41764 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 31, 2007 / Notices 

Dated: July 25, 2007. 

Jennifer Spaeth 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–3725 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; 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: Center for 

Scientific Review Special Emphasis 

Panel, Molecular and Cellular 

Neuroscience. 

Date: August 3, 2007. 

Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To Review and Evaluate 

Grant Applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 

20892, (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Jonathan K. Ivins, 

PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, 

Center for Scientific Review, National 

Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge 

Drive, Room 4040A, MSC 7806, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–1245, 

ivinsj@csr.nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less 

than 15 days prior to the meeting to the 

time limitations imposed by the review 

and funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893. National 

Institutes of Health, HHS). 

Dated: July 24, 2007. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–3728 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Science and Technology Directorate; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Science and Technology 

Directorate (Office of National 

Laboratories within the Office of 

Research), DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 

(NBAF). 

SUMMARY: DHS announces its intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to evaluate reasonable 

siting alternatives for the construction 

and operation of the proposed NBAF. 

DHS invites individuals, organizations, 

and agencies to present oral or written 

comments concerning the scope of the 

EIS, including the environmental issues 

and alternatives that the EIS should 

address. 

DATES: The public scoping period starts 

with the publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register and will continue 

until September 27, 2007. DHS will 

consider all comments received, 

postmarked, or emailed by that date in 

defining the scope of the EIS. DHS also 

intends to hold public meetings during 

this comment period to provide the 

public with added opportunities to 

present comments, ask questions, and 

discuss concerns regarding the EIS with 

DHS officials. 

All public meetings are listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

DHS will publish additional notices 

regarding the dates, times, and locations 

of the public meetings in local 

newspapers in advance of the scheduled 

meetings. Any necessary changes will 

be announced in the local media and on 

the NBAF Web site (http:// 

www.dhs.gov/nbaf). 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by mail, online, fax, or voice 

mail: 

U.S. Mail: Department of Homeland 

Security; Science and Technology 

Directorate; James V. Johnson; Mail Stop 

#2100; 245 Murray Lane SW., Building 

410; Washington, DC 20528; Online: 

http://www.dhs.gov/nbaf (click on 

Public Involvement); Toll-free fax: 1–

866–508-NBAF (6223); or Toll-free voice 

mail: 1–866–501–NBAF (6223). 

Updates and other information will be 

posted to the NBAF EIS Web page at: 

http://www.dhs.gov/nbaf. 

In addition to providing comments at 

the public meetings, all interested 

parties are invited to record their 

comments, ask questions concerning the 

EIS, or request to be placed on the EIS 

mailing or document distribution list by 

leaving a message on the EIS Hotline at 

(toll free) 1–866–501–NBAF (6223). The 

Hotline will have instructions on how to 

record comments and requests. 

Additional information on public 

participation opportunities is included 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section. 

All interested persons and 

organizations including minority, low 

income, disadvantaged, and Native 

American groups are urged to 

participate in this environmental impact 

review process. Assistance will be 

provided upon request to anyone with 

special needs to facilitate their 

participation in the process. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Consultations between DHS and the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) on a coordinated biodefense 

strategy called for in Homeland Security 

Presidential Directives 9 and 10 have 

revealed a gap that must be filled by an 

integrated research, development, test 

and evaluation (RDT&E) infrastructure 

for combating bio and agro terrorism 

threats. DHS S&T is responsible for 

filling this gap in a safe, secure, and 

environmentally sound manner. The 

proposed NBAF is envisioned to 

provide the nation with the first 

integrated agricultural, zoonotic disease, 

and public health RDT&E facility with 

the capability to address threats from 

human pathogens, high consequence 

zoonotic disease agents, and foreign 

animal diseases. 

DHS intends to select a single site for 

the construction of the NBAF. A 

competitive selection process to identify 

and evaluate potential candidate sites, 

other than Plum Island, for the NBAF 

was recently completed. This process 

was initiated by issuance of a notice of 

request for Expressions of Interest (EOI), 

on January 19, 2006 (71 Federal 

Register 3107–3109). DHS has 

determined that the following ‘‘Site 

Alternatives’’ are reasonable alternative 

sites for the construction of the NBAF: 

Manhattan Campus Site Manhattan, 

Kansas: This alternative would locate 

the NBAF within what is identified as 

the Kansas City Health Corridor on the 

Kansas State University Campus. 

South Milledge Avenue Site, Athens, 

Georgia: This alternative would locate 

the NBAF on the campus of the 

University of Georgia Whitehall Farm. 

Texas Research Park Site, San 

Antonio, Texas: This alternative would 

locate the NBAF on the land of the 

Texas Research Park in San Antonio 

Texas. 

Umstead Research Farm Site, Butner, 

North Carolina: This alternative would 


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