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Trademark Patent Public Advisory 

Committee; by facsimile transmission 

marked to the Chief of Staff’s attention 

at (571) 273–0464, or by mail marked to 

the Chief of Staff’s attention and 

addressed to the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the USPTO, 

Post Office Box 1450,Alexandria, 

Virginia 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eleanor K. Meltzer, Chief of Staff, by 

facsimile transmission marked to her 

attention at (571) 273–0464, or by mail 

marked to her attention and addressed 

to the Office of the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the USPTO, Post Office Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committees’ duties include: 

• Review policies, goals, 

performance, budget, and user fees of 

the USPTO relating to patents and 

trademarks, respectively, and advise the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Director of the 

USPTO on these matters; and 

• Within 60 days after the end of each 

fiscal year: (1) Prepare an annual report 

on matters listed above; (2) transmit a 

report to the Secretary of Commerce, the 

President, and the Committees on the 

Judiciary of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives; and (3) publish the 

report in the Official Gazette of the 

USPTO. 

Members of the Patent and Trademark 

Public Advisory Committees are 

appointed by and serve at the pleasure 

of the Secretary of Commerce for three 

(3)-year terms. 

Advisory Committees 

The Public Advisory Committees are 

each composed of nine (9) voting 

members who are appointed by the 

Secretary of Commerce (the 

‘‘Secretary’’). The Public Advisory 

Committee members must be United 

States citizens and represent the 

interests of diverse users of the USPTO, 

both large and small entity applicants in 

proportion to the number of such 

applications filed. The Committees must 

include members who have ‘‘substantial 

backgrounds and achievement in 

finance, management, labor relations, 

science, technology, and office 

automation.’’ 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). In the 

case of the Patent Public 

AdvisoryCommittee, at least twenty-five 

(25) percent of the members must 

represent ‘‘small business concerns, 

independent inventors, and nonprofit 

organizations,’’ and at least one member 

must represent the independent 

inventor community. 35 U.S.C. 

5(b)(2).Each of the Public Advisory 

Committees also includes three (3) nonvoting members representing each labor 

organization recognized by the USPTO. 

Procedures and Guidelines of the 

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory 

Committees 

Each newly appointed member of the 

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory 

Committees will serve for a term of 

three years from date of appointment. 

As required by the Act, members of the 

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory 

Committees will receive compensation 

for each day while the member is 

attending meetings or engaged in the 

business of that Advisory Committee. 

The rate of compensation is the daily 

equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

pay in effect for level III of the Executive 

Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, 

United States Code.While away from 

home or regular place of business, each 

member will be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, as authorized by section 

5703 of title 5,United States Code. The 

USPTO will provide the necessary 

administrative support, including 

technical assistance, for the Committees. 

Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws 

Members of each Public Advisory 

Committee shall be special Government 

employees within the meaning of 

section 202 of title 18, United States 

Code. The following additional 

information includes several, but not 

all, of the ethics rules that apply to 

members, and assumes that members 

are not engaged in Public Advisory 

Committee business more than sixty 

days during each calendar year: 

• Each member will be required to 

file a confidential financial disclosure 

form within thirty (30) days of 

appointment. 5 CFR 2634.202(c), 

2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b). 

• Each member will be subject to 

many of the public integrity laws, 

including criminal bars against 

representing a party, 18 U.S.C. 205(c), in 

a particular matter that came before the 

member’s committee and that involved 

at least one specific party. See also 18 

U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A 

member also must not act on a matter 

in which the member (or any of certain 

closely related entities) has a financial 

interest. 18 U.S.C. 208. 

• Representation of foreign interests 

may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) 

and 18 U.S.C. 219. 

Meetings of the Patent and Trademark 

Public Advisory Committees 

Meetings of each Advisory Committee 

will take place at the call of the Chair 

to consider an agenda set by the Chair. 

Meetings may be conducted in person, 

electronically through the Internet, or by 

other appropriate means. The meetings 

of each Advisory Committee will be 

open to the public except each Advisory 

Committee may, by majority vote, meet 

in executive session when considering 

personnel, privileged, or other 

confidential matters. Nominees must 

also have the ability to participate in 

Committee business through the 

Internet. 

Procedures for Submitting Nominations 

Submit resume ́s for nomination for 

the Patent Public Advisory Committee 

and the Trademark Public Advisory 

Committee to: Chief of Staff to the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Director of the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, utilizing the addresses provided 

above. 

Dated: June 14, 2007. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property andDirector of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final 

Fort Carson Transformation 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

Clean Air Act General Conformity 

Determination, and Evaluation of 

Environmental Effects of Renewed 

Land and Mineral Withdrawal Under 

Public Law 104–201, Colorado 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Army announces the 

availability of the Final Fort Carson 

Transformation EIS evaluating the 

environmental effects of implementing 

restationing actions of the Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 

and other Army transformation 

programs at the Fort Carson military 

installation near Colorado Springs, 

Colorado. The final EIS also documents 

the U.S. Army’s evaluation of 

environmental effects of withdrawal of 

public land and mineral rights under 

Public Law 104–201. 

DATES: The waiting period for the Final 

EIS will end 30 days after publication of 

an NOA in the Federal Register by the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 


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ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the FEIS 

contact the Fort Carson National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPAP) 

Coordinator, Directorate of 

Environmental Compliance and 

Management, 1638 Elwell Street, 

Building 6236, Fort Carson, Colorado 

80913–4000; e-mail: 

carsdecamnepa@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fort 

Carson NEPA Coordinator at (719) 526–

4666 or fax (719) 526–1705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

Fort Carson Transformation EIS 

evaluates the environmental and 

socioeconomic effects of implementing 

three Army transformation programs at 

Fort Carson: BRAC 2005, Integrated 

Global Presence and Basing Strategy 

(also known as Global Defense Posture 

Realignment), and the Army Modular 

Force initiative. These programs are part 

of the overall Army restructuring and 

are needed to prepare the Army’s 

combat forces for deployment around 

the world. 

The Proposed Action evaluated in the 

Final Fort Carson Transformation EIS is 

the Army’s preferred alternative to 

implement the three transformational 

programs. The Proposed Action 

includes three primary components: (1) 

Changes in force structure resulting in a 

net gain of military units and personnel; 

(2) facility construction, renovation, and 

demolition; and (3) increased frequency 

of live-fire and maneuver training. The 

EIS also documents the compliance of 

the Proposed Action with the General 

Conformity Rule requirements of the 

Clean Air Act. In addition, the Final EIS 

evaluates the environmental effects of 

renewal of the current withdrawal and 

reservation of 3,133.02 acres of public 

land and 11,415.16 acres of federally 

owned minerals at Fort Carson (as 

required by Section 2908 of Public Law 

104–201). 

Under the Proposed Action 

alternative, the number of troops at Fort 

Carson will increase by approximately 

8,500 Soldiers. Military dependent, 

civilian, and contractor worker 

populations supported by Fort Carson 

also will increase. In total, Soldiers, 

their dependents, and support 

personnel will grow to approximately 

59,700 by 2011, an increase of 

approximately 21,300 persons (60 

percent) over the implementation 

period. 

The Army will construct 25 projects, 

primarily in the Cantonment area. In 

addition, facilities and infrastructure no 

longer needed to support the Proposed 

Action alternative will be demolished; 

facilities will be relocated to support 

new construction; and existing facilities 

and infrastructure will be renovated to 

support the new population and 

training activities. 

The Proposed Action alternative will 

provide for increased frequency of 

training for existing and new units 

stationed at Fort Carson. The 

installation’s downrange area will be 

used more frequently for individual and 

crew live fire, maneuver, and combined 

live fire and maneuver training. Fort 

Carson will continue to implement its 

existing land and environmental 

management programs to balance 

training requirements and land 

sustainability. Large area maneuver 

training for Fort Carson’s troops will 

continue to occur at the Pinon Canyon 

Maneuver Site, which is Fort Carson’s 

maneuver-training area located 

approximately 150 miles southeast of 

Fort Carson. 

The Final EIS also evaluated the No 

Action alternative, which would result 

in not implementing the Proposed 

Action troop restationing; construction, 

renovation, and demolition projections; 

and increased frequency of training. The 

No Action alternative is not feasible 

because restationing has been directed 

by BRAC 2005. It was included in the 

Final EIS, as required by the Council on 

Environmental Quality and the Army’s 

NEPA implementing regulations, to 

provide a benchmark by which to 

compare the magnitude of 

environmental effects of the Proposed 

Action. 

Permanent restationing alternatives, 

therefore, were not considered in the 

Final EIS in accordance with the BRAC 

Act of 1990, which does not permit 

decisions on restationing troops to 

alternate installations to be revisited in 

NEPA documents. Other alternatives 

considered by the Army, but determined 

not to be feasible, included training 

troops at other locales, acquiring 

additional land for training, or varying 

training schedules to account for 

operational deployments. These 

alternatives were determined not to be 

reasonable because they either did not 

meet the purpose and need of the action 

or unreasonably restricted the Army’s 

ability to react to changing conditions. 

The Proposed Action has the potential 

to result in adverse effects to land use, 

air quality, geology and soils, water 

resources, biological resources, cultural 

resources, transportation, utilities, and 

hazardous and toxic materials. It could 

also result in cumulative environmental 

effects. Beneficial effects of the 

Proposed Action will result for 

socioeconomic resources. With 

implementation of mitigation measures 

and best management practices, 

significant adverse environmental 

impacts will not occur. 

An electronic version of the Final EIS 

can be viewed or downloaded online at 

http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. Copies can be 

requested from the Fort Carson NEPA 

Coordinator or viewed at local libraries. 

Dated: June 13, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environmental, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final 

Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) 

Transformation Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and Evaluation of 

Environmental Effects of Continued 

Land and Mineral Withdrawal Under 

Public Law 104–201 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Army announces the 

availability of the Final PCMS 

Transformation EIS evaluating the 

environmental effects of implementing 

restationing actions of the Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 

and other Army transformation 

programs at the PCMS training area in 

Las Animas County in southeastern 

Colorado. The Final EIS also documents 

the U.S. Army’s evaluation of 

environmental effects of withdrawal of 

public land and mineral rights under 

Public Law 104–201. 

DATES: The waiting period for the Final 

EIS will end 30 days after publication of 

an NOA in the Federal Register by the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the FEIS 

contact the PCMS National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Coordinator, Directorate of 

Environmental Compliance and 

Management, 1638 Elwell Street, 

Building 6236, Fort Carson, CO 80913–

4000; e–mail: 

carsdecampcmsnepa&conus.army.mil 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

PCMS NEPA Coordinator at (719) 526–

0912 or fax (719) 526–17050. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

PCMS Transformation EIS evaluates the 

environmental and socioeconomic 

effects of implementing three Army 

transformation programs at the Fort 


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