67932 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 224 / Monday, November 22, 2004 / Notices 

Intended Recipient of the Award:

University of Washington, Seattle, 

Washington. 

Purpose of the Award: This notice 

announces the program expansion 

supplement for the cooperative 

agreement for the International AIDS 

Education and Training Center at the 

University of Washington, Seattle, 

Washington, to expand and augment 

capacity building under the President’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (the 

President’s Emergency Plan). This is the 

third budget period for this Cooperative 

Agreement. The purpose of this funding 

is to support the President’s Emergency 

Plan by strengthening human and 

organizational capacity through 

training, technical assistance, 

infrastructure building, and curriculum 

development in the 15 focus countries 

including 12 in Africa, two in the 

Caribbean and Vietnam (Botswana, Coˆte 

d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, 

Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, 

Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, 

Uganda and Zambia). Further training 

and technical assistance is also being 

augmented through the President’s 

Emergency Plan in other countries for 

which bilateral agreements for similar 

strategies have been established. The 

President’s Emergency Plan is intended 

to complement other bilateral and 

international support efforts, including 

support through the Global Fund to 

Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. 

Amount of the Award: $8,877,718. 

Project Period: Original Project Period 

04/01/02–9/30/05, New Project Period: 

04/01/02–2/28/06. 

The current budget period is being 

extended to February 28, 2005 (in line 

with the intent of the five year strategy 

of the President’s Emergency Plan). This 

would also extend the project period for 

the cooperative agreement from 

September 30, 2005, to February 28, 

2006. 

Justification for the Exception to 

Competition: The International AIDS 

Education and Training Center is the 

only Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS 

Bureau grantee providing valuable 

capacity building in the area of care and 

treatment to the focus and bilateral 

countries through training and other 

technical assistance. The original intent 

of this cooperative agreement was to 

fulfill the gap in training for quality, 

comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and 

treatment left by other U.S. Government 

partners. The President’s Emergency 

Plan is providing the resources to 

provide the services that are needed in 

countries hardest hit by the AIDS 

epidemic. Without this program 

expansion supplement, HRSA’s HIV/

AIDS Bureau will be unable to provide 

this enhanced level of resources and 

expertise to the targeted countries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information on the 

International AIDS Education and 

Training Center may be obtained from 

Thurma Goldman, MD, MPH, HIV/AIDS 

Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Parklawn Building, Room 7–05, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone 

number (301) 443–1993; fax (301) 443–

9645; or e-mail tgoldman@hrsa.gov.

Dated: November 10, 2004. 

Elizabeth M. Duke, 

Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2004–19665] 

Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Towing Vessel Inspection 

Working Group of the Towing Safety 

Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet 

to discuss matters relating to the 

inspection of towing vessels and safety 

management systems. The meetings will 

be open to the public.

DATES: The Towing Vessel Inspection 

Working Group will meet on 

Wednesday, December 8, 2004 from 

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday, 

December 9, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 

p.m. The meetings may close early if all 

business is finished. Written or 

electronic material and requests to make 

oral presentations should reach the 

Coast Guard on or before December 3, 

2004. Requests to have a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the Working Group should be in 

electronic form and reach the Coast 

Guard on or before December 3, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The Working Group will 

meet in the 7th Floor All-Hands 

Conference Room (#725), National 

Pollution Funds Center, 4200 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203. Please 

bring a government-issued ID with 

photo (e.g., driver’s license). Send 

written or electronic material and 

requests to make oral presentations to 

Mr. Gerald Miante, Commandant (G–

MSO–1), U.S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This 

notice and related documents are 

available on the Internet at http://

dms.dot.gov under the docket number 

USCG–2004–19665.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gerald Miante, Assistant Executive 

Director of TSAC, telephone 202–267–

0214, fax 202–267–4570, or e-mail 

gmiante@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770, as amended). 

Agenda of Working Group Meetings 

The agenda for the Towing Industry 

Safety System Working Group 

tentatively includes the following items: 

(1) Identify the elements that should 

be included in a safety management 

system (SMS) requirement for towing 

vessels. 

(2) Identify a framework for Coast 

Guard oversight and enforcement of a 

towing vessel inspection program based 

on a SMS and consider the role of third 

parties in such a system. 

(3) Identify whether any towing vessel 

should be exempt from coverage under 

an inspection program based on a SMS. 

(4) Identify proposed regulations 

implementing an inspection program for 

towing vessels based on a SMS. 

Procedural 

The meetings are open to the public. 

Please note that the meetings may close 

early if all business is finished. At the 

Chair’s discretion, members of the 

public may make oral presentations 

during the meeting. If you would like to 

make an oral presentation at the 

meeting, please notify the Assistant 

Executive Director (as provided above in 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no 

later than December 3, 2004. Written or 

electronic material for distribution at 

the meeting should reach the Coast 

Guard no later than December 3, 2004. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Mr. Miante at the 

number listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as 

possible.

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

Joseph J. Angelo, 

Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security 

& Environmental Protection.

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