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martial records in the system pertaining

to them should be addressed to the

Clerk of Court, U.S. Army Legal Services

Agency, 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite

1200, Arlington, VA 22203–1837.

Requests for information as to special

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and summary courts-martial records

should be addressed to the staff judge

advocate of the command where the

record was reviewed or, if no longer

there, to the National Personnel Records

Center (Military Records), 9700 Page

Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63132–5200.

Requests for information concerning

reviews pursuant to Articles 69 or 73,

UCMJ, should be addressed to the Office

of the Chief, Examination and New

Trails Division, U.S. Army Legal

Services Agency, 901 N. Stuart Street,

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Written requests should include

individual’s full name, Social Security

Number, the record file number if

available, and any other personal

information which would assist in

locating the records.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals seeking access to

information about themselves contained

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inquires to the Clerk of the Court, U.S.

Army Legal Services Agency, 901 N.

Stuart Street, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA

22203–1837, if the type of courts-martial

or reviewing command is unknown.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

The Army’s rules for accessing

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appealing initial agency determinations

are contained in Army Regulation 340–

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from the system manager.

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relevant and material to courts-martial

proceedings.

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(2), and (3), (c) and (e) and published in

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BILLING CODE 5001–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Availability of Exclusive or Partially

Exclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

announces the general availability of

exclusive, or partially exclusive licenses

under the following patents. Any

license granted shall comply with 35

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404.

Patent Number: 5,849,984

Title: Method and System for Treating

Waste Nitrocellulose

Issue Date: 12/15/98

Patent Number: 5,858,082

Title: Self-Interlocking Reinforcement

Fibers

Issue Date: 1/12/99

Patent Number: 5,861,756

Title: Method of Detecting Accretion

of Frazil Ice on Water

Issue Date: 1/19/99

Patent Number: 5,863,483

Title: Shock-Absorbing Block

Issue Date: 1/26/99

Patent Number: 5,864,059

Title: Self-Recording Snow Depth

Probe

Issue Date: 1/26/99

Patent Number: 5,865,439

Title: Pop-Up Target System

Issue Date: 2/2/99

Patent Number: 5,888,559

Title: Press for Compacting Plastic

Explosive Material

Issue Date: 3/30/99

Patent Number: 5,890,836

Title: Interlocking Blocks for Stream

Erosion Control

Issue Date: 4/6/99

Patent Number: 5,900,820

Title: System and Method for

Detection of Frazil Ice on Underwater

Grating

Issue Date: 5/4/99

Patent Number: 5,902,939

Title: Penetrometer Sampler System

for Subsurface Spectral Analysis of

Contaminated Media

Issue Date: 5/11/99

Patent Number: 5,913,179

Title: Method for Spatial and

Temporal Analysis of Nested Graphical

Data

Issue Date: 6/15/99

Patent Number: 5,995,451

Title: Multiple Sensor Fish Surrogate

Interface System for Acoustic and

Hydraulic Data Collection and Analysis

Issue Date: 11/30/99

Patent Number: 6,003,251

Title: Debris Separator for Dredge or

Slurry Pump

Issue Date: 12/21/99

Patent Number: 6,032,538

Title: Pressure Sensor Mounting

Device for High Temperature

Environments

Issue Date: 3/7/00

Patent Number: 6,047,782

Title: Assembly and Method for

Extracting Discrete Soil Samples

Issue Date: 4/11/00

Patent Number: 6,053,479

Title: Self-Aligning Vortex Snow

Fence

Issue Date: 4/25/00

Patent Number: 6,064,760

Title: Method for Rigorous Reshaping

of Stereo Imagery with Digital

Photogrammetric Workstation

Issue Date: 5/16/00

Patent Number: 6,084,393

Title: Scour Probe Assembly

Issue Date: 7/4/00

Patent Number: 6,095,052

Title: Corrosion Resistant Metal Body,

Bullet Blank, and Bullet and Method for

Making Same

Issue Date: 8/1/00

Patent Number: 6,104,298

Title: Roof Moisture Detection

Assembly

Issue Date: 8/15/00

Patent Number: 6,109,486

Title: Dry Sand Pluviation Device

Issue Date: 8/29/00

Patent Number: 6,116,353

Title: Method and Apparatus for

Installing a Micro-Well with a

Penetrometer

Issue Date: 9/12/00

ADDRESSES: Humphreys Engineer Center

Support Activity, Office of Counsel,

7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria,

Virginia 22315–3860.

DATES: Applications for an exclusive or

partially exclusive license may be

submitted at any time from the date of

this notice. However, no exclusive or

partially exclusive license shall be

granted until 90 days from the date of

this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia L. Howland (703) 428–6672 or

Alease J. Berry, (703) 428–8160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USP

5,849,984—A method for treating waste

nitrocellulose, the method comprising

the steps of treating nitrocellulose with

acid in a hydrolysis process to break the

nitrocellulose down to glucose,

recovering a majority of the acid by

electrodyialysis, neutralizing a

remainder of the acid, and fermenting

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the glucose to convert the glucose to a

useful product. The invention further

comprises a system for performing the

above method.

USP 5,858,082—The invention’s first

embodiment of uses shape memory

alloy (SMA) fibers that are blended into

a concrete composite material as straight

fibers and are made to deform

themselves and anchor and interlock

themselves after dispersement in the

composite material resulting in a more

evenly distributed and interlocked fiber

reinforcement of the cementitious

material. A self-shaping fiber can be

imparted to the concrete material by

making the fibers out of SMA such as

nickel-titanium alloy known as nitinol

where the cementitious composite

material mixture is briefly heated above

the ‘‘transition’’ temperature prior to

hardening that causes the fibers to

change shape. Nitinol fibers are used

alone in place of conventional steel

fibers. A second embodiment uses

conventional coiled metal steel fiber

combined with a SMA clip for retaining

the coiled metal fiber during the

blending of this clipped fiber into a

cementitious material with required

heating yielding a shape change of the

coiled metal fibers ultimately resulting

in improved reinforcement

characteristics.

USP 5,861,756—The spaced plates of

a capacitor are immersed in water

adjacent water intake grating so that

water flowing toward the grating passes

between and in contact with the plates

so that frazil ice may accrete on the

facing surfaces of the plates. As

accretion occurs, the capacitance

changes to indicate the amount of

accretion of frazil ice which is detected

thereby providing an indication of the

amount of accretion of frazil ice on the

grating.

USP 5,863,483—Shock-absorbing

blocks for bullet stops at firing ranges

and for traffic control are made by

encasing scrap rubber tires in concrete.

To ensure firm attachment of the tires to

the concrete, reinforcements such as

wire loops are fastened to the tire. To

prevent the formation of air pockets

during the pouring of the concrete

mixture into a mold holding the tire,

vent holes are punched into the side

walls of the tire. To allow the concrete

mixture to flow under the tire in the

mold, the tire is propped up with

support blocks. Wires may be strung

across the top of the tire and attached

to the side walls of the mold to prevent

movement of the tire while the concrete

is being poured into the mold. The

concrete mixture may contain an

aqueous foam additive, a stabilizer, and

fiber reinforcements such as steel or

organic polymers.

USP 5,864,059—A snow probe device

with a portable data logger that

measures snow depths in snow covered

areas. The snow probe components

include: (i) A linear displacement

magnetostrictive transducer composed

of a long probe shaft with an internal

magnetostrictive transducer filament

that operates in conjunction with a

small electronics package for signal

generation and detection; (ii) a floating

plate assembly that includes a magnet

that slides on the probe shaft along with

a floating plate that rests upon the

snow’s surface during a measurement

event; (iii) a pointed tip designed for

easy penetration of snow attached at the

probe’s bottom end portion; (iv) a thumb

switch for actuating measurements on a

cylindrical handle attached at the upper

end of the probe shaft; and (v) a data

logger for controlling and recording the

magnetostrictive transducer

measurements. Optionally, the device

can include a polar fleece sleeve to

thermally insulate the transducer’s

electronics package and a digital

counter to record the number of

measurements performed.

USP 5,865,439—The invention is a

pop-up target system wherein a threedimensional target is raised by a kneelike action. The target may take the form

of a head and torso manufactured in two

parts, a front half and a back half, which

are hinged at the top of the head portion

and may incorporate a thick, relatively

massive material which will absorb

incoming bullets. The bases of the torso

halves are each mounted through hinges

to two separate four-wheeled platforms

or trucks which are constrained by

tracks or guide cables to move linearly

to move the bases of the torso halves

together in an upright position or apart

in a flat horizontal position. The linear

relative position of the torso halves is

controlled by linear moving means

attached to the wheeled platforms or

trucks such that at the maximum

separation between the torso halves, the

two halves of the target lays inclined on

a brace so as to be out of horizontal

alignment, preferably 5 to 10 degrees

out of alignment. The slight inclination

with the hinge at the head portion of the

target elevated above the base assures

that any lateral force will fold the two

halves at the hinge rather than directing

the force across two aligned members

attached with a hinge.

USP 5,888,559—A press for

compacting plastic explosive materials

comprises a base plate, a support

column upstanding from the base plate,

a tubular housing mounted on an upper

end of the column and extending

widthwise of the column, a slide

member slidably moveable in the

tubular housing substantially parallel to

the base plate and an elongated handle

pivotally mounted at a distal end

thereof on the slide member. A press

piston is slidably disposed in a bore in

the slide member and is slidably

moveable in directions normal to the

slide member, a distal end of the piston

being disposed over the base plate, the

piston having at a proximal end thereof

a handle housing through which

extends the handle, the handle housing

having first and second rollers therein

with the handle disposed between the

rollers. Pivotal movement of the handle

is operative to move the piston

reciprocally toward and away from the

base plate.

USP 5,890,836—Interlocking blocks

for the stabilization of stream and river

banks and coast lines, road bed

embankments, and boat ramps, are

made of concrete, and have a high

proportion of open area. Interlocking

connections between adjacent blocks are

made by radial projecting members and

recesses on the periphery of each block,

the projecting members of one block

fitting into the recesses on adjacent

blocks. Projections and recesses are

alternately provided at regular angular

intervals such that blocks can be

assembled in either square or an

equilateral triangular patterns. A layer

of filter cloth material is laid on the

sloping surface and upon which the

blocks are then placed; this filter cloth

slows down the leaching of water

through the open areas between the

interlocking blocks and prevents the

washing away of sand and silt by stream

or river water or rainwater runoff.

USP 5,900,820—A system for

detecting accretion of frazil ice on

underwater gratings includes a housing

for disposition beneath a water surface

and spaced from but proximate an

underwater intake grating. A pair of

parallel electrically conducive bars are

mounted side-by-side in the housing

and extend therefrom. The bars are in

communication with an electromagnetic

wave generator in the housing. A

coaxial transmission line is connected at

a first end to the housing and in

communication with the pair of bars for

extension from the housing upwardly

above the water surface. A monitoring

station is disposed above the water

surface for receiving signals from the

bars, the monitoring station having a

second end of the transmission line

fixed thereto. The wave generator

propagates electromagnetic waves to the

bars for further travel to distal ends of

the bars, and back to the housing and

thence to the monitoring station. The

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monitoring station is adapted to

compute wave round trip travel time in

the bars and to compute changes in the

round trip travel time, from which is

determined absence, presence, and

build-up of frazil ice on the bars,

thereby providing an indication of same

on the grating.

USP 5,902,939—The present

invention pertains to a direct push small

diameter fluorescence based

penetrometer system for performing in

situ spectral analysis on subsurface

liquid or gaseous samples. The

invention is configured to collect liquid

or gaseous analyte samples within the

penetrometer’s sample chamber through

a port that is juxtaposed to a heating

element that accelerates the separation

of volatile chemical materials from the

soil matrix. Fiber optic cables are linked

to surface mounted real-time data

acquisition/processing equipment from

the sample chamber. The penetrometer

sampling device is also equipped with

a standard penetrometer electric cone

sensor module containing cone and

sleeve strain sensors that are used to

calculate soil classification/layering in

real-time during penetration. The

invention integrates soil classification/

layering data with spectral signature

data of suspect subsurface liquid or

gaseous fluids for assessing whether the

subsurface soil and ground water

regions are contaminated without the

requirement of transporting the sample

and/or analyte to the surface for

analysis. Moreover, the system

integrates a means for grouting the bore

hole upon retrieval of the penetrometer.

USP 5,913,179—A computer

implemented method for analyzing data

utilizes a program and computer for

processing input data in the form of

digitized map representing a physical

structure. The microprocessor performs

the steps and stores the results of the

steps in an attached storage device. The

computer is programmed to employ or

use various linear scales to establish

critical dimensions of the curve and to

analyze the dimensions in terms of

orthogonal components. These are also

stored for later processing or analysis to

predict physical behavior associated

with the structure. In a particular

embodiment the curve represents a river

bottom and predictions may be made

about flows and the like.

USP 5,995,451—The invention is a

processor based analysis system with

appropriate interface that includes

multiple fish surrogates that each have

a plurality of piezoelectric and triaxial

accelerometer sensors for emulating

sensory organs of a particular fish. The

multiple fish surrogate array is

immersed in flowing water intakes of

hydraulic structures such as intakes,

intake bypasses, and diversion

structures, and natural geological

formation such as riffles, shoal areas,

and pools. The invention is an interface

system for data acquisition analysis and

perspective display of acoustic and fluid

dynamic data in or near these hydraulic

structures and/or natural formations. To

accomplish this, multiple sensors in

each of the fish-shaped surrogate

physical enclosures that form the array

are deployed at the same time to

describe a fish’s aquatic environment at

the hydraulic structure location. The

gathered data can then be correlated

with fish behavior for the purpose of

developing methods of diverting fish

from such areas of danger of a water

intake or to attract them to a water

bypass entrance system.

USP 6,003,251—A debris separator for

a dredge pump includes a body portion

having a top wall, bottom wall, first and

second side walls, and an aft end wall

defining a separator outlet for

connection to the pump, a funnel

portion having an entry end defining a

separator inlet and a larger discharge

end fixed to a forward inlet end of the

body portion. The separator further

includes a door hingedly mounted on

the body portion first side wall and

spring biased to a closed position

overlying an opening in the first side

wall, and a floor in the body portion

slanted toward the bottom wall and

toward the first side wall opening. Thus,

upon stopping of the pump,

backpressure is generated in the body by

backflow of water into the separator.

Backpressure causes the hinged side

door to open. Heavy objects which have

fallen to the slanted floor, due to the

reduction of flow velocity through the

separator, are flushed out of the

separator with discharge water. When

the discharge line empties, or the pump

is restarted, the door closes under the

spring bias.

USP 6,032,538—A mounting device

for pressure transducers comprises a

housing with two chambers separated

by an acoustic filter/heat sink. A blast

shield having at least one opening

allows communication between the

measured environment and the first

chamber and provides protection to the

acoustic filter/heat sink film blast

particles and flame. The acoustic filter/

heat sink comprises a plurality of

tortuous paths through a material

having a high thermal conductivity and

high specific gravity. The pressure

transducer is located in the second

chamber and is mounted on a thermally

insulating mounting plate. The tortuous

paths provide attenuation of high

frequency, high amplitude pressure

transients, cools the medium entering

the filter due to the pressure transient

and protects the transducer from

corrosive particles and aerosols.

USP 6,047,782—An assembly for

extracting discrete soil samples from

subsurface soil at a plurality of selected

depths includes an elongated outer

tubular housing, and a soil sample tube

for disposal in the outer tubular

housing. The soil sample tube is

movable axially in the outer tubular

housing and provided with a feature

thereon for locking the soil sample tube

in the outer tubular housing in a fully

inserted position in the outer tubular

housing. The replaceable soil sample

tube defines a sample chamber

proximate a distal end thereof. The

assembly further includes a cone tip

assembly including a cone tip member

and a cone tip rod, the cone tip member

being fixed to a distal end of the cone

tip rod. The cone tip rod is movable

axially in the soil sample tube, the cone

tip member having a locking feature

thereon for locking the cone tip member

at the distal end of the soil sample tube

with a cone portion of the cone tip

member extending distally beyond a

distal end of the outer tubular housing.

A method for extracting soil samples,

utilizing the above assembly, is also

contemplated.

USP 6,053,479—The invention relates

to a passive snow removal system which

deliberately forms vortices from a

passing airflow and directs the vortices

into scouring contact with snow

accumulation on a target surface. The

apparatus includes a base and a vortex

producing plate rotatably mounted at an

inclined angle relative to an upper

portion of the base near the plate’s

center of mass. The geometry of the

plate, which is preferably triangular, is

used to aerodynamically form vortices

from a passing airflow and direct the

vortices onto a target surface. Once the

vortices are in scouring contact with the

target surface, they act upon the surface

to dislodge and carry away any

accumulated snow in the direction of

the airflow and redeposit it downwind,

thus removing the snow from the target

surface.

USP 6,064,760—A method for

rigorously reshaping a pair of

overlapping digital images using a

Digital Photogrammetric Workstation

(DPW) is disclosed. The overlapping

images are imported into the DPW as a

pair of originally distorted images

having an associated sensor model. The

original images are triangulated to

adjust sensor parameters. Orthophotos

are created with a flat digital terrain

matrix (DTM) to leave terrain

displacements within themselves, and

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according to a sensor model and

formula for exact projective

computations. The orthophotos are

aligned by rotation, and interior

orientation coordinates of the equivalent

vertical frame images are determined.

The orthophotos are imported as a pair

of overlapping equivalent vertical frame

images according to the interior

orientation coordinates. A digital terrain

model is generated in the DPW using

the overlapping equivalent vertical

frame images. Another orthophoto is

produced using the digital terrain model

to remove the measured terrain

displacements. In an alternative

embodiment, the equivalent vertical

frame images are aligned by using the

classical pair-wise rectification method

or by separately rotating each image

without aligning the orthophotos by

rotation during their creation. In each

embodiment, the sensor model of the

original distorted images is dissociated

from the orthophotos for subsequently

greater distribution and usage of the

stereo imagery. USP 6,084,393—A scour probe

assembly comprises an elongated rigid

tubular member of electrically

insulative material, an anchoring

structure fixed to a distal end of the

tubular member, and a signal

transmission device mounted on the

tubular member. A pair of substantially

parallel electrically conducive sensor

lines are fixed to an external wall of the

tubular member and extend along at

least a portion of an axial length of the

tubular member from a closed proximal

end toward the distal end and extend

through the closed proximal end to an

interior of the tubular member.

Electronic components are disposed in

the interior of the tubular member and

are interposed between ends of the

sensor lines in the interior of the tubular

member and the signal transmission

device mounted in the tubular member.

USP 6,095,052—A bullet comprises a

lead sheet and a zinc foil fixed to the

lead sheet, the sheet and foil being

rolled and pressure formed into a bullet

having generally helical layers of the

lead sheet and zinc foil. The bullet

exhibits an improved environmental

impact on soil, relative to all-lead

bullets.

USP 6,104,298—A roof moisture

detection assembly includes an imaging

system for obtaining thermal and visible

images of a roof surface, an imaging

system support structure for mounting

the imaging system in a position

elevated relative to the roof surface, a

reference target mounted on the roof

surface, and an image-processing system

adapted to compare current thermal and

visible images of the roof surface with

previous thermal and visible images of

the roof surface and detect shapes and

areas of anomalous features, and to

compare the current thermal and visible

images with each other and detect

shapes and areas of anomalous features. USP 6,109,486—Dry sand is ‘‘rained’’

or pluviated into a receptor container

used in the study of soil mechanics. A

supply vessel in the shape of an opentop rectangular box has four vertical

side walls, a perforated bottom tray, and

a slidable perforated tray in contact

therewith, whereby sand flows by

gravity from the supply vessel through

perforations in the stationary and

slidable trays and rains or pluviates into

the receptor container when the slidable

tray is in the ‘‘open’’ position, and sand

is blocked from flowing from the supply

vessel with the slidable tray in the

‘‘closed’’ position. USP 6,116,353—A well assembly

device comprises an outer tubular

sleeve with a first end and second end.

An inner tubular member has a first end

and second end. An inner tubular

member has a first end, and the inner

tubular member is disposed within the

outer tubular sleeve. The inner tubular

member includes a screened portion at

its second end. A tip is frictionally

secured to the second end of the outer

tubular sleeve, so that the outer tubular

sleeve and the tip may selectively

disengage. Applications for an exclusive or

partially exclusive license should

contain the information set forth in 37

CFR 404.8. Applications will be

evaluated utilizing the following

criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and

market the technology; (2)

Manufacturing and marketing

capability; (3) Time required to bring

technology to market and production

rate; (4) Royalties; (5) Technical

capabilities; and, (6) Small Business

status.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–262–001]

Florida Power Corporation; Notice of

Filing

December 1, 2000.

Take notice that on November 27,

2000, Florida Power Corporation

(Florida Power or Company), tendered

for filing two amended executed

Interconnection and Operating

Agreements (Interconnection

Agreements): One with Shady Hills

Power Company, LLC (Shady Hills) and

one with Reliant Energy Osceola, LLC

(Reliant-Osceola). These two amended

Interconnection Agreements will

replace the ones originally filed by

Florida Power in the above-referenced

docket number on October 30, 2000.

The Company is filing these amended

versions to comply with the Company’s

pro forma Open Access Transmission

Tariff (OATT) with respect to the

establishment of an independent escrow

account for disputed amounts and the

interest rate on unpaid balances. The

Company has also included additional

cost of service data for each

Interconnection Agreement.

The Company requests the same

effective dates originally requested:

October 1, 2000 for the Shady Hills

Interconnection Agreement, and

November 1, 2000 for the ReliantOsceola Interconnection Agreement.

Copies of the filing were served on the

Florida Public Service Commission and

on the official service list in this docket.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions and protests

should be filed on or before December

18, 2000. Protests will be considered by

the Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection. This

filing may also be viewed on the

Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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