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Seaway Development Corporation

(SLSDC), to be held at 10:00 a.m.,

September 17, 1997, in the Associate

Administrator’s Conference Room,

SLSDC Administration Building, 180

Andrews Street, Massena, New York.

The agenda for this meeting will be as

follows: Opening Remarks;

Consideration of Minutes of Past

Meeting; Review of Programs; New

Business; and Closing Remarks.

Attendance at meeting is open to the

interested public but limited to the

space available. With the approval of

the Administrator, members of the

public may present oral statements at

the meeting. Persons wishing further

information should contact not later

than September 12, 1997, Marc C.

Owen, Advisory Board Liaison, Saint

Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590; 202–366–6823.

Any member of the public may

present a written statement to the

Advisory Board at any time.

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 4,

1997.

Marc C. Owen,

Advisory Board Liaison.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Medical Research Service Merit Review

Committee, Notice of Meetings

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., of the

following meetings to be held from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. as indicated below:

Subcommittee for Date Location

Nephrology ............................................................................................................................................. September

25, 1997.

Washington Plaza Hotel.

Metal Health and Behavioral Sciences .................................................................................................. September

29–30,

1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Surgery ................................................................................................................................................... October 4,

1997.

Washington Plaza Hotel.

Aging and Clinical Geriatrics .................................................................................................................. October 6,

1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Immunology ............................................................................................................................................ October 6,

1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Neurobiology .......................................................................................................................................... October 6–7,

1997.

Washington Plaza Hotel.

Hematology ............................................................................................................................................ October 7,

1997.

Washington Plaza Hotel.

Respiration ............................................................................................................................................. October 9,

1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Endocrinology ......................................................................................................................................... October 9–

10, 1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Alcoholism and Drug Dependence ........................................................................................................ October 14,

1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

General Medical Science ....................................................................................................................... October 16–

17, 1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Gastroenterology .................................................................................................................................... October 20–

21, 1997.

Hotel Washington.

Cardiovascular Studies .......................................................................................................................... October 20–

21, 1997.

Hotel Washington.

Oncology ................................................................................................................................................ October 23–

24, 1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Infectious Diseases ................................................................................................................................ October 23–

24, 1997.

Holiday Inn Central.

Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee ............................................................................. December 4,

1997.

Washington Plaza Hotel.

Holiday Inn Central, 1501 Rhode Island

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005

Hotel Washington, 515–15th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20004

Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle,

NW, Washington, DC 20005

These meetings will be for the

purpose of evaluating the scientific

merit of research conducted in each

specialty by Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA) investigators working in

VA Medical Centers and Clinics.

These meetings will be open to the

public up to the seating capacity of the

rooms at the start of each meeting to

discuss the general status of the

program. All of the Merit Review

Subcommittee meetings will be closed

to the public after approximately one

hour from the start for the review,

discussion, and evaluation of initial and

renewal projects.

The closed portion of the meeting

involves discussion, examination,

reference to, and oral review of site

visits, staff and consultant critiques of

research protocols and similar

documents. During this portion of the

meeting, discussion and

recommendations will deal with

qualifications of personnel conducting

the studies, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, as well as

research information, the premature

disclosure of which would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed agency action regarding such

research projects. As provided by

subsection 10(d) of Public law 92–463,

as amended by Public law 94–409,

closing portions of these meetings is in

accordance with 5 U.S.C., 552b(c) (6)

and (9)(B). Because of the limited

seating capacity of the rooms, those who

plan to attend should contact Dr. LeRoy

Frey, Chief, Program Review Division,

Medical Research Service, Department

of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC,

(202) 275–6634, at least five days prior

to each meeting. Minutes of the
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meetings and rosters of the members of

the Subcommittees may be obtained

from this source.

Dated: August 26, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

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Research and Development

Cooperative Studies Evaluation

Committee Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice under Public Law 92–463

(Federal Advisory Committee Act) as

amended, by section 5(c) of Public Law

94–409, that a meeting of the Research

and Development Cooperative Studies

Evaluation Committee will be held at

the Marriott Residence Inn, 550 Army

Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202,

October 8–9, 1997. The session on

October 8 is scheduled to begin at 7:30

a.m. and end at 5:15 p.m. and on

October 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The meeting will be for the purpose of

reviewing one new protocol for multihospital clinical trial on prophylaxis of

medical patients for thromboembolism

and the progress of five on-going

cooperative studies on treatment of

alcoholic liver fibrosis, betablocker for

heart failure, cancer intervention versus

observation trial, treatment of unstable

angina and evaluation of geriatric cares.

The Committee advises the Chief

Research and Development Officer

through the Chief of the Cooperative

Studies Program on the relevance and

feasibility of the studies, the adequacy

of the protocols, and the scientific

validity and propriety of technical

details, including protection of human

subjects.

The meeting will be open to the

public from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on

both days to discuss the general status

of the program. Those who plan to

attend should contact Dr. Ping Huang,

Coordinator, Medical Research Service

Cooperative Studies Evaluation

Committee, Department of Veterans

Affairs, Washington, DC, (202–273–

8295), prior to October 3, 1997.

The meeting will be closed from 8:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 1997,

and from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on

October 9, 1997, for consideration of

specific proposals in accordance with

provisions set forth in section 10(d) of

Public Law 92–463, as amended by

section 5(c) of Public Law 94–409, and

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). During this portion

of the meeting, discussions and

recommendations will deal with

qualifications of personnel conducting

the studies, staff and consultant

critiques of research protocols, and

similar documents, and the medical

records of patients who are study

subjects, the disclosures of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Dated: August 26, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

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