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obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than July 19, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group), 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake

City, Utah; to acquire GarbanIntercapital plc, London, United

Kingdom, and thereby engage in certain

brokerage activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(7) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 28, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Monday, July

10, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: June 30, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

based on an investigation by the Office

of Research Integrity (ORI) and a

decision by the Assistant Secretary for

Health, the U.S. Public Health Service

(PHS) has made a final finding of

scientific misconduct in the following

case:

Mr. Jin Qian, New Dimensions

Research and Instrument, Inc.: Mr.

Qian, Executive Manager for Corporate

Planning and Research, New

Dimensions Research and Instrument,

Inc. (NDRI), committed scientific

misconduct by plagiarizing research

results and text from other investigators

in an application to the National

Institute of Neurological Disorders and

Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of

Health (NIH), for a Small Business

Innovation Research (SBIR) award,

‘‘Glass-based neurochip system,’’ 1 R43

NS39266–01.

Specifically, based on ORI’s analysis,

PHS finds that Mr. Qian: (1) Used

research images and descriptions posted

on the Internet to create seven figures in

the application and used that material,

its associated text, and text from other

publications obtained from the Internet

without attribution; (2) misrepresented

research results in two of the plagiarized

figures as exemplar applications of

NDRI’s proprietary technology; and (3)

misrepresented his research

bibliography in that application and to

ORI staff during the investigation. These

actions constitute falsifications in the

proposing of research because their

collective effect was to falsify the basis

on which NIH reviewers determine

whether NDRI could achieve the goals

of the proposed project.

Mr. Qian has accepted the PHS

finding and has entered into a Voluntary

Exclusion Agreement with PHS in

which he has voluntarily agreed for a

three (3) year period, beginning on June

12, 2000:

(1) To exclude himself from any

contracting or subcontracting with any

agency of the United States Government

and from eligibility for, or involvement

in, nonprocurement transactions (e.g.,

grants and cooperative agreements) of

the United States Government as

defined in 45 CFR part 76 (Debarment

Regulations);

(2) To exclude himself from serving in

any advisory capacity to PHS, including

but not limited to service on any PHS

advisory committee, board, and/or peer

review committee, or as a consultant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Acting Director, Division of

Investigative Oversight, Office of

Research Integrity, 5515 Security Lane,

Suite 700, Rockville, MD 20852, (301)

443–5330.

Chris B. Pascal,

Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substance and

Disease Registry

Public Meeting of the Inter-Tribal

Council on Hanford Health Projects

(ICHHP) in Association With the

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service (PHS) Activities and

Research at Department of Energy

(DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects

Subcommittee

Name: Public meeting of the Inter-tribal

Council on Hanford Health Projects (ICHHP)

in association with the Citizens Advisory

Committee on PHS Activities and Research at

DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects

Subcommittee (HHES).

Time and Date: 9 a.m.–4 p.m., August 16,

2000.

Place: Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, 72789

Highway 331, Pendleton, Oregon, 97801.

Telephone: (541) 276–2323

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 50 people.

Background: Under a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) signed in October

1990 and renewed in November 1992

between ATSDR and DOE. The MOU

delineates the responsibilities and

procedures for ATSDR’s public health

activities at DOE sites required under

sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or

‘‘Superfund’’). These activities include health

consultations and public health assessments

at DOE sites listed on, or proposed for, the

Superfund National Priorities List and at

sites that are the subject of petitions from the

public; and other health-related activities

such as epidemiologic studies, health

surveillance, exposure and disease registries,

health education, substance-specific applied

research, emergency response, and

preparation of toxicological profiles.

In addition, under an MOU signed in

December 1990 with DOE and replaced by an

MOU signed in 1996, the Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS) has been

given the responsibility and resources for

conducting analytic epidemiologic

investigations of residents of communities in

the vicinity of DOE facilities, workers at DOE

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facilities, and other persons potentially

exposed to radiation or to potential hazards

from non-nuclear energy production and use.

HHS has delegated program responsibility to

CDC. Community Involvement is a critical

part of ATSDR’s and CDC’s energy-related

research and activities and input from

members of the ICHHP is part of these efforts.

The ICHHP will work with the HHES to

provide input on American Indian health

effects at the Hanford, Washington site.

Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to

address issues that are unique to tribal

involvement with the HHES, including a

continued presentation and discussion on the

DOE Richland Indian Office and tribal

programs, and agency updates.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

will include a dialogue on issues that are

unique to tribal involvement with the HHES.

This will include updating tribal members of

the cooperative agreement activities in

environmental health capacity building and

providing support for tribal involvement in

and representation on the HHES.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Persons for More Information:

Sandee Coulberson, Executive Secretary

HHES, or Marilyn Palmer, Committee

Management Specialist, Division of Health

Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600

Clifton Road, NE M/S E–56, Atlanta, Georgia

30333, telephone 1–888/42–ATSDR (28737),

fax 404/639–6075.

The Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office has been delegated the

authority to sign Federal Register notices

pertaining to announcements of meetings and

other committee management activities, for

both the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substance and

Disease Registry

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service (PHS) Activities and

Research at Department of Energy

(DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects

Subcommittee

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) announce

the following meeting.

Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on

PHS Activities and Research at DOE Sites:

Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

(HHES).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., August

17, 2000. 8 a.m.–4 p.m., August 18, 2000.

Place: Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, 72789

Highway 331, Pendleton, Oregon, 97801.

Telephone: (541) 276–2323

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 100 people.

Background: Under a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) signed in October

1990 and renewed in November 1992

between ATSDR and DOE. The MOU

delineates the responsibilities and

procedures for ATSDR’s public health

activities at DOE sites required under

sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or

‘‘Superfund’’). These activities include health

consultations and public health assessments

at DOE sites listed on, or proposed for, the

Superfund National Priorities List and at

sites that are the subject of petitions from the

public; and other health-related activities

such as epidemiologic studies, health

surveillance, exposure and disease registries,

health education, substance-specific applied

research, emergency response, and

preparation of toxicological profiles. In

addition, under an MOU signed in December

1990 with DOE and replaced by an MOU

signed in 1996, the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) has been given the

responsibility and resources for conducting

analytic epidemiologic investigations of

residents of communities in the vicinity of

DOE facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and

other persons potentially exposed to

radiation or to potential hazards from nonnuclear energy production and use. HHS has

delegated program responsibility to CDC.

Purpose: This subcommittee is charged

with providing advice and recommendations

to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator,

ATSDR, regarding community, American

Indian Tribes, and labor concerns pertaining

to CDC’s and ATSDR’s public health

activities and research at this DOE site. The

purpose of this meeting is to receive an

update from the Inter-tribal Council on

Hanford Health Projects; to review and

approve the Minutes of the previous meeting;

to receive updates from ATSDR/NCEH and

NIOSH; to receive reports from the Outreach,

Public Health Assessment, Public Health

Activities, and the Studies Workgroups; and

to address other issues and topics, as

necessary.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include a presentation and discussion on the

health effects subcommittee evaluations,

issues related to combining doses from

multiple environmental exposures, and

agency updates.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Persons for More Information:

Sandee Coulberson, Executive Secretary

HHES, or Marilyn Palmer, Committee

Management Specialist, Division of Health

Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600

Clifton Road, NE M/S E–56, Atlanta, Georgia

30333, telephone 1–888/42–ATSDR(28737),

fax 404/639–6075.

The Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office has been delegated the

authority to sign Federal Register notices

pertaining to announcements of meetings and

other committee management activities, for

both the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Translation Advisory Committee for

Diabetes Prevention and Control

Programs (TACDPCP): Notice of

Charter Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

92–463) of October 6, 1972, that the

TACDPCP of the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, of the

Department of Health and Human

Services, has been renewed for a 2-year

period extending through June 15, 2002.

For further information, contact Frank

Vinicor, M.D., M.P.H., Executive

Secretary, TACDPCP, 4770 Buford

Highway, N.E., m/s K–10, Atlanta,

Georgia 30341–3724. Telephone 770/

488–5000, or fax 770/488–5966.

The Director, Management Analysis

and Services Office, has been delegated

the authority to sign Federal Register

notices pertaining to announcements of

meetings and other committee

management activities, for both the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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