Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2004 / Notices 65147

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Membership of the Office of the 

Secretary Performance Review Board

AGENCY: Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of additional 

membership on the Office of the 

Secretary Performance Review Board. 

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

4313(c)(4), DOC announces the 

appointment of persons to serve as 

members of the Office of the Secretary 

(OS) Performance Review Board (PRB). 

The OS/PRB is responsible for 

reviewing performance appraisals and 

ratings of Senior Executive Service 

(SES) members. The appointment of this 

additional member to the OS/PRB will 

be for a period of 24 months.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of 

service of appointee to the Office of the 

Secretary Performance Review Board is 

upon publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary King, Acting Director, Office of 

Executive Resources, Office of Human 

Resources Management, Office of the 

Director, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–

3321.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

names, position titles, and type of 

appointment of the members of the OS/

PRB are set forth below by organization: 

Department of Commerce 

Office of the Secretary 

2004–2006 Performance Review Board 

Membership 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Eileen M. Albanese, Director, Office of 

Exporter Services

Dated: October 28, 2004. 

Mary King, 

Acting Director, Office of Executive 

Resources.

[FR Doc. 04–25052 Filed 11–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–BS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 041029299–4299–01] 

Current Industrial Reports

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) plans to cancel 13 

surveys that are part of its Current 

Industrial Report (CIR) program. The 

Census Bureau plans to do so in order 

to redirect its resources to areas of the 

manufacturing sector that are of 

increasing importance. The surveys 

would be canceled on December 31, 

2004.

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before 

December 10, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Room 2049, Federal Building 3, 

Washington, DC 20233.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy 

M. Dodds, Assistant Division Chief, 

Census and Related Programs, 

Manufacturing and Construction 

Division, on (301) 763–4587 or by email at judy.m.dodds@census.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Bureau conducts 53 diverse 

surveys within its CIR program. The 

data from these surveys serve a wide 

variety of data users and meet a wide 

variety of needs. Most of these surveys 

were started before 1970, and many 

were started before 1950. While the 

Census Bureau regularly receives 

requests to expand the program in order 

to cover areas that have grown in 

economic significance, new resources to 

do that have not been made available. In 

order to identify resources that might be 

assigned to areas of the manufacturing 

sector that are of increasing importance, 

the Census Bureau conducted a 

comprehensive review of its CIR 

program. In that evaluation, the Census 

Bureau found that it could best serve the 

broadest group of data users by 

expanding its collection of information 

on certain industries, such as 

electronics equipment, communications 

equipment, and computers. The only 

way to accomplish this task without 

additional resources is to eliminate 

some existing surveys. 

Determining which surveys to 

eliminate is always a difficult task since 

there are users of all the data. The 

Census Bureau made every effort to 

determine the types of data that are no 

longer as significant to the overall 

assessment of our economy or are of 

lessor quality. Based on that evaluation, 

the Census Bureau proposes to cancel 

the following 13 surveys: 

• MQ313D, Consumption of the 

Woolen System. 

• MA313F, Yarn Production. 

• MA313K, Knit Fabric Production. 

• MQ314X, Bed and Bath 

Furnishings. 

• MA315D, Gloves and Mittens. 

• MA316A, Footwear. 

• MQ325C, Industrial Gases. 

• MA327C, Refractories. 

• MA331A, Iron and Steel Castings. 

• MA331E, Nonferrous Castings. 

• M331J, Inventories of Steel 

Producing Mills. 

• MA333L, Internal Combustion 

Engines. 

• MA335H, Motors and Generators. 

Canceling the above surveys will be 

the first step in the restructuring of the 

CIR program. The next step will be to 

redesign and expand or reduce 

individual surveys or groups of surveys. 

The Census Bureau will conduct that 

work over the coming year. Those 

proposals will be submitted through 

future notices requesting comments. We 

expect the first proposal to be a 

quarterly textile survey that 

consolidates several ongoing textile 

surveys. We expect that information to 

be published in January. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to respond 

to, nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 

collection of information displays a 

current valid Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number. In 

accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., 

Chapter 35, the OMB approved the 

current group of CIR surveys under 

OMB Control Numbers 0607–0392, 

0607–0395, and 0607–0476. We will 

provide copies of associated forms and 

publications upon written request to the 

Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Washington, DC 20233–0001.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

Charles Louis Kincannon, 

Director, Bureau of the Census.

[FR Doc. 04–25105 Filed 11–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

A–549–807 

Certain Carbon Steel Butt–Weld Pipe 

Fittings from Thailand: Notice of 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

Thai Benkan Company Limited of 

Thailand (TBC), a foreign producer and