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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.

The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to space

[Page 58698]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.

Name of Committee: Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.

Date: October 17, 2003.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Agenda: Review of OBA protocol 0307-593: A phase I open-label safety study of intrastriatal infusion of adeno- associated virus encoding human aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AAV-hAADC-2) in subjects with advanced Parkinson's Disease.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Stephen M. Rose, PhD, Executive Secretary, Office of Biotechnology Activities, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 750, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496-9838, sr8j@nih.gov.

This meeting is being advertised less than 15 days prior to the meeting date. This meeting was rescheduled due to adverse weather conditions in the Washington metropolitan area.

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's Home page: http://www4.od.nih.gov/obal, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.

OMB's ``Mandatory Information Requirements for Federal Assistance Program Announcements'' (45 FR 39592, June 11, 1980) requires a statement concerning the official government programs contained in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Normally NIH lists in its announcements the number and title of affected individual programs for the guidance of the public. Because the guidance in this notice covers virtually every NIH and Federal research program in which DNA recombinant molecule techniques could be used, it has been determined not to be cost effective or in public interest to attempt to list these programs. Such a list would likely require several additional pages. In addition, NIH could not be certain that every Federal program would be included as many Federal agencies, as well as private organizations, both national and international, have elected to follow the NIH Guidelines. In lieu of the individual program listing, NIH invites readers to direct questions to the information address above about whether individual programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance are affected.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: October 1, 2003. LaVerne Y. Stringfield, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.

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