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assessment rate for independent credit 

card banks over time. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 9. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 18. 

Frequency of Response: 

Semiannually. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 18 

hours. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. Comments are 

invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

OCC, including whether the information 

has practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the OCC’s 

estimate of the information collection 

burden; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Dated: September 15, 2010. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board; Notice 

of Meetings 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

gives notice under the Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the panels of the Joint Biomedical 

Laboratory Research and Development 

and Clinical Science Research and 

Development Services Scientific Merit 

Review Board will meet from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m. on the dates indicated below: 

Panel Date(s) Location 

Infectious Diseases-A ....................................................... November 16, 2010 ......................................................... *VA Central Office 

Hematology ...................................................................... November 18, 2010 ......................................................... *VA Central Office 

Infectious Diseases-B ....................................................... November 19, 2010 ......................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Neurobiology-A ................................................................. November 19, 2010 ......................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Neurobiology-D ................................................................. November 19, 2010 ......................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Pulmonary Medicine ......................................................... November 19, 2010 ......................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Endocrinology-B ............................................................... November 22, 2010 ......................................................... *VA Central Office 

Surgery ............................................................................. November 22, 2010 ......................................................... The Hotel George 

Cellular & Molecular Medicine ......................................... November 22, 2010 ......................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-B .............................................. November 22, 2010 ......................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Endocrinology-A ............................................................... November 23, 2010 ......................................................... The Hotel George 

Immunology-A .................................................................. December 1, 2010 ........................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Epidemiology .................................................................... December 1, 2010 ........................................................... *VA Central Office 

Neurobiology-E ................................................................. December 1, 2010 ........................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Gastroenterology .............................................................. December 2, 2010 ........................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Nephrology ....................................................................... December 2, 2010 ........................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Neurobiology-C ................................................................. December 2–3, 2010 ....................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Oncology .......................................................................... December 2–3, 2010 ....................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Cardiovascular Studies .................................................... December 3, 2010 ........................................................... Crowne Plaza 

Clinical Research Program .............................................. December 3, 2010 ........................................................... *VA Central Office 

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-A .............................................. December 3, 2010 ........................................................... Crowne Plaza 

The addresses of the hotels and VA Central Office are: Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. 

The Hotel George, 15 E Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

*VA Central Office, 1722 Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

*Teleconference 

The purpose of the Merit Review 

Board is to provide advice on the 

scientific quality, budget, safety and 

mission relevance of investigatorinitiated research proposals submitted 

for VA merit review consideration. 

Proposals submitted for review by the 

Board involve a wide range of medical 

specialties within the general areas of 

biomedical, behavioral and clinical 

science research. 

The panel meetings will be open to 

the public for approximately one hour at 

the start of each meeting to discuss the 

general status of the program. The 

remaining portion of each panel meeting 

will be closed to the public for the 

review, discussion, and evaluation of 

initial and renewal research proposals. 

The closed portion of each meeting 

involves discussion, examination, 

reference to staff and consultant 

critiques of research proposals. During 

this portion of each 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 could significantly 

frustrate implementation of proposed 

agency action regarding such research 

proposals. 

As provided by subsection 10(d) of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, closing 

portions of these panel meetings is in 

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

and (9)(B). Those who plan to attend or 

would like to obtain a copy of minutes 

of the panel meetings and rosters of the 

members of the panels should contact 

LeRoy G. Frey, Ph.D., Chief, Program 

Review (121F), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, at (202) 461– 

1664 or Leroy.frey@va.gov. 

Dated: September 16, 2010. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

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