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questionnaires, interviewer guidelines,
and other instruments and instructions used to collect the information, conduct face-to-face and telephone interviews; and evaluate responses obtained from interviews and completed forms. Each
staff month is estimated to cost the Commission approximately $13,859. This is based on an average wage rate of $55.97 (the equivalent of a GS–14 Step 5 employee) with an addition 30 percent added for benefits (Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2009, percentage total benefits for all civilian management, professional, and related employees).

Dated: March 31, 2010.

Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

[FR Doc. 2010–7670 Filed 4–5–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6355–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers** 

**Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for** 

**the** ‘‘ **Flood Control, Mississippi River & Tributaries, St. Johns Bayou and New**  **Madrid Floodway, Missouri, First**
**Phase** ’’ **(SJNM) Project**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of intent to prepare a

DEIS.

**SUMMARY :**  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is announcing its intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Mississippi River and Tributaries, St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway, MO Project. The DEIS is being prepared to address and evaluate the environmental, economic and social impacts of alternative plans to provide flood control and develop and discuss locations and methodologies of potential compensatory mitigation. This DEIS will address previous project history, independent external peer reviews, State/Federal agency concerns
and will formulate alternatives that manage flood risks in the project area.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mr. Gregg Williams, telephone (901) 544– 3852, CEMVM–PB–E, 167 North Main Street B–202, Memphis, TN 38103– 1894, e-mail— Gregg.W.Williams@usace.army.mil.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The St. Johns Bayou Basin and New Madrid Floodway are located in the Bootheel region of southeast Missouri and include all or portions of the New Madrid, Scott and Mississippi Counties. The basin and floodway are adjacent to the Mississippi River, extending from the vicinity of Commerce, Missouri to New Madrid, Missouri. The basin and floodway are subject to both backwater and interior headwater flooding. Congress authorized the Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) Project to construct the mainline Mississippi River
levees. The Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway was part of the 1928 Flood
Control Act. A levee closure and outlet structure at New Madrid, Missouri were
authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1954 (Pub. L. 780–83) but not constructed. The St. Johns Bayou Basin levee closure, with drainage structure,
was authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1946, and subsequently constructed.
An EIS for the MR&T and Channel Improvement was filed with the Council on Environmental Quality in July 1976,
which addressed the New Madrid Floodway levee closure. The St. Johns Bayou/New Madrid Floodway Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) was filed with the EPA in July 1982. The current project was authorized for construction by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–662), section 401(a). The authorized project is based on the Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated January 4, 1983, which is part of the Phase I General Design Memorandum (GDM) documents prepared in response to section 101(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94–587). A Revised Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (RSEIS) was filed in June 2002. The Revised Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2 (RSEIS2) was prepared to clarify the
record and address concerns related to the calculation of compensatory mitigation for mid-season fishery impacts, hypoxia, cost-benefit analysis, Swampbuster and the applicable discount rate in the economics analysis.
The RSEIS2 was filed in March 2006.

The Corps has determined that a new EIS is required to incorporate additional scientific and engineering data; include the results of intensive independent external peer review of the previous project document, plans and studies; clarify project objectives and plans; and address points raised in the course of legal action.

1. Proposed Action: The authorized project for the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project consists of channel enlargement and improvement in the St. Johns Bayou Basin along the lower 4.5 miles of the St. Johns Bayou, beginning at New Madrid, Missouri, then continuing 8.1 miles along the

Birds Point-New Madrid Setback Levee Ditch and ending with 10.8 miles along the St. James Ditch. The first item of work, consisting of selective clearing and snagging, has already been completed along a 4.3-mile reach of the Setback Levee Ditch beginning at the confluence with the St. James Ditch.

The authorized project also includes a 1,000-cubic-foot-per-second (CFS) pumping station for the St. Johns Bayou Basin area, a 1,500-CFS pumping station for the New Madrid Floodway area and a 1,500-foot-closure levee at the

southern end of the New Madrid Floodway. The channel enlargement work and both pumping stations are features of the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project and the levee closure is a feature of the Mississippi River Levee Project.

2. Alternatives: Alternatives to manage flood risks in the project area will be considered. Comparisons will be made among the alternative plans, including the ‘‘ no action ’’ alternative.

3. Scoping Process: An intensive public involvement program has been set up to (1) solicit input from individuals and interested parties so that problems, needs and opportunities within the project area can be properly identified and addressed and (2) provide status updates to concerned organizations and the public. Significant issues being analyzed include potential project impacts (negative and positive) to fisheries, water quality, wetlands, waterfowl, shorebirds, endangered species and cultural resources.

Meetings with the local sponsor, public coordination meetings, interagency environmental meetings and public project briefings/ presentations will be conducted throughout this process. This notice is being circulated to Federal, State and

local environmental resource andregulatory agencies; Indian Tribes; nongovernmental organizations; and the general public. This notice of intent (NOI) will serve as a request for scoping input. All interested parties are encouraged to participate in the scoping process. A public scoping meeting will be held on May 11, 2010, at 7 p.m. in the East Prairie Church of God, 322 N. Washington St., East Prairie, MO 63845. It is anticipated that the DEIS will be available for public review during spring 2012. A public meeting will be held during the review period to receive


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comments and address questions concerning the draft report.

Thomas P. Smith, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District
Commander.

[FR Doc. 2010–7720 Filed 4–5–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3720–58–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Department of the Navy**

**Notice of Availability of Government Owned Inventions; Available for**  **Licensing**

**AGENCY :**  Department of the Navy, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the availability of exclusive or partially exclusive licenses to practice worldwide under the following pending patents. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. Applications will be evaluated utilizing the following criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and market the technology; (2) manufacturing and marketing ability; (3) time required to bring technology to market and production rate; (4) royalties; (5) technical capabilities; and (6) small business status.

11/700,970, ‘‘ Interim dental dressing
and restorative material ’’ , filed on January 24, 2007, Inventors: Amer Tiba, David Charlton, and James Ragain; 11/726,203, ‘‘ Method for the detection of target molecules by fluorescence polarization using peptide mimics ’’

, filed on March 13, 2007, Inventors: Malford Cullum, Karen O’Connor; 11/789,122, ‘‘ Recombinant antigens for diagnosis and prevention of murine typhus ’’ , filed on April 19, 2007, Inventor: Wei Mei Ching; 11/800,955,

‘‘ Secreted campylobacter flagella coregulated proteins as immunogens ’’

, filed on May 8, 2007, Inventor: Pat Guerry; 11/800,948, ‘‘ Multifunctional blood substitute (MBS) ’’ , filed on May 8, 2007, Inventor: Daniel Freilich; 11/881,498, ‘‘Recombinant antigens for diagnosis and prevention of murine typhus (Murine typhus Ompb derived A and K fragments (similar to r56)) ’’ , filed on July 27, 2007, Inventor: Wei Mei Ching; 11/839,922, ‘‘Vascular shunt created from ptfe (polytetrafluoroethylene) or other novel non-coagulative materials ’’ , filed on August 16, 2007, Inventor: H.D. Elshire; 11/842,438, ‘‘ Methods for protecting against lethal infection with bacillus
anthracis ’’ , filed on August 21, 2007, Inventors: Darrell Galloway and Alfred Mateczun; 11/876,997, ‘‘ Orientia tsutsugamushi truncated recombinant outer membrane protein (r47 and r57) vaccines diagnostics and therapeutics for scrub typhus and HIV infections ’’

, filed on October 23, 2007, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching, Chien Chung Chao, and Hong Ge; 11/982,488, ‘‘ Induction of an immune response against dengue virus using the prime-boost approach ’’ , filed on November 2, 2007, Inventors: Monika Simmons, and Kevin Porter; 11/

942,402, ‘‘ Methods for protection against
lethal infection with bacillus anthracis ’’

, filed on November 19, 2007, Inventors: Darrell Galloway and Alfred Mateczun; 11/942,343, ‘‘ Methods for protection against lethal infection with bacillus
anthracis ’’ , filed on November 19, 2007, Inventors: Darrell Galloway And Alfred Mateczun; 12/001,599, ‘‘ Identification of antigens for diagnosis and prevention of Q fever (recombinant antigens for the detection of coxiella burnetii) ’’ , filed on December 11, 2007, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching and Chien Chung Chao; 12/001,598, ‘‘ Identification of antigens for diagnosis and prevention of Q fever (recombinant antigens for the detection of coxiella burnetii), ’’ filed on December 11, 2007, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching and Chien Chung Chao; 11/964,982,

‘‘Expression and refolding of truncated recombinant major outer membrane protein antigen (R56) of orientia tsutsugamushi and its use in antibody based detection assays and vaccines ’’

, filed on December 27, 2007, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching, Gregory Dasch and Daryl Kelly; 11/965,004, ‘‘Expression and refolding of truncated recombinant major outer membrane protein antigen (R56) of orientia tsutsugamushi and its use in antibody based detection assays and vaccines, ’’ filed on December 28, 2007, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching, Gregory Dasch, and Daryl Kelly; 11/

971,433, ‘‘Adenoviral vector-based
malaria vaccine ’’ , filed on January 9, 2008, Inventors: Joseph Bruder, Richter King, Keith Limbach, Denise Doolan, and Tom Richie; 11/988,598, ‘‘Adhesinenterotoxoid chimera vaccine for enterotoxigenic escherichia coli ’’ , filed on January 10, 2008, Inventor: Stephen Savarino; 12/028,241, ‘‘RF diathermy
and faradic muscle stimulation

treatment, ’’ filed on February 8, 2008, Inventors: James Bingham and Richard Olsen; 12/103,112, ‘‘Recycling container (to minimize release of HG vapor) for the collection and temporary storage of mercury contaminated wastes in the dental operatory, ’’ filed on April 15, 2008, Inventors: Mark Stone, Ronald Karaway, and Denise Berry; 12/163,412,

‘‘ Fluorescence polarization instruments and methods for detection of exposure to biological materials by fluorescence polarization immunoassay of saliva or
oral fluid ’’ , filed on June 27, 2008, Inventors: Malford Cullum, Linda Lininger, Ernest Pederson, Sylvia Schade, and Lloyd Simonson; 12/

221,150, ‘‘ Capsule composition for use as immunogen against campylobacter jejuni ’’ , filed on July 25, 2008, Inventors: Pat Guerry and Mario Monteiro; 12/

255,861, ‘‘ Methods for treating HIV infected subjects ’’ , filed on October 22, 2008, Inventors: Carl June, Craig Thompson, Gary Nabel, Gary Gray, and Paul Rennert; 12/064,554, ‘‘ Adenoviral
vector-based malaria vaccines ’’ , filed on October 27, 2008, Inventors: Joseph Bruder, Imre Kovesdi, Richter King, Duncan Mcvey, Damodar Ettyreddy, Denise Doolan, Daniel Carucci, and Keith Limbach; 12/362,622,

‘‘ Multifunctional acrylates used as crosslinkers in dental and biomedical selfetch bonding adhesives ’’ , filed on January 30, 2009, Inventors: James Ragain, Amer Tiba, and David Charlton; 12/454,038, ‘‘Recombinant antigens for diagnosis and prevention of murine typhus ’’ , filed on April 27, 2009, Inventor: Wei Mei Ching; 12/454,496,

‘‘Dengue virus detection measured by immunocytometry in a dendritic cell surrogate ’’ , filed on April 27, 2009, Inventors: Timothy Burgess, Jeffrey Tjaden, Kevin Porter, and Mary Marovich; 12/467,533, ‘‘Recombinant chimeric antigens for diagnosis and prevention of scrub typhus ’’ , filed on May 18, 2009, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching, and Chien Chung Chao; 12/

480,290, ‘‘Recombinant antigens for diagnosis and prevention of spotted
fever rickettsiae ’’ , filed on June 8, 2009, Inventors: Wei Mei Ching and Hua-Wei Chin; 12/522,335, ‘‘Adenoviral vectorbased malaria vaccines ’’ , filed on July 7, 2009, Inventor: Joseph Bruder; 12/

501,021, ‘‘ Composition and method for the induction of immunity against bacillus cereus group bacteria’’ , filed on July 10, 2009, Inventors: Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay and Timothy Read; 12/

569,821, ‘‘ Functional role of adrenomedullin (AM) and the gene related product (PAMP) in human pathology and physiology ’’ , filed on September 29, 2009, Inventors: Frank Cuttitta, Alfredo Martinez, Mac Jean Miller, Edward Unsworth, William Hook, Thomas Walsh, Karen Gray, and Charles Macri; 12/634,119, ‘‘ CCD
contrast enhancement for in vivo oxygenation measurements ’’ , filed on December 9, 2009, Inventors: Nicole Crane, Eric Elster, Doug Tadaki, Scott Huffman, and Ira Levin; 12/672,361,

‘‘Photoacoustic laser joulemeter utilizing beam deflection technique ’’ , filed on February 5, 2010, Inventors: Sahir