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**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Army**

**Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent Licenses to III HOLDINGS 3,**  **LLC; Wilmington, DE**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Army, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Intent.

**SUMMARY :**  In compliance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to III HOLDINGS 3, LLC; a corporation having its principle place of business at 2711 Centerville Rd., Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808, exclusive licenses relative to the following U.S. Patents and Patent Applications:

• 7,343,362; ‘‘Low complexity classification from a single unattended ground sensor node’’; 23 September

2004.

• 7,919,764; ‘‘Method and apparatus
for enhanced terahertz radiation from high stacking fault density’’; 5 May

2009.

• 12/639279; ‘‘Distributed Geospatial Communications System’’; 16 December

2009.

• 8,269,200; ‘‘Terahertz radiation device and method of generating terahertz radiation’’; 8 March 2011.

• 7,233,142; ‘‘Planer reader of nonerasable magnetic media and local permeability’’; 2 September 2004.

• KR 10–2011–7017044; ‘‘Distributed Geospatial Communications System’’;
23 December 2009.

• IL 213603; ‘‘Distributed Geospatial Communications System’’; 21 July 2011.

**DATES :**  The prospective exclusive licenses may be granted unless within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory receives written objections including evidence and argument that establish that the grant of
the licenses would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Competing applications completed and received by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice will also be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated exclusive licenses.

Objections submitted in response to
this notice will not be made available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be
released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

**ADDRESSES :**  Send written objections to Thomas Mulkern, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Technology Applications, ATTN: RDRL–DPP, B321, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005–5425.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Thomas Mulkern, (410) 278–0889.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  None.

Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2014–18778 Filed 8–7–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3710–08–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers** 

**Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for**  **the Proposed SR 1409 (Military Cutoff Road) Extension and Proposed US 17**  **Hampstead Bypass New Hanover and Pender Counties in North Carolina,**  **NCDOT TIP Projects U–4751 and R–**

**3300**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Availability.

**SUMMARY :**  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Wilmington District, Wilmington Regulatory Division is issuing this notice to advise the public
that a State of North Carolina funded Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) has been prepared for a road improvement project starting at Military Cutoff Road in New Hanover County to north of Hampstead along US 17, Pender County, NC (TIP Projects U– 4751 and R–3300).

**DATES :**  Written comments on the FEIS will be received until September 8,

2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  Mr. Brad Shaver, Regulatory Project Manager, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, 69 Darlington Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403 or Mr. Jay McInnis, Project Engineer, North Carolina Department of Transportation, 1548 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC

27699–1548.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Questions about the proposed action
and FEIS can be directed to Mr. Brad Shaver, COE—Regulatory Project Manager, telephone: (910) 251–4611 or Mr. Jay McInnis Jr., P.E., NCDOT— Project Engineer, telephone: (919) 707–

6029.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The COE in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), originally published in 2011, on a proposal to make transportation improvements to the US 17 and Market Street (US 17 Business) corridor in northern New Hanover and southern
Pender Counties. Two North Carolina Department of Transportation Improvement Program (TIPs U–4751 and R–3300) projects are being evaluated as part of the US 17 Corridor Study.

The purpose of the US 17 Corridor Study project is to improve the traffic carrying capacity and safety of the US
17 and Market Street corridor in the project area. The project study area is roughly bounded on the west by I–40, on the north by the Northeast Cape Fear River, Holly Shelter Game Lands to the east, and Market Street and US 17 to the
south.

This project is being reviewed through the Merger 01 process designed to streamline the project development and permitting processes, agreed to by the COE, North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (Division of Water Quality, Division of Coastal Management), Federal Highway Administration (for this project not applicable), and the North Carolina Department of Transportation and supported by other stakeholder agencies and local units of government. The other partnering agencies include: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission; N.C. Department of Cultural Resources; and the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization. The Merger process provides a forum for appropriate agency representatives to discuss and reach consensus on ways to facilitate meeting the regulatory requirements of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act during the NEPA/SEPA decision-making phase of transportation projects.

Through input from the public and resource agencies the project was changed to include a second interchange at the northern terminus. These changes were considered substantial changes and the public was given opportunity again to comment through the release of a supplement Draft EIS published in October 2013.
Comments were received on both the Draft and Supplement Draft EIS which
have been addressed in this FEIS. The original Draft EIS, Supplement DEIS,
and FEIS is available for review on the project Web page: http://www.ncdot. gov/projects/US17HampsteadBypass/.

Any person having difficulty in viewing the document online can contact the COE project manager or the NCDOT project manager for a CD copy
of the document.

After distribution and review of Final EIS, the Applicant understands that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will issue a Record of Decision (ROD) for the


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project at the time of permit application from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The ROD will document the completion of the EIS process and will serve as a basis for permitting decisions by this federal agency.

To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and the FEIS should be directed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the address provided. The Wilmington District will periodically issue Public Notices soliciting public and agency comment on the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action as they are developed.

Dated: August 1, 2014. Henry Wicker, Assistant Chief, Wilmington Regulatory

Division.

[FR Doc. 2014–18779 Filed 8–7–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3720–58–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers** 

**Board on Coastal Engineering**

**Research**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Army, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Advisory Committee meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Board on Coastal Engineering Research. This meeting is open to the public.

**DATES :**  Dates and Location: The Board on Coastal Engineering Research will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on September 9, 2014, and reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 10, 2014. Both sessions of the meeting will be held in the Observation Post, The Presidio, 211 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94129. The Executive
Session of the Board will convene from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on September 11, 2014, in the Lobby Conference Room, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. All sessions are open to the public. For more information about the Board, please visit http://chl.erdc.usace. army.mil/cerb.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) and Executive Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199, phone 601–634–2513, or Jeffrey.R.Eckstein@usace.army.mil.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The meeting is being held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150. The Board on Coastal Engineering Research provides broad policy guidance and reviews plans for the conduct of research and the development of research projects in
consonance with the needs of the coastal engineering field and the objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of Engineers.

Purpose of the Meeting: The theme of the meeting is Coastal System Resiliency—Linking Navigation Dredging, Beneficial Use, Ecosystem
Restoration and Coastal Storm Risk Management. The purpose of the meeting is to review the coastal engineering challenges within the southwest Pacific coastal region, focusing on regional sediment management and the beneficial (re)use of dredged material to improve the resilience of our coastal systems and to identify research and technology that is needed to help Districts and the Nation meet those challenges.

Agenda: On Tuesday morning, September 9, 2014, panel presentations
will deal with the California Coastal Systems. Presentations will include
Ocean Protection Council—West Coast Governor’s Agreement; California
Coastal Sediment Master Plan/Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup/ Highlight Regional Sediment Management Plans Collectively; San Francisco Bay Sediment Budgets and Sand Mining; California Coastal Analysis and Mapping Project, Open Pacific Coast Study; Application of Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Tools for Sustainable West Coast Projects; and Community Exposure to Tsunami Hazards in California. There will be an optional field trip Tuesday afternoon, which is open to the public.

On Wednesday morning, September 10, 2014, the Board will reconvene to discuss Innovative Dredge Material Management and Coastal System Resiliency. Presentations will include Ocean Beach Nearshore Placement;
Fine-Grained Sediment in Coastal Sediment Management: Deal Breaker or Deal Maker; Long-Term Management Strategy Modeling for Optimization of Dredged Material Placement; North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) Update; Coastal Resilience: The Environment, Infrastructure, and Human Systems, Outcomes and Actions of the May Conference; and Best
Practices for Sustainable and Resilient Coastal Development through
Consolidation of Local Sea Level Dynamics. The afternoon session continues with the Coastal System Resiliency panel. Presentations include Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation; Past and Future of Nearshore Processes Research, Workshop Results; California Coastal Commission—Sea Level Rise; and The CERB Resilience Charge: A Framework for Quantifying Resilient Coastal Systems.

The Board will meet in Executive Session to discuss ongoing initiatives and future actions on Thursday morning, September 11, 2014.

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and subject to the availability of space, the meeting is open to the public. Because seating capacity is limited, advance registration is required. Registration can be accomplished as set forth below. Oral participation by the public is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. The Observation Post is fully handicap accessible. Transportation will be provided from the Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf, 2500 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, to the Observation Post. Metered parking is available at the Observation Post, Presidio. For additional information about public access procedures, please contact Colonel Eckstein, the Board’s Designated Federal Officer, at the email address or telephone number listed in
the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**
section.

Registration: Individuals who wish to attend the meeting of the Board must register with the DFO by email, the preferred method of contact, no later than September 2, using the electronic
mail contact information found in the

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** section, above. The communication should include the registrant’s full name, title, affiliation or employer, email address, and daytime phone number. If applicable, include written
comments or statements with the registration email.

Written Comments and Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.015(j) and 102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the FACA, the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to the Board, in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in regard to the Board’s mission in general. Written comments