Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 236 / Friday, December 7, 2012 / Notices 73009 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. 

Robert Griesbach, 

Acting Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29549 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

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 City Center Farms, LLC of 

Phoenix, Arizona, an exclusive license 

to U.S. Patent No. 6,613,378, ‘‘SUGARBASED EDIBLE ADHESIVES’’, issued 

on September 2, 2003. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 7, 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 City Center Farms, LLC of 

Phoenix, Arizona 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, 

Acting Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29550 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Title: NIST, Hollings Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership (HMEP) Program 

Application Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0056. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 12. 

Average Hours per Response: 112. 

Burden Hours: 1,344. 

Needs and Uses: The object of NIST 

Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership (HMEP) Program is to 

enhance productivity, technological 

performance, and strengthen the global 

competitiveness of small- and mediumsized U.S.-based manufacturing firms. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State or local government; 

consortia of not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

JJessup@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 

Officer, Fax number (202) 395–5167, or 

via the Internet at 

Jasmeet_K_Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29572 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1870] 

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 

43 Under Alternative Site Framework, 

Battle Creek, MI 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the City of Battle Creek, 

Michigan, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 43, submitted an application to the 

Board (FTZ Docket B–57–2012, 

docketed 7–30–2012) for authority to 

reorganize under the ASF with a service 

area of Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, 

Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, 

Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph 

and Van Buren Counties, Michigan, in 

and adjacent to the Battle Creek 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry, FTZ 43’s existing Site 1 would be 

categorized as a magnet site and existing 

Site 8 would be categorized as a usagedriven site; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (77 FR 46376–46377, 8–3– 

2012) and the application has been 

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendation of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize FTZ 43 

under the alternative site framework is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.13, to the Board’s standard 

2,000-acre activation limit for the zone, 

to a five-year ASF sunset provision for 

magnet sites that would terminate 

authority for Site 1 if not activated by 

November 30, 2017, and to a three-year 

ASF sunset provision for usage-driven 

sites that would terminate authority for 

Site 8 if no foreign-status merchandise 

is admitted for a bona fide customs 

purpose by November 30, 2015. 


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