57336 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 185 / Friday, September 24, 2004 / Notices 

administered as a multivalent mixture. 

Compared to other human-bovine 

rotavirus reassortants, the compositions 

described in this technology induce an 

immunological response at significantly 

lower dosage than other human-bovine 

rotavirus reassortants (which required 

10–100 times the dose of human-rhesus 

reassortants) and does not result in a 

low-grade, transient fever. 

The prospective partially exclusive 

licenses 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 partially exclusive licenses 

may be granted unless, within 90 days 

from the date of this published Notice, 

NIH receives written evidence and 

argument that 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. 

The field of use may be limited to 

development of human-bovine 

reassortant rotavirus vaccines. 

The licensed territory will be 

exclusive as outlined above and 

excluding U.S., Europe, and Canada. 

Properly filed competing applications 

for a license filed in response to this 

notice will be treated as objections to 

the contemplated license. Comments 

and objections submitted in response to 

this notice will not be made available 

for public inspection, and, to the extent 

permitted by law, will not be released 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552.

Dated: September 17, 2004. 

Steven M. Ferguson, 

Director, Division of Technology Development 

and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, 

National Institutes of Health.

[FR Doc. 04–21426 Filed 9–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Center for Complementary 

and Alternative Medicine 

Announcement of Draft 5-Year 

Strategic Plan

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Center for 

Complementary and Alternative 

Medicine (NCCAM) is developing its 5-

year strategic plan (2005–2009), and 

invites the public to provide comments 

on a draft of this plan. The draft plan 

will be publicly available through the 

NCCAM Web site at http://

nccam.nih.gov from on or about October 

4 through November 15, 2004. The 

public is invited to provide comments 

through the mail and via the NCCAM 

Web site. 

Background 

The National Center for 

Complementary and Alternative 

Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 

1998 with the mission of exploring 

complementary and alternative healing 

practices in the context of rigorous 

science, training CAM researchers, and 

disseminating authoritative information 

to the public and professionals. 

To date, NCCAM’s efforts to 

rigorously study CAM, to train CAM 

researchers, to conduct outreach, and to 

facilitate integration have been guided 

by NCCAM’s current strategic plan, 

‘‘Expanding Horizons of Healthcare: 

Five Year Strategic Plan 2001–2005’’

located on the NCCAM Web site at 

http://nccam.nih.gov/about/plans/

fiveyear/index.htm. Since its inception, 

NCCAM has funded over 800 research 

projects and has over 700 grantee 

publications. 

NCCAM’s new strategic plan will 

stipulate strategic goals and will outline 

a research agenda for CAM domains and 

scientific areas, based on identified 

needs and opportunities. 

The public is invited to review the 

draft strategic plan and provide 

comments from October 4 through 

November 15, 2004. The draft plan may 

be viewed at http://nccam.nih.gov/. 

Hard copies of the plan may be obtained 

by calling 1–888–644–6226 or by emailing to info@nccam.nih.gov. 

Request for Comments 

The public is invited to provide 

comments on the draft strategic plan for 

2005–2009. Comments may be provided 

through the NCCAM Web site at

http://nccam.nih.gov or via U.S. mail to: 

Strategic Plan Feedback, National 

Center for Complementary and 

Alternative Medicine, NIH, 31 Center 

Drive, MSC 2182, Bethesda, MD 20892–

2182.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request 

more information, visit the NCCAM 

Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov, call 1–

888–644–6226, or e-mail 

info@nccam.nih.gov. 

Comments Due Date 

Comments regarding the draft of 

NCCAM’s strategic plan are best assured 

of having their full effect if received by 

November 15, 2004.

Dated: September 15, 2004. 

Christy Thomsen, 

Director, Office of Communications and 

Public Liaison, National Center for 

Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 

National Institutes of Health.

[FR Doc. 04–21427 Filed 9–23–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2004–19167] 

Statutory Monetary Civil Penalty 

Increase for Bridge Violations

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the 

public that on August 9, 2004, President 

Bush signed the Coast Guard and 

Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 

which, in part, increases the monetary 

civil penalty amount the Coast Guard 

can levy for a violation of bridge 

regulations and statutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, call 

Chris Jaufmann, Coast Guard, telephone 

202–267–0368.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 33 U.S.C 

495(b), 499(c), 502(c), and 533(b), 

authorizes assessing penalties for 

violations of bridge regulations found in 

33 CFR parts 115, 116, 117, and 118. 

The maximum penalty amount that 

could be levied per bridge violation per 

day was $1,000. In 1997, the maximum 

penalty amount was raised to $1,100 to 

adjust for inflation. 

On August 9, 2004 President Bush 

signed the Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2004 into law. 

(Pub. L. 108–293) section 601 of this act, 

raises the maximum civil penalty 

amount that the Coast Guard can levy 

per bridge violation per day from $1,100 

to $5000 for the remainder of 2004. The 

Act then raises that amount by $5000 

increments at the start of each calendar 

year until 2008 when the maximum 

amount allowed per violation per day 

will be $25,000. Thus, the penalty is 

$5,000 for a violation occurring in 2004; 

$10,000 for a violation occurring in 

2005; $15,000 for a violation occurring 

in 2006; $20,000 for a violation 

occurring in 2007; and $25,000 for a 

violation occurring in 2008 and every 

year after that. This increase took effect 

immediately upon signature.