Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 2009 / Notices 3065 

Contact Person: Malgorzata Klosek, PhD, 

PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4188, 

MSC 7849, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301)435– 

2211, klosekm@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Cell Biology 

Integrated Review Group; Intercellular 

Interactions Study Section. 

Date: February 6, 2009. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel, 

2500 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94133. 

Contact Person: David Balasundaram, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5189, 

MSC 7840, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

1022, balasundaramd@csr.nih.gov. 

(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: January 5, 2009. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–284 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Library of Medicine; Notice of 

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 a meeting of the 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Lister 

Hill National Center for Biomedical 

Communications. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public as indicated below, with 

attendance limited to space available. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public as indicated below in accordance 

with the provisions set forth in section 

552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended 

for the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of individual intramural 

programs and projects conducted by the 

National Library of Medicine, including 

consideration of personnel 

qualifications and performance, and the 

competence of individual investigators, 

the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific 

Counselors, Lister Hill National Center for 

Biomedical Communications. 

Date: April 2–3, 2009. 

Open: April 2, 2009, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Agenda: Review of research and 

development programs and preparation of 

reports of the Lister Hill Center for 

Biomedical Communications. 

Place: National Library of Medicine, 

Building 38, 2nd Floor, Board Room, 8600 

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Closed: April 2, 2009, 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate personal 

qualifications and performance, and 

competence of individual investigators. 

Place: National Library of Medicine, 

Building 38, 2nd Floor, Board Room, 8600 

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Open: April 3, 2009, 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. 

Agenda: Review of research and 

development programs and preparation of 

reports of the Lister Hill Center for 

Biomedical Communications. 

Place: National Library of Medicine, 

Building 38, 2nd Floor, Board Room, 8600 

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Karen Steely, Program 

Assistant, Lister Hill National Center for 

Biomedical Communications, National 

Library of Medicine, Building 38a, Room 

7s709, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–3137, 

ksteely@mail.nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

In the interest of security, NIH has 

instituted stringent procedures for entrance 

onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 

including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles 

will be inspected before being allowed on 

campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 

form of identification (for example, a 

government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, 

or passport) and to state the purpose of their 

visit. 

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Dated: January 7, 2009. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Science and Technology Directorate; 

Record of Decision for the National Bio 

and Agro-Defense Facility 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Science and Technology 

Directorate (Office of National 

Laboratories within the Office of 

Research), DHS. 

ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), Science and 

Technology Directorate is issuing this 

ROD on the proposed siting, 

construction, and operation of the 

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 

(NBAF) (the Proposed Action). This 

ROD is based on the information and 

analysis in the NBAF Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (NBAF 

Final EIS) including public comments, 

and consideration of other appropriate 

factors such as national policy, site 

evaluation criteria, threat and risk 

assessment, costs, security, and other 

programmatic requirements. The Notice 

of Availability for the NBAF Final EIS 

was published in the Federal Register 

(73 FR 75665–75667) on December 12, 

2008. 

DHS has decided to implement the 

Preferred Alternative identified in 

Section 2.6 of the NBAF Final EIS. 

Implementation of this alternative 

would result in construction of the 

NBAF at the Manhattan Campus Site in 

Manhattan, Kansas, and initiation of the 

transition of mission activities and 

resources from the Plum Island Animal 

Disease Center (PIADC), located on 

Plum Island, New York, to the 

Manhattan Campus Site. 

DHS appreciates the significant cost, 

time, and effort that each consortium 

expended during this comprehensive 

decision process, and DHS thanks the 

consortia for their support of the 

homeland security mission. The 

comprehensive and well thought out 

proposals from states around the Nation 

and their consortia reflected the 

impressive capabilities of their 

communities. Each consortium and host 

state demonstrated a strong desire to 

make the Nation safer for animal 

agriculture through advanced research 

on foreign animal and zoonotic and 

emerging diseases. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: The 

NBAF Final EIS (approximately 5,000 

pages), Executive Summary, and this 

ROD are available on the DHS Web site 

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

for copies of the NBAF Final EIS, the 

Executive Summary, or this ROD should 

be mailed to Mr. James V. Johnson: 

Department of Homeland Security; 

Science and Technology Directorate; 

Office of National Laboratories, Room 

10–052, Mail Stop #2100; 245 Murray 

Lane, SW., Building 410; Washington, 

DC 20528. You may also request copies 

from: toll-free facsimile 1–866–508– 

NBAF (6223); toll-free voice mail 1– 

866–501–NBAF (6223); or e-mail at 

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