Federal Register Summary for week of 18 April

Commerce

• U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product Draft Report 1.3

  U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product Draft Report 1.3 “Re-analyses of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features. Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change”

  AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

  ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comments.

  SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes this notice to announce a 45-day public comment period for the draft report titled, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3 “Re-analyses of historical climate data for key atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of observed change.” This draft report is being released solely for the purpose of pre- dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by NOAA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. After consideration of comments received on the draft report, a revised version along with the comments received will be published on the CCSP web site.

  DATES: Comments must be received by May 29, 2008.

  ADDRESSES: The draft Synthesis and Assessment Product: 1.3 is posted on the CCSP Web site at: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap1-3/default.php Detailed instructions for making comments on this draft report are provided at the CCSP link. Comments must be prepared in accordance to these instructions and must be submitted to: 1.3-reanalysis@climatescience.gov

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Fabien Laurier, Climate Change Science Program Office, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202)419-3481.

  http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-7896.htm

Executive Office of the President

• Designation of the Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council To Carry Out Certain Requirements of the America COMPETES Act

  Presidential Documents

  Memorandum of April 10, 2008

  Designation of the Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council To Carry Out Certain Requirements of the America COMPETES Act

  Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

  By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1006(e) of the America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110-69) (the “Act”), I hereby designate the Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to carry out the responsibilities assigned to the Council on Innovation and Competitiveness in section 1006 of the Act.

  The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

  (Presidential Sig.)

  THE WHITE HOUSE,

  Washington, April 10, 2008.

Health and Human Services

• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society

  AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

  ACTION: Request for suggestions on new SACGHS priority issues.

  SUMMARY: The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) is updating its study priorities. SACGHS requests suggestions on possible new topics for the Committee to address.

  DATES: Written or electronic comments should be submitted by May 16, 2008.

  ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent by mail to the following address: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, attn: Suzanne Goodwin, NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Comments also can be sent via e- mail to Suzanne Goodwin at goodwins@od.nih.gov or via facsimile to 301- 496-9839.

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Goodwin, NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-9838, goodwins@od.nih.gov.

  http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-8216.htm

Interior

• Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel

  AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, North Slope Science Initiative, Interior.

  ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

  SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will meet as indicated below:

  DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, May 9, 2008, in Fairbanks, Alaska. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, O’Neill Building, Room 201. Public comments will begin at 3 p.m.

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Payne, PhD, Executive Director, North Slope Science Initiative (910), c/o Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. Seventh Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513, (907) 271-3431 or e-mail johnfpayne@blrn.gov.

  http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-7978.htm

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