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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 104

Wednesday, May 31, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive

License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Research Service, intends

to grant to Opta Food Ingredients, Inc.

of Bedford, Massachusetts, and to

American Maize-Products Company of

Hammond, Indiana, co-exclusive

licenses to U.S. Patent Application

Serial No. 07/991,811 filed December

17, 1992, ‘‘Starch-Natural Gum

Composite Compositions as Thickening

and Suspending Agents.’’ Notice of

Availability was published in the

Federal Register on April 19, 1993.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 401, Building 005, BARC–West,

Baltimore Boulevard, 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 repesented by the

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the

public interest to so license this

invention as Opta Food Ingredients, Inc.

and American Maize-Products Company

have submitted complete and sufficient

applications for a license. The

prospective co-exclusive licenses 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

co-exclusive licenses may be granted

unless, within sixty days from the date

of this published Notice, the

Agricultural Research Service receives

written evidence and argument which

establishes that the grant of the licenses

would not be consistent with the

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37

CFR 404.7.

R.M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–13240 Filed 5–30–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–M

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 95–038–1]

International Sanitary and

Phytosanitary Standard-Setting

Activities

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with legislation

implementing the Uruguay Round of the

General Agreements on Tariffs and

Trade, we are informing the public of

international standard-setting activities

of the Office International des

Epizooties and the Secretariat of the

International Plant Protection

Convention, and we are soliciting public

comment on the standards to be

considered.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and

three copies of your comments to

Docket No. 95–038–1, Regulatory

Analysis and Development, PPD,

APHIS, Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.

Please state in your letter that your

comments refer to Docket No. 95–038–

1, and state the name of the committee

or working group to which your

comments are addressed. Comments

received may be inspected at USDA,

room 1141, South Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate

entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Douglas Barnett, Assistant Director,

International Activities, International

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit

67, Riverdale, MD 20737–1233, (301)

734–8892; or Mr. John Greifer, Trade

Support Team, International Services,

APHIS, room 1128, South Building,

14th Street and Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC 20250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Legislation implementing the Uruguay

Round of the General Agreements on

Tariffs and Trade (the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act) was signed into law

(Pub. L. 103–465) by the President on

December 8, 1994. The Uruguay Round

Agreements Act amended title IV of the

Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19

U.S.C. 2531 et seq.) by adding a new

subtitle F, ‘‘International StandardSetting Activities.’’ Subtitle F requires

the President to designate an agency to

be responsible for informing the public

of the sanitary and phytosanitary

standard-setting activities of each

international standard-setting

organization. The designated agency

must inform the public by publishing a

notice in the Federal Register no later

than June 1 of each year, which

provides the following information: (1)

The sanitary or phytosanitary standards

under consideration or planned for

consideration by the international

standard-setting organization; and (2)

for each sanitary or phytosanitary

standard specified, a description of the

consideration or planned consideration

of the standard; whether the United

States is participating or plans to

participate in the consideration of the

standard; the agenda for United States

participation, if any; and the agency

responsible for representing the Untied

States with respect to the standard.

Subtitle F defines ‘‘international

standard’’ as a standard, guideline, or

recommendation: (1) Adopted by the

Codex Alimentarius Commission

regarding food safety; (2) developed

under the auspices of the International

Office of Epizootics regarding animal

health and zoonoses; (3) developed

under the auspices of the Secretariat of

the International Plant Protection

Convention in cooperation with the

North American Plant Protection

Organization regarding plant health; or

(4) established by or developed under

any other international organization

agreed to by the member countries of

the North American Free Trade

Agreement or by member countries of

the World Trade Organization.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission

(Codex) was created in 1962 by two

United Nations organizations, the Food