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Vol. 62, No. 205

Thursday, October 23, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Research, Education, and Economics

Notice of Strategic Planning Task

Force Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and

Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Agriculture announces a meeting of

the Strategic Planning Task Force on

Research Facilities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Strategic Planning Task Force on

Research Facilities, currently consisting

of 14 members, is scheduled to meet for

the third of eight planned meetings. The

meeting is scheduled to be held at the

Presidio of San Francisco Military

Reserve, San Francisco, California,

beginning at 1 p.m. on December 2 and

concluding at 5 p.m. on Thursday,

December 4. The meeting will be a

review of progress of the Task Force and

will devote 1 day to a discussion

regarding Federal, state and private

roles in agricultural research.

Anticipated is a tour of the Western

Region Nutrition Laboratory and

presentations by Agricultural Research

Service, Forest Service, and university

officials.

Times and Dates: December 2, 1997,

1 p.m.–5 p.m.; December 3, 1997,

8 a.m.–5 p.m.; and December 4, 1997,

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Place: Presidio of San Francisco

Military Reserve, San Francisco, CA

94133.

Type of Meeting: Open to the Public.

Comments: The public may file

written comments before or after the

meeting with the contact person listed

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mitch Geasler, Project Director, Strategic

Planning Task Force on Research

Facilities, Room 212–W, Jamie L.

Whitten Building, USDA, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20250. Telephone

(202) 720–3803.

Done at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of

October 1997.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics.

[FR Doc. 97–28008 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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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 Great Lakes IPM, Inc., of

Vestaburg, Michigan, an exclusive

license to U.S. Patent 5,607,670, issued

March 4, 1997, entitled ‘‘Sex Attractant

for the Cranberry Fruitworm.’’ Notice of

Availability was published in the

Federal Register on December 14, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, Building 005, BARC—West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350.

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 Great Lakes IPM, Inc., has

submitted a complete and sufficient

application for a license. The

prospective license will be royaltybearing and will comply with the terms

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

CFR 404.7. The prospective license may

be granted unless, within sixty (60) 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 M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–28007 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Consumer Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment

Request—Report of Coupon Issuance

and Commodity Distribution for

Disaster Relief

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Food and Consumer Service (FCS) is

publishing for public comment a

summary of a proposed information

collection. The proposed collection is

an extension of a collection currently

approved for the Food Stamp Program

and the Food Distribution Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 22, 1997 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and

requests for copies of this information

collection to Alan Rich, Data Base

Monitoring Branch, Program

Information Division, Food and

Consumer Service, USDA, 3101 Park

Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

use of appropriate, automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.