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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 50 

Thursday, March 15, 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 Caribbean Dairy Institute, 

Inc. of Mayagu ̈ ez, Puerto Rico, an 

exclusive license to U.S. Patent 

Application Serial No. 10/895,797, 

‘‘Methods for Prevention and Treatment 

of Mastitis’’, filed on July 21, 2004. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within thirty (30) days of the date of 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 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 to 

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 Caribbean Dairy Institute, 

Inc. of Mayagu ̈ ez, Puerto Rico 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. E7–4709 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2008 Census Coverage 

Measurement, Independent Listing and 

Relisting Operations. 

Form Number(s): DX–1302. 

Agency Approval Number: None. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Burden: 1,559 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 40,000. 

Average Hours Per Response: 2 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: In preparation for 

the 2010 Census, the U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from 

OMB to conduct the Census Coverage 

Measurement (CCM) Independent 

Listing Interview and the CCM Relisting 

Interview as part of the 2008 Dress 

Rehearsal. The CCM program for the 

dress rehearsal is designed to test that 

all planned coverage measurement 

operations are working as expected, that 

they are integrated internally, and that 

they are coordinated with the 

appropriate census operations. 

The 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal will 

be conducted in two sites, one urban, 

and the other one, a mix of urban and 

suburban. San Joaquin County, 

California is the urban site. South 

Central North Carolina has been 

selected as the urban/suburban mix test 

site. This area consists of Fayetteville 

and nine counties surrounding 

Fayetteville (Chatham, Cumberland, 

Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, 

Moore, Richmond, and Scotland). 

The 2008 CCM test will be comprised 

of two samples selected to measure 

census coverage of housing units and 

the household population: The 

population sample (P sample) and the 

enumeration sample (E sample). The P 

sample is a sample of housing units and 

persons obtained independently from 

the census for a sample of block 

clusters. The E sample is a sample of 

census housing units and enumerations 

in the same block cluster as the P 

sample. The independent roster of 

housing units is obtained during the 

CCM Independent Listing, the results of 

which will be matched to census 

housing units in the sample block 

clusters, surrounding blocks, and across 

the entire site. Separate OMB packages 

will be submitted for subsequent CCM 

field operations. 

The CCM operations planned for the 

dress rehearsal, to the extent possible, 

will mirror those that will be conducted 

for the 2010 Census to provide estimates 

of net coverage error and components of 

coverage error (omissions and erroneous 

enumerations) for housing units and 

persons in housing units (see Definition 

of Terms). The data collection and 

matching methodologies for previous 

coverage measurement programs were 

designed only to measure net coverage 

error, which reflects the difference 

between omissions and erroneous 

inclusions. 

The Independent Listing Operation is 

the first step in the CCM process. It will 

be conducted to obtain a complete 

inventory of all housing unit addresses 

within the CCM sample block clusters 

before the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal 

enumeration commences. In both dress 

rehearsal sites, Listers will canvass 

every street, road, or other place where 

people might live in their assigned 

block clusters and construct a list of 

housing units. Listers will contact a 

member of each housing unit (or proxy, 

as a last resort) to ensure all units at a 

given address are identified. They will 

also identify the location of each 

housing unit by assigning map spots on 

block cluster maps provided with their 

assignment materials. If an enumerator 

is uncertain whether particular living 

quarters is a housing unit, it will be 

listed and flagged for possible followup, 

if still unresolved after matching (this 

will be a part of the Initial Housing Unit 

Followup). 

Completed Independent Listing Books 

are subject to Dependent Quality 

Control (DQC) wherein DQC listers 

return to the field to check 12 housing 

units per cluster to ensure that the work 


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performed is of acceptable quality and 

to verify that the correct blocks were 

visited. If the cluster fails the DQC, then 

the DQC lister reworks the entire 

cluster. The completed listing books are 

keyed for matching against the census 

Decennial Master Address File for the 

same areas. 

The Independent Listing results will 

be computer and clerically matched to 

the Decennial Master Address File from 

the census in the same areas. As the 

result of the matching, an additional 

relisting operation can occur for block 

clusters having high levels of geocoding 

errors in the original Independent 

Listing. The methods and procedures for 

Relisting will be the same as those for 

the Independent Listing operation. 

There will be one Independent Listing 

Form, DX–1302, that will be used for 

Independent Listing, DQC, and 

Relisting. 

Definition of Terms 

Components of Coverage Error—The 

two components of census coverage 

error are census omissions (missed 

persons or housing units) and erroneous 

inclusions (persons or housing units 

enumerated in the census that should 

not have been). Examples of erroneous 

inclusions are: housing units built after 

Census Day and persons or housing 

units enumerated more than once 

(duplicates). 

Net Coverage Error—Reflects the 

difference between census omissions 

and erroneous inclusions. A positive net 

error indicates an undercount, while a 

negative net error indicates an 

overcount. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 141 & 

193. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4705 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Professional Development 

Workshops and Formal Evaluation of 

NOAA Online Education Materials. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 855. 

Number of Respondents: 1,560. 

Average Hours Per Response: Preworkshop evaluations and student preand post-lesson evaluations, 15 minutes; 

post-workshop evaluations, 30 minutes; 

teacher follow-up evaluations, 1 hour. 

Needs and Uses: The project has three 

primary goals: (1) To provide a series of 

three one-day professional development 

opportunities whereby educators will 

learn more about coastal and ocean 

science, and about the wide variety of 

online tools and resources available to 

them via the NOAA Discovery Center 

and Ocean Explorer Web sites; (2) To 

develop and implement an outcomesbased evaluation of the three educator 

professional development workshops; 

and (3) To implement an outcomesbased evaluation of the online tools and 

resources available through the NOAA 

Discovery Center and Ocean Explorer 

Web sites. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Frequency: One-time only. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4706 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: NOAA Teacher-At-Sea Program. 

Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Approval Number: 0648–0283. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 309. 

Number of Respondents: 375. 

Average Hours Per Response: 

Application, 1 hour; health services 

questionnaire, 15 minutes; and 

recommendation, 15 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The NOAA Teacherat-Sea Program provides educators with 

the opportunity to participate in 

research projects aboard NOAA vessels. 

The respondents are educators who 

provide information about themselves 

and their teaching situation and who 

submit a follow-up report with ideas for 

classroom applications. 

Recommendations are also required. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 


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