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nominations at least once a year for 

membership on the Sea Grant Advisory 

Board, and advisory committee provides 

advice on the implementation of the 

National Sea Grant College Program. 

This notice also sets forth the schedule 

and proposed agenda of a forthcoming 

meeting of the Sea Grant Advisory 

Board. 

DATES: Solicitation of nominations is 

open ended: resumes may be sent to the 

address specified at any time. The 

announced meeting is scheduled for 

Wednesday, February 11 and Thursday, 

February 12, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Dr. Jim D. Murray; Designated Federal 

Official, Sea Grant Advisory Board; 

Deputy Director, National Sea Grant 

College Program; 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 11841; Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. The February meeting 

will be held at the office of the 

Consortium for Oceanographic Research 

and Education (CORE), 1201 New York 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Melissa Pearson, National Sea Grant 

College Program, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 11717, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, 301–713–1083. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Established by Section 209 of the Act 

and as amended the National Sea Grant 

College Program Amendments Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–394), the duties of the 

Board are as follows: 

(1) In general.—The Board shall 

advise the Secretary and the Director 

concerning— 

(A) Strategies for utilizing the sea 

grant college program to address the 

Nation’s highest priorities regarding the 

understanding, assessment, 

development, management, utilization, 

and conservation of ocean, coastal, and 

Great Lakes resources; 

(B) The designation of sea grant 

colleges and sea grant institutes; and 

(C) Such other matters as the 

Secretary refers to the Board for review 

and advice. 

(2) Biennial Report—The Board shall 

report to the Congress every two years 

on the state of the National Sea Grant 

College Program. The Board shall 

indicate in each such report the progress 

made toward meeting the priorities 

identified in the strategic plan in effect 

under section 204(c). The Secretary 

shall make available to the Board such 

information, personnel, and 

administrative services and assistance 

as it may reasonably require to carry out 

its duties under this title. The Secretary 

shall make available to the Board such 

information, personnel, and 

administrative services and assistance 

as it may reasonably require to carry out 

its duties. 

The Board shall consist of 15 voting 

members who shall be appointed by the 

Secretary. The Director and a director of 

a sea grant program who is elected by 

the various directors of sea grant 

programs shall serve as nonvoting 

members of the Board. Not less than 8 

of the voting members of the Board shall 

be individuals who, by reason of 

knowledge, experience, or training, are 

especially qualified in one or more of 

the disciplines and fields included in 

marine science. The other voting 

members shall be individuals who, by 

reason of knowledge, experience, or 

training, are especially qualified in, or 

representative of, education, marine 

affairs and resource management, 

coastal management, extension services, 

State government, industry, economics, 

planning, or any other activity which is 

appropriate to, and important for, any 

effort to enhance the understanding, 

assessment, development, management, 

utilization, or conservation of ocean, 

coastal, and Great Lakes resources. No 

individual is eligible to be a voting 

member of the Board if the individual 

is (A) the director of a sea grant college 

or sea grant institute; (B) an applicant 

for, or beneficiary (as determined by the 

Secretary) of, any grant or contract 

under section 205 [33 U.S.C. 1124]; or 

(C) a full-time officer or employee of the 

United States. 

The Director of the National Sea Grant 

College Program and one Director of a 

Sea Grant Program also serve as nonvoting members. Board members are 

appointed for a 4-year term. 

The agenda for the meeting can be 

found at http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/ 

leadership/advisory_board.html. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrator 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No. 090109011–9012–01] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) publishes this 

notice to announce the effective date of 

an amendment to a Privacy Act System 

of Records entitled COMMERCE/NTIA– 

1, Applications Related to Coupons for 

Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes. 

NTIA is amending this system of 

records for applications related to 

coupons for the Digital-to-Analog 

Converter Box program to allow for the 

collection of additional personally 

identifiable information, namely the 

collection of the name of the nursing 

home facility. 47 C.F.R. § 301; see also 

73 Fed. Reg. 54,325 (Sept. 19, 2008). 

DATES: The amendment to the system of 

records will be effective on January 14, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the original 

and amended system of records notices 

please mail requests to Stacy Cheney, 

Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, Room 

4713, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20231. A copy of these 

notices are also available on NTIA’s 

website at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

ntiahome/frnotices/2007/System 

Recordsl112007.pdf and http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2008/ 

FRlDTV recordsl081202.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stacy Cheney, Attorney-Advisor, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, Room 4713, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 2, 2008, NTIA published in 

the Federal Register a notice requesting 

comments on a proposed amendment to 

the Privacy Act System of Records 

entitled COMMERCE/NTIA–1, 

Applications Related to Coupons for 

Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes. See, 

73 Fed. Reg. 73,244 (Dec. 2, 2008). NTIA 

is amending this system of records for 

applications related to coupons for the 

Digital-to-Analog Converter Box 

program to allow for the collection of 

additional personally identifiable 

information, namely the collection of 

the name of the nursing home facility. 

47 C.F.R. § 301; see also 73 Fed. Reg. 

54,325 (Sept. 19, 2008). No comments 

were received in response to the request 

for comments. By this notice, NTIA is 

adopting the proposed amendments to 

the system of records as final without 

changes effective on January 14, 2009. 


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Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Brenda Dolan, 

Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Officer, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. E9–663 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Joint 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for the 

River Mile 208, Sacramento River Bank 

Protection Project, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, intends 

to prepare a joint environmental impact 

statement/environmental impact report 

(EIS/EIR) for the construction of bank 

protection at River Mile 208 on the 

Sacramento River to prevent continued 

bank erosion and potential outflanking 

of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District 

Hamilton City Pumping Plant (HCPP), 

near Hamilton City, CA. The proposed 

action is being conducted under the 

HCPP Fish Screen Improvement Project. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting is 

being held on Thursday, January 29, 

2009, 7 to 9 pm at the Hamilton City 

High School (620 Canal Street, Hamilton 

City). Send written comments by 

February 16, 2009 to (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

suggestions concerning this project may 

be submitted to Mr. Matt Davis, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 

District, Attn: CESPK–PD–R, 1325 J 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814–2922. 

Requests to be placed on the mailing list 

should also be sent to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and EIS/EIR should be addressed to the 

Corps: Matt Davis at (916) 557–6708, by 

e-mail 

Matthew.G.Davis@usace.army.mil, by 

fax (916) 557–7856; or to GCID: William 

Menke at (530) 934–8881, by e-mail 

bmenke@gcid.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 

District (Corps) is the federal lead 

agency for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for 

the Proposed Action. The Glenn-Colusa 

Irrigation District (GCID) is the state 

lead agency for compliance with the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA) for the Proposed Action. 

1. Proposed Action. The Corps and 

GCID are preparing an EIS/EIR to 

analyze the impacts of constructing 

bank protection on the east bank of the 

Sacramento River at River Mile 208. The 

purpose of the proposed bank protection 

work is to prevent continued bank 

erosion and potential outflanking of 

GCID’s Hamilton City Pumping Plant 

(HCPP). Maintaining the river’s 

alignment upstream of the HCPP is 

important for the continued functioning 

of the pumping plant. The HCPP Fish 

Screen Improvement Project was 

constructed in 2000 to minimize losses 

of all fish from operation of the HCPP 

and to restore GCID’s capability to 

divert the full quantity of water it is 

entitled to divert to meet its water 

supply delivery obligations. GCID 

supplies water to 140,000 acres of 

farmland, over 20,000 acres of federal 

wildlife refuge, and 40,000 acres of 

other lands and wetlands from 

diversions at the HCPP. 

2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will 

address the No Action alternative and 

four action alternatives including three 

different types of bank protection 

alternatives and a levee setback 

alternative. The three types of bank 

protection alternatives differ from one 

another in the amount and extent of 

rock protection placed and the 

environmental features (e.g., vegetation 

and instream woody material) 

incorporated in the design. 

3. Scoping Process. 

a. A public scoping meeting will be 

held on Thursday, January 29, 2009 to 

present information to the public and to 

receive comments from the public. The 

meeting is intended to initiate the 

process to involve concerned 

individuals, and local, State, and 

Federal agencies. 

b. Significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth in the EIS/EIR include effects on 

hydraulics, wetlands and other waters 

of the U.S., river meander, vegetation 

and wildlife resources, special-status 

species, aesthetics, cultural resources, 

recreation, land use, fisheries, water 

quality, air quality, noise, 

transportation, visual resources, and 

socioeconomics; and cumulative effects 

of related projects in the study area. 

c. The Corps will consult with the 

State Historic Preservation Officer to 

comply with the National Historic 

Preservation Act and the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and National Marine 

Fisheries Service to comply with the 

Endangered Species Act. The Corps is 

also coordinating with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service to comply with the 

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. 

d. A 45-day public review period will 

be provided for individuals and 

agencies to review and comment on the 

draft EIS/EIR. All interested parties are 

encouraged to respond to this notice 

and provide a current address if they 

wish to be notified of the draft EIS/EIR 

circulation. 

4. Availability. The draft EIS/EIR is 

scheduled to be available for public 

review and comment in November 2009. 

Dated: December 23, 2008. 

Thomas C. Chapman, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The following inventions are 

assigned to the U.S. Government as 

represented by the Secretary of the Navy 

and are available for licensing by the 

Department of the Navy. 

U.S. Patent Application Serial 

Number 11/417,291 entitled ‘‘Method of 

Making Functionalized Carbon 

Nanotubes’’; U.S. Patent Application 

Serial Number 11/417,294 entitled 

‘‘Functionalization of Carbon 

Nanotubes’’; U.S. Patent Application 

Serial Number 11/894,628 entitled 

‘‘MEMS Fuse Using a Micro-Detonator’’; 

U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 

11/894,629 entitled ‘‘MEMS Electronic 

Initiator for a Micro-Detonator’’; U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 11/ 

894,630 entitled ‘‘MEMS Mechanical 

Initiator for a Micro-Detonator’’; U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 10/ 

637,090 entitled ‘‘Perfluoroalkyl 

Passivated Aluminum’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 12/284,475 

entitled ‘‘Self-Regulating Power Supply 

for Micro Electronic Mechanical 

Systems Thermal Actuators’’; U.S. 

Patent Application Serial Number 12/ 

221,148 entitled ‘‘A Novel Lightning 

Locating System’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/973,993 

entitled ‘‘Flow Driven Piezoelectric 

Energy Havesting Device’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/650,759 

entitled ‘‘Programmable 

Microtransformer’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/076,456 

entitled ‘‘Method for Deposition of Steel 

Protective Coating’’; U.S. Patent 

Application Serial Number 11/387,081 


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