[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 882-883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-300]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of 
Meeting of Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences

    Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the meeting 
of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, January 19-21, 1998. The meeting will 
begin at 8:00 p.m. on January 19, at the Siena Hotel, 1505 E. Franklin 
Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It will resume on January 20 at 
South Campus, Conference Rooms 101 ABC, National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
    This meeting will be open to the public from 8:00-8:30 p.m. on 
January 19 for the concept clearance review of two proposed clinical 
studies, Genetic Studies in Cranial Neural Tube Defects, and Genetic 
Studies in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The open portion of the 
meeting will resume from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 2:45 p.m. on 
January 20 for the purpose of presenting an overview of the 
organization and conduct of research in the Laboratory of Pulmonary 
Pathobiology. In addition, the meeting will be open from 2:00-3:00 p.m. 
on January 21 for research presentations by two Intramural 
Epidemiologists. Attendance by the public will be limited to space 
available.
    In accordance with the provisions set forth in sec. 552b(c)(6) of 
Title 5, U.S. Code and sec. 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-463, the prereview 
meeting will be closed to the public on January 19 from approximately 
8:30 p.m. to recess, as will the post review discussion on January 20 
from 3:00 p.m. to adjournment and January 21 from 3:00 p.m. to 
adjournment, for the evaluation of the programs of the laboratories 
listed above, including consideration of personnel qualifications and 
performance, the competence of individual investigators, and similar 
items, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy.

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    The Executive Secretary, Dr. Carl Barrett, Scientific Director, 
Division of Intramural Research, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 
27709, telephone (919) 541-3205, will furnish rosters of committee 
members and program information.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
contact the Executive Secretary in advance of the meeting.

    Dated: December 30, 1997.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 98-300 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
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