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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 76, No. 132

Monday, July 11, 2011

**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 P & M Plastics, Inc. of Mountainair, New Mexico, an exclusive license to the Federal Government’s rights in U.S. Patent No. 6,632,387, ‘‘METHOD FOR MAKING WOOD AND PLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL’’, issued on October 14, 2003.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before August 10, 2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 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 patent rights in this invention are co-owned by the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, and P & M Plastics, Inc. of Mountainair, New Mexico. The prospective exclusive license will grant to the co-owner, P & M Plastics, Inc., an exclusive license to the Federal Government’s patent rights. It is in the public interest to so license this invention as P & M Plastics, Inc. 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. 2011–17321 Filed 7–8–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–03–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Farm Service Agency**

**Information Collection; United States Warehouse Act (USWA)** 

**AGENCY :**  Farm Service Agency, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Notice; request for comments.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on an extension with a revision of a currently approved information collection process associated with the regulations, licensing, and electronic provider agreements issued as specified in the United States Warehouse Act (USWA).

**DATES :**  We will consider comments that we receive by September 9, 2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  We invite you to submit comments on this Notice. In your comment, include volume, date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

Mail: Judy Fry, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Commodity Operations Division, Farm Service Agency (FSA), United States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–0553.

Fax: (202) 690–3123. E-mail: Send comments to: Judy.Fry@wdc.usda.gov.

You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Washington, DC 20503.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Judy Fry, phone: (202) 720–3822. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of regulatory information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Title: United States Warehouse Act (USWA).

OMB Control Number: 0560–0120. Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2011.

Type of Request: Extension with a revision of a currently approved information collection.

Abstract: The Secretary of Agriculture authorizes FSA as specified in the USWA to license public warehouse operators that are in the business of storing agricultural products; to examine such federally-licensed warehouses and to license qualified persons to sample, inspect, weigh, and classify agricultural products. The FSA licenses under the USWA over half of all commercial grain and cotton warehouse capacities in the United States. The regulations as issued govern the establishment and maintenance of electronic systems under which electronic documents including title documents on shipment, payment and financing that may be issued or transferred for any agricultural product.

This information collection allows the FSA to effectively administer the regulations, licensing, and electronic provider agreements and related reporting and recordkeeping requirements as specified in the USWA.

The forms in this information collection are used to provide those charged with issuing licenses under the USWA a basis to determine whether the warehouse and the warehouse operator meet application requirements to receive a license, and to determine compliance once the license is issued.

This information collection package is being revised to reflect the addition of two new forms and the deletion of several forms that were previously developed and cleared, but were never utilized and therefore determined to be
unnecessary.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information collection is estimated to average 0.41 hours per
response.

Respondents: Warehouse operators and electronic providers.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,500.

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 22,890.