Request for Information: Technical Inputs and Assessment Capacity Related to Regional, Sectoral, and Cross-Cutting Assessments for the 2013 U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA) Report and the Ongoing NCA Process, 55364 [2011-22743]
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Request for Information: Technical
Inputs and Assessment Capacity
Related to Regional, Sectoral, and
Cross-Cutting Assessments for the
2013 U.S. National Climate
Assessment (NCA) Report and the
Ongoing NCA Process
Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
This notice is an amendment
to the request for information (RFI)
published in the Federal Register on
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 (76 FR
41217). This RFI sought comments and
expressions of interest (EOI) from the
public in providing technical inputs
and/or offering assessment capacity on
topics related to National Climate
Assessment (NCA) regional, sectoral,
and cross-cutting topics proposed for
the 2013 NCA report and the ongoing
NCA process. More information on the
NCA process, including the strategic
plan, proposed report outline, and
information about the National Climate
Assessment Development and Advisory
Committee (NCADAC), can be found at
https://assessment.globalchange.gov.
This amendment provides a deadline of
October 1, 2011 for EOIs describing
anticipated inputs for the 2012 NCA
report.
SUMMARY:
The deadline for EOIs describing
anticipated inputs for the 2013 NCA
report is October 1, 2011. As described
in the RFI, the deadline for subsequent
inputs for the 2013 NCA report remains
March 1, 2012.
A full draft of the NCA report is
anticipated by mid-2012, so that
scientific and subject-matter experts and
the broader public will have sufficient
time to review the draft and provide
comments to the NCADAC on its
content. A full year is planned to review
and revise the report, with a planned
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questions about the content of this
request should be sent to Emily Therese
Cloyd, NCA Public Participation and
Engagement Coordinator, U.S. Global
Change Research Program Office, 1717
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Suite 250,
Washington, DC 20006, Telephone (202)
223–6262, Fax (202) 223–3065, e-mail
ecloyd@usgcrp.gov. For more
information about the NCA process,
including the strategic plan, proposed
report outline, and information about
the NCADAC, please visit https://
assessment.globalchange.gov.
Dated: August 31, 2011
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative
Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 110614333-1503-02]
Request for Information: Technical Inputs and Assessment Capacity
Related to Regional, Sectoral, and Cross-Cutting Assessments for the
2013 U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA) Report and the Ongoing NCA
Process
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: This notice is an amendment to the request for information
(RFI) published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 (76
FR 41217). This RFI sought comments and expressions of interest (EOI)
from the public in providing technical inputs and/or offering
assessment capacity on topics related to National Climate Assessment
(NCA) regional, sectoral, and cross-cutting topics proposed for the
2013 NCA report and the ongoing NCA process. More information on the
NCA process, including the strategic plan, proposed report outline, and
information about the National Climate Assessment Development and
Advisory Committee (NCADAC), can be found at https://assessment.globalchange.gov. This amendment provides a deadline of
October 1, 2011 for EOIs describing anticipated inputs for the 2012 NCA
report.
DATES: The deadline for EOIs describing anticipated inputs for the 2013
NCA report is October 1, 2011. As described in the RFI, the deadline
for subsequent inputs for the 2013 NCA report remains March 1, 2012.
A full draft of the NCA report is anticipated by mid-2012, so that
scientific and subject-matter experts and the broader public will have
sufficient time to review the draft and provide comments to the NCADAC
on its content. A full year is planned to review and revise the report,
with a planned release of the final report in mid-2013. For complete
instructions and supplementary information please see the original
Federal Register Notice of a Request for Information at 76 FR 41217
(July 13, 2011), or the United States Global Change Research Program at
https://assessment.globalchange.gov.
ADDRESSES: General comments and expressions of interest should be
submitted via email to Emily Therese Cloyd, NCA Public Participation
and Engagement Coordinator, at ecloyd@usgcrp.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any questions about the content of
this request should be sent to Emily Therese Cloyd, NCA Public
Participation and Engagement Coordinator, U.S. Global Change Research
Program Office, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Suite 250, Washington, DC
20006, Telephone (202) 223-6262, Fax (202) 223-3065, e-mail
ecloyd@usgcrp.gov. For more information about the NCA process,
including the strategic plan, proposed report outline, and information
about the NCADAC, please visit https://assessment.globalchange.gov.
Dated: August 31, 2011
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic
and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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