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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST–2006–25103]
Advisory Committee on Synthesis and
Assessment Product 4.7: Impacts of
Climate Variability and Change on
Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure—Gulf Coast Study
Office of the Secretary (OST),
USDOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent to establish an
advisory committee.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to duties imposed
by law upon the Department, including
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App. 2) ‘‘FACA,’’ and DOT Order
1120.3B, the Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Transportation is
establishing an advisory committee to
provide technical advice and
recommendations to a USDOT/USGS
Research Team investigating the
potential impacts of climate change on
transportation. The committee will
include scientists, educators, experts,
and representatives of State and local
governments engaged in transportation
decision-making. This document
describes the role of the committee as
set forth in the Charter. The purpose of
the notice is to invite representatives
from interested sectors to participate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Savonis, Air Quality Team
Leader, Federal Highway
Administration Office of Natural and
Human Environment, at 202–366–2080
(Michael.Savonis@dot.gov). His mailing
address is at the Department of
Transportation, Room 3240 HEPN–10,
400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590.
Comment Period: The comment
period for this notice extends through
July 7, 2006. The Department will
accept comments received as a result of
this notice. During the comment period,
the Department will file a charter for the
committee with the General Services
Administration, and the convener will
begin contacting potential participants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOT
Center for Climate Change and
Environmental Forecasting has
identified the need for improved
information about climate variability
and change in transportation decision
making. In consultation with
transportation experts, climate scientists
and Federal partners, the Center
developed this study to investigate the
impacts of climate change and
variability on transportation through a
regional study of the central U.S. Gulf
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Coast. The study will develop decisionsupport knowledge and tools to assist
transportation decision-makers in
incorporating climate-related trend
information into transportation system
planning, design, engineering, and
operational decisions. Implications for
all transportation modes—surface,
marine, and aviation—will be
addressed.
This study is one of 21 Synthesis and
Assessment Products of the U.S. Climate
Change Science Program (CCSP). The
study prospectus has been posted by the
CCSP for public review in the Federal
Register, and has been modified to
incorporate public comments. The
prospectus is available at: https://
www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/
sap4–7/sap4–7prospectus-final.htm.
DOT is assisted by the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) in this study. DOT and
USGS signed a memo of understanding
in January 2004 agreeing to cooperate on
research that will inform decisionmakers and the public about the
potential effects of climate variability
and change on the Nation’s
transportation systems. This study is the
first project under that agreement.
Charter: A summary of the Charter of
the Advisory Committee on Synthesis
and Assessment Product 4.7: Impacts of
Climate Variability and Change on
Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure—Gulf Coast Study is
provided below.
The Secretary of Transportation,
pursuant to duties imposed by law upon
the Department, including the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.
2) ‘‘FACA,’’ and DOT Order 1120.3B,
hereby establishes the U.S. Department
of Transportation’s (DOT) Advisory
Committee on Synthesis and
Assessment Product 4.7 (S&A 4.7):
Impacts of Climate Variability and
Change on Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure—Gulf Coast Study, Phase
I.
The committee will provide technical
advice and recommendations to DOT in
order to develop S&A Product 4.7 for
the Climate Change Science Program
(CCSP). The committee will provide
balanced, consensual advice on the
Study design, research methodology,
data sources and quality, and Study
findings. The committee will function
as an advisory body and will comply
with the requirements of FACA in
carrying out its duties.
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Issued this 16th day of June, 2006, at
Washington DC.
Tyler Duvall,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST–2006–25103]
Advisory Committee on Synthesis and
Assessment Product 4.7: Impacts of
Climate Variability and Change on
Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure—Gulf Coast Study
Office of the Secretary (OST),
USDOT.
ACTION: Notice of appointees to the
committee, and notice of the first
meeting of the committee.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to duties imposed
by law upon the Department, including
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App. 2) ‘‘FACA,’’ and DOT Order
1120.3B, the Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation has
established an advisory committee to
provide technical advice and
recommendations to a USDOT/USGS
Research Team investigating the
potential impacts of climate change on
transportation. The committee includes
scientists, educators, experts, and
representatives of State and local
governments engaged in transportation
decision-making. This document
describes the role of the committee as
set forth in the Charter, provides
information on the qualifications of the
individuals appointed by the Secretary,
and provides notice of the initial
meeting of the committee.
DATES: The first meeting of the
committee will take place on July 18–
19, 2006. All meetings are open to the
public. The meeting is scheduled to run
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 18th and
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 19th.
ADDRESSES: The committee meeting will
take place at: Houston Marriott North at
Greenspoint, 255 N. Sam Houston Pkwy
East, Houston, Texas 77060. Phone:
(281) 875–4000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Savonis, Air Quality Team
Leader, Federal Highway
Administration Office of Natural and
Human Environment, at 202–366–2080
(Michael.Savonis@dot.gov). His mailing
address is at the Department of
Transportation, Room 3240 HEPN–10,
400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590.
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Comment Period: The comment
period for this notice extends through
July 7, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOT
Center for Climate Change and
Environmental Forecasting (the Center)
has identified the need for improved
information about climate variability
and change in transportation decision
making. In consultation with
transportation experts, climate scientists
and Federal partners, the Center
developed this study to investigate the
impacts of climate change and
variability on transportation through a
regional study of the central U.S. Gulf
Coast. The study will develop decisionsupport knowledge and tools to assist
transportation decision-makers in
incorporating climate-related trend
information into transportation system
planning, design, engineering, and
operational decisions. Implications for
all transportation modes—surface,
marine, and aviation—will be
addressed.
This study is one of 21 Synthesis and
Assessment Products of the U.S. Climate
Change Science Program (CCSP). The
study prospectus has been posted by the
CCSP for public review in the Federal
Register, and has been modified to
incorporate public comments. The
prospectus is available at: https://
www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/
sap4-–7/sap4–7prospectus-final.htm.
DOT is assisted by the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) in this study. DOT and
USGS signed a memo of understanding
in January 2004 agreeing to cooperate on
research that will inform decisionmakers and the public about the
potential effects of climate variability
and change on the Nation’s
transportation systems. This study is the
first project under that agreement.
Members of the public wishing to
attend meetings held in Department of
Transportation buildings or other
Federal facilities will have to enter
through designated security
checkpoints. The visitor entry point for
the Department of Transportation
headquarters building is in the
southwest corner entrance to the
building (i.e., the entrance nearest the
corner of 7th and E Streets, SW.).
Visitors must be escorted into and out
of the building. Because it can take
some time for large numbers of visitors
to process through security, we request
that visitors arrive between 8:30 and
8:45 a.m. to undergo the screening
process. DOT personnel will then escort
groups of visitors to the meeting room.
This group escort process will also be
followed for persons entering following
the lunch break and for persons leaving
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the building for lunch and at the end of
each day’s meeting.
Charter of the Committee
A summary of the Charter of the
Advisory Committee on Synthesis and
Assessment Product 4.7: Impacts of
Climate Variability and Change on
Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure—Gulf Coast Study is
provided below.
The Secretary of Transportation,
pursuant to duties imposed by law upon
the Department, including the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.
2) ‘‘FACA’’, and DOT Order 1120.3B,
hereby establishes the U.S. Department
of Transportation’s (DOT) Advisory
Committee on Synthesis and
Assessment Product 4.7 (S&A 4.7):
Impacts of Climate Variability and
Change on Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure—Gulf Coast Study, Phase
I.
The committee will provide technical
advice and recommendations to the
DOT in order to develop S&A Product
4.7 for the Climate Change Science
Program (CCSP). The committee will
provide balanced, consensual advice on
the Study design, research methodology,
data sources and quality, and Study
findings. The committee will function
as an advisory body and will comply
with the requirements of FACA in
carrying out its duties.
Members of the Committee
The members of the committee and a
summary of their qualifications are
provided below.
VICKI ARROYO, J.D., Director of Policy
Analysis for the Pew Center on Global
Climate Change
PHILIP B. BEDIENT, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at Rice University
LEIGH B. BOSKE, Ph.D., Associate Dean and
Professor of Economics at the Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs,
University of Texas at Austin
ALAN CLARK, Director for HoustonGalveston Area Council Metropolitan
Planning Organization
FRED DENNIN, Regional Administrator of
the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA),
Region 3
PAUL FISCHBECK, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Engineering and Public
Policy and the Department of Social and
Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon
University
ANTHONY JANETOS, Ph.D., Vice President,
H. John Heinz III Center for Science,
Economics and the Environment
THOMAS KARL, Ph.D., Director of the
National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
ROBERT LEMPERT, Ph.D., Senior Physical
Scientist, the RAND Corporation
GILBERT MITCHELL, Division Chief,
National Geodetic Survey
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CHRIS OYNES, J.D., Regional Director for the
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region of Minerals
Management Service
HAROLD R. ‘‘SKIP’’ PAUL, P.E., Associate
Director of Research at the Louisiana
Transportation Research Center, Office of
Highways
TOM PODANY Acting Deputy District
Engineer for Programs and Project
Management and Chief of Planning,
Programs and Project Management
Division
BURR STEWART Strategic Planning
Manager, Port of Seattle
ELAINE WILKINSON, Executive Director,
Gulf Regional Planning Commission
JOHN ZAMURS, Ph.D., Air Quality Section
Head, Environmental Analysis Bureau,
New York State Department of
Transportation
Meeting Agenda
This meeting and any future meetings
of the committee are open to the public
(unless portions of the meeting are held
in closed session, as provided under
FACA), and time will be provided in
each meeting’s schedule for comments
by members of the public. Attendance
will necessarily be limited by the size of
the meeting room. Members of the
public wishing to present written
materials to the committee may do so,
and should make enough copies for the
facilitator and all members of the
committee.
The agenda topics of the meeting of
the committee will include, but not
necessarily be limited to, discussion of
the following issues:
1. Review of draft findings of the
USGS research team on climate
variability and change in the study
region;
2. Review of technical memos
addressing the potential effects of
climate variability and change on
transportation planning and operations
in the study region, including
implications for:
—Highways and transit,
—Rail,
—Ports and waterways,
—Aviation,
—Pipelines,
—Emergency management,
—Long range planning and investment;
and
3. Next steps for completion of the
study.
The committee may alter its schedule
and the agenda items. The agenda
presented in this notice is necessarily
very general since the direction and
nature of the advisory committee
discussions will shape the meeting. The
Department will issue additional
notices, as needed, with respect to
future meeting schedules and agenda
topics.
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Issued this 16th day of June, 2006, at
Washington DC.
Tyler Duvall,
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Department of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST-2006-25103]
Advisory Committee on Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.7:
Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and
Infrastructure--Gulf Coast Study
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), USDOT.
ACTION: Notice of appointees to the committee, and notice of the first
meeting of the committee.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to duties imposed by law upon the Department,
including the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2)
``FACA,'' and DOT Order 1120.3B, the Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation has established an advisory committee to
provide technical advice and recommendations to a USDOT/USGS Research
Team investigating the potential impacts of climate change on
transportation. The committee includes scientists, educators, experts,
and representatives of State and local governments engaged in
transportation decision-making. This document describes the role of the
committee as set forth in the Charter, provides information on the
qualifications of the individuals appointed by the Secretary, and
provides notice of the initial meeting of the committee.
DATES: The first meeting of the committee will take place on July 18-
19, 2006. All meetings are open to the public. The meeting is scheduled
to run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 18th and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July
19th.
ADDRESSES: The committee meeting will take place at: Houston Marriott
North at Greenspoint, 255 N. Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, Texas
77060. Phone: (281) 875-4000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Savonis, Air Quality Team
Leader, Federal Highway Administration Office of Natural and Human
Environment, at 202-366-2080 (Michael.Savonis@dot.gov). His mailing
address is at the Department of Transportation, Room 3240 HEPN-10, 400
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
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Comment Period: The comment period for this notice extends through
July 7, 2006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOT Center for Climate Change and
Environmental Forecasting (the Center) has identified the need for
improved information about climate variability and change in
transportation decision making. In consultation with transportation
experts, climate scientists and Federal partners, the Center developed
this study to investigate the impacts of climate change and variability
on transportation through a regional study of the central U.S. Gulf
Coast. The study will develop decision-support knowledge and tools to
assist transportation decision-makers in incorporating climate-related
trend information into transportation system planning, design,
engineering, and operational decisions. Implications for all
transportation modes--surface, marine, and aviation--will be addressed.
This study is one of 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products of the
U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). The study prospectus has
been posted by the CCSP for public review in the Federal Register, and
has been modified to incorporate public comments. The prospectus is
available at: https://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4_7/sap4-
7prospectus-final.htm. DOT is assisted by the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) in this study. DOT and USGS signed a memo of understanding in
January 2004 agreeing to cooperate on research that will inform
decision-makers and the public about the potential effects of climate
variability and change on the Nation's transportation systems. This
study is the first project under that agreement.
Members of the public wishing to attend meetings held in Department
of Transportation buildings or other Federal facilities will have to
enter through designated security checkpoints. The visitor entry point
for the Department of Transportation headquarters building is in the
southwest corner entrance to the building (i.e., the entrance nearest
the corner of 7th and E Streets, SW.). Visitors must be escorted into
and out of the building. Because it can take some time for large
numbers of visitors to process through security, we request that
visitors arrive between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. to undergo the screening
process. DOT personnel will then escort groups of visitors to the
meeting room. This group escort process will also be followed for
persons entering following the lunch break and for persons leaving the
building for lunch and at the end of each day's meeting.
Charter of the Committee
A summary of the Charter of the Advisory Committee on Synthesis and
Assessment Product 4.7: Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on
Transportation Systems and Infrastructure--Gulf Coast Study is provided
below.
The Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to duties imposed by law
upon the Department, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App. 2) ``FACA'', and DOT Order 1120.3B, hereby establishes the
U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Advisory Committee on
Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.7 (S&A 4.7): Impacts of Climate
Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure--
Gulf Coast Study, Phase I.
The committee will provide technical advice and recommendations to
the DOT in order to develop S&A Product 4.7 for the Climate Change
Science Program (CCSP). The committee will provide balanced, consensual
advice on the Study design, research methodology, data sources and
quality, and Study findings. The committee will function as an advisory
body and will comply with the requirements of FACA in carrying out its
duties.
Members of the Committee
The members of the committee and a summary of their qualifications
are provided below.
VICKI ARROYO, J.D., Director of Policy Analysis for the Pew Center
on Global Climate Change
PHILIP B. BEDIENT, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Rice University
LEIGH B. BOSKE, Ph.D., Associate Dean and Professor of Economics at
the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas
at Austin
ALAN CLARK, Director for Houston-Galveston Area Council Metropolitan
Planning Organization
FRED DENNIN, Regional Administrator of the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Region 3
PAUL FISCHBECK, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Engineering and
Public Policy and the Department of Social and Decision Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University
ANTHONY JANETOS, Ph.D., Vice President, H. John Heinz III Center for
Science, Economics and the Environment
THOMAS KARL, Ph.D., Director of the National Climatic Data Center,
NOAA
ROBERT LEMPERT, Ph.D., Senior Physical Scientist, the RAND
Corporation
GILBERT MITCHELL, Division Chief, National Geodetic Survey
CHRIS OYNES, J.D., Regional Director for the Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region of Minerals Management Service
HAROLD R. ``SKIP'' PAUL, P.E., Associate Director of Research at the
Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Office of Highways
TOM PODANY Acting Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Project
Management and Chief of Planning, Programs and Project Management
Division
BURR STEWART Strategic Planning Manager, Port of Seattle
ELAINE WILKINSON, Executive Director, Gulf Regional Planning
Commission
JOHN ZAMURS, Ph.D., Air Quality Section Head, Environmental Analysis
Bureau, New York State Department of Transportation
Meeting Agenda
This meeting and any future meetings of the committee are open to
the public (unless portions of the meeting are held in closed session,
as provided under FACA), and time will be provided in each meeting's
schedule for comments by members of the public. Attendance will
necessarily be limited by the size of the meeting room. Members of the
public wishing to present written materials to the committee may do so,
and should make enough copies for the facilitator and all members of
the committee.
The agenda topics of the meeting of the committee will include, but
not necessarily be limited to, discussion of the following issues:
1. Review of draft findings of the USGS research team on climate
variability and change in the study region;
2. Review of technical memos addressing the potential effects of
climate variability and change on transportation planning and
operations in the study region, including implications for:
--Highways and transit,
--Rail,
--Ports and waterways,
--Aviation,
--Pipelines,
--Emergency management,
--Long range planning and investment; and
3. Next steps for completion of the study.
The committee may alter its schedule and the agenda items. The
agenda presented in this notice is necessarily very general since the
direction and nature of the advisory committee discussions will shape
the meeting. The Department will issue additional notices, as needed,
with respect to future meeting schedules and agenda topics.
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Issued this 16th day of June, 2006, at Washington DC.
Tyler Duvall,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. E6-9861 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
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