82_FR_8851 82 FR 8832 - Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings

82 FR 8832 - Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 19 (January 31, 2017)

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FR Document2017-01982

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8832-8833]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01982]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Center for Scientific Review; 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

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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: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; PAR 14-143: Establishing Behavioral and Social Measures for 
Causal Pathway Research in Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Health.
    Date: February 13, 2017.
    Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 
Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Tasmeen Weik, DRPH, MPH, Scientific Review 
Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3141, Bethesda, MD 20892, 
[email protected].

    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; PAR Panel: Temporal Dynamics of Neurophysiological Patterns 
as Potential Targets for Treating Cognitive Deficits in Brain 
Disorders.
    Date: February 14, 2017.
    Time: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Kirk Thompson, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, 
Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 
Rockledge Drive, Room 5184, MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-435-
1242, [email protected].

    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; PAR 14-166 Early Phase Clinical Trials in Imaging and Image-
Guided Interventions.
    Date: February 23, 2017.
    Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 
Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
    Contact Person: Chiayeng Wang, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, 
Center for Scientific Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5213, MSC 
7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-435-2397, [email protected].

    Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis 
Panel; Enabling Imaging Technologies.
    Date: February 24, 2017.
    Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Place: Washington Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20005.
    Contact Person: Michael L. Bloom, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6187, MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 
20892, 301-451-0132, [email protected].

(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 25, 2017.
Natasha M. Copeland,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-01982 Filed 1-30-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                    Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U).                                      2017 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR                                Human Services under the authority of
                                                    The poverty guidelines are used as an                                                 ALASKA                                           42 U.S.C. 9902(2).’’
                                                    eligibility criterion by the Community                                                                                                    Some federal programs use a
                                                    Services Block Grant program and a                                                                                        Poverty      percentage multiple of the guidelines
                                                                                                                          Persons in family/household
                                                    number of other Federal programs. The                                                                                    guideline     (for example, 125 percent or 185 percent
                                                    poverty guidelines issued here are a                                                                                                   of the guidelines), as noted in relevant
                                                                                                                         1   ............................................       $15,060    authorizing legislation or program
                                                    simplified version of the poverty
                                                                                                                         2   ............................................        20,290
                                                    thresholds that the Census Bureau uses                               3   ............................................        25,520
                                                                                                                                                                                           regulations. Non-Federal organizations
                                                    to prepare its estimates of the number of                            4   ............................................        30,750    that use the poverty guidelines under
                                                    individuals and families in poverty.                                 5   ............................................        35,980    their own authority in non-Federally-
                                                       As required by law, this update is                                6   ............................................        41,210    funded activities also may choose to use
                                                    accomplished by increasing the latest                                7   ............................................        46,440    a percentage multiple of the guidelines.
                                                    published Census Bureau poverty                                      8   ............................................        51,670       The poverty guidelines do not make a
                                                    thresholds by the relevant percentage                                                                                                  distinction between farm and non-farm
                                                    change in the Consumer Price Index for                                 For families/households with more                               families, or between aged and non-aged
                                                    All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). The                                     than 8 persons, add $5,230 for each                               units. (Only the Census Bureau poverty
                                                    guidelines in this 2017 notice reflect the                           additional person.                                                thresholds have separate figures for aged
                                                    1.3 percent price increase between                                                                                                     and non-aged one-person and two-
                                                    calendar years 2015 and 2016. After this                                    2017 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR                                person units.)
                                                    inflation adjustment, the guidelines are                                              HAWAII                                              Note that this notice does not provide
                                                    rounded and adjusted to standardize the                                                                                                definitions of such terms as ‘‘income’’ or
                                                                                                                                                                              Poverty      ‘‘family,’’ because there is considerable
                                                    differences between family sizes. In rare                             Persons in family/household                        guideline
                                                    circumstances, the rounding and                                                                                                        variation in defining these terms among
                                                    standardizing adjustments in the                                     1   ............................................       $13,860
                                                                                                                                                                                           the different programs that use the
                                                    formula result in small decreases in the                             2   ............................................        18,670    guidelines. These variations are
                                                    poverty guidelines for some household                                3   ............................................        23,480    traceable to the different laws and
                                                    sizes even when the inflation factor is                              4   ............................................        28,290    regulations that govern the various
                                                    not negative. In cases where the year-to-                            5   ............................................        33,100    programs. This means that questions
                                                                                                                         6   ............................................        37,910    such as ‘‘Is income counted before or
                                                    year change in inflation is not negative                             7   ............................................        42,720
                                                    and the rounding and standardizing                                                                                                     after taxes?’’, ‘‘Should a particular type
                                                                                                                         8   ............................................        47,530    of income be counted?’’, and ‘‘Should a
                                                    adjustments in the formula result in
                                                    reductions to the guidelines from the                                                                                                  particular person be counted as a
                                                                                                                            For families/households with more
                                                    previous year for some household sizes,                                                                                                member of the family/household?’’ are
                                                                                                                         than 8 persons, add $4,810 for each
                                                    the guidelines for the affected                                                                                                        actually questions about how a specific
                                                                                                                         additional person.
                                                    household sizes are fixed at the prior                                  Separate poverty guideline figures for                         program applies the poverty guidelines.
                                                    year’s guidelines. As in prior years,                                Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of                               All such questions about how a specific
                                                    these 2017 guidelines are roughly equal                              Economic Opportunity administrative                               program applies the guidelines should
                                                    to the poverty thresholds for calendar                               practice beginning in the 1966–1970                               be directed to the entity that administers
                                                    year 2016 which the Census Bureau                                    period. (Note that the Census Bureau                              or funds the program, since that entity
                                                    expects to publish in final form in                                  poverty thresholds—the version of the                             has the responsibility for defining such
                                                    September 2017.                                                      poverty measure used for statistical                              terms as ‘‘income’’ or ‘‘family,’’ to the
                                                       The poverty guidelines continue to be                             purposes—have never had separate                                  extent that these terms are not already
                                                    derived from the Census Bureau’s                                     figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The                               defined for the program in legislation or
                                                    current official poverty thresholds; they                            poverty guidelines are not defined for                            regulations.
                                                    are not derived from the Census                                      Puerto Rico or other outlying                                       Dated: January 26, 2017.
                                                    Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure                                jurisdictions. In cases in which a                                Norris Cochran,
                                                    (SPM).                                                               Federal program using the poverty                                 Acting Secretary of Health and Human
                                                       The following guideline figures                                   guidelines serves any of those                                    Services.
                                                    represent annual income.                                             jurisdictions, the Federal office that                            [FR Doc. 2017–02076 Filed 1–27–17; 11:15 am]
                                                                                                                         administers the program is generally                              BILLING CODE 4150–05–P
                                                        2017 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE                                  responsible for deciding whether to use
                                                         48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE                                    the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines
                                                         DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA                                            for those jurisdictions or to follow some                         DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                                         other procedure.                                                  HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                          Poverty           Due to confusing legislative language
                                                     Persons in family/household                                                                                                           National Institutes of Health
                                                                                                         guideline       dating back to 1972, the poverty
                                                                                                                         guidelines sometimes have been
                                                    1   ............................................         $12,060     mistakenly referred to as the ‘‘OMB’’                             Center for Scientific Review; Notice of
                                                    2   ............................................          16,240     (Office of Management and Budget)                                 Closed Meetings
                                                    3   ............................................          20,420
                                                                                                                         poverty guidelines or poverty line. In                              Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
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                                                    4   ............................................          24,600
                                                    5   ............................................          28,780     fact, OMB has never issued the                                    Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
                                                    6   ............................................          32,960     guidelines; the guidelines are issued                             amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
                                                    7   ............................................          37,140     each year by the Department of Health                             hereby given of the following meetings.
                                                    8   ............................................          41,320     and Human Services. The poverty                                     The meetings will be closed to the
                                                                                                                         guidelines may be formally referenced                             public in accordance with the
                                                      For families/households with more                                  as ‘‘the poverty guidelines updated                               provisions set forth in sections
                                                    than 8 persons add $4,180 for each                                   periodically in the Federal Register by                           552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
                                                    additional person.                                                   the U.S. Department of Health and                                 as amended. The grant applications and


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                                                    the discussions could disclose                            Place: Washington Marriott at Metro                    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                                    confidential trade secrets or commercial                Center, 775 12th Street NW., Washington, DC            applications and/or proposals.
                                                    property such as patentable material,                   20005.                                                   Place: National Institutes of Health, Two
                                                                                                              Contact Person: Michael L. Bloom, Ph.D.,             Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy
                                                    and personal information concerning                     Scientific Review Officer, Center for                  Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone
                                                    individuals associated with the grant                   Scientific Review, National Institutes of              Conference Call).
                                                    applications, the disclosure of which                   Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6187,                 Contact Person: Xiaodu Guo, M.D., Ph.D.,
                                                    would constitute a clearly unwarranted                  MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–451–                 Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch,
                                                    invasion of personal privacy.                           0132, bloomm2@mail.nih.gov.                            DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health,
                                                      Name of Committee: Center for Scientific              (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance              Room 7023, 6707 Democracy Boulevard,
                                                    Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR 14–                  Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;             Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–4719,
                                                    143: Establishing Behavioral and Social                 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333,             guox@extra.niddk.nih.gov.
                                                    Measures for Causal Pathway Research in                 93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,                    Name of Committee: National Institute of
                                                    Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Health.                   93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National                Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
                                                      Date: February 13, 2017.                              Institutes of Health, HHS)                             Special Emphasis Panel; NIDDK–B Member
                                                      Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.                            Dated: January 25, 2017.                             Conflict Applications.
                                                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                                                                           Date: February 17, 2017.
                                                                                                            Natasha M. Copeland,                                     Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
                                                    applications.
                                                      Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701            Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory              Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                                    Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892                     Committee Policy.                                      applications.
                                                    (Telephone Conference Call).                            [FR Doc. 2017–01982 Filed 1–30–17; 8:45 am]              Place: Residence Inn Bethesda, 7335
                                                      Contact Person: Tasmeen Weik, DRPH,                   BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                   Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.
                                                    MPH, Scientific Review Officer, Center for                                                                       Contact Person: Thomas A. Tatham, Ph.D.,
                                                    Scientific Review, National Institutes of                                                                      Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch,
                                                    Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3141,                                                                       DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health,
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                               Room 7021, 6707 Democracy Boulevard,
                                                    Bethesda, MD 20892, weikts@mail.nih.gov.
                                                                                                            HUMAN SERVICES                                         Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–3993,
                                                      This notice is being published less than 15
                                                    days prior to the meeting due to the timing                                                                    tathamt@mail.nih.gov.
                                                                                                            National Institutes of Health
                                                    limitations imposed by the review and                                                                            Name of Committee: National Institute of
                                                    funding cycle.                                                                                                 Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
                                                                                                            National Institute of Diabetes and
                                                      Name of Committee: Center for Scientific                                                                     Special Emphasis Panel; A Community
                                                                                                            Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice                  Research Resource of Microbiome-Derived
                                                    Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR Panel:               of Closed Meetings
                                                    Temporal Dynamics of Neurophysiological                                                                        Factors Modulating Host Physiology in
                                                    Patterns as Potential Targets for Treating                Pursuant to section 10(d) of the                     Obesity, Digestive and Liver Diseases, and
                                                    Cognitive Deficits in Brain Disorders.                                                                         Nutrition (R24).
                                                                                                            Federal Advisory Committee Act, as                       Date: February 28, 2017.
                                                      Date: February 14, 2017.                              amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
                                                      Time: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.                                                                                  Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
                                                                                                            hereby given of the following meetings.                  Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                    The meetings will be closed to the
                                                    applications.                                                                                                  applications.
                                                      Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
                                                                                                            public in accordance with the                            Place: National Institutes of Health, Two
                                                    Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892,                    provisions set forth in sections                       Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy
                                                    (Telephone Conference Call).                            552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,             Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone
                                                      Contact Person: Kirk Thompson, Ph.D.,                 as amended. The grant applications and                 Conference Call).
                                                    Scientific Review Officer, Center for                   the discussions could disclose                           Contact Person: Paul A. Rushing, Ph.D.,
                                                    Scientific Review, National Institutes of                                                                      Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch,
                                                                                                            confidential trade secrets or commercial
                                                    Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5184,                                                                       DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health,
                                                                                                            property such as patentable material,                  Room 7345, 6707 Democracy Boulevard,
                                                    MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–                  and personal information concerning
                                                    1242, kgt@mail.nih.gov.                                                                                        Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–8895,
                                                                                                            individuals associated with the grant                  rushingp@extra.niddk.nih.gov.
                                                      This notice is being published less than 15           applications, the disclosure of which
                                                    days prior to the meeting due to the timing                                                                    (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
                                                    limitations imposed by the review and
                                                                                                            would constitute a clearly unwarranted                 Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes,
                                                    funding cycle.                                          invasion of personal privacy.                          Endocrinology and Metabolic Research;
                                                                                                              Name of Committee: National Institute of             93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
                                                      Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
                                                    Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR 14–166               Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases             Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology
                                                    Early Phase Clinical Trials in Imaging and              Special Emphasis Panel; Fellowships in                 and Hematology Research, National Institutes
                                                    Image-Guided Interventions.                             Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic                 of Health, HHS)
                                                      Date: February 23, 2017.                              Diseases.                                                Dated: January 25, 2017.
                                                      Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.                           Date: February 16–17, 2017.                          David Clary,
                                                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                    Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
                                                                                                              Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                 Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
                                                    applications.
                                                                                                            applications.                                          Committee Policy.
                                                      Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
                                                    Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892                       Place: Residence Inn Bethesda, 7335                  [FR Doc. 2017–01989 Filed 1–30–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    (Virtual Meeting).                                      Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.                  BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
                                                      Contact Person: Chiayeng Wang, Ph.D.,                   Contact Person: Thomas A. Tatham, Ph.D.,
                                                    Scientific Review Officer, Center for                   Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch,
                                                    Scientific Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive,                DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health,             DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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                                                    Room 5213, MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892,                Room 7021, 6707 Democracy Boulevard,                   HUMAN SERVICES
                                                    301–435–2397, chiayeng.wang@nih.gov.                    Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–3993,
                                                      Name of Committee: Center for Scientific              tathamt@mail.nih.gov.                                  National Institutes of Health
                                                    Review Special Emphasis Panel; Enabling                   Name of Committee: National Institute of
                                                    Imaging Technologies.                                   Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases             National Institute of Mental Health;
                                                      Date: February 24, 2017.                              Special Emphasis Panel; NIDDK–RC2                      Notice of Meeting
                                                      Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.                          Review.
                                                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                    Date: February 16, 2017.                               Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
                                                    applications.                                             Time: 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.                         Federal Advisory Committee Act, as


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DatesFebruary 13, 2017.
FR Citation82 FR 8832 

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