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Inventor: Wendell Watkins.

Patent Number: 6,028,624.

Issued Date: February 22, 2000.

Title: Non-Lethal Cartridge with SpinStabilized Projectile.

Inventor: David H. Lyon.

Patent Number: 6,041,712.

Issued Date: March 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Rausa, Technology Transfer

Office, AMSRL–CS–TT, U.S. Army

Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, MD 21005–5055 tel: (410) 278–

5028; fax: (410) 278–5820

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability of U.S. Patents for NonExclusive, Exclusive, or PartiallyExclusive Licensing

AGENCY: U.S. Army Research

Laboratory, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.6, announcement is made of the

availability of the following U.S. patent

for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or

exclusive licensing. The listed patent

has been assigned to the United States

of America as represented by the

Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC.

This patent covers a wide variety of

technical arts including: A bimetallic

actuator for heat-transfer applications

where the source of energy is provided

by a temperature difference between

two reservoirs.

Under the authority of section 11(a)(2)

of the Federal Technology Transfer Act

of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–502) and Section

207 of Title 35, United States Code, the

Department of the Army as represented

by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory

wish to license the U.S. patent listed

below in a non-exclusive, exclusive or

partially exclusive manner to any party

interested in manufacturing, using, and/

or selling devices or processes covered

by this patent.

Title: Passive Bimetallic Actuator for

heat Transfer.

Inventor: Russell DeAnna.

Patent Number: 6,039,262.

Issued Date: November 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Norma Cammaratta, Technology

Transfer Office, AMSRL–CS–TT, U.S.

Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi,

MD 20783–1197 tel: (301) 394–2952;

fax: (301) 394–5818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register, Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Availability for Non-Exclusive,

Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive

Licensing of U.S. Patent Application

Concerning Prolonged Storage of Red

Blood Cells

AGENCY: U.S. Army Medical Research

and Materiel Command, Department of

the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.6, announcement is made of the

availability for licensing of U.S. Patent

Application Serial No. 09/154,102

entitled ‘‘Prolonged Storage of Red

Blood Cells’’, filed 16 September 1998.

This patent has been assigned to the

United States Government as

represented by the Secretary of the

Army.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army

Medical Research and Material

Command, ATTN: Command Judge

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street,

Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

21702–5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Jay P. Winchester, Attorney-Advisor,

(301) 619–2065 or telefax (301) 619–

5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

invention discloses novel additive

solutions useful for the storage of

human red blood cells (RBCs) under

refrigerated conditions. Also disclosed

is a method of using the additive

solutions in an appropriate volume to

preserve RBCs at about 1° to 6° for up

to 10 weeks. Additive solutions and

processes in accordance with this

invention allow the viable storage of

human RBCs for an extended period of

time in a solution which is directly

infusible into humans.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army: Corps of

Engineers

Announcement of Public Hearing Date

on a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement/

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Report (SEIS/SEIR) for the Port of Los

Angeles Main Channel Deepening

Project, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Draft SEIS/SEIR was

released for public review on April 7,

2000. The Environmental Protection

Agency has published a Notice of

Availability of the Draft SEIS/SEIR in

the Federal Register on April 7, 2000.

The public review of the Draft SEIS/

SEIR ends on May 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District,

Ecosystem Planning Section, PO Box

532711, Los Angeles, CA 90053–2325.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Larry Smith, Technical Manager, phone

(213) 452–3846.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

The primary purpose of the proposed

project is to deepen the inner harbor of

the Port of Los Angeles to improve

deep-draft navigation safety, to

maximize the efficiency of the Port of

Los Angeles by providing deep-draft

commercials with reductions in tide

delays and increasing economies if

scale, and to maximize the beneficial

use of dredged material.

2. Proposed Action

Deepening of the Inner Harbor

channels at the Port of Los Angeles to

a depth of ¥53 ft Mean Lower Low

Water (MLLW).

3. Alternatives

The SEIS/SEIR evaluates the

alternatives carried forward for detailed

environmental analysis. In general, the

major differences among alternatives are

the project depth and selection of

disposal sites.

Dredge Alternatives

Three dredge depth alternatives were

assessed in the SEIS/SEIR. The dredge

depths were ¥50 ft MLLW, ¥53 ft

MLLW, and ¥55 ft MLLW. A dredge

depth of ¥53 ft MLLW was determined

to be the optimum depth.

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Disposal Alternatives

Seven dredge disposal sites were

assessed in the SEIS/SEIR. Various

combinations of disposal sites were

assembled as alternative project designs.

A total of twenty-one alternatives was

assembled; six for the ¥50 ft MLLW

project depth, eight for the ¥53 ft

MLLW project depth, and seven for the

¥55 ft MLLW project depth.

Alternative 7 for the ¥53 ft MLLW

project depth was selected as the

National Economic Development (NED)

Plan. Alternative 2 for the ¥53 ft MLLW

project depth was selected as the

Locally Preferred Plan (LPP). The Corps

has accepted the LPP as the modified

NED Plan and it is the recommended

plan.

Authorize Plan

• Deepening of the Inner Harbor

channels at the Port of Los Angeles to

a depth of ¥53 ft MLLW.

• Disposal of 1.5 million cubic yards

of sediment to create the 40-acre Pier

300 Expansion Site.

• Disposal of 1.7 million cubic yards

of sediment to create the 35-acre

Southwest Slip Fill Site.

• Disposal of 1.0 million cubic yards

to sediment to create the 54-acre

Cabrillo Shallow Water Habitat

Expansion Site.

• Disposal of 2.4 million cubic yards

of sediment at the LA–2 and/or LA–3

Ocean Disposal Site.

No Action

No deepening of the channels and no

construction of disposal sites.

4. The USACOE and the Los Angeles

Harbor Department, the local sponsor,

will consider public concerns on the

Draft SEIS/SEIR. Summary of the Public

Hearing and written comment letters

and responses will be incorporated in

the Final SEIS/SEIR as appropriate.

5. Time and Location

The Public Hearing is scheduled for

May 11, 2000, at 6:30 pm, Los Angeles

Harbor Department, Board Hearing

Room, 425 South Palos Verdes Street,

San Pedro, California.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

John P. Carroll,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for Barrier Shoreline

Restoration in Lafourche, Jefferson,

and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana,

a Component of the Louisiana Coastal

Area, Louisiana—Ecosystem

Restoration, Barrier Island Restoration,

Marsh Creation, and River Diversion,

Barataria Basin Feasibility Study

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the

Army Corps of Engineers (COE), in

cooperation with the U.S. Department of

the Interior, Minerals Management

Service, will prepare a draft

environmental impact statement (EIS) to

analyze the direct and indirect

beneficial and adverse impacts of

implementing barrier shoreline

restoration in Lafourche, Jefferson, and

Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana.

The purpose of the proposed action is

as follows: (1) In general, the purpose of

the Coast 2050 Plan is to sustain a

coastal ecosystem that supports and

protects the environment, economy, and

culture of southern Louisiana, and that

contributes greatly to the economy and

well-being of the nation; (2) the purpose

of the Coast 2050 strategies for the

Barataria Basin is to restore and/or

protect the natural and human

environment to create a sustainable

ecosystem in the Barataria Basin within

the context of the Gulf of Mexico

ecosystem, including coastal Louisiana;

and (3) the purpose of the Coast 2050

Plan’s barrier island restoration strategy

for the Barataria Basin (R2–22 strategy)

is to provide and sustain the unique

ecological integrity of barrier islands,

headlands, and shoreline. Habitats of

concern include shoreface, beach, dune,

maritime forest, back-barrier marsh,

bays, and passes.

The proposed action would consist of

the reformation of the barrier shoreline

from the Caminada-Moreau Headland at

the mouth of Bayou Lafourche to Sandy

Point, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding the EIS may be

directed to Mr. Robert Martinson,

CEMVN–PM–RS, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, P.O. Box 60267, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70160–0267,

telephone: (504) 862–2582.

Questions regarding the proposed

action may be directed to Mr. Edmond

Russo, CEMVN–PM–C, U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers, P.O. Box 60267, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70160–0267,

telephone: (504) 862–1496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Louisiana Department of Natural

Resources produced a document

entitled ‘‘Coast 2050: Toward a

Sustainable Coastal Louisiana in 1998.’’

That document presented strategies

jointly developed by Federal, state, and

local levels to address Louisiana’s

massive coastal land loss problem and

provide for a sustainable coastal

ecosystem by the year 2050. The

Louisiana Department of Natural

Resources (LDNR) conducted a

feasibility study of barrier shorelines

that was completed in March 1999 that

focused on barrier shoreline loss and

developed several alternatives to

address the problem. These two efforts

culminated in a joint agreement

between the Corps of Engineers and the

LDNR to evaluate selected features of

the Coast 2050 Plan in a Federal

feasibility study.

Proposed Action

The proposed action would consist of

the reformation of the barrier shoreline

from the Caminada-Moreau Headland at

the mouth of Bayou Lafourche on the

west to Sandy Point on the east. The

shoreline would have the ecological

attributes of shoreface, beach, dune,

maritime forest if possible, back-barrier

marsh, bays, and passes. The

reformation work could extend

Gulfward to approximately the ¥5.0

foot contour and up to about 1,000 feet

in the bayside direction from the edge

of the back-barrier marsh.

On the eastern fringe where a large

distance has opened between remnant

barrier islands and interior marsh, work

could extend into the bays up to about

2,500 feet. Larger passes such as

Barataria Pass would be left open.

Smaller passes may be closed. Sand for

reformation would be obtained from

nearby coastal bays, the Mississippi

River, or from Federal and state waters

of the Gulf of Mexico. A combination of

sand sources may be used for restoration

of these features. If sand is obtained

from Federal waters, a non-competitive

lease would need to be obtained by the

LDNR from the Minerals Management

Service. The Minerals Management

Service will ensure that information

needed by them to make a decision

about a lease will be included in the

EIS. Also, the benefits of providing

geomorphic features at the barrier