Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 215 / Monday, November 8, 2004 / Notices 64783

MSC 7812, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

3566, cooperc@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 SBIB 

G 50R: PAR–04–023: Bioengineering 

Research Partnerships. 

Date: November 29, 2004. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Holiday Inn Select, 8120 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Paul F. Parakkal, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5122, 

MSC 7854, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

1176, parakkap@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 BPC–

F Program Project. 

Date: November 30, 2004. 

Time: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Holiday Inn Select Bethesda, 8120 

Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Robert Lees, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4182, 

MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

2684, leesro@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, Animal 

Neurobiology and Emotion. 

Date: November 30, 2004. 

Time: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Maribeth Champoux, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3146, 

MSC 7759, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–594–

3163, champourm@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, Substance 

Abuse and Addictive Disorders. 

Date: November 30, 2004. 

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 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: Cheri Wiggs, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3180, 

MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1261, wiggsc@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 ONC–

J 02M: Experimental Therapeutics of Cancer. 

Date: November 30, 2004. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 3 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: Martin L. Padarathsingh, 

PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Center 

for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6212, 

MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1717, padaratm@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 IFCN–

G 50 Micromechanical Device for 

Intracochlear Drug Delivery. 

Date: November 30, 2004. 

Time: 3 p.m. to 4 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: Joseph Kimm, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5178, 

MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1249, kimmj@csr.nih.gov.

(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: October 28, 2004. 

LaVerne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–24794 Filed 11–05–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the General Counsel; Senior 

Executive Service Performance Review 

Board

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

appointment of the members of the 

Performance Review Board (PRB) for the 

Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). The purpose of the PRB is to 

review and make recommendations 

concerning proposed performance 

appraisals, ratings, bonuses, pay 

adjustments, and other appropriate 

personnel actions for incumbents of 

Senior Executive Service (SES) 

positions for which the General Counsel 

is the appointing authority. The PRB 

will perform PRB functions for other 

DHS SES positions if requested.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This Notice is effective 

November 8, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Michele Burton, Director, Executive 

Services, Office of Human Resources 

Management, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW, Room 2.4–A, Washington, DC 

20229. Telephone (202) 344–2525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5 

U.S.C. 4314(c) requires each Federal 

agency to establish one or more 

performance review boards to make 

recommendations, as necessary, in 

regard to the performance of senior 

executives within the agency. This 

notice announces the appointment of 

the members of the PRB for the Office 

of the General Counsel for DHS. The 

purpose of the PRB is to review and 

make recommendations concerning 

proposed performance appraisals, 

ratings, bonuses, pay adjustments, and 

other appropriate personnel actions for 

incumbents of SES positions for which 

the General Counsel of DHS is the 

appointing authority. The Board will 

perform PRB functions for other DHS 

SES positions if requested. 

This notice does not constitute a 

significant regulatory action as are 

defined under section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866. Therefore, DHS has not 

submitted this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

Further, because this notice is a 

matter of agency organization, 

procedure and practice, DHS is not 

required to follow the rulemaking 

requirements under the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). 

Composition of Departmental PRB:

The Board shall consist of at least three 

members. In the case of an appraisal of 

a career appointee, more than half of the 

members shall consist of career 

appointees. The names and titles of the 

PRB members are as follows: 

Elizabeth L. Branch, Associate 

General Counsel for Rules and 

Regulations, Office of the General 

Counsel, DHS; 

Dea Doris Carpenter, Deputy Chief 

Counsel, U.S. Citizenship 

andImmigration Services; 

Thomas J. Connelly, Associate 

General Counsel for Information 

Analysis andInfrastructure Protection, 

Office of the General Counsel, DHS; 

Francine J. Kerner, Chief Counsel, 

Transportation Security Administration; 

John J. Kelleher, Chief Counsel, U.S. 

Secret Service; 

Calvin M. Lederer, Deputy Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Coast Guard; 

Barry C. O’Melinn, Deputy Principal 

Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration 

andCustoms Enforcement; 

Alfonso Robles, Chief Counsel, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection; and

64784 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 215 / Monday, November 8, 2004 / Notices 

1For purposes of this proposed exemption, 

references to specific provisions of Title I of the 

Act, unless otherwise specified, refer also to the 

corresponding provisions of the Code.

Hugo Teufel III, Associate General 

Counsel for General Law, Office of the 

General Counsel, DHS.

Mary Kate Whalen, 

Deputy Associate General Counsel for 

Regulations, Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 04–24953 Filed 11–5–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[USITC SE–04–030] 

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: November 10, 2004 at 

9:30 a.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Agenda for future meetings: none. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Inv. No. 731–TA–1059 (Final)(Hand 

Trucks from China)—briefing and vote. 

(The Commission is currently scheduled 

to transmit its determination and 

Commissioners’ opinions to the 

Secretary of Commerce on or before 

November 22, 2004.) 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: November 3, 2004. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–24911 Filed 11–4–04; 11:39 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Application No. D–11165, et al.] 

Proposed Exemptions; The National 

Electrical Benefit Fund (the Plan)

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains 

notices of pendency before the 

Department of Labor (the Department) of 

proposed exemptions from certain of the 

prohibited transaction restrictions of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). 

Written Comments and Hearing 

Requests 

All interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments or requests for 

a hearing on the pending exemptions, 

unless otherwise stated in the Notice of 

Proposed Exemption, within 45 days 

from the date of publication of this 

Federal Register Notice. Comments and 

requests for a hearing should state:

(1) The name, address, and telephone 

number of the person making the 

comment or request, and (2) the nature 

of the person’s interest in the exemption 

and the manner in which the person 

would be adversely affected by the 

exemption. A request for a hearing must 

also state the issues to be addressed and 

include a general description of the 

evidence to be presented at the hearing.

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

requests for a hearing (at least three 

copies) should be sent to the Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA), Office of Exemption 

Determinations, Room N–5649, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Attention: Application No. lll, 

stated in each Notice of Proposed 

Exemption. Interested persons are also 

invited to submit comments and/or 

hearing requests to EBSA via e-mail or 

FAX. Any such comments or requests 

should be sent either by e-mail to: 

moffitt.betty@dol.gov, or by FAX to 

(202) 219–0204 by the end of the 

scheduled comment period. The 

applications for exemption and the 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection in the Public 

Documents Room of the Employee 

Benefits Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–1513, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. 

Notice to Interested Persons 

Notice of the proposed exemptions 

will be provided to all interested 

persons in the manner agreed upon by 

the applicant and the Department 

within 15 days of the date of publication 

in the Federal Register. Such notice 

shall include a copy of the notice of 

proposed exemption as published in the 

Federal Register and shall inform 

interested persons of their right to 

comment and to request a hearing 

(where appropriate).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed exemptions were requested in 

applications filed pursuant to section 

408(a) of the Act and/or section 

4975(c)(2) of the Code, and in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (55 FR 

32836, 32847, August 10, 1990). 

Effective December 31, 1978, section 

102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 

1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 1 (1996), transferred 

the authority of the Secretary of the 

Treasury to issue exemptions of the type 

requested to the Secretary of Labor. 

Therefore, these notices of proposed 

exemption are issued solely by the 

Department. 

The applications contain 

representations with regard to the 

proposed exemptions which are 

summarized below. Interested persons 

are referred to the applications on file 

with the Department for a complete 

statement of the facts and 

representations.

The National Electrical Benefit Fund 

(the Plan) Located in Rockville, MD 

[Application No. D–11165] 

Proposed Exemption 

Based upon the facts and 

representations set forth in the 

application, the Department of Labor is 

considering granting an exemption 

under the authority of section 408(a) of 

the Act (or ERISA) and section 

4975(c)(2) of the Code and in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in 29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (55 

FR 32836, 32847, August 10, 1990). If 

the exemption is granted, the 

restrictions of section 406(a)(1)(A) 

through (D) of the Act and the sanctions 

resulting from the application of section 

4975 of the Code, by reason of section 

4975(c)(1)(A) through (D) of the Code,1

shall not apply, effective April 1, 2003, 

to (1) the collateral assignment (the 

Collateral Assignment), by the Plan, of 

its rights and interests in the Stonegate 

at Bellefaire, LLC (the LLC), a real estate 

operating company (REOC), to M&T 

Real Estate, Inc. (the Senior Lender), a 

party in interest with respect to the 

Plan; and (2) the guaranty (the 

Guaranty) by the Plan, executed in favor 

of the Senior Lender, requiring the Plan 

to reimburse the Senior Lender for any 

losses the Senior Lender may incur as 

a result of certain affirmative ‘‘bad acts’’

that are committed by the Plan as a 

member (the Member) of the LLC.

This proposed exemption is subject to 

the following conditions: 

(a) The Plan’s execution of the 

Collateral Assignment and the Guaranty