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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 77, No. 159 

Thursday, August 16, 2012 

1To view the notice, the comments we received, 

the EA, and the FONSI, go to http://www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012- 

0052. 

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 the University of Mississippi 

of University, Mississippi, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent Application Serial 

No. 13/463,442, ‘‘Anti-Obesity 

Properties of Pterostilbene’’, filed on 

May 3, 2012. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

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 in 

this invention are assigned to the United 

States of America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. 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. 

Richard J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20126 Filed 8–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0052] 

Oral Rabies Vaccine Trial; Availability 

of an Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment and finding 

of no significant impact relative to an 

oral rabies vaccination field trial in New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 

and West Virginia. Based on its finding 

of no significant impact, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Chipman, Rabies Program 

Coordinator, Wildlife Services, APHIS, 

59 Chennell Drive, Suite 7, Concord, NH 

03301; (603) 223–9623. To obtain copies 

of the environmental assessment or 

finding of no significant impact, contact 

Ms. Beth Kabert, Environmental 

Coordinator, Wildlife Services, 140–C 

Locust Grove Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867; 

(908) 735–5654, fax (908) 735–0821, 

email: beth.e.kabert@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Wildlife Services (WS) program 

in the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) cooperates 

with Federal agencies, State and local 

governments, and private individuals to 

research and implement the best 

methods of managing conflicts between 

wildlife and human health and safety, 

agriculture, property, and natural 

resources. Wildlife-borne diseases that 

can affect domestic animals and humans 

are among the types of conflicts that 

APHIS–WS addresses. Wildlife is the 

dominant reservoir of rabies in the 

United States. 

On July 9, 2012, we published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 40322–40323, 

Docket No. APHIS–2012–0052) a 

notice 1 in which we announced the 

availability, for public review and 

comment, of an environmental 

assessment (EA) that examined the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed field trial 

to test the safety and efficacy of an 

experimental oral rabies vaccine for 

wildlife in New Hampshire, New York, 

Ohio, Vermont, and West Virginia. 

We solicited comments on the EA for 

30 days ending August 8, 2012. We 

received nine comments by that date. 

They were from private citizens 

(including five comments from the same 

individual), a foreign government, a 

Federal agency, and a State department 

of health. Three commenters expressed 

support for the proposed field trial. One 

commenter indicated we should prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

rather than an EA for this action but did 

not provide a reason for doing so. Other 

issues raised by commenters include 

concerns regarding possible effects on 

public health and whether the field trial 

is necessary. The comments, and 

APHIS’ responses to the comments, are 

presented in an appendix to the EA (see 

footnote 1). 

In this document, we are advising the 

public of our finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) regarding the 

implementation of a field trial to test the 

safety and efficacy of the AdRG1.3 

wildlife rabies vaccine in New 

Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, 

and West Virginia, including portions of 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

Forest Service National Forest System 

lands, but excluding Wilderness Areas. 

The finding, which is based on the EA, 

reflects our determination that the 

distribution of this experimental 

wildlife rabies vaccine will not have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment. 

The EA and FONSI may be viewed on 

the APHIS Web site at http://www.

aphis.usda.gov/regulations/ws/ws_

nepa_environmental_documents.shtml 

and on the Regulations.gov Web site 

(see footnote 1). Copies of the EA and 

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