Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 8, 2005 / Notices 67685 

VIII. Other Information 

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Dated: November 3, 2005. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 05–22258 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Albany Research Center; Notice of 

Intent To Grant Exclusive or Partially 

Exclusive Patent License 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), 

Albany Research Center (ALRC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an 

intent to grant to Harbison-Walker 

Refractories Co. at Moon Township, 

Pennsylvania, an exclusive or partially 

exclusive license to practice the 

invention described in the U.S. patent 

number 6,815,386 titled, ‘‘Use of 

Phosphates to Reduce Slag Penetration 

in Cr2O3-Based Refractories.’’ The 

invention is owned by the United States 

of America, as represented by the 

Department of Energy (DOE). The 

proposed license will be exclusive or 

partially exclusive, subject to a license 

and other rights retained by the U.S. 

Government, and other terms and 

conditions to be negotiated. DOE 

intends to grant the license, upon a final 

determination in accordance with 35 

U.S.C. 209(c), unless within 15 days of 

publication of this Notice the Research 

Marketing Specialist, Department of 

Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 

Queen Avenue, SW., Albany, OR 

97321–2198, receives in writing any of 

the following, together with the 

supporting documents: 

(i) A statement from any person 

setting forth reasons why it would not 

be in the best interest of the United 

States to grant the proposed license; or 

(ii) An application for a nonexclusive 

license to the invention, in which 

applicant states that it already has 

brought the invention to practical 

application or is likely to bring the 

invention to practical application 

expeditiously. 

DATES: Written comments or 

nonexclusive license applications are to 

be received at the address listed below 

no later than fifteen (15) days after the 

date of this published Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Paula Turner, Research 

Marketing Specialist, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Albany Research Center, 1450 

Queen Avenue SW., Albany, OR 97321–

2198. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Paula Turner, 

Research Marketing Specialist, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Albany Research 

Center, 1450 Queen Avenue SW., 

Albany, OR 97321–2198; Telephone 

(541) 967–5966; E-mail: 

@turnerp@alrc.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 

209(c) provides the DOE with authority 

to grant exclusive or partially exclusive 

licenses in Department-owned 

inventions, where a determination can 

be made, among other things, that the 

desired practical application of the 

invention has not been achieved, or is 

not likely expeditiously to be achieved, 

under a nonexclusive license. The 

statute and implementing regulations 

(37 CFR part 404) require that the 

necessary determinations be made after 

public notice and opportunity for filing 

written objections. 

Harbison-Walker Refractories, a 

business located at Moon Township, 

Pennsylvania, has applied for an 

exclusive or partially exclusive license 

to practice the invention and has a plan 

for commercialization of the invention. 

The proposed license will be 

exclusive or partially exclusive, subject 

to a license and other rights retained by 

the U.S. Government, and subject to a 

negotiated royalty. The Department will 

review all timely written responses to 

this notice, and will grant the license if, 

after expiration of the 15-day notice 

period, and after consideration of 

written responses to this notice, a 

determination is made, in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the license 

grant is in the public interest. 

Dated: October 18, 2005. 

George J. Dooley, 

Research Director, Albany Research Center. 

[FR Doc. 05–22232 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

[BPA File No.: WP–07] 

2007 Wholesale Power Rate 

Adjustment Proceeding; Public 

Hearings, and Opportunities for Public 

Review and Comment 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed wholesale 

power rates. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest 

Electric Power Planning and 

Conservation Act (Northwest Power 

Act), 16 U.S.C. 839, provides that BPA 

must establish and periodically review 

and revise its rates so that they are 

adequate to recover, in accordance with 

sound business principles, the costs 

associated with the acquisition, 

conservation and transmission of 

electric power, and to recover the 

Federal investment in the Federal 

Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) 

and other costs incurred by BPA. 

ADDRESSES: 1. Persons wishing to 

become formal parties to the proceeding 

must file a petition to intervene 

notifying BPA in writing of their 

intention to do so in conformance with 

the requirements stated in this notice. 

Petitions to intervene should be directed 

to Jennifer Sanders, Hearing Clerk, LP–

7, Bonneville Power Administration, 

905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 

97232 or may be e-mailed to the 

following e-mail address: 

jsanders@bpa.gov, and must be received 

no later than 5 p.m., Pacific Standard 

Time, on November 17, 2005. In 

addition, a copy of the petition must be 

served concurrently on BPA’s General 

Counsel and directed to Peter J. Burger, 

LP–7, Office of General Counsel, 

Bonneville Power Administration, 905 

NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232 or 

be e-mailed to the following e-mail 

address: http://www.pjburger@bpa.gov. 

(See Part III (A) for more information.) 

2. Non-party participants may submit 

written comments between November 

21, 2005, and February 13, 2006. 

Comments must be received no later 

than 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on 

February 13, 2006, in order to be 

considered in the draft Record of 

Decision (ROD). Written comments may 

be made as follows: in person at the 

field hearings (see schedule and 

locations in Part I of this Notice), online 

at BPA’s Web site: www.bpa.gov/ 

comment, or by mail to: BPA 

Communications, DKP–7, P.O. Box 

14428, Portland, OR 97293–4428. Please