46420 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 2014 / Notices 

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. 

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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. 

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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 

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