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Vol. 83, No. 145 

Friday, July 27, 2018 

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, 

Forest Service, intends to grant to 

Domtar Paper Company, LLC of Fort 

Mill, South Carolina, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent No. 9,540,244, 

‘‘METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING 

GRAPHENE FROM A LIGNIN 

SOURCE’’, issued on January 10, 2017. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Thomas 

Moreland, Technology Transfer 

Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–1118, twmoreland@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Moreland, Technology Transfer 

Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, 443– 

677–6858, twmoreland@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s patent rights in 

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 Domtar Paper Company, 

LLC of Fort Mill, South Carolina 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 fifteen (15) 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. 

Mojdeh Bahar, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16135 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2018–0049] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Emergency 

Management Response System 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the Emergency 

Management Response System. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

25, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0049. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2018–0049, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2018-0049 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Emergency 

Management Response System, contact 

Dr. Fred Bourgeois, EMRS National 

Coordinator, PIC, NPIC, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (318) 288–4083. For more 

detailed information on the information 

collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Emergency Management 

Response System. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0071. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture is authorized, among 

other things, to protect the health of 

U.S. livestock and poultry populations 

by preventing the introduction and 

interstate spread of serious diseases and 

pests of livestock and by eradicating 

such diseases from the United States 

when feasible. 

The Emergency Management 

Response System (EMRS), which is a 

web-based system, helps APHIS manage 

and investigate potential incidents of 

foreign animal diseases in the United 

States. When a potential foreign animal 

disease incident is reported, APHIS or 

State animal health officials dispatch a 

foreign animal disease veterinary 

diagnostician to the premises of the 

reported incident to conduct an 

investigation. The diagnostician obtains 

vital epidemiologic data by conducting 

field investigations, including sample 

collection, and by interviewing the 

owner or manager of the premises being 

investigated. These important data, 

which are submitted electronically by 

the diagnostician into EMRS, include 

such items as the purpose of the 

diagnostician’s visit and suspected 

disease, type of operation on the 

premises, the number and type of 

animals on the premises, the number of 

sick or dead animals on the premises, 

the results of physical examinations of 

affected animals and necropsy 

examinations, vaccination information 

on the animals in the herd or flock, 

biosecurity practices at the site, whether 

any animals were recently moved out of 

the herd or flock, whether any new 

animals were recently introduced into 

the herd or flock, the number and kinds 


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