[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47538-47539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21974]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; 
Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, NIDCD.
    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

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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 
INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 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, NIDCD.
    Date: November 6, 2017.
    Open: 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
    Agenda: Reports from the institute staff.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Porter Neuroscience 
Research Center, Room 610, Building 35A, Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 
20892.
    Closed: 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate personal qualifications and 
performance, and competence of individual investigators.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Porter Neuroscience 
Research Center, Room 610, Building 35A, Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 
20892.
    Contact Person: Andrew J. Griffith, Ph.D., MD, Director, 
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Deafness and 
Other Communication Disorders, 35A Convent Drive, GF 103, Rockville, 
MD 20892, 301-496-1960, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7413061d12121d0015341a1d1017105a1a1d1c5a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3651445f50505f425776585f52555218585f5e18515940">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments 
to the committee may notify the Contact Person listed on this notice 
at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested individuals 
and representatives of organizations may submit a letter of intent, 
a brief description of the organization represented, and a short 
description of the oral presentation. Only one representative of an 
organization may be allowed to present oral comments and if accepted 
by the committee, presentations may be limited to five minutes. Both 
printed and electronic copies are requested for the record. In 
addition, any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding their 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.
    Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home 
page: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/groups/bsc/, where an agenda 
and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when 
available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.173, 
Biological Research Related to Deafness and Communicative Disorders, 
National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: October 5, 2017.
Sylvia L. Neal,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-21974 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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