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Vol. 76, No. 125 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 

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 P & M Signs, Inc. of 

Mountainair, New Mexico, an exclusive 

license to the Federal Government’s 

rights in U.S. Patent No. 6,586,504, 

‘‘Wood And Plastic Composite Material 

And Methods For Making Same’’, issued 

on July 1, 2003. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 29, 2011. 

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 patent 

rights in this invention are co-owned by 

the United States of America, as 

represented by the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and P & M Signs, Inc. of 

Mountainair, New Mexico. The 

prospective exclusive license will grant 

to the co-owner, P & M Signs, Inc., an 

exclusive license to the Federal 

Government’s patent rights. It is in the 

public interest to so license this 

invention as P & M Signs, Inc. 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. 

Richard J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16250 Filed 6–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Request for Public Comments for 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children (WIC) Local Agency 

Recognition of Exemplary 

Breastfeeding Support Practices 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

request for public comments on the 

approach for selecting and awarding 

local agencies for excellence in WIC 

breastfeeding services and support. 

Section 231 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free 

Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111–296, 

requires that the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) establish a program 

to recognize WIC local agencies and 

clinics that demonstrate exemplary 

breastfeeding promotion and support 

activities. USDA believes that public 

input on the development of the 

recognition program would be 

beneficial. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow online instructions for 

submitting comments electronically. 

Mail: Address comments to: Debra R. 

Whitford, Director, Supplemental Food 

Programs Division, Food and Nutrition 

Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 520, Alexandria, VA 22302. 

Respondents are strongly encouraged 

to submit comments through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, as it will simplify 

the review of their input and help to 

ensure that it receives full 

consideration. All comments submitted 

in response to this notice will be 

included in the record and will be made 

available to the public. Please be 

advised that the substance of the 

comments and the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting the 

comments will be subject to public 

disclosure. All comments will be made 

available publicly on the internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Clark, Chief, Nutrition Services 

Branch, Supplemental Food Programs 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

520, Alexandria, VA 22302. (703) 305– 

2746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Historically, the WIC Program has 

promoted breastfeeding as the optimal 

method of infant feeding, unless 

medically contraindicated. 

Breastfeeding promotion and support is 

a critical component of the services the 

WIC Program provides to pregnant and 

postpartum participants. As evidence 

has grown surrounding the importance 

of breastfeeding to the health of mothers 

and babies, WIC has further expanded 

initiatives to reinforce these activities as 

a priority for the WIC Program. WIC’s 

recent efforts surrounding breastfeeding 

promotion and support include 

changing the WIC food packages to 

provide enhanced packages for fully 

breastfeeding mothers, expanding the 

WIC Peer Counselor Program, and 

establishing WIC Breastfeeding 

Performance Bonus awards to State 

agencies. This local agency recognition 

program will complement these and 

other Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

initiatives currently underway that seek 

to promote and increase breastfeeding 

among WIC participants. It will also 

complement other Federal initiatives, 

such as the Department of Health and 

Human Services (DHHS)-led initiative, 

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to 

Support Breastfeeding, as well as the 

recent requirement in the Patient 

Protection and Healthcare Reform Act 

(Pub. L. 111–148), that became effective 

in 2010, that most employers provide a 

reasonable break time for breastfeeding 

mothers. All of these initiatives work 

towards the common goal to meet 

national objectives specified in the 

recently released DHHS Healthy People 

2020, which includes an expansion of 

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