Solicitation of Nomination for Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, 22865-22866 [05-8773]

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[FR Doc. 05–8740 Filed 5–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies BILLING CODE 6210–01–S Solicitation of Nomination for Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM AGENCY: FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM VerDate jul<14>2003 16:54 May 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary. ACTION: Notice. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Public Health and Science, is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA). E:\FR\FM\03MYN1.SGM 03MYN1 22866 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 3, 2005 / Notices The ACBSA provides advice to the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health on blood safety policy issues which encompass broad public health and societal implications that cannot be resolved through analysis of scientific data alone. DATES: All nominations must be received at the address below no later than 4 p.m. e.s.t. May 30, 2005. ADDRESSES: All nominations should be mailed or delivered to Jerry Holmberg, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Holmberg, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone (301) 443–2331. A copy of the Committee charter and a list of the current membership can be obtained by contacting Dr. Holmberg. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACBSA provides advice to the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health on a broad range of policy issues regarding the collection, preparation, and distribution of blood and blood products, and regulations related to the transmission of communicable diseases. The range of policy issues that the ACBSA provides advice on includes: (1) Definition of public health parameters around safety and availability of blood supply; (2) broad public health, ethical and legal issues related to blood safety, and (3) the implications for blood safety availability of various economic factors affecting product cost and supply. The ACBSA consists of 18 voting members. The Committee is composed of 12 members, including the Chair, and 6 representative members. The public members are selected from State and local organizations, advocacy groups, provider organizations, academic researchers, ethicists, private physicians, scientists, consumer advocates, legal organizations, and from among communities of persons who are frequent recipients of blood or blood products. The representative members are designated to serve as official representatives of the blood and blood products industry or professional organizations. The representative members shall represent the American Association of Blood Banks, one or two major distributors of blood on a rotating basis, a trade organization or VerDate jul<14>2003 15:43 May 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 manufacturer of blood test kits or equipment, a company that produces leukoreduction processes, a major hospital organization that purchases blood and blood products, and a plasma protein therapeutic association. Nominations The Office of Public Health and Science is seeking nominations to fill several positions on the ACBSA that are scheduled to be vacated on September 30, 2005. The positions to be vacated are from both classifications—the public members and the representative members. To qualify for consideration as a public member, individuals should possess authoritative knowledge in blood banking, transfusion medicine, plasma therapies, bioethics, and/or related disciplines. Public members will be selected from the categories previously described. The terms of appointment for the representative member of the following also are scheduled to end: a trade organization or manufacturer of blood test kits or equipment, a company that produces leukoreduction processes, a major hospital organization that purchases blood and blood products, and a plasma protein therapeutic association. This notice is intended to solicit nominations from the blood and blood products industry and professional organizations of qualified candidates to serve as official representatives for the specified interest groups or industry. Individuals are invited to serve as members of the Committee for overlapping three year terms. Public members of the Committee receive a stipend for attending Committee meetings, as well as for conducting other business in the interest of the Committee. Pursuant to advance written agreement, members who are appointed as representatives of a particular interest group or industry serve without compensation. All members are authorized to receive prescribed per diem allowances and reimbursement for expenses incurred when performing travel to conduct Committee-related business matters. Nominations should be typewritten. The following information should be included in the package of material submitted for each individual being nominated for consideration: (1) A letter of nomination that clearly states the name and affiliation of the nominee, the basis for the nomination (i.e., specific attributes which qualify the nominee for service in this capacity), and a statement that the nominee is willing to serve as PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 a member of the Committee; (2) the nominator’s name, address, and daytime telephone number, and the home and/ or work address, telephone number and e-mail address of the person being nominated; and (3) a current copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae. The names of Federal employees should not be nominated for consideration of appointment for this Committee. The Department makes every effort to ensure that membership of DHHS Federal advisory committees is fairly balanced in terms of points of view represented and the committee’s function. Every effort is made to ensure that a broad representation of geographic areas, females, ethnic and minority groups, and the disabled are given consideration for membership on DHHS Federal advisory committees. Appointment to this Committee shall be made without discrimination on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status. Nominations must state that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of ACBSA and appears to have no conflict of interest that would preclude membership. An ethics review is conducted for each selected candidate. Therefore, individuals selected for nomination will be required to provide detailed information concerning such matters as financial holdings, consultancies, and research grants or contracts to permit evaluation of possible sources of conflict of interest. Dated: April 25, 2005. Jerry A. Holmberg, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability. [FR Doc. 05–8773 Filed 5–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–41–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is hereby given of the seventh meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on June 15, 2005, and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on June 16, 2005, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to E:\FR\FM\03MYN1.SGM 03MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Solicitation of Nomination for Appointment to the Advisory 
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended. The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) which sets forth standards for the 
formation and use of advisory committees.

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of 
Public Health and Science, is seeking nominations of qualified 
candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Advisory 
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA).

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    The ACBSA provides advice to the Secretary and the Assistant 
Secretary for Health on blood safety policy issues which encompass 
broad public health and societal implications that cannot be resolved 
through analysis of scientific data alone.

DATES: All nominations must be received at the address below no later 
than 4 p.m. e.s.t. May 30, 2005.

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be mailed or delivered to Jerry 
Holmberg, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood 
Safety and Availability, Office of Public Health and Science, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 
250, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Holmberg, Ph.D., Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Office 
of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services, 
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone (301) 
443-2331.
    A copy of the Committee charter and a list of the current 
membership can be obtained by contacting Dr. Holmberg.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACBSA provides advice to the Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Health on a broad range of policy 
issues regarding the collection, preparation, and distribution of blood 
and blood products, and regulations related to the transmission of 
communicable diseases. The range of policy issues that the ACBSA 
provides advice on includes: (1) Definition of public health parameters 
around safety and availability of blood supply; (2) broad public 
health, ethical and legal issues related to blood safety, and (3) the 
implications for blood safety availability of various economic factors 
affecting product cost and supply.
    The ACBSA consists of 18 voting members. The Committee is composed 
of 12 members, including the Chair, and 6 representative members. The 
public members are selected from State and local organizations, 
advocacy groups, provider organizations, academic researchers, 
ethicists, private physicians, scientists, consumer advocates, legal 
organizations, and from among communities of persons who are frequent 
recipients of blood or blood products. The representative members are 
designated to serve as official representatives of the blood and blood 
products industry or professional organizations. The representative 
members shall represent the American Association of Blood Banks, one or 
two major distributors of blood on a rotating basis, a trade 
organization or manufacturer of blood test kits or equipment, a company 
that produces leukoreduction processes, a major hospital organization 
that purchases blood and blood products, and a plasma protein 
therapeutic association.

Nominations

    The Office of Public Health and Science is seeking nominations to 
fill several positions on the ACBSA that are scheduled to be vacated on 
September 30, 2005. The positions to be vacated are from both 
classifications--the public members and the representative members.
    To qualify for consideration as a public member, individuals should 
possess authoritative knowledge in blood banking, transfusion medicine, 
plasma therapies, bioethics, and/or related disciplines. Public members 
will be selected from the categories previously described.
    The terms of appointment for the representative member of the 
following also are scheduled to end: a trade organization or 
manufacturer of blood test kits or equipment, a company that produces 
leukoreduction processes, a major hospital organization that purchases 
blood and blood products, and a plasma protein therapeutic association. 
This notice is intended to solicit nominations from the blood and blood 
products industry and professional organizations of qualified 
candidates to serve as official representatives for the specified 
interest groups or industry.
    Individuals are invited to serve as members of the Committee for 
overlapping three year terms. Public members of the Committee receive a 
stipend for attending Committee meetings, as well as for conducting 
other business in the interest of the Committee.
    Pursuant to advance written agreement, members who are appointed as 
representatives of a particular interest group or industry serve 
without compensation. All members are authorized to receive prescribed 
per diem allowances and reimbursement for expenses incurred when 
performing travel to conduct Committee-related business matters.
    Nominations should be typewritten. The following information should 
be included in the package of material submitted for each individual 
being nominated for consideration: (1) A letter of nomination that 
clearly states the name and affiliation of the nominee, the basis for 
the nomination (i.e., specific attributes which qualify the nominee for 
service in this capacity), and a statement that the nominee is willing 
to serve as a member of the Committee; (2) the nominator's name, 
address, and daytime telephone number, and the home and/or work 
address, telephone number and e-mail address of the person being 
nominated; and (3) a current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae. 
The names of Federal employees should not be nominated for 
consideration of appointment for this Committee.
    The Department makes every effort to ensure that membership of DHHS 
Federal advisory committees is fairly balanced in terms of points of 
view represented and the committee's function. Every effort is made to 
ensure that a broad representation of geographic areas, females, ethnic 
and minority groups, and the disabled are given consideration for 
membership on DHHS Federal advisory committees. Appointment to this 
Committee shall be made without discrimination on the basis of age, 
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural, 
religious, or socioeconomic status.
    Nominations must state that the nominee is willing to serve as a 
member of ACBSA and appears to have no conflict of interest that would 
preclude membership. An ethics review is conducted for each selected 
candidate. Therefore, individuals selected for nomination will be 
required to provide detailed information concerning such matters as 
financial holdings, consultancies, and research grants or contracts to 
permit evaluation of possible sources of conflict of interest.

    Dated: April 25, 2005.
Jerry A. Holmberg,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 05-8773 Filed 5-2-05; 8:45 am]
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