60152 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 2004 / Notices 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities; Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 

04-20802) published on page 55632 of 

the issue for Wednesday, September 15, 

2004.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of 

Cleveland heading, the entry for Park 

National Corporation, Newark, Ohio, is 

revised to read as follows:

1. Park National Corporation, 

Newark, Ohio; to acquire First Federal 

Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire First Federal Savings Bank of 

Eastern Ohio, both of Zanesville, Ohio, 

and thereby engage in operating a 

savings association, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y. After 

the acquisition and subsequent bank 

merger, First Federal Savings Bank will 

convert to a national bank and Park 

National Corporation will operate the 

bank, pursuant to section 3 of the Bank 

Holding Company Act.

Comments on this application must 

be received by October 12, 2004.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 1, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–22532 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

Maximum Per Diem Rates for the 

Continental United States (CONUS)

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, General Services Administration 

(GSA).

ACTION: Correction to Per Diem Bulletin 

05–1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 continental 

United States (CONUS) per diem rates.

SUMMARY: An analysis of lodging data 

reveals that the FY 2005 maximum per 

diem rates for locations within the 

continental United States (CONUS) 

should be updated to provide for the 

reimbursement of Federal employees’

expenses covered by per diem. Per Diem 

Bulletin 05–1 increases/decreases the 

maximum lodging amounts in existing 

per diem localities, increases the 

standard CONUS lodging amount from 

$55 to $60 (which results in the deletion 

of several existing per diem localities), 

and adds new per diem localities due to 

requests by Federal agencies. The per 

diems prescribed in Bulletin 05–1 were 

posted at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem

on August 31, 2004. Several corrections 

have been made to the per diems as they 

appeared in that bulletin on that date.

DATES: This notice is effective October 

1, 2004, and applies for travel 

performed on or after October 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Adlore 

Chaudier, Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, Travel Management Policy, at 

(202) 501–3859. Please cite notice of 

correction to Per Diem Bulletin 05–1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

A notice appeared in the Federal 

Register (69 FR 53071) on August 31, 

2004, announcing Per Diem Bulletin 05–

1. Several per diem rates and location 

designations prescribed in that 

document have been corrected and 

include these destinations: Atlanta, GA; 

Boston/Cambridge, MA; Bridgeport/

Danbury, CT; Cambridge/St. Michaels, 

MD; Columbia, MD; Denver and 

Jefferson County, CO; Fort Worth/

Arlington, TX; Frederick County, MD; 

Grapevine, TX; Gulf Shores, AL; 

Gwinnett County, GA; Kalamazoo/Battle 

Creek, MI (Kalamazoo and Calhoun 

Counties); Key West, FL; Manhattan, 

Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten 

Island, NY; Middlesex County, MA; 

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; Nashville, 

TN; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; 

Reno/Sparks, NV; St. Louis, MO; 

Traverse City, MI; Washington, D.C. The 

corrected rates are posted at http://

www.gsa.gov/perdiem.

B. Change in standard procedure

GSA issues/publishes the CONUS per 

diem rates, formerly published in 

Appendix A to 41 CFR chapter 301, 

solely on the internet at http://

www.gsa.gov/perdiem. This process, 

implemented in 2003, ensures more 

timely increases or decreases in per 

diem rates established by GSA for 

Federal employees on official travel 

within CONUS. Notices published 

periodically in the Federal Register, 

such as this one, now constitute the 

only notification of revisions in CONUS 

per diem rates to agencies.

Dated: October 1, 2004.

Becky Rhodes,

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 

Transportation and Personal Property.

[FR Doc. 04–22539 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–14–S

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

[GSA Bulletin FTR 05–2]

Waivers to Federal Travel Regulation 

for TDY and PCS in Presidentially 

Declared Individual Assistance 

Disaster Areas in Alabama, Florida, 

Louisiana, and Mississippi

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy (MTT), GSA.

ACTION: Notice of a bulletin.

SUMMARY: Due to the scope of 

destruction caused by the recent natural 

disasters in Alabama, Florida, 

Louisiana, and Mississippi, agencies 

should consider delaying all nonessential TDY and PCS to the affected 

locations for a period of 90 days. This 

is especially important with PCS travel 

because the 120–day maximum for 

TQSE cannot be extended due to 

statutory restrictions. For travel which 

cannot be delayed, GSA adjusted several 

key allowances, as noted in the bulletin 

following this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This bulletin is effective 

October 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jim Harte, Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, Travel Management Policy 

Division (MTT), General Services 

Administration, Washington, DC 20405; 

e-mail, jim.harte@gsa.gov, or telephone 

(202) 501–0483.

Dated: October 1, 2004.

G. MARTIN WAGNER,

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy.

October 1, 2004.

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

[GSA Bulletin FTR 05–2]

TO: Heads of Federal Agencies

SUBJECT: Reimbursement for actual 

subsistence expenses, and waivers of 

certain provisions of the Federal 

Travel Regulation (FTR) (41 CFR 301 

and 302) for temporary duty (TDY) or 

permanent change of station (PCS) 

travel of employees to Presidentially 

declared individual assistance 

disaster areas of Alabama, Florida, 

Louisiana, and Mississippi

1. Purpose. This bulletin informs 

agencies of the temporarily authorized 

use of actual subsistence expenses for 

official travel (both TDY and PCS) to the 

subject locations as a result of 

Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and 

Jeanne, as well as Tropical Storm 

Bonnie, because it is expected that 

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finding temporary lodging facilities may 

be difficult, and distances involved may 

be great.

The provisions in this bulletin are 

effective from the date of the 

Presidential declaration of a county as 

an individual assistance disaster area 

and apply only upon that designation 

for the subject states. The provisions of 

the bulletin expire as stated in 

paragraph 5.

2. Background. Due to the scope of 

destruction caused by these natural 

disasters, agencies should consider 

delaying all non-essential TDY and PCS 

to the affected locations for a period of 

90 days. This is especially important 

with PCS travel because the 120–day 

maximum for TQSE cannot be extended 

due to statutory restrictions. If such 

TDY and PCS travel cannot be delayed 

due to mission requirements or personal 

hardships, then the following applies:

3. For PCS travel that cannot be 

delayed due to mission requirements or 

personal hardships the following 

applies: For temporary quarters 

subsistence expense (TQSE), the FTR 

provisions requiring that temporary 

quarters be in reasonable proximity to 

the new official station are hereby 

waived for the areas listed in paragraph 

4. The maximum limit of 120 days that 

TQSE may be authorized remains in 

effect.

Additionally, the provisions of FTR 

302–6.102 limiting per diem 

reimbursement to the standard CONUS 

rate for TQSE are hereby waived to 

allow the reimbursement of subsistence 

expenses at the locality per diem rate 

under the provisions of FTR 301–11.101 

or an actual expense reimbursement 

allowance under FTR 301–11.300–306, 

at the discretion of the agency, for the 

areas specified in paragraph 4. The 

provisions of FTR 302–6.200–203 

providing for fixed amount 

reimbursement option for TQSE remain 

in effect. In addition, for house hunting 

trips (HHT), the provisions of FTR 302–

5.13 that restrict reimbursement of 

subsistence expenses to the lodgingsplus method are hereby waived. Thus, 

actual expense allowances under FTR 

301–11.300–306 may be authorized, at 

the discretion of the agency, for those 

areas listed in paragraph 4. The 

provisions of FTR 302–5.13 providing 

for fixed amount reimbursement option 

for HHT remain in effect. In all cases, 

the provisions of 41 CFR 301–11.303 

limiting actual expenses not to exceed 

300 percent (rounded to the next higher 

dollar) of the applicable maximum per 

diem rate remains in effect.

4. Maximum rates. As a result of 

Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and 

Jeanne, and Tropical Storm Bonnie, the 

provisions of FTR 301–11.300 and 301–

11.70.200(f) requiring an agency 

determination that reimbursement 

under the actual expense method is 

appropriate are hereby waived for the 

locations specified below. Thus, 

agencies may approve actual 

subsistence expense reimbursement, not 

to exceed 300 percent of the applicable 

per diem rate, without further 

justification, for the following affected 

counties and parishes:

Florida (effective August 11, 2004):

The counties of Brevard, Charlotte, 

Collier, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Flager, 

Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, 

Indian River, Lake, Lee, Levy, Manatee, 

Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, 

Pasco, Polk, St. Johns, Sarasota, 

Seminole, and Volusia.

Florida (effective September 3, 2004):

The counties of Alachua, Baker, 

Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, 

Citrus, Clay, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, 

Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Glades, 

Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, 

Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, 

Levy, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, 

Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, 

Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, 

Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, 

Sumter, Union and Volusia Counties.

Alabama effective September 13, 2004:

The counties of Baldwin, Butler, 

Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, 

Crenshaw, Escambia, Geneva, Mobile, 

Monroe, and Washington.

Florida (effective September 13, 2004):

The counties of Bay, Calhoun, 

Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, 

Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, 

Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, 

Walton, and Washington.

Louisiana (effective September 13, 

2004):

The parishes of Jefferson, Lafourche, 

Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St, 

Charles, St. Tammany, and Terrebonne.

Mississippi (effective September 13, 

2004):

The counties of George, Hancock, 

Harrison, Jackson, Perry, Stone, and 

Wayne.

5. Expiration date. This bulletin 

expires on December 31, 2004, unless 

sooner rescinded by this office.

6. For further information contact.

Ms. Peggy Deprospero, Director, Travel 

Management Policy, at (202) 501–2826.

By delegation of the Administrator, 

General Services Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–22528 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–14–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Nursing Home Care Planning 

Technical Expert Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center 

for Quality Improvement and Patient 

Safety (CQulPS) will convene a 

technical expert panel (TEP) to discuss 

nursing home care planning and quality 

improvement research options for 

advancing this process in order to 

maximize quality of nursing home care. 

The authority for this meeting is derived 

from 42 U.S.C. 299b–1 and 299 which 

respectively authorize AHRQ to provide 

scientific and technical support to 

improve health care quality and to 

promote improvements in health system 

practices by synthesizing and 

disseminating available scientific 

information to providers and 

policymakers and by conducting and 

supporting research on methods and 

strategies for improving quality.

DATES: This meeting will take place on 

October 12, 2004 from 8:45 a.m.–5 p.m. 

and October 13 from 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

a 30 minute public comment period is 

scheduled starting at 3 p.m. on the first 

day and 2:30 p.m. on the second day of 

the meeting. 

Due to security measures and space 

constraints, it will be necessary for you 

to pre-register to attend the meeting. For 

pre-registration information please 

contact the meeting contractor, Karen 

Sofer at (301) 231–7537, ext. 260, by 11 

a.m. on Monday, October 11. You will 

need to bring a picture ID with you. 

Please note that persons attempting to 

attend without prior registration will 

not be admitted to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Please note that individuals 

interested in attending the meeting 

without prior registration will not be 

admitted to the meeting. The meeting 

will be at the AHRQ Conference Center, 

Watts Branch Conference Room, 540 

Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850. 

Please also be advised that seating is 

very limited and food will be available 

for panelists and Agency staff. A report 

of the meeting will be made available to 

the public after the meeting. 

For driving and public transportation 

directions, please visit http://

www.ahrq.gov/aout/map.htm. There is a 

shuttle from the Shady Grove Metro