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Vol. 78, No. 90 

Thursday, May 9, 2013 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of May 17 President’s Global 

Development Council Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

President’s Global Development Council 

(GDC). 

Date: Friday, May 17, 2013. 

Time: TBD. 

Location: Eisenhower Executive 

Office Building, South Court 

Auditorium, Pennsylvania Avenue and 

17th Street NW. 

Because of the exceptional 

circumstances of coordinating highlevel schedules and other logistics this 

notice is being provided less than 15 

days prior pursuant to 5 CFR 102– 

3.150(b). 

Agenda 

I. Opening Remarks: Vision for the GDC 

II. Overview of the GDC’s Role & Efforts 

III. Presentations on Key Issues 

IV. Request for Feedback and Q&A 

Stakeholders 

The meeting is free and open to the 

public. Persons wishing to attend 

should RSVP to 

Interest_GDC@who.eop.gov. Please note 

that capacity is limited. Additional 

information on web streaming will be 

forthcoming on www.whitehouse.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jayne Thomisee, 202–712–5506. 

Dated: May 3, 2013. 

Jayne Thomisee, 

Executive Director & Policy Advisor, U.S. 

Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11025 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 3, 2013. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, 725–17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: RUS Form 444, ‘‘Wholesale 

Power Contracts’’. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0089. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), 

authorizes the Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS) to make and guarantee loans that 

will enable rural consumers to obtain 

electric power. Rural consumers formed 

non-profit electric distribution 

cooperatives, groups of these 

distribution cooperatives banded 

together to form Generation and 

Transmission cooperatives (G&T’s) that 

generate or purchase power and 

transmit the power to the distribution 

systems. All RUS and G&T borrowers 

will enter into a Wholesale Power 

Contract with their distribution 

members by using RUS Form 444, as 

adapted to meet the needs of the 

borrower. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

fulfill the purposes of the RE Act RUS 

will collect information to improve the 

credit quality and credit worthiness of 

loans and loan guarantees to G&T 

borrowers. RUS works closely with 

lending institutions that provide 

supplemental loan funds to borrowers. 

Description of Respondents: Not-for 

profit institutions; Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

At time of request for a loan or loan 

guarantee. 

Total Burden Hours: 120. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–13–0002] 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the Specialty 

Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill 

(SCBGP–FB) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) announces the 

availability of approximately $52 

million in grant funds, less USDA 

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administrative costs, for fiscal year (FY) 

2013, to solely enhance the 

competitiveness of specialty crops. 

SCBGP–FB funds are authorized by 

Section 701 of the American Taxpayer 

Relief Act of 2012 that extends Section 

10109 of the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008, Public Law 110–246 

(the Farm Bill) for one year until 

September 30, 2013. State departments 

of agriculture are encouraged to develop 

their grant applications promptly. State 

departments of agriculture interested in 

obtaining grant program funds are 

invited to submit applications to USDA. 

State departments of agriculture, 

meaning agencies, commissions, or 

departments of a State government 

responsible for agriculture within the 50 

States, the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands are eligible to 

apply. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

between May 9, 2013 and not later than 

July 10, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trista Etzig, Phone: (202) 690–4942, 

email: trista.etzig@ams.usda.gov or your 

State department of agriculture listed on 

the SCBGP and SCBGP–FB Web site at 

www.ams.usda.gov/scbgp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SCBGP– 

FB is authorized under Section 101 of 

the Specialty Crops Competitiveness 

Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) and 

amended under Section 10109 of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008, Public Law 110–246 (the Farm 

Bill). SCBGP–FB is currently 

implemented under 7 CFR part 1291 

(published March 27, 2009; 74 FR 

13313). 

The SCBGP–FB assists State 

departments of agriculture in solely 

enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. 

specialty crops. Specialty crops are 

defined as fruits and vegetables, dried 

fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, nursery 

crops (including floriculture). 

AMS encourages states to develop 

projects solely to enhance the 

competitiveness of specialty crops 

pertaining to the following issues 

affecting the specialty crop industry: 

increasing child and adult nutrition 

knowledge and consumption of 

specialty crops; improving efficiency 

and reducing costs of distribution 

systems; assisting all entities in the 

specialty crop distribution chain in 

developing ‘‘Good Agricultural 

Practices’’, ‘‘Good Handling Practices’’, 

‘‘Good Manufacturing Practices’’, and in 

cost-share arrangements for funding 

audits of such systems for small farmers, 

packers and processors; investing in 

specialty crop research, including 

research to focus on conservation and 

environmental outcomes; enhancing 

food safety; developing new and 

improved seed varieties and specialty 

crops; pest and disease control; and 

development of organic and sustainable 

production practices. 

States should consider submitting 

grants that increase the competitiveness 

of specialty crop farmers, including 

Native American and disadvantaged 

farmers. Increasing competitiveness may 

include developing local and regional 

food systems, and improving food 

access in underserved communities. 

Projects that support biobased 

products and bioenergy and energy 

programs, including biofuels and other 

alternative uses for agricultural and 

forestry commodities (development of 

biobased products) should see the 

USDA energy Web site at: http:// 

www.usda.gov/energy/matrix/Home for 

information on how to submit those 

projects for consideration to the energy 

programs supported by USDA. 

Projects that support farmers markets 

or other venues where non-specialty 

crops are sold should include controls 

to ensure that grant funds will only be 

used to benefit specialty crops. For 

examples of strategies to meet this 

requirement, please see page 26 of the 

document at http://www.ams.usda.gov/

AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName= 

STELPRDC5080825. 

Each interested State department of 

agriculture must submit an application 

for SCBGP–FB grant funds anytime 

between May 9, 2013 and on or before 

July 10, 2013, through www.grants.gov. 

AMS will work with each State 

department of agriculture and provide 

assistance as necessary. 

Other organizations interested in 

participating in this program should 

contact their local State department of 

agriculture. State departments of 

agriculture specifically named under the 

authorizing legislation should assume 

the lead role in SCBGP–FB projects, and 

use cooperative or contractual linkages 

with other agencies, universities, 

institutions, and producer, industry, 

tribe, or community-based organizations 

as appropriate. 

Additional details about the SCBGP– 

FB application process for all applicants 

are available at the SCBGP–FB Web site: 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/scbgp. 

To be eligible for a grant, each State 

department of agriculture’s application 

shall be clear and succinct and include 

the following documentation 

satisfactory to AMS: 

(A) One SF–424 ‘‘Application for 

Federal Assistance’’. The grant period 

must start on or before September 30, 

2013 and end no later than September 

29, 2016. 

(B) SF–424A ‘‘Budget Information— 

Non-Construction Programs’’ showing 

the budget for each project. 

(C) One SF–424B ‘‘Assurances—NonConstruction Program’’ 

(D) Completed applications must also 

include one State plan to show how 

grant funds will be utilized to solely 

enhance the competitiveness of 

specialty crops. The State plan shall 

include the following: 

(1) Cover page and granting processes. 

Include the point of contact and lead 

agency for administering the plan. 

Include the steps taken to conduct 

outreach to specialty crop stakeholders 

to receive and consider public comment 

to identify state funding priorities 

needs, including any focus on multistate projects in enhancing the 

competitiveness of specialty crops. 

Provide the identified funding priority 

areas. Describe the methods used to 

identify socially disadvantaged and 

beginning farmers and reach out to these 

groups about the SCBGP–FB. Identify by 

project title if an award was made to 

either a socially disadvantaged farmer or 

a beginning farmer. If steps were not 

taken to conduct outreach to socially 

disadvantaged and beginning farmers, 

provide a justification for why not. 

Provide a description of the affirmative 

steps taken to conduct a competitive 

grant process. Describe the methods 

used to solicit proposals that met 

identified specialty crop funding 

priority needs. Include the number of 

grant proposals that were received. 

Describe how members on the review 

panel were selected to ensure they were 

free from conflicts of interest and 

consisted of a community of experts in 

various fields, who were qualified and 

able to perform impartial reviews. 

Identify what fields the review panel 

members were from. State if the review 

results of the peer review panel were 

given to the grant applicants ensuring 

the confidentiality of the review panel 

members. If a competitive grant process 

was not used, provide a justification 

why not. 

(2) State Department of Agriculture 

Oversight. Describe how and when the 

State department of agriculture will 

oversee subgrantee activities to ensure 

proper and efficient administration of 

grant funds. Include timelines for 

oversight activities. If grant funds will 

be used for direct administration of the 

grant agreement, include a budget 

breakdown to include percent of fulltime equivalents (FTE), percent of fringe 

benefits, supplies, etc. Also, include the 

administrative ‘‘project’’ on the SF– 

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424A ‘‘Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs’’ including 

indirect costs. 

(3) Project title, partner organization 

name, abstract. Include the title of the 

project, the name of the organization 

that will partner with the State 

department of agriculture to lead and 

execute the project, and an abstract of 

200 or fewer words for each project. 

(4) Project purpose. For each project, 

clearly state the purpose of the project. 

Describe the specific issue, problem, 

interest, or need to be addressed. 

Explain why the project is important 

and timely and identify the objectives of 

the project. If the project has the 

potential to enhance the competiveness 

of non-specialty crops, describe the 

methods or processes the applicant will 

use to ensure all grant funds will solely 

enhance the competitiveness of eligible 

specialty crops as defined in 7 CFR 

1291.2(n). If a project builds on a 

previous SCBGP or SCBGP–FB project, 

indicate how the projects differ from 

one another. For each project, indicate 

if the project will be or has been 

submitted to or funded by another 

Federal or State grant program. If the 

project was submitted to or funded by 

another Federal or State grant program, 

describe how the project differs from 

and supplements efforts of the SCBGP– 

FB and the other Federal or State grant 

program and does not duplicate funding 

efforts. The SCBGP–FB will not fund 

duplicative projects. 

(5) Potential impact. This section 

shall show how the project potentially 

impacts the specialty crop industry and/ 

or the public rather than a single 

organization, institution, or individual. 

Identify who the specialty crop 

beneficiaries of the project are, the 

number of specialty crop beneficiaries 

impacted, how the specialty crop 

beneficiaries are impacted by the 

project, and/or the potential economic 

impact if such data are available and 

relevant to the project. 

(6) Expected Measurable Outcomes. 

For each project, describe at least one 

distinct, quantifiable, and measurable 

outcome-oriented objective that directly 

and meaningfully supports the project’s 

purpose. The measurable outcomeoriented objective must define an event 

or condition that is external to the 

project and that is of direct importance 

to the intended beneficiaries and/or the 

public. The measurable outcomes, when 

possible, should include a goal, 

performance measure, benchmark, and 

target. Outcome measures may be long 

term and may exceed the grant period. 

For each project, describe how 

performance toward meeting outcomes 

will be monitored by identifying the 

data sources that will be used to 

monitor performance and how the data 

will be collected. 

(7) Work Plan. For each project, 

explain briefly the activities that will be 

performed to accomplish the objectives 

of the project. Be clear about who will 

do the work and when each activity will 

be accomplished to include beginning 

and end dates for each project. Include 

the performance monitoring/data 

collection plan. 

(8) Budget Narrative. Provide in 

sufficient detail information about the 

budget categories listed on SF–424A for 

each project to demonstrate that grant 

funds are being expended on eligible 

grant activities that meet the purpose of 

the program and that costs are 

reasonable and allowable. 

(a) Personnel—For each project 

participant, indicate their title, percent 

FTE, and corresponding salary for the 

FTE. Show the total for all SCBGP–FB 

funded personnel. 

(b) Fringe benefits—Provide the rate 

of fringe benefits for each project 

participant’s salary described in the 

personnel section. Show the total for all 

SCBGP–FB funded fringe benefits. 

(c) Travel—Provide the following 

information in the narrative if 

applicable: destination; purpose of trip; 

number of trips; number of people 

traveling; number of days traveling; 

estimated airfare costs; estimated 

ground transportation costs; estimated 

lodging and meals costs; and estimated 

mileage rate and costs for the travel. 

Show the total for all SCBGP–FB funded 

travel. 

(d) Equipment—Provide an itemized 

list of equipment purchases or rentals, 

along with a brief narrative on the 

intended use of each equipment item, 

and the cost for all the equipment 

purchases or rentals. Show the total for 

all SCBGP–FB funded equipment. 

(e) Supplies—Provide an itemized list 

and estimate the dollar amount for each 

item. Show the total for all SCBGP–FB 

funded supplies. 

(f) Contractual—Provide a short 

description of the services each contract 

covers. Indicate if the cost is a flat rate 

fee or hourly rate. Indicate the flat rate 

fee or hourly rate to be applied. If 

hourly rates exceed the salary of a GS– 

14 step 10 Federal employee in your 

area (for more information please go to 

www.opm.gov and click on Salaries and 

Wages), an acceptable justification must 

be provided. List general categories of 

items the contract covers such as 

professional services, travel, lodging, 

indirect costs, etc. Show the total for all 

SCBGP–FB funded contractual. 

(g) Other—Provide a detailed 

description of all other direct costs such 

as mailings, postage, express mail, faxes, 

and telephone long distance charges; 

speaker/trainer fees to include the 

amount of the speaker’s fees and a 

description of the services they are 

providing; publication costs to include 

the estimated cost of printing of 

brochures and other program materials 

or scientific or technical journals as well 

as an estimate of the number of pieces 

to be printed/published; data collection 

to include the estimated costs of 

collecting performance data to measure 

the project outcome measures; and the 

costs of holding a conference or 

meeting. If meals are budgeted for a 

conference or meeting for reasons other 

than meals associated with travel per 

diem, provide an adequate justification 

for why these costs should not be 

considered entertainment costs. Show 

the total for all SCBGP–FB funded other. 

(h) Indirect Costs—Indicate percent of 

indirect costs. Show the total for all 

SCBGP–FB funded indirect charges. 

Indirect costs for this grant period 

should not exceed 10 percent of any 

proposed budget. 

(i) Program Income—Indicate the 

nature or source of program income (i.e., 

registration fees). Estimate the amount 

of program income. Describe how the 

income will be used to further enhance 

the competitiveness of specialty crops. 

(9) Project Partner Oversight. Describe 

who or what organization will oversee 

the project activities and how will 

oversight be performed to ensure proper 

and efficient administration for each 

project. 

(10) Project Commitment. Describe 

briefly what specialty crop stakeholders 

outside the lead organization support 

this project and how all grant project 

stakeholders work toward the goals and 

outcomes of the project. 

(11) Multi-state Projects. If the project 

is a multi-state project, identify the 

other states that are participating, 

describe how the states are going to 

collaborate effectively with related 

projects with one state assuming the 

coordinating role. Indicate the percent 

of the budget covered by each state. 

Each State department of agriculture 

that submits an application that is 

reviewed and approved by AMS is to 

receive an estimated base grant of 

$171,852.89 to solely enhance the 

competitiveness of specialty crops. In 

addition, AMS will allocate the 

remainder of the grant funds based on 

the proportion of the value of specialty 

crop production in the state in relation 

to the national value of specialty crop 

production using the latest available 

(2011 National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS) cash receipt data for the 

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Agricultura De Puerto Rico for the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2007 

Census of Agriculture cash receipts for 

Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and 2008 Census of Agriculture 

cash receipts for American Samoa) 

specialty crop production data in all 

states whose applications are accepted. 

The amount of the base grant plus 

value of production available to each 

State department of agriculture is 

estimated to be: 

(1) Alabama .......................... $384,849.24 

(2) Alaska ............................. 85,231.03 

(3) American Samoa ............ 202,518.42 

(4) Arizona ............................ 1,305,396.81 

(5) Arkansas ......................... 241,858.20 

(6) California ......................... 18,070,083.26 

(7) Colorado .......................... 678,827.55 

(8) Connecticut ..................... 373,391.79 

(9) Delaware ......................... 228,452.55 

(10) District of Columbia ....... 171,852.89 

(11) Florida ........................... 4,177,122.21 

(12) Georgia ......................... 1,131,614.82 

(13) Guam ............................ 173,488.79 

(14) Hawaii ........................... 344,884.75 

(15) Idaho ............................. 991,862.03 

(16) Illinois ............................ 535,776.09 

(17) Indiana .......................... 371,274.35 

(18) Iowa ............................... 252,205.58 

(19) Kansas .......................... 238,817.41 

(20) Kentucky ....................... 243,367.21 

(21) Louisiana ....................... 324,467.34 

(22) Maine ............................ 399,314.64 

(23) Maryland ....................... 444,245.94 

(24) Massachusetts .............. 417,184.80 

(25) Michigan ........................ 1,256,470.39 

(26) Minnesota ...................... 670,959.58 

(27) Mississippi ..................... 275,199.76 

(28) Missouri ......................... 317,414.66 

(29) Montana ........................ 303,333.39 

(30) Nebraska ....................... 312,641.19 

(31) Nevada .......................... 249,859.85 

(32) New Hampshire ............ 223,449.42 

(33) New Jersey ................... 770,362.40 

(34) New Mexico .................. 426,368.39 

(35) New York ...................... 1,024,636.80 

(36) North Carolina ............... 1,072,498.14 

(37) North Dakota ................. 479,434.98 

(38) Northern Mariana Islands .................................. 173,095.25 

(39) Ohio ............................... 593,324.00 

(40) Oklahoma ...................... 330,993.57 

(41) Oregon .......................... 1,498,930.75 

(42) Pennsylvania ................. 947,711.72 

(43) Puerto Rico ................... 350,296.18 

(44) Rhode Island ................. 204,941.26 

(45) South Carolina .............. 504,662.76 

(46) South Dakota ................ 194,589.19 

(47) Tennessee .................... 470,706.73 

(48) Texas ............................ 1,407,162.21 

(49) U.S. Virgin Islands ........ 172,880.39 

(50) Utah ............................... 278,657.65 

(51) Vermont ......................... 208,920.91 

(52) Virginia .......................... 455,811.53 

(53) Washington ................... 3,227,719.05 

(54) West Virginia ................. 204,437.61 

(55) Wisconsin ...................... 863,170.52 

(56) Wyoming ....................... 197,138.41 

Funds not obligated will be allocated 

pro rata to the remaining States which 

applied during the specified grant 

application period to be solely 

expended on projects previously 

approved in their State plan. AMS will 

notify the States as to the procedures for 

applying for the reallocated funds. 

AMS requires applicants to submit 

SCBGP–FB applications electronically 

through the central Federal grants Web 

site, www.grants.gov instead of mailing 

hard copy documents. Original 

signatures are not needed on the SF–424 

and SF–424B when applying through 

www.grants.gov and applicants are not 

required to submit any paper documents 

to AMS. Applicants are strongly urged 

to familiarize themselves with the 

Federal grants Web site and begin the 

application process well before the 

application deadline. For information 

on how to apply electronically, please 

consult http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. AMS will 

send an email confirmation when 

applications are received by the AMS 

office. 

SCBGP–FB is listed in the ‘‘Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under 

number 10.170 and subject agencies 

must adhere to Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, which bars 

discrimination in all federally assisted 

programs. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621 note. 

Dated: May 6, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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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 AIC Partners Group, LLC of 

Sylvester, Georgia, an exclusive license 

to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/ 

005,168, ‘‘Method and Apparatus for 

Measuring Peanut Moisture Content,’’ 

filed on January 12, 2011. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 10, 2013. 

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. It is in the 

public interest to so license this 

invention as AIC Partners Group, LLC of 

Sylvester, Georgia 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. 

Robert Griesbach, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

Licenses 

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 Oregon State University of 

Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license 

to the blackberry variety named 

‘‘Columbia Star,’’ an exclusive license to 

the strawberry variety named ‘‘Sweet 

Sunrise,’’ and an exclusive license to 

the strawberry variety named ‘‘Charm.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 10, 2013. 

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 rights in these 

plant varieties are assigned to the 

United States of America, as represented 

by the Secretary of Agriculture. The 

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