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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: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, Therapeutic 

Developments for Dermatologic and 

Rheumatologic Diseases Small Business. 

Date: November 30, 2004. 

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Bethesda Marriott Suites, 6711 

Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817. 

Contact Person: Daniel F. McDonald, PhD, 

Chief, Renal and Urological Sciences IRG, 

Center for Scientific Review, National 

Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 

Room 4214, MSC 7814, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

(301) 435–1215, mcdonald@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, Visual 

Motion Processing. 

Date: December 6, 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: Michael A. Steinmetz, 

PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, Center 

for Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5172, 

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

1247, steinmem@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, Clinical 

Immunotherapy. 

Date: December 10, 2004. 

Time: 3 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: Sharon K. Gubanich, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6204, 

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

1767, guganics@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, 

Pharmacogenetics. 

Date: December 15, 2004. 

Time: 11:30 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: Marcia Litwack, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6206, 

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

1719, litwackm@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: November 23, 2004. 

LaVerne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–26538 Filed 12–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Hearings of The Judicial Conference 

Advisory Committees on Rules of 

Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Civil 

Procedure

AGENCY: Judicial Conference of the 

United States; Advisory Committees on 

Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, and 

Civil Procedure.

ACTION: Notice of proposed amendments 

and open hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committees on 

Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, and 

Civil Procedure have proposed 

amendments to the following rules: 

Appellate Rule: 25. 

Bankruptcy Rule: 5005. 

Civil Rule: 5. 

The text of the proposed rules 

amendments and the accompanying 

Committee Notes can be found at the 

United States Federal Courts’ home page 

at http://www.uscourts.gov/rules. 

The Judicial Conference Committee 

on Rules of Practice and Procedure 

submits these proposed rules 

amendments for public comment. All 

comments and suggestions with respect 

to them must be placed in the hands of 

the Secretary as soon as convenient and, 

in any event, not later than February 15, 

2005. All written comments on the 

proposed rule amendments can be sent 

by one of the following three ways: by 

overnight mail to Peter G. McCabe, 

Secretary, Committee on Rules of 

Practice and Procedure of the Judicial 

Conference of the United States, 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 

Building, Washington, DC 20544; by 

electronic mail at http://

www.uscourts.gov/rules; or by facsimile 

to Peter G. McCabe at (202) 502–1766. 

In accordance with established 

procedures all comments submitted on 

the proposed amendments are available 

to public inspection. 

Public hearings are scheduled to be 

held on the amendments to: 

• Appellate Rules in Washington, DC, 

on January 25, 2005; 

• Bankruptcy Rules in Washington, 

DC, on February 3, 2005; and in San 

Francisco, California, on February 7, 

2005; and 

• Civil Rules in San Francisco, 

California, on January 12, 2005; in 

Dallas, Texas, on January 28, 2005; and 

in Washington, DC, on February 11, 

2005. 

Those wishing to testify should 

contact the Secretary at the address 

above in writing at least 30 days before 

the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

K. Rabiej, Chief, Rules Committee 

Support Office, Administrative Office of 

the United States Courts, Washington, 

DC 20544, telephone (202) 502–1820.

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

John K. Rabiej, 

Chief, Rules Committee Support Office.

[FR Doc. 04–26578 Filed 12–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment and 

Recommendations; Alternative Method 

of Compliance for Certain SEPs 

Pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104–49

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 

95). This program helps to ensure that 

requested data can be provided in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

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requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration is soliciting comments 

on the proposed extension of the 

collection of information included in 

the alternative method of compliance 

for certain simplified employee 

pensions regulation (29 CFR 2520.104–

49). 

A copy of the information collection 

request (ICR) can be obtained by 

contacting the individual shown in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office shown in the 

ADDRESSES section on or before January 

31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew, 

Department of Labor, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210, (202) 693–8410, FAX (202) 

693–4745 (these are not toll-free 

numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 110 of the Employment 

Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 

authorizes the Secretary to prescribe 

alternative methods of compliance with 

the reporting and disclosure 

requirements of Title I of ERISA for 

pension plans. Simplified employee 

pensions (SEPs) are established in 

section 408(k) of the Internal Revenue 

Code (Code). Although SEPs are 

primarily a development of the Code 

and subject to its requirements, SEPs are 

also pension plans subject to the 

reporting and disclosure requirements 

of Title I of ERISA. 

The Department previously issued a 

regulation under the authority of section 

110 of ERISA (29 CFR 2520.104–49) that 

intended to relieve sponsors of certain 

SEPs from ERISA’s Title I reporting and 

disclosure requirements by prescribing 

an alternative method of compliance. 

These SEPs are, for purposes of this 

Notice, referred to as ‘‘non-model’’ SEPs 

because they exclude (1) those SEPs 

which are created through use of 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 

5305–SEP, and (2) those SEPs in which 

the employer limits or influences the 

employees’ choice to IRAs into which 

employers’ contributions will be made 

and on which participant withdrawals 

are prohibited. The disclosure 

requirements in this regulation were 

developed in conjunction with the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS Notice 

81–1). Accordingly, sponsors of ‘‘nonmodel’’ SEPs that satisfy the limited 

disclosure requirements of the 

regulation are relieved from otherwise 

applicable reporting and disclosure 

requirements under Title I of ERISA, 

including the requirements to file 

annual reports (Form 5500 Series) with 

the Department, and to furnish 

summary plan descriptions and 

summary annual reports to participants 

and beneficiaries. 

This ICR includes four separate 

disclosure requirements. First, at the 

time an employee becomes eligible to 

participate in the SEP, the administrator 

of the SEP must furnish the employee in 

writing specific and general information 

concerning the SEP; a statement on 

rates, transfers and withdrawals; and a 

statement on tax treatment. Second, the 

administrator of the SEP must furnish 

participants with information 

concerning any amendments. Third, the 

administrator must notify participants 

of any employer contributions made to 

the IRA. Fourth, in the case of a SEP 

that provides integration with Social 

Security, the administrator shall provide 

participants with statement on Social 

Security taxes and the integration 

formula used by the employer. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor 

(Department) is particularly interested 

in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

The Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of this ICR 

will expire on February 28, 2005. The 

ICR should be continued because the 

alternative disclosure arrangement 

provided through this regulation 

relieves sponsors of ‘‘non-model’’ SEPs 

of most of the reporting and disclosure 

requirements under Title I of ERISA. 

Additionally, the disclosure 

requirements set forth in this regulation, 

insure that administrators of ‘‘nonmodel’’ SEPs provide participants with 

specific written information concerning 

SEPs. After considering comments 

received in response to this notice, the 

Department intends to submit the ICR to 

OMB for continuing approval. No 

change to the existing ICR is proposed 

or made at this time. 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

Title: Alternative Method of 

Compliance for Certain SEPs pursuant 

to 29 CFR 2520.104–49. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

OMB Number: 1210–0034. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondents: 460. 

Responses: 20,700. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Average Response Time: 35 minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,000. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $7,900.

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

Gerald B. Lindrew, 

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and 

Research, Employee Benefits Security 

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment and 

Recommendations; Prohibited 

Transaction Class Exemption 98–54—

Foreign Exchange Transactions 

Executed Pursuant to Standing 

Instructions

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 

95). This program helps to ensure that 

requested data can be provided in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized,