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constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific 

Counselors for Basic Sciences, National 

Cancer Institute. 

Date: March 7, 2016. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate personal 

qualifications and performance, and 

competence of individual investigators. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 31 

Center Drive, Building 31, C-Wing, 6th Floor, 

Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Mehrdad Tondravi, Ph.D., 

Chief, Institute Review Office, Office of the 

Director, National Cancer Institute, National 

Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical Center 

Drive, Room 3W302, Rockville, MD 20850, 

240–276–5660, tondravim@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific 

Counselors for Clinical Sciences and 

Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute. 

Date: March 8, 2016. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate personal 

qualifications and performance, and 

competence of individual investigators. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 31 

Center Drive, Building 31, C Wing, 6th Floor, 

Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Brian E. Wojcik, Ph.D., 

Executive Secretary, Institute Review Office, 

Office of the Director, National Cancer 

Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9609 

Medical Center Drive, Room 3W414, 

Rockville, MD 20850, 240–276–5660, 

wojcikb@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 

93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention 

Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 

Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer 

Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology 

Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 

93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, 

Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, 

HHS) 

Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Melanie J. Gray, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02534 Filed 2–8–16; 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 

Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings 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: National Institute on 

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special 

Emphasis Panel; NIAAA Member Conflict 

Applications—Neurosciences. 

Date: March 11, 2016. 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health— 

NIAAA, 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 

20892, (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Ranga Srinivas, Ph.D., 

Chief, Extramural Project Review Branch, 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 

5365 Fishers Lane, Room 2085, Rockville, 

MD 20852, (301) 451–2067, srinivar@

mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special 

Emphasis Panel; NIAAA Member Conflict 

Applications—Clinical, Behavioral and 

Epidemiological Studies. 

Date: March 14, 2016. 

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health— 

NIAAA, 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 

20892 (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Ranga Srinivas, Ph.D., 

Chief, Extramural Project Review Branch, 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 

5365 Fishers Lane, Room 2085, Rockville, 

MD 20852, (301) 451–2067, srinivar@

mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special 

Emphasis Panel; NIAAA Member Conflict 

Applications—Biomedical Sciences. 

Date: March 16, 2016. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health— 

NIAAA, 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 

20852, (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Ranga Srinivas, Ph.D., 

Chief, Extramural Project Review Branch, 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 

5365 Fishers Lane, Room 2085, Rockville, 

MD 20852, (301) 451–2067, srinivar@

mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue 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; 

93.701, ARRA Related Biomedical Research 

and Research Support Awards., National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Melanie J. Gray, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02539 Filed 2–8–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

The Use of Chimpanzees in NIHSupported Research 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information on the National Institutes of 

Health’s (NIH) reassessment of the need 

to maintain a colony of 50 chimpanzees 

for future research and decision to no 

longer maintain a chimpanzee colony 

for research. This notice also provides 

information on conforming updates and 

procedures related to this action. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Division of Program Coordination, 

Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, 

Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health at dpcpsi@

od.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 18, 2015, the NIH announced 

it will no longer maintain a colony of 50 

chimpanzees for future research and 

that all NIH-owned chimpanzees that 

reside outside the federal sanctuary 

system operated by Chimp Haven, 

Keithville, Louisiana, are eligible for 

retirement. Relocation of the 

chimpanzees to the federal sanctuary 

system will be conducted as space is 

available and on a timescale that will 

allow for optimal transition of each 

individual chimpanzee with careful 

consideration of their welfare, including 

their health and social grouping. See the 

NIH Director’s statement at https://www.

nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nihdirector/statements/nih-will-no-longersupport-biomedical-researchchimpanzees. Consistent with this 

decision, the NIH is limiting its future 

support for research using chimpanzees 

to that which would be permissible in 

the federal sanctuary system under the 

Chimpanzee Health Improvement, 

Maintenance and Protection (CHIMP) 

Act and the implementing regulations at 

42 CFR part 9. Such research must 

either be noninvasive behavioral studies 

or medical studies based on information 

collected during the course of normal 

veterinary care that is provided for the 

benefit of the chimpanzee, provided that 

any such study involves minimal 

physical and mental harm, pain, 

distress, and disturbance to the 

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