[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07629]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9925-65-OAR]
Notice of Availability of Draft Scientific Assessment for Public
Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of draft scientific assessment for
public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing this
document on behalf of the United States Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP) to announce the availability of the Draft Impacts of Climate
Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment
for a sixty-day public review. Comments will be carefully reviewed by
the relevant chapter author teams. Following revision and further
review, a revised draft will undergo final federal interagency
clearance.
DATES: Comments on this draft scientific assessment must be received by
5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The Draft USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment is available
at http://www.globalchange.gov/health-assessment where comments from
the public will be accepted electronically. Comments may be submitted
only online at this address; instructions for submitting are on this
Web site.
All comments received through this process will be considered by
the relevant chapter authors without knowledge of the commenters'
identities. When the final assessment is issued, the comments and the
commenters' names, along with the authors' responses, will become part
of the public record and made available on http://www.globalchange.gov/health-assessment. Information submitted by a commenter as part of the
registration process (such as an email address) will NOT be disclosed
publicly.
The final USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment will be available at
http://www.globalchange.gov/health-assessment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Crimmins, Coordinator for the
USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment, EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
(6207-A), Washington, DC 20460 (telephone number: 202-343-9170 or email
address: [email protected]) during normal business hours of 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, or visit http://www.globalchange.gov/health-assessment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document entitled Draft Impacts of
Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific
Assessment has been developed under the auspices of The Interagency
Group on Climate Change and Human Health (CCHHG), a working group of
the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), as part of the
ongoing efforts of USGCRP's National Climate Assessment (NCA) and as
called for under the President's Climate Action Plan. The draft
assessment was written by federal employees, contractors, or affiliates
who were selected from author nominations based on their demonstrated
subject matter expertise, relevant publications, and knowledge of
specific topics designated in the draft outline. This draft USGCRP
Climate and Health Assessment responds to the 1990 Congressional
mandate to periodically produce National Climate Assessments and to
assist the nation in understanding, assessing, predicting, and
responding to human-induced and natural processes of global change.
The purpose of this draft assessment is to provide a comprehensive,
evidence-based, and, where possible, quantitative estimation of
observed and projected climate change related health impacts in the
United States. It is intended to inform public health officials,
disaster response planners, multi-sector policy and decision makers,
and other stakeholders about the risks that climate change presents to
human health.
The focus of this draft assessment is the health impacts of climate
change in the United States. The assessment does not include detailed
discussions of climate mitigation, adaptation, or economic valuation,
nor does it make policy recommendations. Similarly, while this
assessment does not focus on health research needs or gaps, brief
insights on research needs gained while conducting this assessment will
be included at the end of each chapter.
The USGCRP welcomes all comments on the content of its draft
assessment at http://www.globalchange.gov/health-assessment.
Dated: March 9, 2015.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-07629 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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