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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 232

Friday, December 1, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Government Owned

Invention Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of government owned

invention available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

owned by the U.S. Government as

represented by the Department of

Agriculture and is available for

licensing. U.S. Patent Application Serial

No. 09/637,031 entitled

‘‘Magnetostrictive Precipitation Gage’’ is

available for licensing in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR 404 to

achieve expeditious commercialization

of results of Federally funded research

and development. Foreign patents are

filed on selected inventions to extend

market coverage for U.S. companies and

may also be available for licensing.

DATES: (Federal Register) Comments

must be received on or before January

30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this invention may be obtained by

writing to: Janet I. Stockhausen of the

USDA Forest Service, One Gifford

Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin

53705–2398; telephone 608–231–9502;

fax: 608–231–9508; or e-mail

jistockh@facstaff.wisc.edu. Issued

patents may be obtained from the

Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Patent

and Trademark Office, Washington, DC

20231.

June Blalock,

Technology Licensing Coordinator.

[FR Doc. 00–30660 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 00–114–1]

General Conference Committee of the

National Poultry Improvement Plan;

Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: We are giving notice of a

meeting of the General Conference

Committee of the National Poultry

Improvement Plan.

DATES: The General Conference

Committee will meet on December 12,

2000, from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on

December 13, 2000, from 8:00 a.m. to

noon.

ADDRESSES: On December 12, 2000, the

meeting will be held at the USDA South

Building, 14th Street and Independence

Avenue SW., Room 3501, Washington,

DC; and on December 13, 2000, at the

USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River

Road, Room 2D02CN, Riverdale, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Andrew R. Rhorer, Senior Coordinator,

National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS,

APHIS, 1498 Klondike Road, Suite 200,

Conyers, GA 30094–1231; (770) 922–

3496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

General Conference Committee (the

Committee) of the National Poultry

Improvement Plan, representing

cooperating State agencies and poultry

industry members, serves an essential

function by acting as liaison between

the poultry industry and the Department

in matters pertaining to poultry health.

Topics for discussion at the upcoming

meeting include:

1. U.S. Salmonella Clean program for

meat-type chicken breeding flocks.

2. Mycoplasma gallisepticum

epidemiology update.

3. Proposed changes to the provisions

of the National Poultry Improvement

Plan.

4. Salmonella enteritidis in egg-type

chicken breeding flocks.

The meeting will be open to the

public. However, due to time

constraints, the public will not be

allowed to participate in the discussions

during the meeting. Written statements

on meeting topics may be filed with the

Committee before or after the meeting

by sending them to the person listed

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Written statements may also

be filed at the meeting. Please refer to

Docket No. 00–114–1 when submitting

your statements.

This notice of meeting is given

pursuant to section 10 of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act.

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of

November 2000.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 00–30598 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 00–116–1]

Draft Guideline on Pharmacovigilance

of Veterinary Medicinal Products:

Management of Adverse Event

Reports, VICH Topic GL24

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: A draft guideline titled

‘‘Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary

Medicinal Products: Management of

Adverse Event Reports’’ has been

developed by the International

Cooperation on Harmonization of

Technical Requirements for Registration

of Veterinary Medicinal Products

(VICH). The draft guideline deals with

the spontaneous reporting system for

identification of possible adverse events

following the use of marketed veterinary

medicinal products. Because the draft

guideline applies, in part, to veterinary

biological products regulated by the

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service under the Virus-Serum-Toxin

Act, we are requesting comments on its

provisions so that we may include any

relevant public input on the draft in the

Agency’s comments to the VICH

Steering Committee.

DATES: We invite you to comment on the

draft guidelines. We will consider all

comments that we receive by January

30, 2001.