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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 
U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team (<greek-i>5219).
    Date: August 23-28, 1998 (see under ``Agenda'' for times when 
the meeting is in session).
    Place: Woods Hole, Massachusetts (J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole 
Center, National Academy of Science, Marine Biological Laboratory).
    Type of Meeting: Partially Closed.
    Contact Person: Ms. Melissa J. Taylor, Office of the U.S. Global 
Change Research Program (USGCRP), 400 Virginia Avenue SW, Suite 750, 
Washington, DC 20024. Tel: 202-314-2239; Fax: 202-488-8681; Email: 
mtaylor@usgcrop.gov. Interested persons should contact Ms. Taylor as 
soon as possible to assure space provisions are made for all 
participants and observers.
    Minutes: May be obtained from the contact person listed above.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the 
interagency Subcommittee on Global Change Research on the design and 
conduct of the national effort to assess the consequences of climate 
variability and climate change for the United States.
    Reason for Closing: The personnel matters being discussed 
include information of a personal nature where disclosure would 
constitute unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. These matters 
are within examption 6 of U.S.C. 552b(c), Government in the Sunshine 
Act.

Agenda

Agenda Topics

    Day 1 (August 23) will review overall progress since the April 
meeting, and will focus on fine-tuning climate and socio-economic 
scenarios for the assessment; Days 2-4 (August 24-26) will review 
proposed drafts covering elements of a topic sentence outline; Day 5 
(August 27) will review the timetable and agree on assignments to 
members, Day 6 (August 28) will wrap-up discussions and address any 
outstanding issues.

Scheduling

    August 23: Meeting in open sessions from 7:30 AM-1:30 PM and 
5:00 PM-7:00 PM; closed session from 1:30 PM-2:30 PM to discuss 
personnel matters; recreational break from 2:30 PM-5:00 PM.
    August 24, 25 and 26: Meeting in open session from 7:30 AM-9:00 
AM and 5:00 PM-7:00 PM.
    August 27: Meeting in open session from 7:30 AM-2:30 PM and 5:00 
PM-6:00 PM; closed session from 6:00 PM-7:00 PM to discuss personnel 
matters; recreational break from 2:30 PM-5:00 PM.
    August 28: Meeting in open session from 7:30 AM-12:00 PM 
(Adjourn at 12:00 PM).

    Dated: July 27, 1998.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-20454 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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