[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33131-33132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11719]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Call for Review Editor Nominations for the Fifth National Climate
Assessment (NCA5)
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
ACTION: Request for public nominations.
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SUMMARY: NOAA, on behalf of USGCRP, is soliciting nominations for
Review Editors for the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). Refer
to the NCA5 Draft Prospectus (presented in a previous Federal Register
Notice and accessible via www.globalchange.gov/notices and the USGCRP
website (www.globalchange.gov/nca5) for further information on the
scope, topics, and overarching themes for the report.
NCA5 will adhere to the Global Change Research Act (GCRA),
Information Quality Act, and Evidence Act requirements for quality,
transparency, and accessibility as appropriate for a Highly Influential
Scientific Assessment.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted via the web address specified
below https://contribute.globalchange.gov/ and must be received by 30
days after publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Nominations for Review Editors must be submitted
electronically via a web form accessible via https://contribute.globalchange.gov/. Nominees are asked to identify their
areas of expertise based on NCA5's covered topics (see NCA5 Table of
Contents below). A CV/resume of no more than 4 pages should be included
for optimal consideration. Nominees will also be asked to select all
NCA5 chapters for which they seek consideration for selection.
Instructions: Response to this notice is voluntary. Responses to
this notice may be used by the government for program planning on a
non-attribution basis. NOAA therefore requests that no business
proprietary information or copyrighted information be submitted in
response to this notice. Please note that the U.S. Government will not
pay for response preparation, or for the use of any information
contained in the response.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Avery, (202) 419-3474,
[email protected], U.S. Global Change Research Program.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background information and additional
details on NCA5 can be found at https://www.globalchange.gov/nca5.
This notice seeks nominations for NCA5 Review Editors with
pertinent subject matter expertise and scientific background. The
Review Editor serves a critical role on the NCA, ensuring that each
public and peer review comment has been considered by the author team.
Review Editors do not provide additional comments on assigned draft
chapters; rather they attest that the annotation is sufficiently
responsive to the comment and indicates any revision made to the
chapter(s), including the scientific or logical rationale for said
action.
Specifically, the Review Editor is charged with:
(a) Ensuring all substantive comments submitted during multiple
Public Comment Periods and via a National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine panel review are appropriately addressed by
authors, and that agreed-upon changes to the chapter are reflected in
the draft text of the chapter;
(b) advising Chapter Leads how to manage conflicting comments or
contentious issues, as well as supporting discussions between Chapter
Leads, Chapter Authors, and Coordinating Lead Authors on how best to
consider and incorporate reviewer's feedback into the chapter; and
(c) submitting all necessary materials confirming execution of the
above charges.
Potential nominees should be technical experts with climate-related
proficiency in at least one of the regions, sectors, or responses
topics outlined in the NCA5 Table of Contents (accessible via http://www.globalchange.gov/nca5. Nominees must have demonstrated expertise
such that the nominees could contribute to the development of a robust
scientific, technical assessment as subject matter experts in one or
more of the topics listed.
Responses to this request for nominations for Review Editors must
be submitted by 30 days after publication of this FRN. Users can access
the nominations form via https://contribute.globalchange.gov/.
Interested persons may nominate themselves or third parties, and may
nominate more than one person. Each nomination must include:
(1) The nominee's full name, title, institutional affiliation, and
contact information;
(2) the desired chapter(s) the nominee wishes to serve as Review
Editor on (i.e., area(s) of expertise); and
(3) a short description of his/her qualifications relative to
contributing to the report. Nominees are encouraged to submit a CV of
no more than 4 pages for optimal consideration.
More information on the function of Review Editors, the tasks
(including reporting) expected of them, as well as the tentative dates
of commitment can be found at https://contribute.globalchange.gov.
Report Table of Contents
The full list of NCA5 chapters is below and can also be found
https://www.globalchange.gov/nca5. Chapter titles reflect the target
topics or regions for the chapters. Final titles for the chapter may
evolve as authors assess published literature.
Introduction and Summary
1. Overview
Physical Sciences
2. Climate Trends
3. Earth Systems Processes
National Topics
4. Water
5. Energy
6. Land Cover & Land-Use Change
7. Forests
8. Ecosystems
9. Coastal Effects
10. Oceans
11. Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities
12. Built Environment
13. Transportation
14. Air Quality
15. Human Health
16. Tribes & Indigenous Peoples
17. U.S. International Interests
18. Complex Systems
19. Economics
20. Human Social Systems
Regions
21. Northeast
22. Southeast
23. U.S. Caribbean
24. Midwest
25. Northern Great Plains
26. Southern Great Plains
27. Northwest
28. Southwest
29. Alaska
30. Hawai'i & U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Response
31. Adaptation
32. Mitigation
Appendices
A1. Report Development Process
A2. Information Quality
A3. Data Tools
A4. Indicators
David Holst,
Chief Financial Officer Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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