Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 167 / Thursday, August 28, 1997 / Notices 45635

Indebtedness (Salary Offset); 10 U.S.C.

136, as amended, Under Secretary of

Defense for Personnel Readiness; 10

U.S.C. 138, as amended, Assistant

Secretaries of Defense; section 101(1) of

Executive Order 12731; 4 CFR Ch. II,

Federal Claims Collection Standards

(General Accounting Office -

Department of Justice); 5 CFR 550.1101

– 550.1108, Collection by Offset from

Indebted Government Employees

(OPM); 45 CFR part 607 (NSF).

D. Records to be matched: The

systems of records maintained by the

respective agencies under the Privacy

Act of 1974, as amended, from which

records will be disclosed for the

purpose of this computer match are as

follows:

1. NSF will use personal data from the

following Privacy Act record system for

the match: NSF-57, ‘Delinquent Debtors’

File,’ which was published in the

Federal Register at 58 FR 33674 on June

18, 1993.

2. DOD will use personal data from

the record system identified as S322.11

DMDC, entitled ‘Federal Creditor

Agency Debt Collection Data Base,’ last

published in the Federal Register at 61

FR 32779 on June 25, 1996.

The categories of records in the NSF

record system are delinquent debtors.

The categories of records in the DoD

system consists of employment records

of active and retired military members,

including the Reserve and Guard, and

the OPM government-wide Federal

active and retired civilian records. Both

record systems contain an appropriate

routine use disclosure provision

required by the Privacy Act permitting

the disclosure of the affected personal

information between the National

Science Foundation and DoD. The

routine uses are compatible with the

purpose for collecting the information

and establishing and maintaining the

record systems.

E. Description of computer matching

program: NSF, as the source agency,

will provide DMDC with an electronic

file containing the names and SSN of its

delinquent debtors. Upon receipt of

debtor accounts, DMDC will perform a

computer match using all nine digits of

the SSN of the NSF list against a DMDC

computer database. The DMDC

database, established under an

interagency agreement between DOD,

OPM, OMB, and the Department of the

Treasury, consists of employment

records of non-postal Federal employees

and military members, active, and

retired. Matching records (’hits’), based

on the SSN, will produce the member’s

name, service or agency, category of

employee, and current work or home

address. The hits or matches will be

furnished to NSF. NSF is responsible for

verifying and determining that the data

on the DMDC reply hard copy list are

consistent with NSF’s source file and for

resolving any discrepancies or

inconsistencies on an individual basis.

NSF will also be responsible for making

final determinations as to positive

identification, amount of indebtedness

and recovery efforts as a result of the

match.

F. Individual notice and opportunity

to contest: Due process procedures will

be provided by the NSF to those

individuals matched (hits) consisting of

the NSF’s verification of debt; a

minimum of 30–day written notice to

the debtor explaining the debtor’s rights;

provision for debtor to examine and

copy NSF’s documentation of the debt;

provision for debtor to seek the NSF’s

review of the debt (or in the case of the

salary offset provision, opportunity for a

hearing before an individual who is not

under the supervision or control of the

agency); and opportunity for the

individual to enter into a written

agreement satisfactory to the NSF for

repayment. Only when all of the steps

have been taken will the NSF disclose,

pursuant to a routine use, to effect an

administrative or salary offset. Unless

the individual notifies the Foundation

otherwise within 30 days from the date

of the notice, NSF will conclude that the

data provided to the individual is

correct and will take the next necessary

action to recoup the debt. Failure to

respond to the notice will be construed

as to the correctness of the notice and

justification for taking the next step to

collect the debt under the law.

G. Inclusive dates of the matching

program: This computer matching

program is subject to review by the

Office of Management and Budget and

Congress. If no objections are raised by

either, and the mandatory 40 day public

notice period for comment has expired

for this Federal Register notice with no

significant adverse public comments in

receipt resulting in a contrary

determination, then this computer

matching program becomes effective

and the respective agencies may begin

the exchange of data 30 days after the

date of this published notice at a

mutually agreeable time and will be

repeated on an annual basis, unless

OMB or the National Science

Foundation request a match twice a

year. Under no circumstances shall the

matching program be implemented

before this 30 day public notice period

for comment has elapsed as this time

period cannot be waived. By agreement

between the National Science

Foundation and DoD, the matching

program will be in effect and continue

for 18 months with an option to extend

for 12 additional months unless one of

the parties to the agreement advises the

other by written request to terminate or

modify the agreement.

H. Address for receipt of public

comments or inquiries: Director,

Defense Privacy Office, Crystal Mall 4,

Room 920, 1941 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202–4502.

Telephone (703) 607–2943.

[FR Doc. 97–22908 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Technology Center;

Notice of Inventions Available for

Licensing

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE),

Federal Energy Technology Center

(FETC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center hereby announces that the

inventions listed below are available for

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207–209 to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

Foreign patents rights have been

retained on selected inventions to

extend market coverage and may also be

available for licensing. A copy of issued

patents may be obtained, for a modest

fee, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office, Washington, DC 20231.

ADDRESSES: Technology Transfer

Program Manager, U.S. Department of

Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV

26505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.

Diane Manilla, Technology Transfer

Program Manager, U.S. Department of

Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV

26505; Telephone (304) 285–4086; Email: RMANIL@FETC.DOE.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C.

207 authorizes licensing of Governmentowned inventions. Implementing

regulations are contained in 37 CFR Part

404. 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes

exclusive licensing of Governmentowned inventions under certain

circumstances, provided that notice of

the invention’s availability for licensing

has been announced in the Federal

Register.
45636 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 167 / Thursday, August 28, 1997 / Notices

Issued Patents

Number and Title

5,613,244—Process for Preparing Liquid

Wastes

5,593,593—Process for Removing

Sulfate Anions From Waste Water

5,560,420—Process for Casting HardFaced, Lightweight Camshafts and

Other Cylindrical Products

5,474,364—Shotgun Cartridge Rock

Breaker

5,404,764—Polyport Atmospheric Gas

Sampler

5,369,214—Method for Selective

Dehalogenation of Halogenated

Polyaromatic Compounds

5,333,044—Fluorescent Image Tracking

Velocimeter

5,312,462—Moist Caustic Leaching of

Coal

5,260,640—Method of and System for

Producing Electrical Power

5,254,697—Method of and System for

Producing Electrical Power

5,214,015—Synthesis on Iron Based

Hydrocracking Catalysts

5,168,088—Method for Dispersing

Catalyst onto Particulate Material

5,139,991—Improved Catalysts and

Method

5,139,958—A Device for Determination

of Low Concentrations of Oxygen in

Carbonaceous Materials

5,104,520—Apparatus and Method for

Separating Constituents

5,096,570—Method for Dispersing

Catalyst onto Particulate Material

5,061,363—Method for Co-Processing

Waste Rubber and Carbonaceous

Material

5,022,892—Fine Coal Cleaning Via

Micro-Mag Process

5,020,457—Destruction of Acid Gas

Emissions

5,019,652—Catalysts and Method

5,015,366—Process and Apparatus for

Coal Hydrogenation

5,008,083—Apparatus for Centrifugal

Separation of Coal Particles

4,878,442—NOx Control for High Nitric

Oxide Concentration Flows

Through Combustion-Driven

Reduction

4,867,868—Selective Flotation of

Inorganic Sulfides from Coal

4,829,246—Apparatus for Measuring

Slay or Ash in a Furnace

4,820,391—Exhaust Gas Cleanup

Process

4,775,387—Clean Coal by Explosive

Comminution with Alkali and

Supercritical Water

4,769,504—Process for Converting Light

Alkanes to Higher Hydrocarbons

4,695,372—Conditioning of

Carbonaceous Material Prior to

Physical Beneficiation

4,675,101—Step Wise Supercritical

Extraction of Carbonaceous Residua

4,615,780—Method of Removing Oxides

of Sulfur and Oxides of Nitrogen

from Exhaust Gases

4,615,712—Fuel Agglomerates and

Methods of Agglomeration

4,587,113—Removal of Sulfur and

Nitrogen Containing Pollutants

from Discharge Gases

4,526,272—Laterally Bendable Belt

Conveyor

Patent Applications Filed

Separation of Catalyst from FischerTropsch Slurry

Method for Producing Iron-Based Acid

Catalysts

Method for the Photocatalytic

Conversion of Methane

A Portable Tester for Determining Gas

Content Within a Core Sample

Mobile Machine Hazardous Working

Zone Warning System

Gas Fluidized-Bed Stirred Media Mill

Method of Making Multi-Layered

Titanium Ceramic Composites

Expandable Mixing Section Gravel and

Cobble Eductor

Cable Load Sensing Device

Rita A. Bajura,

Director, FETC.

[FR Doc. 97–22956 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Technology Center;

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

Patent License

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE),

Federal Energy Technology Center

(FETC).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an

intent to grant to Harrison Material

Consulting Services, Inc. of Minnetonka,

Minnesota, an exclusive license to

practice the invention described in U.S.

Patent No. 5,474,364, titled ‘‘Shotgun

Cartridge Rock Breaker.’’ The invention

is owned by the United States of

America, as represented by the

Department of Energy (DOE). The

proposed license will be exclusive,

subject to a license and other rights

retained by the U.S. Government, and

other terms and conditions to be

negotiated.

DOE intends to grant the license,

upon a final determination in

accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 209(c),

unless within 60 days of publication of

this Notice the Assistant Counsel for

Intellectual Property, Department of

Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, Morgantown, WV 26505,

receives in writing any of the following,

together with the supporting

documents:

(i) A statement from any person

setting forth reasons why it would not

be in the best interest of the United

States to grant the proposed license; or

(ii) An application for a nonexclusive

license to the invention, in which

applicant states that it already has

brought the invention to practical

application or is likely to bring the

invention to practical application

expeditiously.

DATES: Written comments or

nonexclusive license applications are to

be received at the address listed below

no later than sixty (60) days after the

date of this published Notice.

ADDRESSES: Assistant Counsel for

Intellectual Property, U.S. Department

of Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV

26505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

A. Jarr, Assistant Counsel for

Intellectual Property, U.S. Department

of Energy, Federal Energy Technology

Center, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV

26505; Telephone (304) 285–4555.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C.

§ 209(c) provides the Department with

authority to grant exclusive or partially

exclusive licenses in Department-owned

inventions, where a determination can

be made, among other things, that the

desired practical application of the

invention has not been achieved, or is

not likely expeditiously to be achieved,

under a nonexclusive license. The

statute and implementing regulations

(37 CFR § 404) require that the

necessary determinations be made after

public notice and opportunity for filing

written objections.

Harrison Material Consulting

Services, Inc. of Minnetonka,

Minnesota, has applied for an exclusive

license to practice the invention

embodied in U.S. Patent No. 5,474,364,

and has a plan for commercialization of

the invention.

The proposed license will be

exclusive, subject to a license and other

rights retained by the U.S. Government,

and subject to a negotiated royalty. The

Department will review all timely

written responses to this notice, and

will grant the license if, after expiration

of the 60-day notice period, and after

consideration of written responses to

this notice, a determination is made, in

accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 209(c), that

the license grant is in the public

interest.

Rita A. Bajura,

Director, FETC.

[FR Doc. 97–22955 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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