[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: 07-2327]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Committee Establishment: Climate Change Science Program Committee 
for Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2: Thresholds of Climate Change

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Estaablishment 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. 92-643). Following 
consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby 
given that the Secretary of the Interior has established the Advisory 
Committee for the United States Geological Survey--Climate Change 
Science Program for Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2--Thresholds of 
Climate Change. 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, a participant in the 
CCSP, is responsible for three S&A products. S&A product 4.2: 
Thresholds of Climate Change is the subject of this Federal Advisory 
Committee.
    The primary function of the Committee is to synthesize and assess 
the state of knowledge on the topic of thresholds of climate change and 
communicate this information to the U.S. Geological Survey. 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 thresholds of 
climate change. Membership will consist of Federal and non-Federal 
scientists who are recognized as experts in the climate science 
community.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen W. Charles, U.S. Geological 
Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 301, Reston, Virginia 20192; 
703-648-4110. [email protected].

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Dick Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 07-2327 Filed 5-10-07; 8:45 am]
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