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applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the urgent 

need to meeting timing limitations imposed 

by the funding cycle.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Deputy Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–21617 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Mental Health; 

Notice of Closed 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 the following 

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 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel GeneEnvironment Effects and Epigenesis in 

Depression. 

Date: October 13, 2004. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Holiday Inn Select Bethesda, 8120 

Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: A. Roger Little, PhD., 

Scientific Review Administrator, Division of 

Extramural Activities, National Institute of 

Mental Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center, 

6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6157, MSC 9608, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–9608, (301) 402–5844, 

alittle@mail.nih.gov.

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.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.242, Mental Health Research 

Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development 

Award, Scientist Development Award for 

Clinicians, and Research Scientist Award; 

93.282, Mental Health National Research 

Service Awards for Research Training, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS).

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Anna P. Snouffer, 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–21616 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Public Health Service 

National Toxicology Program (NTP); 

Notice of a Meeting of the NTP Board 

of Scientific Counselors 

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given of a meeting of 

the National Toxicology Program (NTP) 

Board of Scientific Counselors on 

October 26, 2004, in the Rodbell 

Auditorium, Rall Building at the 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences, 111 T.W. Alexander 

Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27709. 

The NTP Board of Scientific 

Counselors (‘‘the NTP Board’’) is 

composed of scientists from the public 

and private sector and provides primary 

scientific oversight to the NTP. 

Agenda 

The meeting being held on October 

26, 2004, begins at 8:30 a.m. and is open 

to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 

adjournment with attendance limited 

only by the space available. Persons 

needing special assistance should 

contact the NTP Executive Secretary 

(contact information below) at least 

seven business days in advance of the 

meeting. A draft agenda with a tentative 

schedule is provided below. Primary 

agenda topics include: (1) NTP 

initiatives to enhance toxicology, (2) 

substances nominated to the NTP for 

study and recommendations of the NTP 

Interagency Committee for Chemical 

Evaluation and Coordination (ICCEC), 

(3) new approaches for statistical 

analyses for chronic tests, (4) a proposed 

process for evaluating chemicals with 

limited data sets by the Center for the 

Evaluation of Risks to Human 

Reproduction, and (5) a research 

program on Caenorhabditis elegans. The 

NTP Board will also review three 

concept proposals for the conduct of 

research through the use of a contract 

mechanism. These concepts include: (1) 

The evaluation of chemicals for their 

potential to modulate immune 

responses, (2) chemical characterization 

of substances for testing in highthroughput screening and chronic 

assays, and (3) application of automated 

techniques to toxicity testing. Time is 

allotted during the meeting for the 

public to present comments to the NTP 

Board and NTP staff on any agenda 

topic. 

The agenda and background materials 

on agenda topics, as available, will be 

posted on the NTP Web site (http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov, see What’s New) or 

available upon request to the NTP 

Executive Secretary (contact 

information below). The NTP is making 

plans to videocast the meeting through 

the Internet at http://

www.niehs.nih.gov/external/video.htm.

Following the meeting, summary 

minutes will be prepared and available 

through the NTP Web site and upon 

request to Central Data Management, 

NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD E1–02, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 

telephone: 919–541–3419, fax: 919–

541–3687, and e-mail: 

CDM@niehs.nih.gov.

ICCEC Recommendations for 

Substances Nominated for Future NTP 

Studies 

Information about substances 

nominated to the NTP for toxicology 

and carcinogenicity studies and the 

ICCEC’s recommendations were 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 20, 2004 (Vol. 69, No. 161, pages 

51691–51693). This notice is available 

on the Web (http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/liason/

04JuneICCECFR.html) along with the 

list of nominations (http://ntpserver.niehs.nih.gov/NomPage/

2004Noms.html) and supporting 

documents for each nomination (http://

ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/NomPage/

BkgrSum04June.html) or is available by 

contacting the NTP Executive Secretary 

(contact information below). This 

meeting provides an additional 

opportunity for the public to provide 

comment on these nominations and 

study recommendations to the NTP 

Board and NTP staff. Comments 

submitted to the NTP in response to the 

August 20, 2004, Federal Register

notice are under consideration and do 

not need to be resubmitted or 

readdressed. 

Public Comment Encouraged 

Public input at this meeting is invited 

and time is set aside for the presentation 

of public comments on any agenda 

topic. At least 7 minutes will be allotted 

to each speaker and, if time permits, 

may be extended to 10 minutes. Each 

organization is allowed one time slot 

per agenda topic. Persons registering to 

make oral comments are asked to 

provide their name, affiliation, mailing 

address, phone, fax, e-mail, and 

sponsoring organization (if any). To