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date of this published notice, NIH

receives written evidence and argument

that 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.

The patent describes the use of Cterminally truncated flavivirus envelope

proteins in vaccines against flavivirus

infections. The invention also relates to

recombinant viruses which encode the

truncated protein and to host cells

infected therewith.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of this

issued patent, inquiries, comments, and

other materials relating to the

contemplated license should be directed

to: Gloria H. Richmond, Patent Advisor,

Office of Technology Transfer, National

Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive

Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, MD

20852–3804; Telephone: (301) 496–7057

ext 268; Facsimile: (301) 402–0220; Email: Gloria Richmond@NIH.GOV.

Applications for a non-exclusive or

exclusive license filed in a response to

this notice will be treated as objections

to the grant of the contemplated license.

Only written comments and/or

applications for a license which are

received by NIH on or before April 8,

1997 will be considered. Comments and

objections submitted in response 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: January 28, 1997.

Barbara M. McGarey,

Deputy Director, Office of Technology

Transfer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the Information Collection Request for

Documented Petitions for Federal

Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe

requires renewal. Before submitting a

request for reinstatement, without

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB), the Department of

the Interior is soliciting comments on

this information collection, as required

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before April 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Holly Reckord, Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849

C Street, NW, MS–4603, Washington,

D.C. 20240.

All written comments will be

available for public inspection in Room

4603 of the Main Interior Building, 1849

C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. from

9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instructions should be directed to Holly

Reckord, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior, 1849 C

Street, NW, MS–4603, Washington, D.C.

20240, and 202/208–3592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Abstract

The information collection is needed

to establish whether a petitioning group

has the characteristics necessary to be

acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the

United States.

2. Method of Collection

The acknowledgment regulations at

25 CFR Part 83 contain seven criteria

(§ 83.7) which unrecognized groups

seeking Federal acknowledgment as

Indian tribes must demonstrate that they

meet. Information collected from

petitioning groups under these

regulations provides anthropological,

genealogical and historical data used by

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

to establish whether a petitioning group

has the characteristics necessary to be

acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the

United States.

3. Data

Title: Collection of Information for

Federal Acknowledgment Under 25 CFR

Part 83.

OMB Number: 1076–0104.

Expiration Date: January 31, 1997.

Type of Review: Reinstatement of

approved collection.

Affected Entities: Groups petitioning

for Federal acknowledgment as Indian

tribes.

Estimated Number of Petitioners: 10.

Estimated Time per Petition: 2,175

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 21,750.

Estimated Annual Costs: $870,000

(2,175 hours × $40.00 per hour).

4. Request for Comments

The Department of the Interior invites

comment on:

(a) Whether the 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 (including hours

and cost) 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 through

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; to

develop, acquire, install and utilize

technology and systems for the purpose

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; to train

personnel and to be able to respond to

a collection of information, to search

data sources, to complete and review

the collection of information; and to

transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

Office of Management and Budget

control number.

Dated: January 16, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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