate change. The most 

recent of these, on Carbon Dioxide 

Capture and Storage, was released in 

2005. The United States has played a 

leading role in the IPCC since its 

inception, through official contributions 

and key leadership positions in IPCC 

report development, as well as through 

the contributions of many U.S. scientist 

and experts to the reports themselves. 

All IPCC reports are developed in a 

manner that conforms to the IPCC 

Principles and Procedures, which were 

developed by participating governments 

of the IPCC. Consistent with these 

principles and procedures, IPCC reports 

should be neutral with respect to policy, 

although they need to deal objectively 

with policy relevant scientific, 

technical, and socio-economic factors. 

Efforts are currently underway within 

the IPCC to initiate a dialogue regarding 

the scope and nature of IPCC activities 

in the coming years. In order to inform 

these discussions, the State Department 

is requesting public comment regarding 

aspects of the IPCC products and the 

processes used to develop them. 

Comments of particular value might 

focus on: 

—The value of comprehensive 

assessments vs. special reports; 

—The structure, frequency and process 

for developing IPCC reports; 

—Substantive areas that need stronger 

coverage and, if so, why; 

—Relationship of the reports to the 

needs of decision-makers. 

The public is also welcome to submit 

comment on other aspects of the IPCC 

as it sees fit. Further information about 

the activities of the IPCC, as well as 

IPCC reports can be found at http:// 

www.ipcc.ch. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments via e-mail 

to IPCC-future@climatescience.gov by 

the prescribed deadline. Append 

surname to title and to the attached 

word-processing file to facilitate 

processing and archival (e.g., ‘‘IPCC 

Future: Smith’’ and IPCC-Smith.doc), 

and include contact details (name, 

institution, physical address, phone, 

and e-mail). 

All public comments will be made 

available on the U.S. Climate Change 

Science Program (CCSP) Web site at 

http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/ 

ipcc/ipcc-future.htm as submitted, 

unless modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trigg Talley, U.S. Department of State, 

Office of Global Change, at (202)647–

3984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IPCC 

assessments and special reports and 

other information about IPCC activities 

are available at http://www.ipcc.ch. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Donna L. Lee, 

Foreign Affairs Officer, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–2360 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2008–02] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before February 28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA–

2008–0053 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 


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