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Depending on public comments 

received and subsequent initial Council 

action, these issues may require the 

preparation of an EIS. If it is decided 

that an EIS will be prepared for any of 

the issues listed above, a corresponding 

Notice of Intent will published in the 

Federal Register.

Dates, Times, and Locations (island and 

address) for Public Scoping Meetings

1. Hilo, HI — Wednesday, October 27, 

2004, from 6–9 p.m. at the Naniloa 

Hotel, 93 Banyon DR, Hilo, HI 96720;

2. Kona, HI — Thursday, October 28, 

2004, from 6–9 p.m. at the King 

Kamehameha Hotel, 75–5660 Palani 

Rd., Kona, HI 96740;

3. Oahu, HI — Monday, November 1, 

2004, from 6–9 p.m. at the Ala Moana 

Hotel, 410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu, HI 

96815;

4. Kauai, HI — Tuesday, November 2, 

2004, from 6–9 p.m. at the Chiefess 

Kamakahelei Middle School, 4431 

Nuhou St., Lihue, HI 96766;

5. Maui, HI — Wednesday, November 

3, 2004, from 6–9 p.m. at the Maui 

Beach Hotel, 170 Kaahumanu Ave., 

Kahului, HI 96732;

6. Saipan, CNMI — Wednesday, 

November 17, 2004, from 6–9 p.m. at 

the Pedro P. Tenorio Multipurpose 

Building, Susupe, CNMI 96950;

7. Hagatna, Guam — Thursday, 

November 18, 2004 from 6–9 p.m. at the 

Guam Fishermen’s Cooperative, Perez 

Marina, Hagatna, Guam 96932; and

8. Pago Pago, American Samoa —

Wednesday, December 8, 2004, from 7–

9 p.m. at the Department of Marine 

Resources and Wildlife Conference 

Room, Pago Pago, American Samoa 

96799.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

808–522–8220 (voice) or 808–522–8226 

(fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting 

date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: October 13, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 04–23280 Filed 10–15–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Membership of the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

Performance Review Board

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of membership of NOAA 

Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(4), NOAA announces the 

appointment of twenty-six members to 

serve on the NOAA Performance Review 

Board (PRB). The NOAA PRB is 

responsible for reviewing performance 

appraisals and ratings of Senior 

Executive Service (SES) members and 

making written recommendations to the 

appointing authority on SES retention 

and compensation matters, including 

performance-based pay adjustments, 

awarding of bonuses and reviewing 

recommendations for potential 

Presidential Rank Award nominees. The 

appointment of members to the NOAA 

PRB will be for a period of 24 months.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of 

service of the twenty-six appointees to 

the NOAA Performance Review Board is 

October 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Claudia McMahon, Executive Resources 

Program Manager, Human Resources 

Management Office, Office of Finance 

and Administration, NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910, (301) 713–0530 (ext. 204).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

names and position titles of the 

members of the NOAA PRB are set forth 

below (all are NOAA officials except 

Tyra Smith, Director, Human Resources, 

Bureau of the Census, Department of 

Commerce; Gerald R. Lucas, Director for 

Strategic Initiatives, Office of Human 

Resources Management, Department of 

Commerce; and Timothy J. Hauser, 

Deputy Under Secretary for 

International Trade, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce:

John E. Jones, Jr., Deputy Assistant 

Administrator for Weather Services. 

John E. Oliver, Jr., Deputy Assistant 

Administrator for Operations, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

Debra Larson, Director, Office of 

Legislative Affairs, Office of 

Legislative Affairs. 

Louisa Koch, Deputy Assistant 

Administrator for Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. 

Carl Staton, Chief Information Officer 

and Director for High Performance 

Computing and Communications, 

Office of the Deputy Under Secretary. 

Alan Neuschatz, Associate Assistant 

Administrator for Management and 

Chief Financial Officer/Chief 

Administrative Officer, National 

Ocean Service.

Mary Glackin, Assistant Administrator 

for Program, Planning and Integration, 

Office of Planning and Program 

Integration. 

Colleen Hartman, Deputy Assistant 

Administrator, National 

Environmental Satellite, Data and 

Information Service. 

Tyra Smith, Director, Human Resources, 

Bureau of the Census. 

David Kennedy, Director, Office of 

Response and Restoration, National 

Ocean Service. 

Ron Baird, Director, National Sea Grant 

College Program, Office of Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Research. 

Helen M. Hurcombe, Director, 

Acquisition and Grants Office, NOAA 

Finance and Administration. 

Ants Leetmaa, Director, Geophysical 

Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. 

Gregory Mandt, Director, Office of 

Climate, Water and Weather Services, 

National Weather Service. 

Louis W. Uccellini, Director, National 

Centers for Environmental Prediction, 

National Weather Service. 

Rebecca Lent, Deputy Assistant 

Administrator for Regulatory 

Programs, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

Michael Sissenwine, Director of 

Scientific Programs and Chief Science 

Advisor, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

William Broglie, Chief Administrative 

Officer, NOAA Finance and 

Administration. 

William J. Brennan, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for International Affairs, 

Office of International Affairs. 

Martha Cuppy, Director, Central 

Administrative Support Center, 

NOAA Finance and Administration. 

Kathleen Kelly, Director, Office of 

Satellite Operations, National 

Environmental Satellite, Data and 

Information Service. 

Jordan P. St. John, Director, Office of 

Public and Constituent Affairs, Office 

of Public and Constituent Affairs, 

NOAA. 

Timothy J. Hauser, Deputy Under 

Secretary for International Trade, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

Bonnie Morehouse, Director, Program 

Analysis & Evaluation, Office of 

NOAA Finance and Administration. 

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Donald E. Hout, Director, Ocean and 

Coastal Resource Management, 

National Ocean Service. 

Gerald R. Lucas, Director for Strategic 

Initiatives, Office of Human Resources 

Management, Department of 

Commerce.

Dated: October 8, 2004. 

Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., 

Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Under 

Secretary of Commerce, for Oceans and 

Atmosphere.

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BILLING CODE 3510–12–M

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Pilot Programs Inviting Public 

Comment on Voluntary Standards 

Activities and Staff and Contractor 

Research Reports

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of pilot programs and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC or Commission) is 

launching two pilot programs that will 

open CPSC staff activities for public 

review and comment. The first pilot 

program will provide information on 

CPSC staff participation with respect to 

a cross-section of voluntary standards, 

including advance notice of proposed 

staff positions on issues to be 

considered by voluntary standards 

organizations. The second pilot program 

will provide public access to a set of 

research reports and an opportunity to 

submit comments to be considered by 

the staff before finalization. 

The primary goals of both programs 

are to make the CPSC staff’s activities 

more transparent and to obtain the 

benefit of public review and input 

before finalizing CPSC staff positions. 

The Commission believes that timely 

public input will strengthen the CPSC’s 

efforts in these important areas. 

Comments received through these 

programs will be reviewed by staff to 

ensure each research report and staff 

recommendation on voluntary standards 

activities is based on the best scientific, 

economic, and technological 

information available. The Commission 

is hopeful that the two pilot programs 

will enhance the quality of the 

conclusions and recommendations 

drawn by CPSC staff without limiting its 

ability to make timely contributions to 

the ever-evolving voluntary standards 

development process or to complete its 

research work in a timely fashion. 

The Commission will evaluate the 

two pilot programs after a period of six 

months. Should the pilot programs be 

deemed successful, the Commission 

will consider expanding them to 

include a broader cross-section of CPSC 

staff voluntary standards activities and 

research reports developed by CPSC 

staff and/or contractors. The two pilot 

programs are further described below.

DATES: The pilot programs described in 

this notice commence on publication of 

this notice and run through April 18, 

2005. 

Comments 

Comments on a proposed staff 

recommendation concerning a voluntary 

standards activity selected for the pilot 

may be submitted through the CPSC 

Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/volstd/

standards.html and must be received 

not later than five (5) working days after 

the recommendation is posted on the 

Web site. 

Comments on any research report that 

is the subject of the Research Reports 

Technical Review Pilot Program may be 

submitted via e-mail to the 

Commission’s Office of the Secretary at 

cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Commenters who 

prefer may submit comments to the 

Office of the Secretary at the address 

shown below. Comments on a research 

report must be received not later than 

forty-five (45) days after the report is 

posted on CPSC’s Web site. 

General comments on whether to 

continue these programs beyond the 

pilot period and any suggestions for 

improving the programs may be 

submitted to the address below and 

must be received not later than May 18, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: General comments on the 

pilot programs should be mailed to the 

Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 

Washington, DC 20207–0001; telephone 

(301) 504–7923, or delivered to the 

Office of the Secretary, Room 502, 4330 

East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 

20814–4423. Comments should be 

captioned ‘‘Comments on Pilot 

Programs for Public Review and 

Comment on Voluntary Standards 

Activities and Draft Research Reports.’’

Comments may also be filed by 

telefacsimile to (301) 504–0127, or by email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the specific 

voluntary standards activities and draft 

technical reports that are the subject of 

the pilot programs contact: 

Hugh McLaurin, Director, Directorate 

for Engineering Sciences, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Washington, DC 20207, (301) 504–7531, 

e-mail: hmclaurin@cpsc.gov.

For general information on the pilot 

programs, contact: Lowell Martin, 

Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 

Washington, DC 20207, (301) 504–7628, 

e-mail: lmartin@cpsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. CPSC Staff Voluntary Standards 

Activities Information and Opportunity 

for Comment 

1. Background 

The Commission is actively engaged 

in the voluntary standards development 

process for a wide range of consumer 

products. The staff works with several 

different standards development 

organizations. All provide an open, 

deliberative process featuring a balance 

of interests and due process protections. 

CPSC staff members participate, as 

non-voting members, in a number of 

steps in the voluntary standards 

development process. CPSC staff often 

provide expert advice, technical 

assistance, injury and death data and 

analysis, as well as supporting research. 

In addition, CPSC staff will commonly 

submit recommendations concerning 

new consumer product safety standards 

or modification of existing standards. 

These recommendations are often based 

on previous research conducted by the 

agency or a review of injury and death 

data associated with the product 

category at issue. From 1990 through 

2002, CPSC staff has participated with 

other interested stakeholders in 

developing or revising 217 voluntary 

standards. 

2. Pilot Program 

CPSC is initiating a pilot program to 

begin posting notice of CPSC staff 

activities and recommendations 

concerning voluntary standards 

development on its web site. At present, 

Commission staff is involved in over 60 

consumer product voluntary standards 

development activities. For purposes of 

the pilot, CPSC has selected eight 

different voluntary standards activities 

to evaluate this system of sharing CPSC 

staff information with the public for 

review and comment.

The voluntary standards activities 

selected for the pilot are: (1) Smoke 

alarms; (2) arc fault circuit interrupters; 

(3) ground fault circuit interrupters; (4) 

pool and spa safety vacuum release 

systems; (5) bunk beds; (6) gasoline 

containers for child resistance; (7) 

portable generators (within the engine 

driven tools project); and (8) garage door 

and gate operators. For these voluntary