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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 69, No. 222

Thursday, November 18, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Federal Invention Available 

for Licensing and Intent To Grant 

Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

U.S. Patent Numbers 6,475,527, issued 

on November 5, 2002 and 6,761,911, 

issued on July 13, 2004, both entitled 

‘‘Use of chlorate ion or preparations 

thereof for reduction of food borne 

pathogens’’, are available for licensing 

and that the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Agricultural Research 

Service, intends to grant to Eka 

Chemicals, Inc. of Marietta, Georgia, an 

exclusive license to these patents.

DATES: Comments must be received 

within ninety (90) calendar 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, Room 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 to 

these patents are assigned to the United 

States of America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the 

public interest to so license these 

patents as Eka Chemicals, Inc. of 

Marietta, Georgia 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 ninety (90) 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. 04–25601 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 03–101–3] 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Petition for Deregulation of Genetically 

Engineered Glyphosate-Tolerant 

Creeping Bentgrass

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and 

proposed scope of study; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our notice that 

advises the public that the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service intends 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement as part of its consideration of 

a petition received from Monsanto 

Company and The Scotts Company for 

a determination of nonregulated status 

for a glyphosate-tolerant creeping 

bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera). This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments. We are also announcing our 

intent to hold a public meeting to 

promote further public involvement in 

the development of the environmental 

impact statement. The location and date 

of the public meeting will be announced 

in a future issue of the Federal Register.

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

2, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. 03–101–2, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 03–101–2. 

• E-mail: Address your comment to 

regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your 

comment must be contained in the body 

of your message; do not send attached 

files. Please include your name and 

address in your message and ‘‘Docket 

No. 03–101–2’’ on the subject line. 

• Agency Web site: Go to http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/

cominst.html for a form you can use to 

submit an e-mail comment through the 

APHIS Web site. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The 

Reading Room is located in room 1141 

of the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal Reading Room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: You may view 

APHIS documents published in the 

Federal Register and related 

information, including the names of 

groups and individuals who have 

commented on APHIS dockets, on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Susan M. Koehler, BRS, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238; (301) 734–4886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

14, 2003 APHIS received a petition 

(APHIS Petition No. 03–104–01p) from 

Monsanto Company (St. Louis, MO) and 

The Scotts Company (Gervais, OR) 

(Monsanto/Scotts), requesting 

deregulation of a creeping bentgrass 

(Agrostis stolonifera L., synonym A. 

palustris Huds.) that has been 

genetically engineered for tolerance to 

the herbicide glyphosate. The 

Monsanto/Scotts petition states that the 

subject creeping bentgrass, designated 

as event ASR368, should not be 

regulated by APHIS because it does not 

present a plant pest risk. (The petition 

is available on the Internet at http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/

03_10401p.pdf.) 

In a notice published in the Federal 

Register on January 5, 2004 (69 FR 315–

317, Docket No. 03–101–1), APHIS 

announced the receipt of the Monsanto/

Scotts petition and solicited comments