[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65205-65206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25006]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice 
of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should inform the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee.
    Date: December 1, 2004.
    Time: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    Agenda: The Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee (MDCC) 
will hold a meeting to learn about activities and recent initiatives 
at various federal agencies and within the muscular dystrophy 
scientific community. The Committee will also discuss strategies to 
begin to implement the ``Muscular Dystrophy Research and Education 
Plan for the National Institutes of Health,'' which the Committee 
developed in accordance with the MD-CARE Act. Future directions for 
the MDCC will also be discussed. An agenda will be posted prior to 
the meeting on the MDCC Web site: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/
muscular--dystrophy/coordinating--committee
    The ``Muscular Dystrophy Research and Education Plan for the 
National Institutes of Health'' may be accessed at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/muscular_dystrophy/coordinating_committee/MD_Plan_submitted.pdf
    Place: Holiday Inn, Silver Spring, MD, 8777 Georgia Avenue, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-589-0800.
    Contact Person: Heather Rieff, PhD, Executive Secretary, 
Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee, Office of Science Policy 
and Planning, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and 
Stroke, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 8A03, MSC 2540, Bethesda, MD 
20892, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: (301) 496-9271.
    Any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding their statement to the Contact Person listed 
on this notice. The statement should include

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the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the 
business or professional affiliation of the interested person.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.853, 
Clinical Research Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854, 
Biological Basis Research in the Neurosciences, National Institutes 
of Health, HHS)

    Dated: November 3, 2004.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 04-25006 Filed 11-9-04; 8:45 am]
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