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possibility of holding a groundfish 

workshop or establishing a working 

group dedicated to monitoring issues. 

Finally, the Council will close out the 

meeting with ‘‘other business.’’ 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF945 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; applications for one new 

scientific research permit and five 

scientific research permit renewals. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received six scientific 

research permit application requests 

relating to Pacific salmon and steelhead. 

The proposed research is intended to 

increase knowledge of species listed 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) and to help guide management 

and conservation efforts. The 

applications may be viewed online at: 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/ 

preview_open_for_comment.cfm. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

February 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230– 

5441 or by email to nmfs.nwr.apps@

noaa.gov (include the permit number in 

the subject line of the fax or email). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–231– 

2314), Fax: 503–230–5441, email: 

Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above, or online at 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): Endangered upper 

Columbia River (UCR); threatened 

Snake River (SR) spring/summer (spr/ 

sum), threatened SR fall-run. 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened 

UCR; threatened SR; threatened middle 

Columbia River (MCR). 

Sockeye salmon (O. nerka): 

Endangered SR. 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 1124–6R 

The IDFG is seeking to renew for five 

years a permit under which they have 

been conducting six research projects in 

the Snake River basin for nearly 20 

years. The permit would continue to 

cover the following actions: One general 

fish population inventory; one project 

designed to monitor fish health 

throughout the state; two projects 

looking at natural and hatchery Chinook 

salmon production (in which sockeye 

may rarely be captured); one project 

monitoring natural steelhead; and one 

project centering on monitoring sockeye 

salmon recovery in Idaho. Much of the 

work being conducted under these 

projects is covered by other ESA 

authorizations; the work contemplated 

here is only the work that portion of the 

research that may affect sockeye salmon. 

The purposes of the research are 

therefore to monitor listed salmonid 

health, help guide sockeye salmon 

recovery operations, and to rescue 

sockeye salmon in need imperiled by 

circumstances such as being trapped by 

low flows. The benefits to the salmon 

would come in the form of information 

to help guide resource managers in 

restoring the listed fish and, as stated, 

in directly rescuing them from peril. 

The fish would be captured by various 

methods—screw traps, electrofishing, 

hook-and-line-angling, mid-water 

trawl—and most captured fish would 

immediately be released. The 

researchers do not intend to kill any of 

the captured fish, but a few may die as 

an inadvertent result of the research. 

Permit 1134–7R 

The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish 

Commission (CRITFC) is seeking to 

renew for five years a permit under 

which they have been conducting 

research for nearly 20 years. The permit 

would continue covering five study 

projects that, among them, would 

annually take adult and juvenile 

threatened SR spring/summer Chinook 

salmon and adult and juvenile 

threatened SR steelhead in the Snake 

River basin. There have been some 

changes in the research over the last ten 

years; nonetheless, the projects 

proposed are largely continuations of 

ongoing research. They are: Project 1— 

Adult Spring/summer and Fall Chinook 

Salmon and Summer Steelhead Ground 

and Aerial Spawning Ground Surveys; 

Project 2—Cryopreservation of Spring/ 

summer Chinook Salmon and Summer 

Steelhead Gametes; Project 3—Adult 

Chinook Salmon Abundance Monitoring 

Using Video Weirs, Acoustic Imaging, 

and passive integrated transponder (PIT) 

tag Detectors in the South Fork Salmon 

River; Project 4—Snorkel, Seine, fyke 

net, Minnow Trap, and Electrofishing 

Surveys and Collection of Juvenile 

Chinook Salmon and Steelhead; and 

Project 5—Juvenile Anadromous 


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Salmonid Emigration Studies Using 

Rotary Screw Traps. Under these tasks, 

listed adult and juvenile salmon would 

be variously (1) observed/harassed 

during fish population and production 

monitoring surveys; (2) captured (using 

seines, trawls, traps, hook-and-line 

angling equipment, and electrofishing 

equipment) and anesthetized; (3) 

sampled for biological information and 

tissue samples, (4) PIT-tagged or tagged 

with other identifiers, (5) and released. 

The research has many purposes and 

would benefit listed salmon and 

steelhead in different ways. However, in 

general, the studies are part of ongoing 

efforts to monitor the status of listed 

species in the Snake River basin and to 

use those data to inform decisions about 

land- and fisheries management actions 

and to help prioritize and plan recovery 

measures for the listed species. Under 

the proposal, the studies would 

continue to benefit listed species by 

generating population abundance 

estimates, allowing comparisons to be 

made between naturally reproducing 

populations and those being 

supplemented with hatchery fish, and 

helping preserve listed salmon and 

steelhead genetic diversity. The CRITFC 

researchers do not intend to kill any of 

the fish being captured, but a small 

percentage may die as a result of the 

research activities. 

Permit 13380–3R 

The NWFSC is seeking to renew for 

five years a permit that currently allows 

them to annually take natural juvenile 

SR spring/summer Chinook salmon and 

SR steelhead in the Salmon River 

subbasin in Idaho. This research has 

been in progress for over ten years and 

is designed to assess three alternative 

methods of nutrient enhancement 

(Salmon carcasses, carcass analogues, 

and nutrient pellets) on biological 

communities in Columbia River 

tributaries. In general, the purpose of 

the research is to learn how salmonids 

acquire nutrients from the carcasses of 

dead spawners and test three methods 

of using those nutrients to increase 

growth and survival among naturally 

produced salmonids. The research 

would benefit the fish by helping 

managers use nutrient enhancement 

techniques to recover listed salmonid 

populations. Moreover, managers would 

gain a broader understanding of the role 

marine-derived nutrients play in 

ecosystem health as a whole. This, in 

turn, would help inform management 

decisions and actions intended to help 

salmon recovery in the future. 

Under the proposed research, the fish 

would variously be (1) captured (using 

seines, nets, traps, and possibly, 

electrofishing equipment) and 

anesthetized; (2) measured, weighed 

and fin-clipped; (3) held for a time in 

enclosures in the stream from which 

they are captured; and (4) released. A 

number of the captured fish would also 

be intentionally killed so the researchers 

may conduct stable isotope, otolith, and 

diet analyses with the purpose of 

linking growth and survival to habitat 

conditions. It is also likely that a small 

percentage of the fish being captured 

would unintentionally be killed during 

the process; in such instances, any 

unintentional mortalities would be used 

in place of any fish that would 

otherwise be lethally taken. In addition, 

tissue samples would be taken from 

adult carcasses. 

Permit 14283–3R 

Environmental Assessment Services 

(EAS) is seeking to renew for five years 

a permit that currently allows them to 

annually take listed fish in the mid- and 

upper Columbia River in support of the 

U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford 

Site Cleanup Mission and regulatory 

drivers under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA). The research would take 

place in four areas the Columbia River 

waters extending from McNary Dam to 

a point upstream of Wanapum Dam. The 

researchers are targeting non-listed 

resident fish but may also capture UCR 

steelhead and Chinook, MCR steelhead, 

SR fall Chinook, SR spr/sum Chinook, 

and SR Steelhead. The research would 

benefit listed fish by helping monitor 

and reduce contamination from the 

Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The 

researchers would capture the fish using 

electrofishing, hook and line, and longline techniques. Any captured listed 

fish would immediately be released. 

The researchers do not propose to kill 

any listed fish but a small number may 

inadvertently be killed by the activities. 

Permit 16979–2R 

The Washington Department of Fish 

and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking a fiveyear permit to collect data on UCR 

Chinook and steelhead abundance, 

status, distribution, diversity, species/ 

ecological interactions, and behavior in 

the Columbia River from its confluence 

with the Yakima River upstream to 

Chief Joseph Dam. The research would 

benefit fish by helping managers (1) 

understand the distribution and 

proportion of hatchery and natural 

origin steelhead, and Chinook in UCR 

tributaries, (2) understand the 

influences of other biotic and abiotic 

factors with respect to recovering listed 

species, (3) understand the potential 

effects of proposed land use practices, 

(4) determine appropriate regulatory 

and habitat protection measures in the 

areas where land use actions are 

planned, (5) project the impacts of 

potential hydraulic projects, and (6) 

evaluate the effectiveness of local forest 

practices and instream habitat 

improvement projects in terms of their 

ability to protect and enhance listed 

salmonid populations. 

The researchers would capture fish 

via a wide variety of means (snorkeling, 

dip netting, seining, using electrofishing 

equipment, traps and weirs, and 

barbless hook-and-line sampling). The 

captured fish would be variously tissue 

sampled, measured, tagged, allowed to 

recover, and released. The researchers 

do not intend to kill any of the fish 

being captured, but a small percentage 

of them may inadvertently be killed as 

a result of the proposed activities. 

Permit 21571 

The United States Geological Survey 

(USGS) is seeking a five-year permit to 

conduct research on migration survival 

among middle Columbia River steelhead 

in the Yakima River system in 

Washington State. The research would 

look at how well the listed fish are 

surviving passage through various 

reaches of the Yakima River. The 

research would benefit the listed fish by 

helping managers understand what 

survival risks the young salmonids face 

when migrating downriver in the 

Yakima system. The managers would 

then be able to use that information to 

take actions designed to increase fish 

survival. The USGS researchers would 

capture juvenile MCR steelhead and tag 

them with acoustic and PIT tags. They 

would then use PIT tag detectors and 

acoustic receivers to follow the fish as 

they move downstream. The researchers 

would also use boat electrofishing 

equipment to count predators in several 

reaches, but they would not use that 

equipment to capture any listed animals 

for handling an adult steelhead would 

be avoided in all cases. The researchers 

do not intend to kill any listed animals, 

but a small number may die as an 

inadvertent result of the planned 

activities. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will 

evaluate the applications, associated 

documents, and comments submitted to 

determine whether the applications 

meet the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA and Federal regulations. The 

final permit decisions will not be made 

until after the end of the 30-day 

comment period. NMFS will publish 

notice of its final action in the Federal 

Register. 


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Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00602 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

are assigned to the United States (U.S.) 

Government as represented by the 

Secretary of the Army and are available 

for licensing by the Department of the 

Army (DoA): 

• U.S. Patent Number 7,812,366 

entitled ‘‘Ultraviolet Light Emitting 

AlGaN Composition, and Ultraviolet 

Light Emitting Device Containing 

Same’’, Inventors Sampath et al., Issue 

date October 12, 2010. 

• U.S. Patent Number 8,564,014 

entitled ‘‘Ultraviolet Light Emitting 

AlGaN Composition and Ultraviolet 

Light Emitting Device Containing 

Same’’, Inventors Sampath et al., Issue 

date October 22, 2013. 

• U.S. Patent 7,498,182 entitled 

‘‘Method of Manufacturing an AlGaN 

Composition and Ultraviolet Light 

Emitting Device Containing Same’’, 

Inventors Sampath et al., Issue Date 

March 3, 2009. 

The novel claims of these patents are 

not specific to the growth method used 

in the production of Ultraviolet (UV) 

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and apply 

to any Aluminum Gallium Nitride 

(AlGaN) composition containing selfassembled nanometer-scale 

compositional inhomogeneities that are 

localized in more than one dimension, 

and includes wells, dots, and wires. 

These patents are relevant to a large 

portion of semiconductor UV LED 

industry, which employ some degree of 

nanoscale compositional inhomogeneity 

to enhance ultraviolet light emission, 

regardless of growth method. Further, a 

semiconductor UV light emitting device 

having an active region layer comprised 

of the AlGaN composition is provided, 

as well as a method of producing the 

AlGaN composition and semiconductor 

UV light emitting device, involving 

molecular beam epitaxy. 

DATES: Request for supplemental 

information should be made prior to 

March 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Request for supplemental 

information, including licensing 

application packages and procedures 

should be directed to John Millemaci, 

301–645–6637, jmillemaci@etcmd.com, 

Energetics Technology Center (ETC), 

4185 Indian Head Highway, Indian 

Head, MD 20640. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

Army Research Laboratory Technology 

Transfer Office, RDRL–DPP/Thomas 

Mulkern, Building 321 Room 110, 

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005– 

5425. Phone: (410) 278–0889, Email: 

ORTA@arl.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Army intends to move expeditiously to 

license these inventions. Licensing 

application packages are available from 

ETC and all applications and 

commercialization plans must be 

returned to ETC by May 1, 2018. ETC is 

an authorized Department of Defense 

Partnership Intermediary per Authority 

15 U.S.C. 3715. ETC will turn over all 

completed applications to the U.S. 

Army for evaluation by May 28, 2017, 

with final negotiations and awards 

occurring during the months of June and 

July, 2018. The U.S. Army will consider 

requests for nonexclusive, partially 

exclusive, and fully exclusive licenses 

in the U.S. and may prefer to grant an 

exclusive license to a company capable 

of broad commercialization as well as 

patent maintenance and enforcement 

within the U.S. 

The DoA intends to ensure that its 

licensed inventions are broadly 

commercialized throughout the United 

States. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery, Honor 

Subcommittee; Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open subcommittee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

subcommittee meeting of the Honor 

subcommittee of the Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery (ACANC). This meeting is 

open to the public. For more 

information about the Committee and 

the Subcommittees, please visit: http:// 

www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/ 

Advisory-Committee-on-ArlingtonNational-Cemetery/ACANC-Meetings. 

DATES: The Honor subcommittee will 

meet on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Honor Subcommittee 

will meet in the Stars Conference Room, 

Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, 900 S. 

Orme St., Arlington, VA 22204. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy Keating; Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer for the subcommittees, 

in writing at Arlington National 

Cemetery, Arlington VA 22211, or by 

email at timothy.p.keating.civ@mail.mil, 

or by phone at 1–877–907–8585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

subcommittee meeting is being held 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 

Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 

102–3.150). 

Purpose of the Meetings: The 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery is an independent 

Federal advisory committee chartered to 

provide the Secretary of the Army 

independent advice and 

recommendations on Arlington National 

Cemetery, including, but not limited to, 

cemetery administration, the erection of 

memorials at the cemetery, and master 

planning for the cemetery. The 

Secretary of the Army may act on the 

committee’s advice and 

recommendations. The primary purpose 

of the Honor subcommittee is to 

accomplish an independent assessment 

of methods to address the long-term 

future of the Army national cemeteries, 

including how best to extend the active 

burials and what ANC should focus on 

once all available space is used. 

Agenda: The Honor subcommittee 

will receive an update on the results of 

a national dialogue public survey 

conducted as a result of Public Law 

114–158. The subcommittee will 

subsequently conduct a roundtable 

discussion with visiting guests and 

study suggestions in consideration of a 

second survey. The subcommittee will 

then report its deliberations and 

findings to the full committee. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. The Stars Conference room 


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