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www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/

index.jsp prior to the roundtable event. 

B. Establishing Adequate Written 

Description Support in the Original 

Disclosure 

Additionally, the Office seeks 

comments on whether there are 

mechanisms applicants can use to 

demonstrate that they had possession of 

designs claimed in future amendments/ 

continuation applications at the time 

their original applications were filed. 

For instance, the Office seeks comments 

on whether use of a descriptive 

statement in the originally-filed 

application (e.g., that specifically 

identifies different combinations of 

elements which respectively form 

additional designs) could be a 

meaningful way for applicants to 

demonstrate that they had possession of 

designs claimed in future amendments/ 

continuation applications. The Office’s 

initial impression is that generic 

boilerplate statements would not 

adequately reflect what the designer had 

in his or her possession at the time of 

filing the application. 

Dated: January 31, 2014. 

Michelle K. Lee, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: Vol. 79, No. 20, 

Thursday, January 29, 2014, page 4885. 

ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME OF OPEN

MEETING: Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 

9 a.m.–11 a.m. 

CHANGES TO ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME: 

Thursday, February 6, 2014, 1:30 p.m.– 

2:30 p.m. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Briefing 

Matter—Infant Stroller Final Rule (Sec. 

104). 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Todd A. Stevenson, Office 

of the Secretary, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: February 4, 2014. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday February 12, 

2014, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Decisional 

Matter: Section 1101 update (6(b)) NPR. 

A live webcast of the Meeting can be 

viewed at www.cpsc.gov/live. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: February 4, 2014. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Record of Decision for the Conversion 

of an Armor Brigade Combat Team to 

a Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort 

Carson, CO 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The notice of a Record of 

Decision published in the Federal 

Register on January 30, 2014 (79 FR 

4892) had an error for the email address 

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. The email 

address is: USARMY.JBSA.AEC.MBX@

mail.mil 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army 

Environmental Command, at (210) 466– 

1590 or email 

USARMY.JBSA.AEC.MBX@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Joint Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report for the 

2007 Folsom Dam Safety/Flood 

Damage Reduction Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental 

Impact Report 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District (USACE) 

intends to prepare a Supplemental Joint 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the 2007 Folsom Dam Safety/Flood 

Damage Reduction EIS/EIR (hereafter 

referred to as the Project). USACE will 

serve as lead National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) agency and the 

Central Valley Flood Protection Board 

(CVFPB) will serve as lead agency for 

compliance with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 

Project was originally authorized in the 

2004 Energy and Water Development 

Appropriations Act (EWDAA) and was 

later reauthorized in the 2007 Water 

Resources Development Act (WRDA). 

The Project is authorized for 4 

components: (1) Emergency spillway 

gate modifications, (2) raising the right 

and left wings of the main dam, 

Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam (MIAD), 

and the reservoir dikes (1–8) by 3.5 feet, 

(3) temperature control shutter 

automation and reconfiguration, and 4) 

downstream ecosystem restoration of 

Bushy Lake and Woodlake. 

The Supplemental Draft Joint SEIS/

SEIR will address two components of 

the authorized project, specifically the 

emergency spillway gate modifications 

and the 3.5 foot raise. These flood 

damage reduction components of the 

Project enhance the utilization of the 

existing surcharge flood storage space 

(temporary water storage space utilized 

during rare flood events), as well as 

increase the surcharge flood storage 

capacity of the reservoir. 

DATES: Written comments regarding the 

scope of the environmental analysis 

should be received by March 9th, 2014. 

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ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

suggestions concerning this project and 

requests to be included on the project 

mailing list may be submitted to Tyler 

Stalker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District, Attn: Public Affairs 

Office (CESPK–PAO), 1325 J Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyler Stalker via telephone at (916) 557– 

5107, email at Tyler.M.Stalker@

usace.army.mil, or mail at (see 

ADDRESSES). Study information will also 

be posted periodically on the Internet at: 

http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/

Missions/CivilWorks/FolsomDam

Raise.aspx 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. The Corps is 

preparing a Supplemental Draft EIS/EIR 

to analyze Project alternatives to 

improve flood risk management, 

specifically by increasing the height of 

the right and left wings of the main 

dam, MIAD, and associated dikes by 3.5 

feet and refining the three emergency 

spillway gates to withstand probable 

maximum flood conditions. The Project 

would improve flood risk management 

while also addressing certain dam safety 

issues associated with passing the 

probable maximum flood. 

2. Alternatives. 

Emergency Spillway Gate 

Modifications Alternatives 

• No Action: Under the No Action 

Alternative, the Federal government 

would not implement the emergency 

spillway gate modifications and 

improved flood risk management 

benefits would not occur. 

• Replacement of Emergency Tainter 

Gates: Complete replacement of the 

existing three emergency gates with 

newly fabricated, taller tainter gates and 

associated pier modifications. 

• Vertical Top Seal Bulkheads with 

Existing Emergency Tainter Gates: Make 

use of existing strengthened gates (due 

to Reclamation’s structural 

improvements) and incorporate a top 

seal bulkhead feature that allows the 

emergency spillway bays to hold back a 

higher flood pool. 

• Horizontal Top Seal Bulkheads 

with Existing Emergency Tainter Gates: 

Adds a top seal feature similar to the 

‘‘Vertical Top Seal Concept,’’ but with a 

different configuration and includes 

removable steel bulkhead elements with 

the most significant segment mounted 

horizontally. 

• Refined Emergency Gate 

Replacement: Complete replacement of 

the existing three emergency gates, with 

newly fabricated, larger tainter gates; the 

gate geometry for this concept would 

not require extensive pier modifications 

such as those required for the original 

replacement concept. 

Dam Raise Alternatives 

• No Action: Under the No Action 

Alternative, the Federal government 

would not implement the 3.5 foot raise 

and improved flood risk management 

benefits would not occur. 

• Earthen Raise: Raise the dams and 

dikes 3.5 feet through placement of fill 

derived from the auxiliary spillway 

excavation and/or from other borrow 

sources. 

• Concrete Floodwall: Construct a 

3.5-foot high reinforced concrete 

floodwall that would be placed near the 

waterside edge of the existing 

embankment crests. 

• Combination Earthen Raise and 

Concrete Floodwall: Dams and dikes 

would be raised 3.5 feet by either an 

earthen raise or a concrete floodwall, 

depending on location and feasibility of 

either option. 

• Various Additional 3.5 Foot Raise 

Options: As the 3.5 foot dam raise is 

further studied, various other options 

may be analyzed for technical 

feasibility. 

3. Scoping Process. 

a. Two public scoping meetings will 

be held to present an overview of the 

Dam Raise and the EIS/EIR process, and 

to afford all interested parties with an 

opportunity to provide comments 

regarding the scope of analysis and 

potential alternatives. The first public 

scoping meeting will be held at the 

Folsom Community Center, 52 Natoma 

Street, Folsom, CA on February 19th, 

2014, from 5:00—7:00 p.m. The second 

public scoping meeting will be held at 

the Sacramento Library Galleria, 828 I 

Street, Sacramento, CA on February 

24th, 2014, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. 

b. Potentially significant issues to be 

analyzed in depth in the Supplemental 

Draft EIS/EIR will include: Hydrology, 

water quality, air quality, special status 

species, fisheries and aquatic resources, 

terrestrial vegetation and wildlife, soils, 

recreation, transportation, noise, visual 

resources, utilities, and cultural 

resources. The document will also 

evaluate cumulative effects. 

c. USACE will consult with the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service to comply 

with the Endangered Species Act and 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. 

USACE will consult with the State 

Historic Preservation Officer to comply 

with the National Historic Preservation 

Act. 

d. A 45-day public review period will 

be provided for individuals, interested 

parties, and agencies to review and 

comment on the Draft EIS/EIR. All 

interested parties are encouraged to 

respond to this notice and provide a 

current address if they wish to be 

notified of the Draft EIS/EIR circulation. 

4. Availability. The Draft EIS/EIR is 

scheduled to be available for public 

review and comment in Spring 2015. 

Dated: January 24, 2014. 

Michael Farrell, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District 

Engineer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Wind and Water Power Technologies 

Office 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of External Merit Review 

Meeting for the Atmosphere to Electrons 

Initiative. 

SUMMARY: The Atmosphere to Electrons 

(A2e) Initiative within the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy intends to hold an External 

Merit Review in Washington, DC, on 

February 4–5, 2014. The External 

Review Panel will review the current 

program planning and provide 

suggestion on the formulation of A2e 

strategy, goals and implementation 

approaches. The review panel will also 

assess the initiative’s potential impact 

on the wind power industry and 

identify additional research initiatives 

and resources that might be required in 

the future. 

DATES: DOE will hold the External Merit 

Review on Tuesday, February 4, from 

8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, 

February 5, from 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Washington Marriott at 

Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW., 

Washington, DC, 20005. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: [samantha.rooney@nrel.gov]. 

Include ‘‘A2e External Merit Review’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Postal Mail: [Samantha Rooney, 

15013 Denver West Parkway, MS 3811, 

Golden CO, 80401] Due to the potential 

delays in DOE’s receipt and processing 

of mail sent through the U.S. Postal 

Service, DOE encourages respondents to 

submit comments electronically to 

ensure timely receipt. 

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