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Applications for a license in the field 

of use filed in response to this notice 

will be treated as objections to the grant 

of the contemplated exclusive license. 

Comments and objections submitted to 

this notice will not be made available 

for public inspection and, to the extent 

permitted by law, will not be released 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552. 

Dated: February 11, 2008. 

Steven M. Ferguson, 

Director, Division of Technology Development 

and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, 

National Institutes of Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Prospective Grant of Exclusive 

License: Regulatory Approved Clinical 

Diagnostics for Anti-HPV16 L1 Serum 

Antibody Detection in HPV Vaccine 

Recipients 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, 

Public Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is notice, in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 

404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

contemplating the grant of an exclusive 

worldwide license to practice the 

invention embodied in HHS Ref. No. E–

253–1993/0 and certain foreign rights 

under HHS Ref. No. E–166–1992 

including U.S. Patent 5,437,951, U.S. 

Patent 5,985,610, U.S. Patent 5,871,998, 

U.S. Patent 5,716,620, U.S. Patent 

5,744,142, U.S. Patent 5,756,284, U.S. 

Patent 5,709,996, U.S. Patent 

Application 09/316,487, U.S. Patent 

Application 10/371,846, International 

Patent Application PCT/US93/08342, 

European Patent Application 

93921353.4, European Patent 

Application 040104531.1, European 

Patent Application 040783235, 

Australian Patent 683220, Australian 

Patent Application 2004203609, 

Canadian Patent No. 2,143,845, Japanese 

Patent Applications 1994–507481, 

Japanese Patent Applications 2001–

101791 and continuation and divisional 

patents and patent applications thereof, 

entitled ‘‘Self-Assembling Recombinant 

Papillomavirus HPV16 Capsid 

Proteins,’’ to Biotrin International, Ltd., 

a limited liability company formed 

under the laws of the European Union 

and the Republic of Ireland. The United 

States of America is the assignee of the 

patent rights of the above inventions. 

The contemplated exclusive license 

may be granted in the field of regulatory 

approved clinical diagnostics for serum 

anti-HPV16 L1 antibody detection in 

HPV vaccine recipients. 

DATE: Only written comments and/or 

applications for a license received by 

the NIH Office of Technology Transfer 

on or before April 21, 2008 will be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the 

patent applications, inquiries, 

comments and other materials relating 

to the contemplated license should be 

directed to: Michael A. Shmilovich, 

Esq., Office of Technology Transfer, 

National Institutes of Health, 6011 

Executive Boulevard, Suite 325, 

Rockville, MD 20852–3804; Telephone: 

(301) 435–5019; Facsimile: (301) 402–

0220; E-mail: shmilovm@mail.nih.gov. 

A signed confidentiality nondisclosure 

agreement may be required to receive 

copies of the patent applications. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The patent 

applications intended for licensure 

disclose and/or cover the following: 

E–253–1993 and E–166–1992, ‘‘SelfAssembling Recombinant 

Papillomavirus Capsid Proteins of 

HPV16,’’ Lowy et al. 

Recombinant human papillomavirus 

16 capsid proteins that are capable of 

self-assembly into capsomer structures 

and viral capsids that comprise 

conformational antigenic epitopes. The 

capsomer structures and viral capsids, 

consisting of the capsid proteins that are 

expression products of a bovine, 

monkey or human papillomavirus L1 

conformational coding sequence 

proteins, can be prepared for use in 

ELISA or cell-based immunoassays for 

detecting the level of serum antibody in 

recipients of a vaccine against HPV16. 

The self-assembling capsid proteins can 

also be used as elements of diagnostic 

immunoassay procedures for 

papillomavirus infection. 

The prospective exclusive license 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 

exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within sixty (60) days from the date of 

this published notice, NIH receives 

written evidence and argument that 

establishes that the grant of the license 

would not be consistent with the 

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

CFR 404.7. 

Properly filed competing applications 

for a license filed in response to this 

notice will be treated as objections to 

the contemplated license. Comments 

and objections submitted in response to 

this notice will not be made available 

for public inspection, and, to the extent 

permitted by law, will not be released 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

5 U.S.C. 552. 

Dated: February 14, 2008. 

David Sadowski, 

Deputy Director, Division of Technology 

Development and Transfer, Office of 

Technology Transfer, National Institutes of 

Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–MB–2008–N0031] 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Program 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the 

FY 2008 priority list of wildlife and 

sport fish conservation projects from the 

Association of Fish and Wildlife 

Agencies (AFWA). As required by the 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000, 

AFWA submits a list of projects to us 

each year to consider for funding under 

the Multistate Conservation Grant 

program. We then review and award 

grants from this list. 

ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate 

Conservation Grants Program 

Coordinator, Division of Federal 

Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail 

Stop MBSP–4020, Arlington, Virginia 

22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

C. Stremple, (703) 358–2156 (phone) or 

John_Stremple@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000 

(Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106–408) 

amended the Pittman-Robertson 

Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 

et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport 

Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et 

seq.) and established the Multistate 

Conservation Grant Program. The 

Improvement Act authorizes us to 

award grants of up to $3 million 

annually from funds available under 

each of the Restoration Acts, for a total 

of up to $6 million annually. We may 

award grants from a list of priority 

projects recommended to us by AFWA. 

The FWS Director, exercising the 


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authority of the Secretary of the Interior, 

need not fund all projects on the list, 

but all projects funded must be on the 

list. 

Grantees under this program may use 

funds for sport fisheries and wildlife 

management and research projects, 

boating access development, hunter 

safety and education, aquatic education, 

fish and wildlife habitat improvements, 

and other purposes consistent with the 

enabling legislation. 

To be eligible for funding, a project 

must benefit fish and/or wildlife 

conservation in at least 26 States, or in 

a majority of the States in any one FWS 

Region, or it must benefit a regional 

association of State fish and wildlife 

agencies. We may award grants to a 

State, a group of States, or one or more 

nongovernmental organizations. For the 

purpose of carrying out the National 

Survey of Fishing, Hunting and 

Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may 

award grants to the FWS, if requested by 

AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. 

Also, AFWA requires all project 

proposals to address its National 

Conservation Needs, which are 

announced annually by AFWA at the 

same time as its request for proposals. 

Further, applicants must provide 

certification that no activities conducted 

under a Multistate Conservation grant 

will promote or encourage opposition to 

regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife 

or to regulated angling or taking of fish. 

Eligible project proposals are 

reviewed and ranked by AFWA 

Committees and interested 

nongovernmental organizations that 

represent conservation organizations, 

sportsmen’s organizations, and 

industries that support or promote 

fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational 

shooting, bowhunting, or archery. 

AFWA’s Committee on National Grants 

recommends a final list of priority 

projects to the directors of State fish and 

wildlife agencies for their approval by 

majority vote. By statute, AFWA then 

must transmit the final approved list to 

the FWS for funding under the 

Multistate Conservation Grant program 

by October 1. 

This year, we received a list of nine 

recommended projects. We recommend 

them for funding in 2008, contingent on 

the Multistate Conservation Grant 

Program receiving additional funds as 

specified in the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, and Efficient Transportation 

Equity Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–059) 

passed in August 2005. AFWA’s 

recommended list follows: 

Dated: January 29, 2008. 

H. Dale Hall, 

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–07–1610–DP] 

Supplement to Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Draft Resource 

Management Plan and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Pinedale Field Office To List 

Proposed Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern and Specific 

Associated Resource Use Limitations 

for Public Lands in Sublette and 

Lincoln Counties, WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: A notice of availability for the 

Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Pinedale Field Office 

planning area in Sublette and Lincoln 

Counties, Wyoming was published in 

the Federal Register, volume 72, 

number 32, on February 16, 2007. This 

supplements that Notice with 

information on existing and potential 

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 

(ACECs) considered within the Draft 

RMP and EIS and also provides a 60-day 

comment period on the proposed 

ACECs as required by 43 CFR 1610.7–

2. 

DATES: The comment period will 

commence with the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register and end 

60 days after its publication. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on ACECs and 

resource use limitations (found on pages 

2–106–2–110 and 2–153–2–155) must 

be received within 60-days of the date 

of publication of this notice. Written 

comments must be submitted as follows: 

1. Comments may be provided via the 

Pinedale RMP Revision Web site at: 

http://www.blm.gov/rmp/wy/pinedale. 

The Web site is designed to allow 

commenter to submit comments 

electronically by resource subject 

directly onto a comment form posted on 

the Web site. Comments may be 

uploaded in an electronic file to the 

above Web site. Whenever possible, 

please include reference to either the 

page or section in the Draft RMP/EIS to 

which the ACEC-related comment 

applies. To facilitate analysis of 

comments and information submitted, 

the BLM encourages commenters to 

submit comments in an electronic 

format though the Web site. 

2. Written comments may be mailed 

or delivered to the BLM at: Pinedale 

RMP EIS, BLM Pinedale Field Office, 

1625 W. Pine St., P.O. Box 768, 

Pinedale, Wyoming 82941. All postal 

mail must be addressed to the post 

office box. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kellie Roadifer, Pinedale RMP Team 

Leader, BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 

W. Pine Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941; or by telephone at 307–367–

5309. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

RMP/EIS addresses four alternatives and 

provides proposed management 

decisions and impact analysis of the 

alternatives. The number and acreages 

of ACECs that would be designated vary 

by alternative. The four alternatives 

include: 

1. Alternative 1 (No Action 

Alternative): Continues the existing 

management strategy; 

2. Alternative 2: Maximizes the 

production of resource commodities 

while providing an adequate level of 

environmental protection for wildlife 

habitat and other resource values; 

3. Alternative 3: Provides a high level 

of environmental protection for wildlife 

habitat and other resource values while 

allowing the production of resource 

commodities; and 

4. Alternative 4 (BLM Preferred 

Alternative): Optimizes the mix of 

resource outputs, including production 

of resource commodities and wildlife 

habitat, while providing an appropriate 

level of environmental protection for all 

resources. 

There are two ACECs in the existing 

Pinedale Field Office land use plan: 

Rock Creek ACEC (5,300 acres) and 

Beaver Creek ACEC (3,590 acres). There 

are six potential new ACECs proposed 

in the Draft RMP/EIS. The ACECs are: 

• Trapper’s Point ACEC (550 acres 

[Alternative 2], 4,000 acres [Alternative 

4], or 9,540 acres [Alternative 3]): 

Values of concern are big game 

migration corridors, cultural and 

historic properties, and livestock 

trailing. Within this ACEC, fence 

construction and surface disturbing 

activities would be prohibited with the 

exception of activities designed to 

increase big game migration viability. 

The ACEC would be unavailable for oil 

and gas leasing. Off-road vehicle use 

would be restricted to designated roads 

and trails and subject to a seasonal 

closure from November 15 through 

April 30 annually. 

• New Fork Potholes ACEC (1,800 

acres [Alternatives 3 and 4]): Values of 

concern are waterfowl, trumpeter swan, 

and riparian habitats. With the 

exception of those that would benefit 

wildlife habitat, surface disturbing 

activities would be prohibited. The 

ACEC would be unavailable for oil and 

gas leasing. Off-road vehicle use would 

be restricted to designated roads and 

trails. 

• Upper Green River ACEC (12,270 

acres [Alternative 3]): Values of concern 

are big game migration routes and 

migration bottlenecks, and high scenic 

and recreational values. The ACEC 

would be unavailable for oil and gas 

leasing. Off-road vehicle use would be 

restricted to designated roads and trails, 

and no net increase in miles of roads 

would be allowed. 

• White-Tailed Prairie Dog (WTPD) 

ACEC (no acreage estimate available, 

[Alternative 3]): The WTPD ACEC 

would not have a specific area but 

would involve a number of townships 

where WTPD habitat is found in future 

surveys. The value of concern is habitat 

for the WTPD. Surveys for WTPD 

presence would be required prior to 

authorizing any activities. Anti-raptor 

perching devices would be required on 

any above-ground facilities located 

within 1⁄4 mile of WTPD towns greater 

than 12.5 acres in size. Surfacedisturbing activities would be 

prohibited in WTPD towns greater than 

12.5 acres in size. Off-road vehicle use 

would be limited to designated roads 

and trails. Poisoning of WTPD would be 

prohibited except in cases of health and 

safety emergencies. 

• Ross Butte ACEC (35,670 acres 

[Alternative 3]): Values of concern are 

significant cultural resources, 

archeological landscapes and Native 

American sacred sites, a unique 

community of Wyoming sensitive plant 

species, high-quality paleontological 

resources, open space and dispersed 

recreation opportunities, and unique 

geology and unstable soils. The ACEC 

would be unavailable for oil and gas 

leasing and closed to the placement of 

new communication sites. Off-road 

vehicle use would be limited to 

designated roads and trails. Surface 

occupancy and disturbance would be 

prohibited on erosive soils, sensitive 

plant species habitats, and on slopes 

greater than 10 percent. 

• CCC Ponds ACEC (5,530 acres 

[Alternative 3]): Values of concern are a 

wildlife migration bottleneck on a welldefined mule deer migration route and 

recreational values including a 

developed, nonmotorized trail system, 

fishing ponds, and interpretive 

facilities. The ACEC would be 

unavailable for oil and gas leasing and 

would be closed to mineral location and 

land disposal. Off-highway vehicle use 


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