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is hereby given of the following

meeting:

Purpose/Agenda: To review a concept

statement for a proposed request for contract

proposal (RFP).

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special

Emphasis Panel.

Date of Meeting: August 26, 1997

(Telephone Conference).

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Place of Meeting: Willco Building, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 514, Rockville,

MD 20892–7003.

Contact Person: Barbara Smothers, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 514, Rockville,

MD 20892–7003, 301–443–4821.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in sec.

552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5 U.S.C. The discussions

could reveal the specific details of future

requests for contract proposals (RFPs), the

disclosure of which would significantly

frustrate implementation of the agency’s

proposed contract activities.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the urgent

need to meet timing limitations imposed by

the review and funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance,

Program Nos. 93.271, Alcohol Research

Career Development Awards for Scientists

and Clinicians; 93.272, Alcohol National

Research Service Awards for Research

Training; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs;

93.891, Alcohol Research Center Grants;

National Institutes of Health)

Dated: August 11, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–21620 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse

and Alcoholism; 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:

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate a

request for proposal (RFP).

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special

Emphasis Panel.

Date of Meeting: August 26, 1997

(Telephone Conference).

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place of Meeting: Willco Building, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 514, Rockville,

MD 20892–7003.

Contact Person: Barbara Smothers, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 514, Rockville,

MD 20892–7003, 301–443–4821.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C. The

proposal and discussions could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material, and

personal information concerning individuals

associated with the proposal, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the urgent

need to meet timing limitations imposed by

the review and funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance,

Program Nos. 93.271, Alcohol Research

Career Development Awards for Scientists

and Clinicians; 93.272, Alcohol National

Research Service Awards for Research

Training; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs;

93.891, Alcohol Research Center Grants;

National Institutes of Health)

Dated: August 11, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–21623 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Division of Research Grants; Notice of

Closed Meetings

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 Division

of Research Grants Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Purpose/Agenda: To review individual

grant applications.

Name of SEP: Microbiological and

Immunological Sciences.

Date: August 18, 1997.

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4178,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Jean Hickman,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4178, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1146.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the above meeting due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the grant review and funding

cycle.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: August 26, 1997.

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4150,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Marcia Litwack,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4150, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1719.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: September 5, 1997.

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4148,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Philip Perkins,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4148, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1718.

Name of SEP: Behavioral and

Neurosciences.

Date: September 8, 1997.

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Bethesda Hyatt Regency, Bethesda,

MD.

Contact Person: Dr. Joseph Kimm,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5178, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1249.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: September 15, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Holiday Inn-Georgetown,

Washington, DC.

Contact Person: Dr. Harish Chopra,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5112, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1169.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 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: August 11, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4235–N–16]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7256,

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708–1226; TDD

number for the hearing- and speech-
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impaired (202) 708–2565, (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD

publishes a notice, on a weekly basis,

identifying unutilized, underutilized,

excess and surplus Federal buildings

and real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. Today’s notice is for the

purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4248–N–03]

Fiscal Year 1997 Portfolio

Reengineering Demonstration Program

Request for Qualifications;

Announcement of Date for Submission

of Qualifications

AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Request for

Qualifications; Announcement of Date

for Submission of Qualifications.

SUMMARY: On July 16, 1997, the

Department published a notice seeking

requests for qualifications (RFQ) under

a statutory Demonstration Program. The

July 16, 1997 RFQ advised that the

Department is carrying out a statutory

Demonstration Program that is intended

to test approaches that reduce the cost

of the ongoing Federal subsidy for FHAinsured, Section 8-assisted housing,

while preserving this critical affordable

housing resource in good physical and

financial condition. The July 16, 1997

RFQ is directed to nonprofit

organizations that are interested in

participating in the Designee process

under section VII. of the Guidelines for

the Demonstration Program. The

Guidelines for the Demonstration

Program were published on January 23,

1997.

The July 16, 1997 notice requested

that the qualifications be submitted to

the Department by August 13, 1997. On

August 13, 1997, the Department

published a Federal Register notice

extending the due date for submission

of qualifications indefinitely. The

August 13, 1997 notice provided that

the Department would announce

through a separate notice the new due

date for submission of qualifications.

This notice supplements the August 13,

1997 notice by establishing this date.

The new due date for submission of

qualifications is August 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George C. Dipman, Demonstration

Program Coordinator, Office of

Multifamily Housing, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20410–4000; Room 6106; Telephone

(202) 708–3321. (This is not a toll-free

number.) Hearing or speech-impaired

individuals may call 1–800–877–8399

(Federal Information Relay Service

TTY). Internet address: PRE@hud.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

16, 1997 (62 FR 38109), the Department

published a notice seeking requests for

qualifications (RFQ) under a statutory

Demonstration Program. The July 16,

1997 RFQ advised that the Department

is carrying out a statutory

Demonstration Program that is intended

to test approaches that reduce the cost

of the ongoing Federal subsidy for FHAinsured, Section 8-assisted housing,

while preserving this critical affordable

housing resource in good physical and

financial condition. The July 16, 1997

RFQ is directed to nonprofit

organizations that are interested in

participating in the Designee process

under section VII. of the Guidelines for

the Demonstration Program. The

Guidelines for the Demonstration

Program were published on January 23,

1997 (62 FR 3567).

The July 16, 1997 notice requested

that the qualifications be submitted to

the Department by August 13, 1997. On

August 13, 1997, the Department

published a Federal Register notice

extending the due date for submission

of qualifications indefinitely. The

August 13, 1997 notice provided that

the Department would announce

through a separate notice the new due

date for submission of qualifications.

This notice supplements the August 13,

1997 notice by establishing this new

date.

The new due date for submission of

qualifications is August 25, 1997.

No other change is made to the July

16, 1997 notice other than the extension

of the submission date for

qualifications.

Dated: August 13, 1997.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species (CITES)

Notification; Rescinding of Prohibition

of Trade in Specimens of Eunectes

Notaeus From Argentina

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Information No. 27.

SUMMARY: This Notice of Information

(NOI) is an update from the prohibitions

identified in NOI 13. Specifically, this

NOI removes the prohibition on trade in

specimens of Eunectes notaeus from

Argentina identified in NOI 13,

published on April 6, 1987 (52 FR

10955).

DATES: This notice is effective on

August 15, 1997 and will be effective

until further notice.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Office of Management

Authority, Mail Stop 430 ARLSQ, 1849

C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240

regarding Notifications to the Parties, or

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division

of Law Enforcement, P.O. Box 3247,

Arlington, VA 22203–3247, regarding

enforcement actions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Susan S. Lieberman, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, telephone (703) 358–2095,

regarding Notifications to the Parties, or

Thomas L. Striegler, Chief, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Division of Law

Enforcement, telephone (703) 358–1949,

for enforcement actions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 7,

1986, the CITES Secretariat issued

Notification to the Parties No. 384,

which recommended that all Parties

assist Argentina in the implementation

of Argentina Resolution No. 24/86,

which prohibited the export of live

specimens, as well as parts and

derivatives of Boa constrictor

occidentalis, Eunectes notaeus and

Rhea americana. Argentina Resolution

No. 24/86 contained a provision for the

exportation of parts and derivatives of

these species provided that such parts

and derivatives were registered with the

CITES Management Authority of

Argentina and that exportation was