14358 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 53 / Thursday, March 19, 2015 / Notices 

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 RENEWABLE NUTRIENTS, 

LLC. of PINEHURST, NORTH 

CAROLINA, an exclusive license to U.S. 

Patent No. 8,574,885, ‘‘ANAMMOX 

BACTERIUM ISOLATE,’’ issued on 

NOVEMBER 5, 2013. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mojdeh Bahar of the Office of 

Technology Transfer at the Beltsville 

address given above; telephone: 301– 

504–5989. 

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 RENEWABLE 

NUTRIENTS, LLC. of PINEHURST, 

NORTH 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 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. 

Mojdeh Bahar, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06318 Filed 3–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Reinstate an 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek reinstatement of an 

information collection, the Census of 

Agriculture Content Test. Response to 

this survey will be voluntary. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 18, 2015 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0243, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• eFax: (855) 838–6382 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 

Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 

720–2707. Copies of this information 

collection and related instructions can 

be obtained without charge from David 

Hancock, NASS–OMB Clearance 

Officer, at (202) 690–2388 or at 

ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Census of Agriculture Content Test. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0243. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Reinstatement of an Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The Census of Agriculture, 

conducted every five years, is the 

primary source of statistics concerning 

the Nation’s agricultural industry and 

provides the basis for the Nation’s 

comparable and robust agricultural data. 

Results of the 2012 Census of 

Agriculture are available on the Web at 

http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/. This 

Information Collection activity will 

reinstate the Census of Agriculture 

Content Test. The purpose of this 

Content Test is to evaluate proposed 

changes to the survey methodology and 

content to reduce respondent burden 

and maintain the relevance of quality of 

statistics produced using the Census of 

Agriculture: Questionnaire format and 

design, new questions, changes to 

question wording and location, overall 

respondent burden, ease of completion, 

and processing methodology (such as 

editing and data summary). Results of 

this test will be studied in preparation 

for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. 

Development of the test questionnaire 

version will come from evaluation of the 

2012 Census of Agriculture, testing 

panels, and cognitive interviews. NASS 

will also meet with other USDA and 

Federal agencies and selected State 

Departments of Agriculture to gather 

information on data uses and, in some 

cases, justifications for county-level 

data. The test will be nation-wide, 

excluding Alaska and Hawaii, and will 

be conducted in three phases. For Phase 

One, a stratified random sample of 

approximately 50,000 farm and ranch 

operators will be mailed questionnaires; 

stratification will be used to ensure 

sufficient coverage of various sizes, 

locations and types of agricultural 

operations. The sample will be divided 

into control and treatment groups to test 

alternative versions of the 

questionnaires. Non-respondents will 

receive follow-up contact by first mail, 

then telephone. 

Phase Two will consist of up to 400 

randomly selected agricultural 

operations that will be asked to 

participate in cognitive interviews. The 

sample will consist of some agricultural 

operations that completed the 

questionnaire in Phase One, as well as 

some additional operations selected to 

ensure sufficient size of comparison 

groups. The cognitive interviews 

conducted with Phase One respondents 

will be used to improve the overall 2017 

Census of Agriculture questionnaire by 

allowing NASS to follow-up with 

respondents to better understand 

unusual responses and to ascertain 

question comprehension. The remainder 

of the cognitive interview sample will 

be randomly selected from operations to 

meet size and type criteria to ensure 

sufficient cases for quantitative 

comparisons. The cognitive interviews 

of this group will test further 2017 

Census of Agriculture questionnaire 

variations, including the Internet 

version. 

For Phase Three a stratified random 

sample of approximately 15,000 will be 

mailed letters asking them to go to a 

supplied Internet address to complete 

the survey. Stratification will be used to 

ensure sufficient coverage of various 

sizes and types of agricultural 

operations. The sample will be divided 

into control and treatment groups to test 

alternative versions of the on-line 

questionnaires and methods to increase 


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