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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. 


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