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Vol. 72, No. 122 

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 

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 Leeward Biotechnology, Inc. 

of Hartland, Wisconsin, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent No. 5,451,400, 

‘‘Mucosal Competitive Exclusion Flora’’, 

issued on September 19, 1995. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 26, 2007. 

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 Leeward Biotechnology, 

Inc. of Hartland, Wisconsin 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. 07–3132 Filed 6–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Medford Aspen Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, 

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, 

Medford-Park Falls Ranger District 

intends to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) to document the 

analysis and disclose the environmental 

effects of proposed land management 

activities, and corresponding 

alternatives within the Medford Aspen 

project area. The primary purpose of 

this proposal is to implement activities 

consistent with direction in the 

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

(Forest Plan) and respond to specific 

needs identified in the project area. 

The project area is located on 

National Forest System land in the 

northern portion of the Medford 

landbase of the Medford-Park Falls 

Ranger District, approximately 10 miles 

northwest of Medford, Wisconsin. The 

legal description for the area is: 

Township 32 North, Range 3 West, 

sections 1,12–13, 24; Township 32 

North, Range 2 West, sections 3–10, 16– 

19; Township 32 North, Range 1 West, 

sections 1–6, 9–10, 12–14; Township 32 

North, Range 1 East, sections 4–9, 16– 

18; Township 33 North, Range 2 West, 

sections 2–5, 8–11, 13–16, 21–28, 34– 

35; Township 33 North, Range 1 West, 

sections 1–3, 10–12, 13, 18–19, 28–35; 

and Township 33 North, Range 1 East, 

sections 6–7, 31–32; Fourth Principal 

Meridian. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

receive timely consideration in the 

preparation of the draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Jeanne Higgins, c/o Jane Darnell, 

Medford-Park Falls Ranger District, 850 

N. 8th St., Medford, Wisconsin 54451. 

Send electronic comments to: 

jdarnell01@fs.fed.us with a subject line 

that reads ‘‘Medford Aspen Project’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Darnell, Environmental Coordinator, 

Medford-Park Falls Ranger District, 

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, 

USDA Forest Service: telephone 715– 

748–4875 (or TTY: 711, National Relay 

System), e-mail jdarnell01@fs.fed.us. To 

mail correspondence to Jane Darnell, see 

information in ADDRESSES. Copies of 

documents may be obtained at the same 

address. Another means of obtaining 

information is to visit the Forest Web 

site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf/ 

natres/index.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information presented in this notice is 

included to help the reviewer determine 

if they are interested in or potentially 

affected by this proposed project. The 

information presented in this notice is 

summarized. Those who wish to 

comment on this proposal or are 

otherwise interested in or potentially 

affected by it are encouraged to review 

more detailed documents such as the 

Proposed Action for the Medford Aspen 

Project (currently available for review) 

and the draft EIS. See the preceding 

section of this notice for the person to 

contact for more detailed information 

about this project. 

Project Background 

The Medford Aspen project falls 

within the area defined in the 

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests 

2004 Land and Resource Management 

Plan (Forest Plan) as Management Area 

(MA) 1A. Guidance in the Forest Plan 

identifies this area to be managed for 

early successional forest communities 

such as aspen, balsam fir, and paper 

birch. Forest Plan guidance 

recommends certain percentages of the 

aspen be within certain age categories in 

order to maintain the aspen type and 

provide a variety of wildlife habitat. 

Within the project area, about 23 

percent of the aspen is 45 years old or 

older. The Forest Plan recommended 

percentage of aspen in this age class is 

between 5 and 15 percent. Aspen is a 

fairly short lived tree species and as 

aspen surpasses the age of 45, growth 

and vigor of the trees start to decline. By 

60 years of age, aspen is declining to the 

point where it looses the ability to 

regenerate itself. By harvesting aspen 


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