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to use thawed, blue-dyed bait, to start 

and complete the setting process during 

the night (specifically to begin 

deployment of the gear no earlier than 

one hour after local sunset and to finish 

deployment no later than local sunrise), 

and to strategically discard fish offal 

(i.e., on the opposite side from where 

the longline is being set). Under the 

proposed rule, they would also be 

required to employ a bird scaring 

device, or tori line, in addition to the 

above measures. 

Public comments received on the 

proposed rule questioned the need to 

deploy tori lines on shallow-setting 

vessels. Also, recent analyses of 

information collected by Federal 

observers (required on all Hawaii-based 

shallow-setting longline vessels) in the 

first half of 2005 found that seabird 

interaction rates during this time period 

were less than 10% of the historical 

average. This appears to result from the 

night-setting requirement established in 

2004, and is consistent with earlier 

research results. The Council will, 

therefore, consider action to modify the 

proposed rule to remove the tori line 

requirement for these vessels. 

Under the proposed rule, 60 g (2.1 oz) 

weights would be required within one 

meter of each hook when side-setting. 

Public comments received during the 

development of the amendment and on 

the proposed rule indicated that there 

were serious safety concerns about the 

required use of these relatively large 

weights, although such weights are 

currently used on some vessels. 

Commenters stated that fishery 

participants can be and have been 

seriously injured or killed when struck 

by longline weights ricocheting from 

snapped lines. Although the original 

trials which led to the development of 

the amendment employed 60 g weights, 

subsequent research found that the sink 

times of 40g and 60 g weights differ by 

only a tenth of a second, suggesting that 

the 45 g weights, which are most 

commonly employed in the Hawaiibased longline fishery, would not affect 

the efficacy of side-setting in 

minimizing seabird interactions. 

Therefore, the Council will also 

consider action to require weights of 45 

g or heavier when side-setting, instead 

of the 60 g weights included in the 

proposed rule. 

A public hearing will be held during 

the Council meeting to give the public 

opportunity to comment before the 

Council takes action on this agenda 

item. 

2. Other Business. 

Although non-emergency issues that 

are not contained in this agenda may 

come before the Council for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal Council action during this 

meeting. Council action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this document and to any issue 

arising after publication of this 

document that requires emergency 

action under section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided that 

the public has been notified of the 

Council’s intent to take final action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kitty M. Simonds, telephone: (808) 522–

8220, fax: (808) 522–8226, at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E5–5592 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 092905C] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 1078–1796 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

The Georgia Aquarium, 2451 

Cumberland Parkway, Suite 3639, 

Atlanta, GA 30339–6157 [Jeffery S. 

Swanagan, Responsible Party] has been 

issued a permit to import two beluga 

whales (Delphinapterus leucas) for 

public display. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax 

(727)824–5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 

2005, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 38658) that a 

request for a public display permit to 

import two male, adult beluga whales 

from Grupo Empresarial Chapultepec, 

S.A. DE C.V., Mexico City, Mexico to 

the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA 

had been submitted by the above-named 

organization. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

Regulations Governing the Taking and 

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an environmental 

assessment was prepared analyzing the 

effects of the permitted activities. After 

a Finding of No Significant Impact, the 

determination was made that it was not 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Stephen L. Leathery, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20553 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Petition Requesting Amendment to 

Ban on Infant Pillows (Petition HP 05–

1) 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Consumer 

Product Safety Commission 

(Commission or CPSC) has received a 

petition (HP 05–1) requesting that the 

Commission amend the ban on infant 

pillows to permit the use of such 

pillows if they are designed, intended 

and promoted for nursing, and when 

such pillows are requested by a 

pediatrician or board certified lactation 

consultant. The Commission solicits 

written comments concerning the 

petition. 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments on the petition by 

December 12, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition 

may be filed by e-mail to cpscos@cpsc.gov. Comments may also be 

filed by facsimile to (301) 504–0127 or 

by mail, preferably in five copies, to the 

Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Notices 59727 

Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 

504–0800, or delivered to the Office of 

the Secretary, Room 502, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 

20814. Comments should be captioned 

‘‘Petition HP 05–1, Petition Requesting 

Amendment to Ban on Infant Pillows.’’

A copy of the petition is available for 

inspection at the Commission’s Office of 

the Secretary, Room 502, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland. 

The petition is also available on the 

CPSC web site at www.cpsc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rochelle Hammond, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, Washington, DC 20207; 

telephone (301) 504–6833, e-mail 

rhammond@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission has received 

correspondence from Boston Billows, 

Inc. requesting that the Commission 

amend 16 C.F.R. 1500.18(a)(16)(i), to 

permit the use of banned infant pillows, 

such as the Boston Billow Nursing 

Pillow (Boston Pillow), when the pillow 

is designed, intended and promoted for 

a mother’s use during breastfeeding and 

when such pillows are requested by a 

pediatrician or a board certified 

lactation consultant. 

Boston Billows asserts such an 

amendment is necessary given the 

current use of the Boston Pillow in 

hospitals and by lactation consultants. 

In addition, Boston Billows states that 

due to the physical configuration of the 

Boston Pillow, it is unlikely that an 

infant could fall asleep on it in a 

position that would compromise the 

infant’s ability to breathe. 

The request for an amendment to the 

ban on infant pillows is docketed as 

petition number HP 05–1 under the 

Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 

U.S.C. 1261–1278. 

Interested parties may obtain a copy 

of the petition by writing or calling the 

Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 

504–0800. The petition is available on 

the CPSC Web site at www.cpsc.gov. 

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–20524 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0142] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; Past 

Performance Information 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning past performance 

information. A request for public 

comments was published in the Federal 

Register at 70 FR 45370, August 5, 2005. 

No comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, FAR 

Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Ms. 

Cecelia Davis, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA, (202) 219–0202. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Past performance information is 

relevant information, for future source 

selection purposes, regarding a 

contractor’s actions under previously 

awarded contracts. When past 

performance is to be evaluated, the rule 

states that the solicitation shall afford 

offerors the opportunity to identify 

Federal, state and local government, and 

private contracts performed by offerors 

that were similar in nature to the 

contract being evaluated. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 150,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 4. 

Annual Responses: 600,000. 

Hours Per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,200,000. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VIR), 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0142, Past 

Performance Information, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Gerald Zaffos, 

Acting Director, Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20480 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0010] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Progress 

Payments 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement