Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting, 29662 [06-4784]

Download as PDF 29662 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 23, 2006 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section, June 21, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to June 22, 2006, 6:30 p.m., St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036 which was published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2006, 71 FR 27505– 27507. The meeting will be held on June 20, 2006 to June 21, 2006. The meeting time and location remain the same. The meeting is closed to the public. Dated: May 17, 2006. Anna Snouffer, Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the 
Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section, June 21, 2006, 
8:30 a.m. to June 22, 2006, 6:30 p.m., St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036 which was published in the Federal 
Register on May 11, 2006, 71 FR 27505-27507.
    The meeting will be held on June 20, 2006 to June 21, 2006. The 
meeting time and location remain the same. The meeting is closed to the 
public.

    Dated: May 17, 2006.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 06-4784 Filed 5-22-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140-01-M

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