Updated 28 December 2007

Instructions for Submission of Comments on Summary of Revised Research Plan

See also the Federal Register notice published 28 December 2007.

Please follow these instructions for preparing and submitting your review comments. A sample format sheet is provided below. Send your comments as an e-mail attachment to by 26 February 2008.

In making comments:

Please refer to PDF version of the Summary of Revised Research Plan when submitting comments. As per instructions, comments must refer to line numbers listed in the PDF file.
Provide complete contact information. The Climate Change Science Program Office (CCSPO) may need to contact you seeking clarification.
Provide specific language for deletions, additions, and/or amendments.
Avoid auto-formatting and do not embed comments in tables.
Organize your comments into “general comments” that apply to the entire document, and “specific comments” that apply to page and line numbers. Organize the specific comments in page and line number sequence, as per the sample format below. Insert your name and affiliation after each comment.
Do not number your comments and do not use terminology such as “ditto” or “see above”, since your comments will be collated by page and line numbers into a compilation with comments from others.

Sample Format for Comments

I. Background Information

Name(s): John Doe
Organization(s): University College
Mailing Address(es): 101 1^st Street, New York, New York, 10001
Phone(s): 800-555-5555
Fax(es): 800-555-6666
E-mail(s):
Area of Expertise: Atmospheric Composition

II. General Comments

First General: (Comment)
Reviewer's name, affiliation: John Doe, University College

Second General Comment: (Comment)
Reviewer's name, affiliation: John Doe, University College

III. Specific Comments

Page 57, Line 5: (Comment)
John Doe, University College

Page 58, Line 32 - Page 59, Line 5: (Comment)
John Doe, University College

Table 1-4, Row 3, Column 6: (Comment)
John Doe, University College

Please send comments by email to:

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