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Vol. 82, No. 199 

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 

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 the CALIFORNIA TABLE 

GRAPE COMMISSION of FRESNO, 

CALIFORNIA, an exclusive license to 

the variety of table grape described in 

U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 

15/731,420, ‘‘GRAPEVINE NAMED 

‘SOLBRIO,’ ’’ filed on JUNE 6, 2017. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of 

Technology Transfer at the Beltsville 

address given above; telephone: 301– 

504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s patent rights in 

THIS PLANT VARIETY are assigned to 

the United States of America, as 

represented by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 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 (30) 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. 

Mojdeh Bahar, 

Assistant Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of the Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics Meeting 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) announces a meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics. 

DATES: The Committee meeting will be 

held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

Thursday, November 2, 2017, and from 

8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, 

November 3, 2017. There will be an 

opportunity for public questions and 

comments at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, 

November 3, 2017. All times mentioned 

herein refer to Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting 

will take place at The Brown Hotel, 335 

W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202. 

Written comments may be filed before 

or up to two weeks after the meeting 

with the contact person identified 

herein at: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 5041–A, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

telephone: 202–720–4333, eFax: 855– 

493–0445, or email: HQOA@

nass.usda.gov. General information 

about the committee can also be found 

at https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_

NASS/index.php. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics, which consists of 20 members 

appointed from 7 categories covering a 

broad range of agricultural disciplines 

and interests, has scheduled a meeting 

on November 2–3, 2017. During this 

time the Advisory Committee will 

discuss topics including the status of 

NASS programs, Census of Agriculture 

Updates, Census of Agriculture Program 

Plans, Big Data, and the NASS Strategic 

Plan. 

The Committee meeting is open to the 

public. The public is asked to preregister for the meeting at least 10 

business days prior to the meeting. Your 

pre-registration must state the names of 

each person in your group, organization, 

or interest represented; the number of 

people planning to give oral comments, 

if any; and whether anyone in your 

group requires special accommodations. 

Submit registrations to Executive 

Secretary, Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics, via eFax: 855– 

493–0445, or email: HQOA@

nass.usda.gov. Members of the public 

who request to give oral comments to 

the Committee must arrive at the 

meeting site by 8:00 a.m. on Friday, 

November 3, 2017. Written comments 

by attendees or other interested 

stakeholders will be welcomed for the 

public record before and up to two 

weeks following the meeting. The 

public may file written comments by 

mail to the Executive Director, Advisory 

Committee on Agriculture Statistics, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

5041–A South Building, Washington, 

DC 20250–2000. Written comments can 

also be sent via eFax: 855–493–0445, or 

email: HQOA@nass.usda.gov. All 

statements will become a part of the 

official records of the USDA Advisory 

Committee on Agriculture Statistics and 

will be kept on file for public review in 

the office of the Executive Director, 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. 

Signed at Washington, DC, September 28, 

2017. 

R. Renee Picanso, 

Associate Administrator, National 

Agricultural Statistics Service. 

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