Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 1997 / Notices 58975

Contact Person: Dr. Philip Washko,

Scientist Review Administrator, 4500 Center

Drive, Natcher Building, Room 4AN–44F,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–2372.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate and review

grant applications and/or contract proposals.

Name of SEP: National Institute of Dental

Research Special Emphasis Panel—Review of

P01 grant (98–10).

Dates: December 10, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Marriott Pooks Hill, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Contact Person: Dr. George Hausch, Chief,

Grants Review Section, 4500 Center Drive,

Natcher Building, Room 4AN–44F, Bethesda,

MD 20892, (301) 594–2372.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate and review

grant applications and/or contract proposals.

These meetings will be closed in

accordance with the provisions set forth in

sections 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 No. 93.121, Oral Diseases and

Disorders Research)

Dated: October 24, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Neurological

Disorders and Stroke; Division of

Extramural Activities; 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

meetings:

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special

Emphasis Panel (Telephone Conference Call).

Date: November 10, 1997.

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 7550

Wisconsin Avenue, Room 9C10, Bethesda,

MD 20892.

Contact Person: Dr. Paul Sheehy/Mr.

Phillip Wiethorn, Scientific Review

Administrators, NINDS, National Institutes of

Health, 7550 Wisconsin Avenue, Room 9C10,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–9223.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

RFP Contract Proposal(s).

This notice if 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.

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Program

Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: December 4–5, 1997.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Houston Marriott Medical Center,

6580 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030.

Phone: (713) 796–0080.

Contact Person: Dr. Katherine Woodbury,

Scientific Review Administrator, NINDS,

National Institutes of Health, 7550 Wisconsin

Avenue, Room 9C10, Bethesda, MD 20892,

(301) 496–9223.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate a

grant application.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in sections

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 No. 93.853, Clinical Research

Related to Neurological Disorders; No.

93.854, Biological Basis Research in the

Neurosciences)

Dated: October 24, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development; 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

National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meeting:

Name of SEP: The Evaluation of a

Community-based Intervention to Improve

Pregnancy Outcomes and Reduced Perinatal

Mortality in a Rural District of Balochistan,

Pakistan. (Teleconference)

Date: November 19, 1997.

Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET)—adjournment.

Place: Division of Scientific Review, 6100

Executive Boulevard, Room 5E01, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

Contact Person: Hameed Khan, Ph.D,

Scientific Review Administrator, NICHD,

6100 Executive Boulevard, 6100 Building—

Room 5E01, Rockville, Maryland 20852,

Telephone: 301–496–1485.

Purpose/Agenda: To provide concept

review of proposed contract solicitations.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in sections

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

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 by giving unfair

competitive advantage to private firms or

individuals.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. [93.864, Population Research

and No. 93.865, Research for Mothers and

Children], National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: October 27, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the meeting of the Drug

Testing Advisory Board of the Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention in

December 1997.

The first day (December 8) of the Drug

Testing Advisory Board meeting will be

open and will include a roll call, general

announcements, and a discussion of

various program, procedural, and

technical issues. The preliminary

agenda for the open session includes,

but is not limited to, the following

topics: a brief review of the DTAB

Scientific Meetings on Alternative

Specimens and Technologies held on

April 28–30 and September 9–10, an

update on the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission fitness-for-duty program,

an update on the Department of

Transportation workplace drug and

alcohol testing programs, adulteration/

dilution testing, and hemp products.

Public comments are welcome during

the open session. If anyone needs

special accommodations for persons

with disabilities please notify the

Contact listed below.

The second day (December 9) of the

DTAB meeting involves the review of

sensitive National Laboratory

Certification Program (NLCP) internal

operating procedures and program

development issues. Therefore, the

second day of the meeting will be closed

to the public as determined by the

Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2), (4), and (6)

and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d).

An agenda for this meeting and a

roster of board members may be

obtained from: Ms. Giselle Hersh,
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Division of Workplace Programs, Room

13A–54, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–6014.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the contact whose

name and telephone number is listed

below.

Committee Name: Drug Testing Advisory

Board.

Meeting Date: December 8–9, 1997.

Place: DoubleTree Hotel, 1750 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Open: December 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m.–4:00

p.m.

Closed: December 9, 1997, 8:30 a.m.–4:00

p.m.

Contact: Donna M. Bush, Ph.D., Executive

Secretary, Telephone: (301) 443–6014 and

FAX: (301) 443–3031.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Dee Herman,

Acting Committee Management Officer,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4235–N–27]

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: October 31, 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 speechimpaired (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: October 24, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4300–N–01]

The Performance Review Board

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development.

ACTION: Notice of appointments.

SUMMARY: The Department of Housing

and Urban Development announces the

appointments of Willie H. Gilmore,

Maxine F. Griffith, Joseph F. Smith, and

George L. Weidenfeller as members, and

George S. Anderson as an alternate

member to the Departmental

Performance Review Board. The address

is: Department of Housing and Urban

Development, Washington, D.C. 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons desiring any further information

about the Performance Review Board

and its members may contact Earnestine

Pruitt, Director, Executive Personnel

Management Division, Department of

Housing and Urban Development,

Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone

(202) 708–1381. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

Dated: October 28, 1997.

Andrew M. Cuomo,

Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban

Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application From the City of La Mesa,

California, for an Incidental Take

Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The City of La Mesa,

California, has applied to the Fish and

Wildlife Service for a 50-year permit to

incidentally take the threatened coastal

California gnatcatcher (Polioptila

californica californica) and up to 84

other species pursuant to section

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species

Act. Take would occur due to urban

growth within the City of La Mesa. The

application includes a Subarea Plan

(City of La Mesa Subarea Habitat

Conservation Plan/Natural Community

Conservation Plan) and an

Implementing Agreement. The La Mesa

Subarea Plan is intended to complement

and be consistent with regional

planning efforts under the approved

Multiple Species Conservation Program

for southwestern San Diego County,

California. In response to the permit

application, the Service has prepared an

Environmental Assessment pursuant to

the National Environmental Policy Act.

This assessment and the permit

application are available for public

review and comment. The Service

specifically requests comment on the

appropriateness of the ‘‘No Surprises’’

assurances contained in the application

(sections 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, and 9.18 of

the Implementing Agreement).

DATES: Written comments on the La

Mesa Subarea Plan, Environmental

Assessment, and Implementing

Agreement should be received by the

Service on or before December 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Mr. Gail Kobetich, Field

Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service,

2730 Loker Avenue West, Carlsbad,

California 92008. Written comments

may be sent by facsimile to (760) 431–

9618.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Nancy Gilbert, Supervisory Fish and

Wildlife Biologist, at the above address,

telephone (760) 431–9440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Availability of Documents

Persons wishing copies of the

documents or additional background

material should contact Mr. Brad

Richter, Environmental Review

Coordinator, City of La Mesa, Planning

Department, 8130 Allison Avenue, La

Mesa, California 91944–0937, telephone

(619) 463–6611. Documents also will be

available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours, Monday through Friday, at the

City of La Mesa Planning Department

Office and at the Carlsbad Fish and

Wildlife Service Office (see ADDRESSES).

Background

Section 9 of the Endangered Species

Act prohibits the taking of endangered

and threatened species. Under limited

circumstances, however, the Service

may issue permits to take endangered

and/or threatened species incidental to,