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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan Bunger, SERDP Office, 901 

North Stuart Street, Suite 303, 

Arlington, VA or by telephone at (703) 

696–2126. 

Dated: July 26, 2011. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2011–OS–0082] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Defense, Personnel and Readiness, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice to delete a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness) is 

deleting systems of records notice from 

its existing inventory of record systems 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

August 29, 2011 unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Cindy Allard, Privacy Act Officer, Office 

of Freedom of Information, Washington 

Headquarters Services, 1155 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1155, 

or by phone at (703) 588–6830. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary of Defense systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

The Office of the Secretary of Defense 

proposes to delete one system of records 

notice from its inventory of record 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The 

proposed deletion is not within the 

purview of subsection (r) of the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: July 25, 2011. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

Deletion: 

DPR 28 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Military Deployment Issues Files 

(April 20, 2001, 66 FR 20276). 

REASON: 

Based on a recent review of DPR 28, 

Military Deployment Issues Files of the 

Special Assistant to the Under Secretary 

of Defense, it has been concluded that 

DPR 28 is duplicative of DHA 05 

Military Deployment Issues Files 

(March 29, 2006, 71 FR 15701), and can 

therefore be deleted. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability for Exclusive, 

Non-Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive 

Licensing of U.S. Inventions 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement is made of the 

availability for licensing of the 

invention set forth in U.S. Patent No. 

7,799,536, which issued on September 

21, 2010, entitled ‘‘EndothelialMonocyte Activating Polypeptide II, a 

Biomarker for Use in Diagnosis of Brain 

Injury,’’ and U.S. Patent Application 

Serial No. 12/806,725, entitled 

‘‘Endothelial-Monocyte Avtivation 

Polypeptide II, a Biomarker for Use in 

Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain 

Injury,’’ filed August 19, 2010. The 

United States Government, as 

represented by the Secretary of the 

Army, has rights to these inventions. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702– 

5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth Arwine, 

Patent Attorney, (301) 619–7808. For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research and Technology Applications 

(ORTA), (301) 619–6664, both at telefax 

(301) 619–5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

inventions relate to the use of a 

polypeptide, Endothelial-monocyte 

activating polypeptide II (EMAP–II) 

and/or p43/endothelial monocyteactivating polypeptide II (p43/EMAP–II) 

as a biomarker to determine the 

presence and type of brain injury. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Board of Visitors, Defense Language 

Institute Foreign Language Center 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice; cancellation. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors, Defense 

Language Institute Foreign Language 

Center meeting scheduled for August 3 

and 4, 2011 published in the Federal 

Register on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 (76 FR 

39076) has been cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Detlev Kesten, ATFL–APO, Monterey, 

CA 93944, Detlev.kesten@us.army.mil, 

(831) 242–6670. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Skagit River General Investigation 

Study (Previously Advertised as the 

Skagit River Flood Damage Reduction 

Study), Skagit County, WA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

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ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Seattle District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will 

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) pursuant to Section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 

for a proposed flood-risk management 

project in the Skagit River Basin from 

Ross Dam to the river mouth at Skagit 

Bay. This study was requested by Skagit 

County, Washington, because of the 

potential for significant flooding on the 

Skagit River. 

A DEIS is being prepared because of 

the potential for impacts on 

environmental resources, particularly 

salmonid habitat, and the intense public 

interest already demonstrated in 

addressing the flooding problems of the 

Skagit River. 

The Skagit River General Investigation 

(GI) DEIS for the Skagit River Basin is 

being conducted under the authority of 

Section 209 of the Flood Control Act of 

1962, Public Law 87–874. That section 

authorized a comprehensive study of 

Puget Sound, Washington, and adjacent 

waters including tributaries, in the 

interest of flood control, navigation, and 

other water uses and related land 

resources. 

This notice of intent (NOI) was 

originally published in the Federal 

Register on November 20, 1997 for the 

Skagit River Flood Damage Reduction 

Study (62 FR 62019). A public meeting 

was held and comments were solicited 

from the public. Due to the amount of 

time that has lapsed since the issuance 

of the original NOI, USACE is reissuing 

the NOI. 

DATES: Persons or organizations wishing 

to submit scoping comments should do 

so by August 29, 2011. Public comment 

may also be made at the scoping 

meeting August 10, 2011. Notification of 

scoping meeting times and locations 

will be sent to all agencies, 

organizations, and individuals on the 

project mailing list. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for inclusion on 

the mailing list, future documents, and 

all comments on the proposed project 

should be sent to: Hannah Hadley, 

Study Environmental Coordinator, 

Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, P.O. 3755, Seattle, WA 

98124–3755, ATTN: CENWS–PM–PL– 

ER; telephone (206) 764–6950; fax (206) 

764–4470; or e-mail 

Hannah.F.Hadley@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General questions concerning the 

proposed action and the DEIS can be 

directed to: Hannah Hadley, Study 

Environmental Coordinator (see 

ADDRESSES) or Daniel Johnson, Project 

Manager, Seattle District, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, P.O. 3755, Seattle, 

WA 98124–3755, ATTN: CENWS–EN– 

CM–CJ; telephone (206) 764–3423; fax 

(206) 764–4470; or e-mail 

Daniel.E.Johnson@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. The Skagit River Basin is 

located in northwestern Washington 

State and encompasses 3,140 square 

miles. The major cities on the Skagit 

River delta—Mt. Vernon, Burlington, 

and Sedro Woolley—are located 

approximately 60 miles north of Seattle. 

The study area for the DEIS will be from 

Ross Dam to the river mouth at Skagit 

Bay. 

The purpose of the Skagit River GI 

study is to better identify the problems 

and opportunities that exist to relieve 

flooding and reduce flood risks and to 

develop a flood-risk management plan 

that fits Federal law and policy and is 

within the capability of the local 

sponsor to support their required share 

of the project costs. 

This is a single-purpose flood-risk 

management study. The goal of this 

project is to identify the National 

Economic Development (NED) plan, the 

flood-risk management alternative that 

provides the maximum net economic 

benefits. In accordance with USACE 

policy, minimization of ecosystem, 

cultural, and socio-economic impacts 

will be a significant project 

consideration (Reference: ER 1105–2– 

100, Planning Guidance Notebook). The 

local sponsor may request the 

recommendation of a plan other than 

the NED, the Locally Preferred Plan 

(LPP). 

Since the issuance of the original NOI 

in 1997, the study has evolved to meet 

new challenges. The purpose of this 

NOI is to ensure the study still 

accurately reflects resource issues and 

concerns. 

Alternatives. In the reconnaissance 

phase for the Skagit River GI study, 

USACE identified two alternative 

courses of action for further analysis 

which are outlined below. 

Alternative 1—No Action: Allow the 

current levee system to remain in place 

without a major system-wide levee 

system upgrade. Individual diking 

districts would continue to operate, 

maintain, and repair the existing levee 

system, and dams on the Baker River 

and Skagit River would continue 

present operations for flood reduction. 

Alternative 2: Construct a coordinated 

flood-risk management project that 

would provide critically needed floodrisk management measures at an 

affordable cost in a reasonable 

timeframe and that will subsequently be 

authorized and implemented. 

Skagit County and USACE have 

developed an array of structural and 

nonstructural measures for addressing 

problems and opportunities and for 

achieving project objectives. In recent 

years, these measures have been 

presented to the public at several 

workshops in Skagit County and to 

resource and Tribal groups and 

agencies. 

Some or all of the measures will be 

combined to form the range of 

alternatives. In the DEIS, the preferred 

alternative will be selected based on 

screening and evaluation of the range of 

alternatives. 

Scoping. Public involvement will be 

sought during scoping, plan 

formulation, and preparation of the 

DEIS in accordance with NEPA 

procedures. A public scoping process 

has been started: (1) To clarify which 

issues appear to be major public 

concerns, (2) to identify any information 

sources that might be available to 

analyze and evaluate impacts, and (3) to 

obtain public input and determine 

acceptability for the range of measures 

to be included within potential 

alternatives. 

This NOI formally commences the 

scoping process under NEPA. As part of 

the scoping process, all affected Federal, 

state, and local agencies; Tribes; the 

public; and other interested private 

organizations, including environmental 

groups, are invited to comment on the 

scope of the DEIS. Comments are 

requested regarding issues of concern, 

project alternatives, potential mitigation 

measures, probable significant 

environmental impacts, and permits or 

other approvals that may be required by 

any project. 

The following key areas have been 

identified so far to be analyzed in depth 

in the DEIS: 

1. Flooding characteristics (existing 

and with any project). 

2. Impacts to fish habitat and fisheries 

resources. 

3. Impacts to riparian habitat. 

4. Impacts to wetlands. 

5. Impacts to cultural resources. 

6. Impacts to surrounding 

communities. 

7. Impacts to geomorphic processes. 

Scoping Meeting. Opportunity to 

comment on the planned study will also 

be available at the study scoping 

meeting and open house which is 

scheduled for 5 p.m. on August 10, 2011 

at Skagit Station, 105 E. Kincaid St., Mt. 

Vernon, WA. Details of the meeting time 

and location will be announced in the 

local media. Notices will be sent to all 

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agencies, organizations, and individuals 

on the mailing list. 

Availability of DEIS. USACE expects 

to complete preparation of the DEIS and 

make it available for public review by 

the fall of 2013. 

Dated: July 21, 2011. 

Anthony O. Wright, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District 

Commander. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Foreign Institutions—Federal Student 

Aid Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of submission 

date for calendar year 2010 U.S. Medical 

Licensing Examination (USMLE) and 

citizenship data by foreign graduate 

medical schools participating in the 

Title IV, HEA programs. 

SUMMARY: We announce the submission 

date for the required submission to the 

Secretary by foreign graduate medical 

schools that participate in programs 

authorized under title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended (the 

Title IV, HEA programs), of their 

students’ scores on the U.S. Medical 

Licensing Examination (USMLE), and 

the school’s citizenship rate (i.e., the 

percentage of its students and recent 

graduates who are not U.S. citizens, 

nationals, or eligible permanent 

residents) for calendar year 2010. 

Foreign graduate medical schools must 

submit scores on the USMLE, earned 

during calendar year 2010 by each 

student and recent graduate, on Step 1, 

Step 2—Clinical Skills (Step 2–CS), and 

Step 2—Clinical Knowledge (Step 2– 

CK), together with the dates the student 

has taken each test, including any failed 

tests. In addition, unless they are 

statutorily exempt, foreign graduate 

medical schools must submit a 

statement of the foreign graduate 

medical school’s citizenship rate for 

2010, together with a description of the 

methodology used in deriving the rate. 

DATES: Submission to the Secretary of 

scores on the USMLE and the statement 

of an institution’s citizenship rate for 

the 2010 calendar year must be made no 

later than September 30, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information contact: Wendy Macias, 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., room 8017, Washington, 

DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502–7526. 

You may also e-mail your questions to: 

Wendy.Macias@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) by 

contacting the person responsible for 

providing further information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 1, 2010, the Department of 

Education (Department) published final 

regulations that included amendments 

to 34 CFR 600.55(d), which became 

effective on July 20, 2011 (75 FR 67170). 

Under 34 CFR 600.55(d), a foreign 

graduate medical school must submit 

the following data to the identified 

entities, including the Department, no 

later than April 30 of each year, unless 

the Secretary specifies a different date 

through a notice in the Federal Register: 

(1) To its accrediting authority and, 

on request, to the Secretary, the scores 

on the Medical College Admission Test 

(MCAT) or successor examination, of all 

students admitted during the preceding 

calendar year who are U.S. citizens, 

nationals, or eligible permanent 

residents, together with a statement of 

the number of times each student took 

the examination. 

(2) To its accrediting authority and, 

on request, to the Secretary, the 

percentage of students graduating 

during the preceding calendar year 

(including at least all graduates who are 

U.S. citizens, nationals, or eligible 

permanent residents) who obtain 

placement in an accredited U.S. medical 

residency program. 

(3) To the Secretary, all scores, 

calculated in accordance with 34 CFR 

600.55(f), disaggregated by step/test— 

i.e., Step 1, Step 2—Clinical Skills (Step 

2–CS), and Step 2—Clinical Knowledge 

(Step 2–CK), or the successor 

examinations—and attempt, earned 

during the preceding calendar year by 

each student and graduate on Step 1, 

Step 2–CS, and Step 2–CK, or the 

successor examinations, of the U.S. 

Medical Licensing Examination 

(USMLE), together with the dates the 

student has taken each test, including 

any failed tests (an institution may 

instead agree to allow the Educational 

Commission for Foreign Medical 

Graduates (ECFMG) or other responsible 

third party to calculate the rate and 

provide it directly to the Secretary, if 

such an option is available). 

(4) To the Secretary, a statement of its 

citizenship rate for the preceding 

calendar year, calculated in accordance 

with 34 CFR 600.55(f)(1)(i)(A), together 

with a description of the methodology 

used in deriving the rate that is 

acceptable to the Secretary, unless the 

institution meets the statutory 

exemption from meeting the 60 percent 

citizenship threshold. 

The Secretary is announcing in this 

notice a September 30, 2011, date for 

the submission to the Secretary of scores 

on the USMLE and the statement of an 

institution’s citizenship rate for the 

2010 calendar year. The Department 

will send a letter to foreign graduate 

medical schools providing information 

regarding the method of submission of 

the 2010 scores on the USMLE and the 

citizenship rate information. 

The first submission of MCAT and 

residency placement data will be for 

data from the 2011 calendar year. For 

calendar year 2011 and subsequent 

calendar years, the submission date for 

USMLE scores and the statement of an 

institution’s citizenship rate, as well as 

MCAT and residency placement data, is 

April 30 of the subsequent year, unless 

the Secretary specifies a different date 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this 

site you can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a. 

Dated: July 26, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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