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Status & Details

Estimated publication date for final report: 11/2008 

ScheduleNote: This schedule lists in chronological order the public postings related to this report. We provide exact dates for past postings; and our best estimate for the next posting (highlighted in red). Dates for subsequent releases (i.e. beyond the next posting) are left blank.
Start of 30-day Public Review of Draft Prospectus	11/07/2006
Final Prospectus Posting	1/19//2007
Start of 45-day Public Review of Draft Report	4/30/2008
Third Draft Report Posting	9/2008 (est)
Final Report Posting
NEXT Step >>	Third Draft Report Posting 9/2008 (est)
*** est scheduled dates, subject to revision

In reverse chronological order.

The USGS-CCSP Committee for the product will meet at the Memorial Union Building, Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon on June 19, 2008 between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. See Federal Register notice (dtd 3 June 2008) for details. (link posted June 3, 2008).

30 April 2008. Public review draft of report is posted. Comments will be accepted from April 30, 2008 through June 16, 2008. See also invitation to comment and Federal Register notice (link posted 30 April 2008)

21 December 2007.  USGS-CCSP Committee for the product will hold a teleconference from 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. See Federal Register notice (dated 3 December 2007) for details. (link posted 7 Dec 2007)

3 December 2007.  Federal Register notice announces that USGS-CCSP Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP) 3.4 will hold a teleconference on December 21, 2007 from 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. (link posted 7 Dec 2007)

26-28 March 2007. Meeting of the USGS-CCSP Committee for S&A Product 3.4.  See Federal Register notice and agenda (updated agenda posted 22 March 2007).

26 February 2007.  Federal Register notice announces 26-28 March 2007 meeting of the USGS-CCSP Committee for S&A Product 3.4. The goal of the meeting is to produce a detailed outline of topics for consideration in the Synthesis and Assessment Product and establish writing assignments.  The workshop is open to the public during the times listed below. Pre-registration is required to attend.

25 February 2007. Public review comments on draft prospectus (and authors' responses) are posted.  See also NOAA and NASA comments (and authors' responses).

25 January 2007. Final prospectus is posted.  Also available as PDF file (dated 19 January 2007)

16 January 2007.  Federal Register notice announces formation of Federal Advisory committee for S&A Product 3.4.

7 November 2006. Draft prospectus is issued along with invitation to comment.  Deadline for comments: 7 December 2006 [comment period now closed].  See Federal Register notice (dtd 7 November 2006).

Additional information available from the the USGS-CCSP Committee for S&A Product 3.4: SAP 3.4 Main Page Charter Members – Committee members and other involved parties FACA Committee Members (names and affiliations) Coordinating Committee Members Contributing Authors Timeline