32188 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 113 / Friday, June 12, 1998 / Notices

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are maintained subject to the

Federal Records Disposal Act of 1943

(44 U.S.C. 33) and in accordance with

Rural Development’s disposal

schedules. Records are disposed of six

years after the fiscal year in which the

travel occurred.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

The Community Development

Manager at the Local Office level, the

State Director at the State Office level,

the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for

Finance Office records and the

respective Administrators, for the

National Office files at the following

addresses in the National Office:

Administrator, Rural Housing Service,

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW., Room 5014, South Building, Stop

0701, Washington, DC 20250–0701;

Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, USDA, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5045, South Building, Stop 3201,

Washington, DC 20250–3201;

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service,

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW., Room 4501, South Building, Stop

1510, Washington, DC 20250–1510.

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information regarding this system of

records, or information as to whether

the system contains records pertaining

to him/her from the appropriate System

Manager. If the specific location of the

record is not known, the individual

should address his/her request to the

Freedom of Information Officer, Rural

Development, USDA, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0742,

Washington, DC 20250–0742. A request

for information pertaining to an

individual should contain: Name,

address, and dates and places of

employment.

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gaining access to a record in the system

which pertains to him/her by submitting

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Managers referred to in the preceding

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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as access.

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Information in this system comes

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[FR Doc. 98–15753 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Federal Invention Available

for Licensing and Intent To Grant

Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

Federally owned invention U.S. Serial

No. 09/041,056, filed March 10, 1998,

entitled ‘‘Chemical Attractants for

Yellowjackets and Paper Wasps’’ is

available for licensing and the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural

Research Service, intends to grant to

Sterling International, Inc., of Veradale,

Washington, an exclusive license to

Serial No. 09/041,056.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before September 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350.

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 to

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 Sterling International, 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 ninety (90) 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 M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–15750 Filed 6–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc.;

Adoption of Environmental Documents

& Finding of No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Adoption of Environmental

Documents & Finding of No Significant

Impact.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS),

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508),

and RUS Environmental Policies and

Procedures (7 CFR Part 1794), has

adopted the Environmental Assessment

(EA) prepared by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) and

made a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) with respect to a hydroelectric

project proposed by Cordova Electric

Cooperative, Inc. (CEC), of Cordova,

Alaska.

CEC is anticipated to request

financing assistance from RUS for the

project to be located on Power Creek, a

tributary to Eyak Lake, near Cordova, in

southeast Alaska.

The proposed project is a 6-megawatt

(MW) hydroelectric generating plant

and it consists primarily of (1) A

diversion dam and intake structure

located at stream mile 3.3; (2) a tunneland-pipeline power conduit conveying

water approximately 5,900 feet; (3) a

powerhouse containing 3 generating

units with a total installed capacity of

6.0 MW; (4) a 7.2 mile-long buried

transmission line; and (5) approximately

2.5 miles of access road. The project

bypasses of about 1 mile of Power

Creek. On January 6, 1997, Whitewater

Engineering Corporation (WEC) of

Bellingham, Washington, filed an

application to FERC for a license for

construction and operation of the Power

Creek Project. WEC will transfer the

license to CEC. CEC will be responsible

for compliance with the terms and

conditions of the license. WEC will

construct the project for CEC.

The FONSI is based on the final EA

issued by FERC. RUS concurs with the

FERC determination that issuing a

license would not be a major Federal

action significantly impacting the

quality of the human environment. In

accordance with § 1794.83, RUS has

adopted the final EA issued by FERC as

its EA for the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nurul Islam, Environmental Protection

Specialist, RUS, Engineering and