80 FR 18619 - Notice of Availability of Draft Scientific Assessment for Public Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 66 (April 7, 2015)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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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