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License Agreement which will 

supersede and replace the Start-up 

Exclusive Evaluation Option License 

Agreement, with no greater field of use 

and territory than granted in the Startup Exclusive Evaluation Option License 

Agreement. 

DATES: Only written comments and/or 

applications for a license which are 

received by the NIH Office of 

Technology Transfer on or before May 

23, 2013 will be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

patent application(s), inquiries, 

comments and other materials relating 

to the contemplated Start-Up Exclusive 

Evaluation Option License Agreement 

should be directed to: Tara L. Kirby, 

Ph.D., Senior Licensing and Patenting 

Manager, Office of Technology Transfer, 

National Institutes of Health, 6011 

Executive Boulevard, Suite 325, 

Rockville, MD 20852–3804; Telephone: 

(301) 435–4426; Facsimile: (301) 402– 

0220; Email: tarak@mail.nih.gov. A 

signed confidentiality nondisclosure 

agreement will be required to receive 

copies of any patent applications that 

have not been published or issued by 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office or the World Intellectual Property 

Organization. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

invention consists of biological 

pacemakers engineered to treat 

arrhythmia by generating a normal heart 

rhythm. These pacemakers include viral 

vectors suitable for gene therapy that 

incorporate Ca2+-activated adenylyl 

cyclase, as well as cardiac cells or 

cardiac-like cells derived from 

embryonic stem cells or mesenchymal 

stem cells, which are suitable for cellbased therapy. 

In contrast to implantable artificial 

pacemakers, these biological 

pacemakers are not externally powered, 

are not subject to interference from 

other devices, and have a lower risk of 

infection. They would be particularly 

appropriate for patients who are not 

candidates for artificial pacemakers, 

such as children or those who have had 

an implantable pacemaker removed due 

to complications or other problems. 

The prospective Start-Up Exclusive 

Evaluation Option License Agreement is 

being considered under the small 

business initiative launched on October 

1, 2011 and will comply with the terms 

and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. The prospective Start-Up 

Exclusive Evaluation Option License 

Agreement and a subsequent Start-Up 

Exclusive Patent License Agreement 

may be granted unless the NIH receives 

written evidence and argument, within 

fifteen (15) days from the date of this 

published notice that establishes, that 

the grant of the contemplated Start-Up 

Exclusive Evaluation Option License 

Agreement would not be consistent with 

the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 

37 CFR 404.7. 

Complete applications for a license in 

the prospective field of use that are filed 

in response to this notice will be treated 

as objections to the grant of the 

contemplated Start-Up Exclusive 

Evaluation Option License Agreement. 

Comments and objections submitted to 

this notice will not be made available 

for public inspection and, to the extent 

permitted by law, will not be released 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552. 

Dated: May 2, 2013. 

Richard U. Rodriguez, 

Director, Division of Technology Development 

and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, 

National Institutes of Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Announcement of Requirements and 

Registration for the National 

Radiological and Nuclear Detection 

Challenge 

AGENCY: Domestic Nuclear Detection 

Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: DNDO announces the 

National Radiological and Nuclear 

Detection (Rad/Nuc) Challenge, a 

participation challenge being conducted 

under the America Competes 

Reauthorization Act, for state, local, and 

tribal law enforcement, other first 

responders, public safety officials, and 

Civil Support Team members. 

DATES: The Rad/Nuc Challenge will be 

held from August 20 through August 22, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: The Rad/Nuc Challenge will 

be hosted at the I.G. Brown Air National 

Guard Training and Education Center, 

Alcoa, Tennessee, near Knoxville. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy Smith, (202) 254–7297, 

Radnucchallenge@hq.dhs.gov. To 

register for and find additional 

information about the Rad/Nuc 

challenge, visit http:// 

www.radnucchallenge.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), Domestic Nuclear 

Detection Office (DNDO), announces the 

National Radiological and Nuclear 

Detection (Rad/Nuc) Challenge, a 

participation challenge authorized 

under 15 U.S.C. 3719(c)(3), for state, 

local, and tribal law enforcement, other 

first responders, public safety officials, 

and Civil Support Team members. The 

purpose of the Rad/Nuc Challenge is to 

increase proficiency, improve Concepts 

of Operations, and promote proper use 

of Radiation and Nuclear Detection 

(RND) equipment by state and local 

agencies in support of the domestic 

RND mission to prevent the illicit use 

and/or movement of radioactive 

materials within the United States. 

The Rad/Nuc Challenge will consist 

of a competitive RND search exercise 

held over a three-day period. The 

competition is designed to develop and 

recognize enhanced RND search skills, 

train on the use of various pieces of 

RND equipment, and influence vendors 

and developers to adapt and improve 

RND equipment capability and 

suitability for field use. 

The event will be hosted at the I.G. 

Brown Air National Guard Training and 

Education Center located in Alcoa, 

Tennessee, near Knoxville. Equipment 

specific and RND search refresher 

training will be provided for all 

competitors on the first day of the event 

prior to the start of the competition. 

I. Subject of Challenge Competition 

The purpose of the Rad/Nuc 

Challenge is to further DNDO’s vision of 

a Nation ready to detect and interdict 

terrorist radiological and/or nuclear 

threats by the effective and efficient 

integration of capabilities and resources 

of the Global Nuclear Detection 

Architecture (GNDA). Specifically, the 

Rad/Nuc Challenge will serve to 

coordinate implementation of the 

domestic portion of the GNDA, 

strengthen its operational relationships, 

and improve detection capabilities 

across the GNDA. The Rad/Nuc 

Challenge will provide a mechanism to 

improve radiation detection capabilities 

of Federal, state, local, and tribal 

stakeholders through competitive 

exercise, increased awareness and 

cooperation, and first-hand interaction 

with RND equipment vendors and 

developers. The Rad/Nuc Challenge will 

exploit the proven success and costeffectiveness of trade shows and 

challenge competitions to advance 

capabilities in the RND field. 

The Rad/Nuc Challenge is an RND 

proficiency competition. Even though it 

is designed to incorporate specific RND 

job skills or tasks, it may be necessary 

to deviate from, or be innovative in the 

application of, certain existing protocols 

and procedures in order to obtain the 

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best overall result and win the 

competition. 

Two components, the Maze and the 

Container Search, make up the Rad/Nuc 

Challenge competitive exercise. This 

RND exercise will be organized in 

flights and heats of competitors. Flights 

will be composed of multiple heats. 

Each heat may include four or more 

competitors, with each competitor 

occupying one lane on the RND search 

course. Sources may be changed and/or 

repositioned between flights and/or 

heats to allow competitors to view the 

competition of other flights and heats. 

All competitors within a given flight 

will be sequestered and called to the 

course when their heat is ready to start. 

Advancing through each round of the 

competition will be based on a 

competitor’s detection and 

identification accuracy and RND search 

course completion time. Time penalties 

may be incurred for radiation source 

detection and identification errors. 

Competitor times will be measured at 

least to the 0.1 of a second by an 

automated timing system. 

Radiological sources employed for the 

Rad/Nuc Challenge will include 

isotopes common to typical detection 

instrument libraries, but may include 

isotopes that are not in some libraries. 

A list of actual sources that may be 

encountered during the event will be 

communicated to registered competitors 

prior to the competition. Source 

strengths will be sufficient such that 

most competitors should be able to 

detect and identify the sources using a 

typical personal radiation detector 

(PRD) and/or a radioisotope 

identification device (RIID). 

All competitors will have the 

opportunity to participate in a practice 

round and the first elimination round. 

Competitor RND search completion 

times in each elimination round, 

including any time penalties incurred, 

will be used to determine which 

competitors advance. A maximum time 

limit will be set. Competitors who do 

not finish within the time limit will 

receive the maximum time plus 

applicable penalties. 

Competitors will be required to use 

commercially available RND equipment 

to detect, localize, and identify radiation 

sources. Competitors may also be 

required to determine and indicate 

relative radiation source strengths. 

Competitors are encouraged to use their 

own RND equipment. However, a 

limited amount of RND equipment will 

be available for use by competitors at 

the event. 

Time penalties will be assessed for 

radiation detection, localization, 

identification, and relative source 

strength inaccuracies. Competitors will 

be required to balance accuracy and 

speed to obtain the best possible time 

and win the competition. 

Below we describe the Maze and 

Container Search components of the 

exercise in greater detail. 

A. The Maze 

The Maze requires locating radiation 

sources hidden among a number of 

identical tables. The tables in each lane 

will be arranged in identical patterns. A 

pre-determined number of radiological 

sources will be placed in boxes in each 

of the lanes. Each competitor or team 

will compete in their own lane. (See 

Figure 1 for a possible layout 

arrangement.) 

The sources will vary in size and by 

isotope within a single lane, but only 

one primary isotope will be in any box. 

Each lane will have an identical mix of 

sources. Each competitor will have a 

marking mechanism to clearly identify 

the boxes containing sources. These 

markers will be clearly visible to the 

referees and spectators. Background 

measurements will be taken before the 

event to identify any Naturally 

Occurring Radioactive Materials 

(NORM) or spectators/participants with 

medical isotopes in the area which 

might affect the competition. 

B. The Container Search 

The Container Search requires each 

competitor to detect and locate sources 

hidden inside shipping containers. 

Single or multiple sources may be 

placed at various heights above the 

ground, but along the centerline of the 

containers. Each competitor will 

compete in their own lane on either side 

of the container row. (See Figure 2 for 

a possible layout arrangement.) 


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The containers will be placed in rows 

end-to-end, spaced so that access is 

possible between containers to allow 

entry for source placement and position 

changes. The side of each container will 

have a grid for competitors to use to 

indicate the source’s location. Sources 

positioned at the centerline of 

containers will be of sufficient strength 

to be detected by most competitors 

using a typical PRD or RIID. Background 

measurements will be taken before the 

event to identify any NORM or 

spectators/participants with medical 

isotopes in the area which might affect 

the competition. 

II. Eligibility To Participate in the 

Competition 

Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 3719, American 

COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 

2010, Public Law 111–358, the Rad/Nuc 

Challenge is open only to (i) Individuals 

who are at least 18 years of age and 

citizens or permanent residents of the 

United States as of the time of entry, 

and (ii) teams of eligible individuals, 

where each team member meets the 

eligibility requirements for individual 

contestants. 

The Rad/Nuc Challenge is also 

limited to Civil Support Team members, 

state, local and tribal law enforcement, 

other first responders, and public safety 

officials. Other individuals, including 

Federal employees or contractors whose 

work deals directly with radiological 

and nuclear detection or detection 

equipment, may be eligible to be noncompetitive participants in the Rad/Nuc 

Challenge. This means that unless 

otherwise ineligible, such individuals 

may participate, but will not be eligible 

for an award, and will not compete 

directly against the registered state, 

local and tribal law enforcement, other 

first responders, public safety officials, 

and Civil Support Team competitors for 

non-monetary awards in the competitive 

exercise. 

The following individuals and/or 

teams are not eligible, regardless of 

whether or not they meet the criteria set 

forth above: (i) The sponsoring agency, 

contractor, or other organization 

involved with the design, production, 

promotion, execution, or distribution of 

the competition (collectively 

‘‘Promotion Entities’’); all employees, 

representatives, and agents of such 

entities, and immediate family or 

household members of any such 

employee, representative, or agent; (ii) 

any individual and/or team involved 

with the design, production, promotion, 

execution, or distribution of the 

competition and each member of any 

such individual’s immediate family or 

household; (iii) any individual and/or 

team that employs any judge or that 

otherwise has a material business 

relationship or affiliation with any 

judge; (iv) any Federal entity or Federal 

employee acting within the scope of 

their employment, or as may otherwise 

be prohibited by Federal law; and (v) 

any individual and/or team that used 

Federal facilities or consulted with 

Federal employees to develop their 

solution, unless the facilities and 

employees were made available to all 

participants on an equitable basis. 

III. Registration for Competitors and 

Attendees 

All Rad/Nuc Challenge competitors 

and attendees will be required to 

register at www.radnucchallenge.org. 

The Web site will be open for 

registration on May 8, 2013. 

Competitors and attendees are 

encouraged to visit the Web site 

periodically for updates on the event 

and to register for other Rad/Nuc 

Challenge events such as training, 

technical briefings, and special 

exhibitions which may have limited 

space available. These events will be 

made available on a first-come, firstserved basis. 

In order to encourage broad 

participation and early registration, 

DNDO will offer a travel reimbursement 

for the first 250 registered state, local 

and tribal law enforcement, other first 

responders, public safety officials, and 

Civil Support Team competitors. To 

encourage broad agency participation, 

there will be a limit to the number of 

competitors from a single agency that 

will be eligible for travel 

reimbursement. Once travel obligations 

are made for the first 250 registered 

state, local and tribal law enforcement, 

other first responders, public safety 

officials, and Civil Support Team 

competitors, the travel reimbursement 

will no longer be available and a notice 

will be posted on the Rad/Nuc 

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All Rad/Nuc Challenge noncompetitor attendees, including 

exhibitors, briefers, and observers, will 

be required to register and may be 

required to pay a nominal fee. 

Exhibitors may also be required to pay 

an additional fee to cover facility and 

other expenses related to the exhibition. 

The total number of attendees may be 

limited by the venue or exhibit area 

constraints so early registration is 

strongly encouraged. 

IV. Basis on Which Winners Will Be 

Selected 

Advancement beyond the first round 

of each event is based on the 

competitor’s RND proficiency based on 

their overall score. A competitor’s score 

will be determined by the RND search 

course completion time as measured by 

an automated timing system. Penalties 

may be assessed by adding time to the 

competitor’s raw completion time for 

not locating all sources, incorrectly 

identifying sources, reporting sources 

not present, inaccurately localizing 

sources, and failing to navigate the RND 

search course properly. Competitors 

with the best overall score based on 

speed and accuracy will be declared the 

winners of each heat and, ultimately, 

through elimination rounds, winner of 

the Rad/Nuc Challenge. 

V. Prize 

Winner(s) of the Rad/Nuc Challenge 

will be recognized for RND performance 

excellence and expertise through nonmonetary awards. The winners of each 

component of the competitive exercise 

and the overall winner will receive a 

trophy and certificate of achievement. 

The winners’ name, agency, equipment 

used, and winning score for each event 

will also be posted on the Rad/Nuc 

Challenge Web site. 

VI. Additional Information 

The Rad/Nuc Challenge will also 

provide access to exhibits featuring state 

of the art technologies supporting the 

RND mission, advanced technology 

demonstrations that showcase capability 

enhancing technologies under 

development, and an information 

exchange forum consisting of RND 

mission related briefings, panel 

discussions, and workshops. These 

forums will solicit user input on RND 

equipment operational requirements, 

and share RND mission best practices 

and lessons learned. 

Exhibition space will be available to 

all Rad/Nuc Challenge participants, 

including vendors, academia, national 

laboratories, and government agencies 

to showcase advanced capabilities, RND 

and other mission related equipment, 

and innovations in the RND mission 

area. Availability is on a first come, first 

serve basis. User fees may apply. 

For registration and other 

information, see the event Web site at 

www.radnucchallenge.org or contact 

Timothy Smith, DHS, DNDO, by email 

at radnucchallenge@hq.dhs.gov. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. 

Rafael Borras, 

Under Secretary for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10928 Filed 5–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9D–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2013–0222] 

Information Collection Request to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an 

approval for the following collection of 

information: 1625–NEW, U.S. Coast 

Guard Non-Appropriated Fund 

Employment Application. Our ICR 

describes the information we seek to 

collect from the public. Before 

submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast 

Guard is inviting comments as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast 

Guard on or before July 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number [USCG–2013–0222] to the 

Docket Management Facility (DMF) at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT). To avoid duplicate submissions, 

please use only one of the following 

means: 

(1) Online: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: DMF (M–30), DOT, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. To ensure 

your comments are received in a timely 

manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk 

Officer for the Coast Guard. 

The DMF maintains the public docket 

for this Notice. Comments and material 

received from the public, as well as 

documents mentioned in this Notice as 

being available in the docket, will 

become part of this docket and will be 

available for inspection or copying at 

room W12–140 on the West Building 

Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. You may also 

find the docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

A copy of the ICR is available through 

the docket on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Additionally, 

copies are available from: Commandant 

(CG–611), ATTN Paperwork Reduction 

Act Manager, US Coast Guard, 2100 

2ND ST SW STOP 7101, Washington DC 

20593–7101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Anthony Smith, Office of Information 

Management, telephone 202–475–3532, 

or fax 202–475–3929, for questions on 

these documents. Contact Ms. Barbara 

Hairson, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, 202–366–9826, for 

questions on the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

This Notice relies on the authority of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An 

ICR is an application to OIRA seeking 

the approval, extension, or renewal of a 

Coast Guard collection of information 

(Collection). The ICR contains 

information describing the Collection’s 

purpose, the Collection’s likely burden 

on the affected public, an explanation of 

the necessity of the Collection, and 

other important information describing 

the Collection. There is one ICR for each 

Collection. 

The Coast Guard invites comments on 

whether this ICR should be granted 

based on the Collection being necessary 

for the proper performance of 

Departmental functions. In particular, 

the Coast Guard would appreciate 

comments addressing: (1) The practical 

utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden of the 

Collection; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collection on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. In response to 

your comments, we may revise this ICR 

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