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Vol. 61, No. 104

Wednesday, May 29, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Availability for Licensing and

Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and

Intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/

005,722, ‘‘Insect Monitoring Trap,’’ filed

January 19, 1993, is available for

licensing and that the U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Agricultural Research

Service, intends to grant an exclusive

license to Consep, Inc. of Bend, Oregon.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 27, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, 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 represented by the

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the

public interest to so license this

invention as Consep, Inc. has submitted

a complete and sufficient application for

a license. 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 ninety days from

the date of this published Notice, the

Agricultural Research Service receives

written evidence and argument which

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.

R.M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–13326 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–M

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 96–030–1]

Availability of Environmental

Assessments and Findings of No

Significant Impact

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public

that the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service has prepared an

environmental assessment and a finding

of no significant impact for the

shipment of unlicensed veterinary

biological products for field testing. A

risk analysis, which forms the basis for

the environmental assessment, has led

us to conclude that shipment of the

unlicensed veterinary biological

products for field testing will not have

a significant impact on the quality of the

human environment. Based on our

finding of no significant impact, we

have determined that an environmental

impact statement need not be prepared.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental

assessment and finding of no significant

impact may be obtained by writing to

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the

docket number and publication date of

this notice, as well as the first two

words of the product name, when

requesting copies. Copies of the

environmental assessment and finding

of no significant impact (as well as the

risk analysis with confidential business

information removed) are also available

for public inspection 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 those documents are requested

to call ahead on (202) 690–2817 to

facilitate entry into the reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Jeanette Greenberg, Veterinary

Biologics, BBEP, APHIS, 4700 River

Road Unit 148, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1237, telephone (301) 734–8400, fax

(301) 734–8910, or E-mail:

jgreenberg@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151

et seq.), a veterinary biological product

must be shown to be pure, safe, potent,

and efficacious before a veterinary

biological product license may be

issued. A field test is generally

necessary to satisfy prelicensing

requirements for veterinary biological

products. In order to ship an unlicensed

veterinary biological product for the

purpose of conducting a proposed field

test, a person must receive authorization

from the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service (APHIS).

In determining whether to authorize

shipment for field testing of the

unlicensed veterinary biological

products referenced in this notice,

APHIS conducted a risk analysis to

assess the potential effect of these

products on the safety of animals,

public health, and the environment.

Based on that risk analysis, APHIS has

prepared an environmental assessment.

APHIS has concluded that shipment of

the unlicensed veterinary biological

products for field testing will not

significantly affect the quality of the

human environment. Based on this

finding of no significant impact, we

have determined that there is no need

to prepare an environmental impact

statement. An environmental

assessment and finding of no significant

impact have been prepared by APHIS

for the shipment of the following

unlicensed veterinary biological

products for field testing: