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before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council 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 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Carolyn Porter at 

503–820–2280 at least five days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25979 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Marine Protected Areas Federal 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the Marine Protected Areas 

Federal Advisory Committee 

(Committee) in Santa Barbara, 

California. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 

November 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Refer to the Web page listed below for 

the most up-to-date meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, 633 

East Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, 

California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara 

Schwenke, Designated Federal Officer, 

MPA FAC, National Marine Protected 

Areas Center, 1305 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 

301–713–3100 x162, Fax: 301–713– 

3110); e-mail: kara.schwenke@noaa.gov; 

or visit the National MPA Center Web 

site at http://www.mpa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee, composed of external, 

knowledgeable representatives of 

stakeholder groups, was established by 

the Department of Commerce (DOC) to 

provide advice to the Secretaries of 

Commerce and the Interior on 

implementation of Section 4 of 

Executive Order 13158, which calls for 

the development of a National System of 

MPAs. The National System aims to 

strengthen existing MPAs and MPA 

programs through national and regional 

coordination, capacity building, science 

and analysis. The meeting will be open 

to public participation from 4:30 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 

2010. In general, each individual or 

group will be limited to a total time of 

five (5) minutes. If members of the 

public wish to submit written 

statements, they should be submitted to 

the Designated Federal Official by 

October 28, 2010. 

Matters to be Considered: The focus of 

the Committee’s meeting will be the 

development of draft recommendations 

by the Subcommittees (Coastal and 

Marine Spatial Planning and 

Communities and Land/Sea 

Interactions) and the Cultural Heritage 

Workgroup for deliberation and action 

by the full MPA FAC. The Committee 

will hear from an expert speaker on the 

Integrated Ocean Observing System 

(IOOS), and how MPAs could be used 

as platforms for ocean monitoring. The 

Committee will hear from two panels of 

MPA experts: One on how MPAs can 

help support healthy and resilient 

coastal communities coastal 

communities, and one on how MPAs 

and the national system of MPAs relate 

to the National Ocean Policy and 

Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning 

Initiatives. The agenda is subject to 

change. The latest version will be 

posted at http://www.mpa.gov. 

Dated: October 6, 2010. 

Donna Wieting, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26002 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent 

License 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of 

exclusive patent license. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance 

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

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

of Standards and Technology (‘‘NIST’’), 

U.S. Department of Commerce, is 

contemplating the grant of an exclusive 

license in the United States of America, 

its territories, possessions and 

commonwealths, to NIST’s interest in 

the invention embodied in U.S. Patent 

Application No. 12/820,218, titled 

‘‘Magnetic Connectors For Microfluidic 

Applications,’’ NIST Docket No. 09–020 

to SFC Fluidics, LLC, having a place of 

business at 534 W. Research Center 

Blvd. Suite 260, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 

The grant of the license would be for the 

field of use: Magnetic Connectors For 

Microfluidic Applications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Terry Lynch, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Technology 

Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 

Phone 301–975–2691. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 thirty days from the date of this 

published Notice, NIST receives written 

evidence and argument which establish 

that the grant of the license would not 

be consistent with the requirements of 

35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 

U.S. Patent Application No. 

12/820,218 is owned by the U.S. 

government, as represented by the 

Secretary of Commerce. The invention 

comprises a first magnetic connector 

with at least one orifice extending 

therethrough and a second magnetic 

connector. The first and second 

connectors are configured to 

magnetically attract each other. In one 

aspect, the first magnetic connector is 

configured to sealingly engage a surface 

of a microfluidic chip with the second 

magnetic connector disposed on an 

opposite side of the microfluidic chip. 

The first magnetic connector is 

configured to seal with the microfluidic 

chip about a channel opening in the 

microfluidic chip and provide flow 

communication between the channel 

opening and the orifice in the first 

magnetic connector. In at least one other 

aspect, the first magnetic connector and 

second magnetic connector each have at 

least one orifice and are configured to 

change a flow communication there 

between upon a rotation of the first or 

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