[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3011]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III
AGENCY: Office of Policy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of availability of draft report and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has prepared a draft 1995 Assessment of Economic and
Cross-cutting Issues. The IPCC Secretariat requires comments on this
report from national governments by March 13, 1995, so that the
Secretariat can meet its obligations to member governments of the IPCC.
The U.S. Government received a copy for formal government comment on
January 20, 1995. The Department of Energy, on behalf of the U.S.
Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), is responsible for
coordinating and preparing the comments of the United States
Government. Through today's notice, DOE is announcing the availability
of the draft 1995 Assessment, and requesting public comments on this
report. These comments will be reviewed and incorporated, as
appropriate, in the official U.S. comments to the IPCC.
DATES: Written comments (five copies, and if possible on a 3 1/2''
floppy diskette in either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format) on the
draft 1995 Assessment should be submitted on or before February 21,
1995. DOE does not anticipate extending this deadline because the IPCC
requires input by March 13, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted either by mailing to: IPCC WG
III Comments, Office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, 300 D
Street, SW., Suite 840, Washington, DC 20024, or by E-mail in ASCII
format on Internet to: comments.wg3@usgcrp.gov''.
A copy of the draft 1995 Assessment can be obtained by: (1)
telephone request to Ms. Susan Henson at (202) 651-8240, (2) sending E-
mail on Internet to office@usgcrp.gov'', (3) faxing a request to
(202) 554-6715, (4) sending a letter to the USGCRP Office directed to
Ms. Henson, or (5) direct pick-up at the USGCRP office at the address
shown above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Watts, Office of Global
Environment, U.S. Department of Energy at (202) 586-8436.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was jointly
established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme and the
World Meteorological Organization to conduct periodic assessments of
the state of knowledge concerning global climate change. The IPCC has
formed working groups to study various aspects of climate change.
Working Group I addresses the state of the science; Working Group II
addresses vulnerability, impacts and adaptation and mitigation
strategies; and Working Group III addresses economics and cross-cutting
issues associated with climate change. Like the other working groups,
Working Group III is charged with issuing periodic assessment reports.
The first Scientific Assessment of Climate Change, for example, was
published in June 1990. Periodic assessment reports such as this
provide a comprehensive statement of the state of knowledge concerning
such topics as scientific information, environmental impacts, response
strategies, economics, and cross-cutting issues concerning climate
change. The draft 1995 Assessment represents the result of Working
Group III's efforts since its inception to address economics and cross-
cutting issues.
II. Public Input Process
The IPCC Secretariat requires comments by March 13, 1995, so that
it can meet its obligations to member governments for a timely
completion of the 1995 IPCC assessment. The Department of Energy, on
behalf of the USGCRP, is responsible for preparing these comments, and
through this notice is seeking public views which will be incorporated,
as appropriate, in the official U.S. comments. Because of the short
review time provided by the IPCC Secretariat and the need to provide
time for review of the public comments and development of the official
U.S. comments on the draft document, public comments must be received
on or before February 21, 1995.
III. Request for Submission of Public Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the draft 1995
Assessment. Five copies should be submitted to the address indicated in
the ADDRESSES section, and must be received by the date indicated in
the DATES section of this notice. All written comments received from
the public will be available for public inspection in the DOE Freedom
of Information Office Reading Room, which is located in Room 1E-090 of
the DOE Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC
20585.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 2, 1995.
Abraham E. Haspel,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Environmental Policy,
Office of Policy.
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