Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 67 / Monday, April 9, 2007 / Notices 17523 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Intent To Grant an Exclusive License 

of a U.S. Government-Owned Patent 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(I)(i), 

announcement is made of the intent to 

grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, 

revocable license to U.S. provisional 

patent application filed January 15, 

2007 entitled ‘‘Identification of Small 

Molecule Inhibitors of Filovirus 

Replication,’’ to Functional Genetics, 

with its principal place of business at 

708 Quince Orchard Rd., Gaithersburg, 

MD 20878. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–ZA–J, 504 Scott 

Street, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 

21702–5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research & Technology Assessment, 

(301) 619–6664. For patent issues, Ms. 

Elizabeth Arwine, Patent Attorney, (301) 

619–7808, both at telefax (301) 619–

5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Anyone 

wishing to object to the grant of this 

license can file written objections along 

with supporting evidence, if any, 15 

days from the date of this publication. 

Written objections are to be filed with 

the Command Judge Advocate (see 

ADDRESSES.) 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Report for the Sun 

Valley Environmental Restoration 

Project, Los Angeles County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army; U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Corps of Engineers 

(Corps) intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the Sun Valley Environmental 

Restoration Plan. The study area is 

located in the City of Los Angeles, in the 

San Fernando Valley portion of Los 

Angeles County, CA. The study area is 

comprised of 4.4 square miles of urban/ 

industrial areas. 

The proposed Study will be 

conducted under the Authority for the 

Los Angeles County Drainage area 

(LACDA), Flood Control Project, Los 

Angeles County, CA. Which was 

initially authorized by Senate 

Resolution, approved June 25, 1969, 

reading in part: 

‘‘Resolved by the Committee on Public 

Works of the United States Senate, that the 

Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, 

created under Section 3 of the Rivers and 

Harbors Act, approved June 13, 1902, be, and 

is hereby requested to review the report to 

the Chief of Engineers on the Los Angeles 

and San Gabriel Rivers and Ballona Creek, 

California, Published a House Document 

Numbered 838, Seventy-sixth Congress, and 

other pertinent reports, with a view to 

determining whether any modifications 

contained therein are advisable at the present 

time, in the resources in the Los Angeles 

County Drainage Area.’’

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Mr. 

Ronald Lockmann, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District, 

Environmental Resources Branch, Army 

Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 

CESPL–PD–RN, 915 Wilshire Blvd., Los 

Angeles, CA 90017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ronald Lockmann, Phone (213) 452–

3847; Fax (213) 452–4204 or E-mail: 

RonaldF.Lockmann@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This NOI 

is published to announce the Corps’

intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental 

Impact Report (EIS/EIR0 for the 

proposed environmental restoration 

project on a sub basin of the LACDA 

system and vicinity, City of Los 

Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. This 

plan attempts to reclaim sustainable 

native ecosystems on this site. The 

Tujunga Wash Reconnaissance Study (of 

which the Sun Valley Watershed was a 

part), dated September 2003, concluded 

‘‘although a detailed feasibility-level 

study of the complexity of the 

watershed would be an important first 

step, there do exist * * * opportunities 

for future environmental restoration 

studies. Essentially, conceptual 

alternatives would consist of a number 

of potential combinations of restoration 

sites operating in conjunction with one 

another * * * Total land area of 

alternative sites combined would be 

several hundred acres.’’

Sites would likely include one or 

more of the three major gravel extraction 

pits within the watershed, including the 

Sheldon Pit, the Boulevard Pit, and the 

Strathern Pit. The primary purpose, 

working in conjunction with the Local 

sponsor, Los Angeles County 

Department of Public Works, would be 

to facilitate ecosystem restoration 

through re-establishment of native 

riparian, upland vegetation, creating 

constructed wetlands where feasible. 

Implementation of the proposed project 

would increase habitat quality of several 

degraded sites, and provide opportunity 

for wildlife species use and promote 

recreational opportunity. In addition, 

the proposed project includes water 

conservation, construction infiltration 

basins, and storm drains. 

Scoping Process. to initiate 

preparation of the EIS/EIR, the Corps 

will conduct a public scoping meeting. 

The public meeting would be conducted 

during the month of April 2007. Date, 

time and location of the public scoping 

meeting will be announced by means of 

letter, public announcements, news 

release or announced in the local news 

paper in the Sun Valley area. This 

scoping meeting will be held to solicit 

public input on significant 

environmental issues associated with 

restoring and expanding the native 

habitat and provide technical water 

conservation and recreational 

opportunities. 

The EIS/EIR will address potential 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. Resource categories that will be 

analyzed are: land use, physical 

environment, geology, biological, 

agricultural, air quality, water quality, 

groundwater, recreational usage, 

esthetics, cultural, transportation/ 

communications, hazardous waste 

material, socioeconomic and safety. the 

public, as well as Federal, State and 

local agencies are encouraged to 

participate in the scoping process by 

attending the scoping meeting and/or 

submitting data, information, and 

comments identifying relevant 

environmental and socioeconomic 

issues to be addressed in the 

environmental analysis. 

Individuals and agencies may offer 

information pertinent or data relevant to 

the proposed study and provide 

comments by mailing the information 

within thirty (30) days to Mr. Ronald 

Lockmann. Requests to be placed on the 

mailing list for announcements and the 

draft EIS also should be sent to Mr. 

Lockmann. 

Brenda S. Bowen 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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