64782 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 215 / Monday, November 8, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of the following 

meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: AIDS and Related 

Research Review Group AIDS Discovery and 

Development of Therapeutics Study Section. 

Date: November 8–9, 2004. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: One Washington Circle Hotel, One 

Washington Circle NW., Washington, DC 

20037. 

Contact Person: Eduardo A. Montalvo, 

PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Center 

for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5212, 

MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1168, montalve@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel Oxidative 

Damage Repair. 

Date: November 10, 2004. 

Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 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: Syed M. Quadri, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6210, 

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

1211, quadris@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel Cardiac 

Myofilament. 

Date: November 16, 2004. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 2 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: Ai-Ping Zou, PhD, MD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4118, 

MSC 7814, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1777, zouai@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 BPC–

C (02) S Spectroscopic Imaging. 

Date: November 18, 2004.

Time: 4 p.m. to 5:30 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: Noni Byrnes, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4196, 

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

1217, byrnesn@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel Member 

Conflict: Biostatistics. 

Date: November 18, 2004. 

Time: 4 p.m. to 5 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: Christopher Sempos, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3146, 

MSC 7770, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451–

1329, semposch@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel Member 

Conflicts: Cancer Epidemiology 2. 

Date: November 19, 2004. 

Time: 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: The Melrose Hotel, 2430 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 

20037. 

Contact Person: Christopher Sempos, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3146, 

MSC 7770, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451–

1329, semposch@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel Member 

Conflicts: Cancer Epidemilogy 1. 

Date: November 19, 2004. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: The Melrose Hotel, 2430 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 

20037. 

Contact Person: Christopher Semmpos, 

PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Center 

for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3146, 

MSC 7770, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451–

1329, semposch@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel AIDS/HIV 

Small Business Innovative Research Grants. 

Date: November 19, 2004. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Georgetown Suites, 1111 30th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20007. 

Contact Person: Kenneth A. Roebuck, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5214, 

MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1166, roebuckk@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel BBBP–K 

90(S): Infant Psychobiology, Infant Learning, 

Maternal Depression. 

Date: November 22, 2004. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 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: Anita Miller Sostek, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4100, 

MSC 7184, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

1260, sosteka@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel Adult 

Psychopathology. 

Date: November 22, 2004. 

Time: 11 a.m. to 12 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 Platelet 

Signaling. 

Date: November 23, 2004. 

Time: 2 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: Delia Tang, MD, Scientific 

Review Administrator, Center for Scientific 

Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Room 4126, MSC 7802, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–2506, 

tangd@csr.nih.gov.

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, Cancer 

Immunotherapy. 

Date: November 24, 2004. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 2 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: Cathleen L. Cooper, PhD, 

Sceintific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4208,

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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