[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 14 (Friday, January 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4211-4212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1167]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Eye Institute; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the National Advisory Eye Council.
    The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with 
attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend 
and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or 
other

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reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed 
below in advance of the meeting.
    The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 
U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and/or contract proposals 
and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or 
commercial property such as patentable material, and personal 
information concerning individuals associated with the grant 
applications and/or contract proposals, the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Name of Committee: National Advisory Eye Council.
    Date: January 22, 2009.
    Closed: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications and/or 
proposals.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace 
Level Conference Center, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Open: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: Following opening remarks by the Director, NEI there 
will be presentations by the staff of the Institute and discussions 
concerning Institute programs.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 5635 Fishers Lane, Terrace 
Level Conference Center, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Contact Person: Andrew P Mariani, PhD, Acting Executive 
Secretary, National Advisory Eye Council, Division of Extramural 
Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451-2020, [email protected].
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.
    Any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed 
on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, 
telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional 
affiliation of the interested person.
    Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home 
page: http://www.nei.nih.gov, where an agenda and any additional 
information for the meeting will be posted when available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.867, 
Vision Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: January 13 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
 [FR Doc. E9-1167 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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