Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices 11919 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed new Privacy 

Act system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office (USPTO) gives 

notice of a proposed new system of 

records entitled ‘‘COMMERCE/PAT– 

TM–23 User Access for Web Portals and 

Information Requests.’’ We invite the 

public to comment on the system 

announced in this publication. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received no later than April 20, 2009. 

The proposed system of records will be 

effective on April 20, 2009, unless the 

USPTO receives comments that would 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

• Fax: (571) 273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Administrative Management 

Group, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

All comments received will be available 

for public inspection at the Federal 

rulemaking portal located at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

Administrative Management Group, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450, (571) 272–5429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO) is giving notice of a new 

system of records that is subject to the 

Privacy Act of 1974. The information in 

this system of records is used to 

disseminate information to customers 

who have made online information 

requests, registered for access to 

information available through web 

portals provided by the USPTO, 

subscribed to news updates, or have 

otherwise provided contact information 

in order to access or receive information 

from the USPTO. 

The proposed new system of records, 

‘‘COMMERCE/PAT–TM–23 User Access 

for Web Portals and Information 

Requests,’’ is published in its entirety 

below. 

COMMERCE/PAT–TM–23 

SYSTEM NAME: 

User Access for Web Portals and 

Information Requests. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, 

VA 22314. Records may be located 

within several business units, including 

but not limited to the offices under the 

Commissioner for Patents, 

Commissioner for Trademarks, General 

Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, 

Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief 

Information Officer. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals who request information 

from the USPTO, including requests 

related to access to electronic portals, 

records, subscription services, and 

collaborative tools designed to 

disseminate information to the public. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records compiled to respond to 

requests for information, including the 

name of the requester or subscriber, 

nature of request, deposit account 

number or other account tracking 

number, name of organization, physical 

mailing address, telephone number, and 

electronic mail address. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301, 5 U.S.C. 552, 35 U.S.C. 

2, 35 U.S.C. 41, and 44 U.S.C. 3101. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The information in this system of 

records is used to disseminate 

information to customers who have 

registered for access to information 

available through electronic means, 

such as web portals, subscribed to news 

updates or other information alerts, or 

have otherwise provided contact 

information in order to access or receive 

information from the USPTO. 

Routine uses of records maintained in 

the system, including categories of users 

and the purposes of such uses: 

See Prefatory Statement of General 

Routine Uses Nos. 4–5, 9–10, and 13, as 

found at 46 FR 63501–63502 (December 

31, 1981). The USPTO may use the 

information contained in this system of 

records to disseminate patent and 

trademark business information to 

customers or to provide customers with 

access to patent and trademark business 

information at their request. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Not applicable. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Electronic records in a computer 

database stored on magnetic storage 

media, or paper records. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by specific 

data elements, including the account or 

tracking number, name of the requester, 

name of organization, subject or type of 

request, and address. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Databases are password-protected and 

can only be accessed by authorized 

personnel. Records are maintained in 

areas accessible only to authorized 

personnel in buildings protected by 

security guards. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records retention and disposal is in 

accordance with the series records 

schedules. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Each business unit within the USPTO 

is responsible for the data maintained 

for their business needs related to 

communication with individuals. 

Business units include but are not 

limited to the offices under the 

Commissioner for Patents, 

Commissioner for Trademarks, General 

Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, 

Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief 

Information Officer. Inquiries may be 

addressed to: System Manager, (Name of 

business unit), United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Information about the records 

contained in this system may be 

obtained by sending a request in 

writing, signed, to the appropriate 

System Manager at the address above. 

When requesting notification of or 

access to records covered by this notice, 

requesters should provide their name 

and electronic mail address in 

accordance with the inquiry provisions 

appearing in 37 CFR part 102 subpart B. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Requests from individuals should be 

addressed as stated in the notification 

section above. 

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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The general provisions for access, 

contesting contents, and appealing 

initial determinations by the individual 

concerned appear in 37 CFR part 102 

subpart B. Requests from individuals 

should be addressed as stated in the 

notification section above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Subject individuals and those 

authorized by the individual to furnish 

information. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Administrative 

Management Group. 

[FR Doc. E9–6128 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Regional Watershed Supply Project in 

Wyoming and Colorado 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE) is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to analyze the direct, indirect, and 

cumulative effects of a proposed water 

supply project in Wyoming and 

Colorado, referred to as the Regional 

Watershed Supply Project (RWSP). 

Construction of the proposed RWSP is 

expected to require a Clean Water Act 

Section 404 permit. The Project is 

proposed by Million Conservation 

Resource Group (MCRG), which is a 

private water development group. The 

RWSP proposes to provide 

approximately 250,000 acre-feet per 

year of new annual firm yield to meet 

a portion of the projected water supply 

needs of southeastern Wyoming and the 

Front Range of Colorado on a perpetual 

basis through 2030 and beyond. The 

water would be obtained from the Green 

River Basin as part of the unused 

portion of water allocated to the States 

of Wyoming and Colorado under the 

Upper Colorado River Compact. The 

RWSP would be a non-Federal project 

constructed, owned, and operated by 

MCRG. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for meeting dates. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for meeting 

addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions and comments regarding the 

proposed action and EIS should be 

addressed to Ms. Rena Brand, Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Denver Regulatory Office, 9307 S. 

Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, CO 80128– 

6901; (303) 979–4120; 

mcrg.eis@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE 

will be conducting public scoping 

meetings at six locations to describe the 

Project, preliminary alternatives, the 

NEPA compliance process, and to solicit 

input on the issues and alternatives to 

be evaluated and other related matters. 

Written comments for scoping will be 

accepted until May 19, 2009. The COE 

has prepared a scoping announcement 

to familiarize agencies, the public and 

interested organizations regarding the 

proposed RWSP and potential 

environmental issues that may be 

involved. Copies of the scoping 

announcement will be made available at 

the public scoping meetings or can be 

requested by mail. 

Scoping meetings will be held on: 

1. April 14, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Green River High School, 1615 Hitching 

Post Drive, Green River, WY. 

2. April 15, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Uintah High School, 1880 West 500 

North, Vernal, UT. 

3. April 16, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Laramie High School, 1257 North 11th 

Street, Laramie, WY. 

4. April 20, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Fossil Ridge High School, 5400 Ziegler 

Road, Fort Collins, CO. 

5. April 21, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m. West 

High School, 951 Elati Street, Denver, 

CO. 

6. April 22, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Risley 

Middle School, 625 N. Monument Ave., 

Pueblo, CO. 

The proponent of the project, MCRG, 

proposes the following configuration of 

the RWSP: Two water withdrawal 

facilities, one on the east side of 

Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming 

and the other on the east bank of the 

Green River in Wyoming approximately 

200 feet downstream of the Seedskadee 

National Wildlife Refuge; one water 

treatment storage reservoir located near 

the Green River intake system; water 

pipeline system (approximately 560 

miles in length and a diameter of 72 to 

120 inches) from the two withdrawal 

points to southeastern Wyoming and the 

Front Range of Colorado (WyomingColorado State Line to Pueblo); one 

regulating reservoir located along the 

western end of the pipeline system; 

approximately sixteen natural gaspowered pump stations located along 

the pipeline route; temporary 

(construction phase) and permanent 

(operation and maintenance phase) 

access roads; three water storage/flowregulation reservoirs (Lake Hattie in 

Wyoming [available volume of 

approximately 40,000 acre feet]; 

proposed Cactus Hill Reservoir near 

Fort Collins, CO [185,000 acre-foot 

capacity]; and the proposed T-Cross 

Reservoir to be constructed near Pueblo, 

CO [25,000 acre-foot capacity]); outlet 

structures at each reservoir consisting of 

water treatment facilities; on-site 

transformers and overhead power lines 

from local electrical grids for the water 

withdrawal and storage reservoir 

facilities; and water delivery systems 

from the storage reservoirs to water 

users. 

The potential water users for the 

proposed project would include 

agriculture, municipalities, and 

industries in southeastern Wyoming and 

the Front Range of Colorado. In 

Wyoming, approximately 25,000 acrefeet of water would be delivered 

annually to users in the Platte River 

Basin. The remaining 225,000 acre-feet 

of water would be delivered annually to 

the South Platte River and Arkansas 

River basins in Colorado. 

The EIS will be prepared according to 

the COE’s procedures for implementing 

the NEPA of 1969, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 4232(2)(c), and consistent with 

the COE’s policy to facilitate public 

understanding and review of agency 

proposals. As part of the EIS process, a 

full range of reasonable alternatives, 

including the Proposed Action and No 

Action, will be evaluated. Additional 

alternatives defined at this time by the 

applicant include four alternative 

withdrawal points that would involve 

withdrawal only from the Green River 

(two separate points) or Flaming Gorge 

Reservoir (two separate points). A 

different pipeline segment would 

connect each alternative withdrawal 

point to the mainstem pipeline route. 

Alternative storage reservoirs in the 

Front Range of Colorado also may be 

considered for the Project. 

The COE has invited the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation, U.S. Bureau of Land 

Management, the U.S. Forest Service, 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service to be cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of the EIS. Other Federal 

and State agencies will participate in 

the EIS review process to ensure