[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 26832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2326]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Committee Establishment: United States Geological Survey--Climate 
Change Science Program Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 
1.2: Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High 
Latitudes

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION:  Establishment of a Federal Advisory Committee

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463). Following 
consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby 
given that the Secretary of the Interior has established the U.S. 
Geological Survey--Climate Change Science Program Committee for 
Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.2: Past Climate Variability and 
Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes.
    The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), a consortium of Federal 
agencies performing climate science, has established a synthesis and 
assessment (S&A) program as a part of its Strategic Plan. There are 21 
S&A products to be administered by 13 Federal agencies over a 5-year 
period. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a participant in the CCSP, 
is responsible for three S&A products. S&A product 1.2: Past Climate 
Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes is the 
subject of this proposed Federal Advisory Committee.
    The primary function of the Committee is to synthesize and assess 
the state of knowledge on past climate variability at high latitudes 
and communicate this information to the USGS. Committee members will 
meet and discuss issues relating to the study design, research 
methodology, data sources and quality, and study findings. The 
Committee will draft a report that will serve as the CCSP definitive 
document on current knowledge pertaining to the topic of past climate 
variability at high latitudes. Membership will consist of non-Federal 
scientists who are recognized as experts in the climate science 
community.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan J. Fitzpatrick, U.S. Geological 
Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS-980, Denver, Colorado 
80225-0046 (Phone Number: 303-236-7881).

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 07-2326 Filed 5-10-07; 8:45 am]
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