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Vol. 76, No. 56 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to Landmark Earth Solutions, 

Inc., a subsidiary of Leggett & Platt, Inc. 

of Carthage, Missouri, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent No. 6,383,548, 

‘‘COBY PRODUCTS AND A PROCESS 

FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE,’’ issued 

on May 7, 2002. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within thirty (30) days of the date of 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s patent rights in 

this invention are assigned to the United 

States of America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the 

public interest to so license this 

invention as Landmark Earth Solutions, 

Inc., a subsidiary of Leggett & Platt, Inc. 

of Carthage, Missouri, has submitted a 

complete and sufficient application for 

a license. The prospective exclusive 

license will be royalty-bearing and will 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The 

prospective exclusive license may be 

granted unless, within thirty (30) days 

from the date of this published Notice, 

the Agricultural Research Service 

receives written evidence and argument 

which establishes that the grant of the 

license would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. 

Richard J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6895 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Nutrition 

Assistance in Farmers’ Markets: 

Understanding Current Operations 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a new collection for 

the Food and Nutrition Service to 

examine how nutrition assistance 

programs are currently being 

implemented in the diverse operational 

contexts of farmers’ markets and 

identify facilitators and barriers for 

farmers’ markets’ participation in the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 23, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions that 

were used; and (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

Comments may be sent to: Steven 

Carlson, Office of Research and 

Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service/ 

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments 

may also be submitted via fax to the 

attention of Steven Carlson at 703–305– 

2576 or via e-mail to 

Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. Comments 

will also be accepted through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the Office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Steven Carlson at 

703–305–2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Nutrition Assistance in Farmers 

Markets: Understanding Current 

Operations. 

OMB Number: 0584–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet 

determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The USDA, Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS), is pursuing 

several initiatives to improve access to 

healthy foods among the general public 

and nutrition assistance program 

participants. Among these are steps to 

support the availability of farmers’ 

markets and direct access to farm 

products. FNS’ overall objective is to 

promote direct-to-consumer agriculture 

through farmers’ markets and provide 

more opportunities for nutrition 

assistance program participants to take 

advantage of this source of fresh 

produce. In order to meet this objective, 

FNS needs to understand how the 

federal nutrition assistance programs 

operate in the diverse settings 

represented by farmers’ markets and the 

factors that influence farmers’ markets 

to participate in nutrition assistance 

programs. To this end, FNS is 

conducting a survey with a 

representative sample of farmers’ 

markets from four strata that are of 

particular interest to FNS: 

1. SNAP authorized farmers’ markets 

that redeemed benefits during the 2010 

season; 


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