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Del Norte County, California,’’ evaluated 

the impacts on the human environment 

of our authorization of incidental Level 

B harassment resulting from the 

specified activity in the specified 

geographic region. At that time, we 

concluded that issuance of an IHA 

November 1 through April 30, annually 

would not significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment and 

issued a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) for the 2010 EA 

regarding the Society’s activities. In 

conjunction with the Society’s 2012 

application, we have again reviewed the 

2010 EA and determined that there are 

no new direct, indirect or cumulative 

impacts to the human and natural 

environment associated with the IHA 

requiring evaluation in a supplemental 

EA and we, therefore, intend to 

preliminarily reaffirm the 2010 FONSI. 

An electronic copy of the EA and the 

FONSI for this activity is available upon 

request (see ADDRESSES). 

Helen M. Golde, 

Acting Office Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00202 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Intent To Grant an Exclusive License 

of a U.S. Government-Owned Invention 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

209(e), and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) and 37 

CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is 

made of the intent to grant an exclusive, 

revocable license to the invention 

claimed in U.S. Patent No. 6,316,197, 

entitled ‘‘Method of Diagnosing of 

Exposure to Toxic Agents by Measuring 

Distinct Pattern in the Levels of 

Expression of Specific Genes,’’ issued 

on November 13, 2001, and foreign 

rights to Cascade Biotherapeutics, Inc., 

with its principal place of business at 

4938 Hampden Lane #319, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20814–2914. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, MD 21702–5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research & Technology Applications, 

(301) 619–6664. For patent issues, Ms. 

Elizabeth Arwine, Patent Attorney, (301) 

619–7808; both at telefax (301) 619– 

5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Anyone 

wishing to object to grant of this license 

can file written objections along with 

supporting evidence, if any, within 15 

days from the date of this publication. 

Written objections are to be filed with 

the Command Judge Advocate (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00226 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Plutonium-238 Production for 

Radioisotope Power Systems for 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration and National Security 

Missions 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

Supplement Analysis; Notice of 

Cancellation of an Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) issued the Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Accomplishing Expanded Civilian 

Nuclear Energy Research and 

Development and Isotope Production 

Missions in the United States, Including 

the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility 

(Nuclear Infrastructure or NI PEIS) in 

December 2000 to evaluate alternatives 

for enhancement of DOE’s nuclear 

infrastructure. After considering the 

analysis in the NI PEIS and other 

relevant factors, DOE decided to 

reestablish domestic production of 

plutonium-238 (Pu-238) for radioisotope 

power systems (RPSs) to support the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) and national 

security missions. Although a Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the NI PEIS was 

published in January 2001, DOE has not 

implemented the decision to date. That 

decision included using the Advanced 

Test Reactor at the Idaho National 

Laboratory (INL) and the High Flux 

Isotope Reactor at the Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory (ORNL) in 

Tennessee to irradiate neptunium-237 

(Np-237) targets; using the 

Radiochemical Engineering 

Development Center at ORNL to 

fabricate Np-237 targets and isolate Pu238; utilizing TA-55 at Los Alamos 

National Laboratory in New Mexico to 

purify and encapsulate Pu-238; and, 

using existing facilities at INL to 

assemble and test the RPSs. Subsequent 

to the decision, DOE issued the draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear 

Operations Related to Production of 

Radioisotope Power Systems (Draft 

Consolidation EIS) in 2005 to 

consolidate the nuclear operations 

related to RPSs at a single site. DOE is 

now proposing to implement that earlier 

decision based on the NI PEIS and 

cancel the Consolidation EIS. Prior to 

proceeding with implementation of that 

earlier decision, DOE will prepare a 

Supplement Analysis (SA) in 

accordance with DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Implementing Procedures to determine 

whether a supplement to the NI PEIS or 

a new EIS should be prepared, or that 

no additional NEPA review is 

warranted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the Pu–238 

Production Program, please contact: Ms. 

Alice Caponiti, Program Director for 

Infrastructure Capabilities, Office of 

Space and Defense Power Systems (NE– 

75), Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, Phone 301–903–6062, 

alice.caponiti@nuclear.energy.gov. 

For information on NEPA analysis for 

Pu-238 production, please contact: Dr. 

Rajendra Sharma, NEPA Compliance 

Officer, Office of Nuclear Energy (NE– 

31), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, Phone 301–903–2899, 

rajendra.sharma@nuclear.energy.gov. 

For general information on the DOE 

NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, Phone 202–586–4600; leave a 

message at 1–800–472–2756; facsimile 

202–586–7031; or send email to: 

asknepa@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the authority of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, DOE’s missions 

include: (1) Producing isotopes for 

research and applications in medicine 

and industry; (2) meeting nuclear 

material needs of other Federal 

agencies; and (3) conducting research 

and development activities for civilian 

use of nuclear power. As part of these 

responsibilities, DOE and its 

predecessor agencies have supplied Pu238 for U.S. space programs and 

national security missions for more than 

five decades. NASA uses RPSs, which 

are fueled by Pu-238, as the source of 


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