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Under the current Guidelines, USDA 

designates ‘‘finished’’ products by 

collecting information on available 

biobased products, manufacturers, and 

distributors to determine potential 

product categories, tests products for 

biobased content using ASTM 

International Standard Test Methods for 

Determining the Biobased Content of 

Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Samples 

Using Radiocarbon Analysis, D–6866. 

USDA also currently evaluates 

environmental and human health 

benefits and lifecycle costs of categories 

using the Building for Environmental 

and Economic Sustainability (BEES) 

model developed by the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology. 

To set the stage before opening the 

forum for public comment, USDA has 

invited to the public meeting speakers 

from USDA and the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), as well as 

individuals from academia and industry 

who are well-versed in biobased 

materials, manufacturing and products. 

USDA is seeking answers to a series of 

questions about complex assembly 

products and their role in designating 

biobased products for Federal 

procurement. 

These questions include: 

• How should the designation of 

complex assemblies be organized? 

• Are there definable categories with 

similar characteristics and common 

understanding? 

• What entities are best positioned to 

help define the possible categories? 

• Are there categories with greater 

potential to further the goals and intent 

of the BioPreferred program? 

• What is the minimum allowable 

biobased content to be considered 

biobased? 

• How should biobased content be 

calculated? 

• What information should be 

provided to assist purchasers? 

• What are the potential obstacles to 

purchasing designated complex 

assemblies? 

• What differences should be 

included in the labeling program as 

opposed to the Federal procurement 

preference program? 

Finally, USDA will hold a third 

public meeting at Iowa State University 

on April 1, 2010 to hear from interested 

stakeholders on how to designate 

intermediate ingredients and feedstocks 

that can be used to produce items 

subject to the Federal procurement 

preference program and how to 

automatically designate items composed 

of designated intermediate ingredients 

and feedstocks if the content of the 

designated intermediate ingredients and 

feedstocks exceeds 50 percent of the 

item (unless the Secretary determines a 

different composition percentage is 

appropriate). USDA will post a notice in 

the Federal Register when details are 

final regarding this Iowa public meeting, 

which will also have a training 

component. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

January 2010. 

Pearlie S. Reed, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0082] 

Determination of Pest-Free Areas in 

the Republic of Chile; Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have received a request from the 

government of the Republic of Chile to 

recognize additional areas as pest-free 

areas for Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Ceratitis capitata) in the Republic of 

Chile. After reviewing the 

documentation submitted in support of 

this request, the Administrator of the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service has determined that these areas 

meet the criteria in our regulations for 

recognition as pest-free areas. We are 

making that determination, as well as an 

evaluation document we have prepared 

in connection with this action, available 

for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

we receive on or before April 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/fdms

public/component/main?main=Docket

Detail&d=APHIS-2009-0082) to submit 

or view comments and to view 

supporting and related materials 

available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2009-0082, 

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. APHIS-2009-0082. 

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: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734-6280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56-49, referred to below as the 

regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 

Section 319.56-4 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

One of the designated phytosanitary 

measures is that the fruits or vegetables 

are imported from a pest-free area in the 

country of origin that meets the 

requirements of § 319.56-5 for freedom 

from that pest and are accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate stating that 

the fruits or vegetables originated in a 

pest-free area in the country of origin. 

Under the regulations in § 319.56-5, 

APHIS requires that determinations of 

pest-free areas be made in accordance 

with the criteria for establishing 

freedom from pests found in 

International Standard for Phytosanitary 

Measures (ISPM) No. 4, ‘‘Requirements 

for the establishment of pest-free areas.’’ 

The international standard was 

established by the International Plant 

Protection Convention of the United 

Nations’ Food and Agriculture 

Organization and is incorporated by 

reference in our regulations in 7 CFR 

300.5. In addition, APHIS must also 

approve the survey protocol used to 

determine and maintain pest-free status, 

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1A list of pest-free-areas currently recognized by 

APHIS can be found at (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/ 

DesignatedPestFreeAreas.pdf). 

performed upon detection of a pest. 

Pest-free areas are subject to audit by 

APHIS to verify their status. 

APHIS has received a request from the 

government of the Republic of Chile to 

recognize an additional area of that 

country as being free of Ceratitis 

capitata, Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Medfly).1 Specifically, the government 

of the Republic of Chile asked that we 

recognize the Arica Province as an area 

that is free of Medfly. Currently, APHIS 

recognizes the Republic of Chile, except 

for the Arica Province, as free of Medfly. 

Furthermore, Medfly host articles (fruits 

and vegetables) from the Republic of 

Chile may be imported into the United 

States without treatment for Medfly 

from areas in the Republic of Chile that 

are free of Medfly. Recognizing the 

Arica Province as free of Medfly would 

result in the entire Republic of Chile as 

being recognized as free of that pest. 

In accordance with our regulations 

and the criteria set out in ISPM No. 4, 

we have reviewed and approved the 

survey protocols and other information 

provided by the Republic of Chile 

relative to its system to establish 

freedom, phytosanitary measures to 

maintain freedom, and system for the 

verification of the maintenance of 

freedom. Because this action concerns 

the expansion of a currently recognized 

pest-free area in the Republic of Chile 

from which fruits and vegetables are 

authorized for importation into the 

United States, our review of the 

information presented by the Republic 

of Chile in support of its request is 

examined in a commodity import 

evaluation document (CIED) titled 

‘‘Recognition of an Additional Region as 

Medfly Pest-Free Area (PFA) for the 

Republic of Chile.’’ 

The CIED may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

CIED by calling or writing to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56-5(c), we are announcing the 

Administrator’s determination that the 

Republic of Chile (including the Arica 

Province) meets the criteria of § 319.56- 

5(a) and (b) with respect to freedom 

from Medfly. After reviewing the 

comments we receive on this notice, we 

will announce our decision regarding 

the status of this area with respect to 

their freedom from Medfly. If the 

Administrator’s determination remains 

unchanged, we will amend the list of 

pest-free areas to list the Republic of 

Chile as free of Medfly. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

January 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2009 Filed 1–29–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

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 California Seed & Plant Lab, 

Inc. of Elverta, California, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent No. 6,410,223, 

‘‘Direct Polymerase Chain Reaction 

Assay, or Bio-PCR’’, issued on June 25, 

2002. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 3, 2010. 

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 California Seed & Plant Lab 

Inc. of Elverta, California 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. 2010–1945 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

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 141 Repellent, Inc. of Reston, 

Virginia, an exclusive license to U.S. 

Patent No. 7,378,557, ‘‘Methods for 

Preparing Isolongifolenone and Its Use 

in Repelling Arthropods’’, issued on 

May 27, 2008, and U.S. Patent No. 

7,579,016, ‘‘Methods for Repelling 

Arthropods Using Isolongifolenone 

Analogs,’’ issued on August 25, 2009. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 3, 2010. 

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 

these inventions 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 

inventions as 141 Repellent, Inc. of 

Reston, Virginia, 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. 2010–1946 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am] 

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