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cosmid Ad7 vector includes an Ad7
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produce high level expression of any
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leader sequence for regulation of
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present disclosure provides methods of
producing and administering the
described adenoviral expression vectors,
containing the nucleic acid sequence of
significant HIV–1 proteins as transgenes
for stimulation of an immune response
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Dated: February 12, 2007.
Steven M. Ferguson,
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and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES); Fourteenth Regular
Meeting; Provisional Agenda;
Announcement of Public Meeting
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the United States, as a
Party to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the
fourteenth regular meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to CITES
(CoP14) in The Hague, The Netherlands,
June 3–15, 2007. Currently, the United
States is developing its negotiating
positions on proposed resolutions,
decisions, and amendments to the
CITES Appendices (species proposals),
as well as other agenda items that have
been submitted by other Party countries
and the CITES Secretariat for
consideration at CoP14. With this notice
we announce the provisional agenda for
CoP14, solicit your comments on the
items on the provisional agenda, and
announce a public meeting to discuss
the items on the provisional agenda.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on April 9, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. In
developing the U.S. negotiating
positions on proposed resolutions,
decisions, and species proposals, and
other agenda items submitted by other
Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP14,
we will consider written information
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and comments you submit if we receive
them by April 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Public Meeting: The public
meeting will be held in the Rachel
Carson Room at the Department of the
Interior at 18th and C Streets, NW.,
Washington, DC. Directions to the
building can be obtained by contacting
the Division of Management Authority
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
below). Due to building security at the
Department of the Interior, persons
planning to attend the meeting must
notify the Division of Management
Authority by March 30, 2007, to allow
us sufficient time to provide the
building security staff with a list of
persons planning to attend. For more
information, see ‘‘Announcement of
Public Meeting’’ under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Comment Submission: Comments
pertaining to proposed resolutions,
decisions, and/or agenda items should
be sent to the Division of Management
Authority; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; 4401 North Fairfax Drive; Room
700; Arlington, VA 22203; or via E-mail
at: cop14@fws.gov; or via fax at: 703–
358–2298. Comments pertaining to
species proposals should be sent to the
Division of Scientific Authority; U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 North
Fairfax Drive; Room 750; Arlington, VA
22203; or via E-mail at:
scientificauthority@fws.gov; or via fax
at: 703–358–2276. Comments and
materials received will be available for
public inspection, by appointment, from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, at either the Division of
Management Authority or the Division
of Scientific Authority.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information pertaining to proposed
resolutions, decisions, and agenda items
contact: Acting Chief, Branch of CITES
Operations, Division of Management
Authority; phone 703–358–2095; fax
703–358–2298; E-mail: cop14@fws.gov.
For information pertaining to species
proposals contact: Acting Chief,
Division of Scientific Authority; phone
703–358–1708; fax 703–358–2276; Email: scientificauthority@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to
as CITES or the Convention, is an
international treaty designed to control
and regulate international trade in
certain animal and plant species that are
now or potentially may become
threatened with extinction. These
species are listed in Appendices to
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CITES, which are available on the
CITES Secretariat’s Web site at https://
www.cites.org/eng/app/index.shtml.
Currently, 169 countries, including the
United States, are Parties to CITES. The
Convention calls for biennial meetings
of the Conference of the Parties, which
reviews its implementation, makes
provisions enabling the CITES
Secretariat in Switzerland to carry out
its functions, considers amendments to
the list of species in Appendices I and
II, considers reports presented by the
Secretariat, and makes
recommendations for the improved
effectiveness of CITES. Any country that
is a Party to CITES may propose
amendments to Appendices I and II, and
draft resolutions, and decisions, and/or
agenda items for consideration by all the
Parties.
This is our third in a series of Federal
Register notices that, together with
announced public meetings, provide
you with an opportunity to participate
in the development of the U.S.
negotiating positions for CoP14. We
published our first CoP14-related
Federal Register notice on January 20,
2006 (71 FR 3319), and with it we
requested information and
recommendations on species proposals
and proposed resolutions, decisions,
and agenda items for the United States
to consider submitting for consideration
at CoP14. We published our second
such Federal Register notice on
November 7, 2006 (71 FR 65126), and
with it we requested information and
recommendations on species proposals,
proposed resolutions, proposed
decisions, and other agenda items that
the United States was considering
submitting for consideration at CoP14.
You may obtain information on the
above Federal Register notices from the
following sources: for information on
proposed resolutions, decisions, and
agenda items, contact the Division of
Management Authority (ADDRESSES);
and for information on species
proposals, contact the Division of
Scientific Authority (ADDRESSES). Our
regulations governing this public
process are found in 50 CFR 23.31–
23.39.
CoP14 is scheduled to be held in The
Hague, The Netherlands, June 3–15,
2007. On January 4, 2007, the United
States submitted to the CITES
Secretariat, for consideration at CoP14,
its species proposals, proposed
resolutions, proposed decisions, and
other agenda items. These documents
are available on our Web site at
https://www.fws.gov/international.
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Announcement of Provisional Agenda
for CoP14
The provisional agenda for CoP14 is
currently available on the CITES
Secretariat’s Web site at https://
www.cites.org/eng/cop/14/doc/
index.shtml. The working documents
associated with the items on the
provisional agenda, such as proposed
resolutions, proposed decisions, and
discussion documents, are also available
on the Secretariat’s Web site. To view
the working document associated with a
particular agenda item, access the
provisional agenda at the above Web
site, locate the particular agenda item,
and click on the document link for that
agenda item in the column entitled
‘‘Document.’’ Finally, the species
proposals that will be considered at
CoP14 are available on the Secretariat’s
Web site at https://www.cites.org/eng/
cop/14/raw_props.shtml. We look
forward to receiving your comments on
the items on the provisional agenda.
Announcement of Public Meeting
We will hold a public meeting to
discuss with you the items on the
provisional agenda for CoP14. The
public meeting will be held on the date
specified in DATES at the address
specified in ADDRESSES. You can obtain
directions to the building by contacting
the Division of Management Authority
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
above). Please note that the Rachel
Carson Room is accessible to the
handicapped and all persons planning
to attend the meeting will be required to
present photo identification when
entering the building. Due to building
security in the Department of the
Interior, persons planning to attend the
meeting must notify the Division of
Management Authority by March 30,
2007. Persons who plan to attend the
meeting and who require interpretation
for the hearing impaired must notify the
Division of Management Authority by
March 21, 2007.
Future Actions
Through an additional notice and
Web site posting in advance of CoP14,
we will inform you about tentative U.S.
negotiating positions on proposed
resolutions, proposed decisions, species
proposals, and other agenda items that
were submitted by other Party countries
and the CITES Secretariat for
consideration at CoP14.
Authors: The primary authors of this
notice are Frank Kohn and Clifton
Horton, Division of Management
Authority; under the authority of the
U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
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Dated: February 2, 2007.
Mamie A. Parker,
Acting Director.
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to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server at https://
www.usitc.gov. The public record for
this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David O. Lloyd, Esq., Office of Unfair
Import Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, telephone (202)
205–2576.
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COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337–TA–593]
In the Matter of Certain Digital
Cameras and Component Parts
Thereof; Notice of Investigation
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.
Authority: The authority for institution of
this investigation is contained in section 337
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and
in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10
(2006).
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
complaint was filed with the U.S.
International Trade Commission on
January 19, 2007, under section 337 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19
U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of St. Clair
Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc.,
of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Letters
supplementing the Complaint were filed
on February 7 and February 9, 2007.
The complaint, as supplemented,
alleges violations of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain digital cameras and component
parts thereof by reason of infringement
of claim 16 of U.S. Patent No. 5,138,459;
claims 1–3, 8, 10, 12, and 16–18 of U.S.
Patent No. 6,094,219; claim 1 of U.S.
Patent No. 6,233,010; claims 1–4 of U.S.
Patent No. 6,323,899; and claims 5, 6,
and 9–12 of U.S. 6,496,222. The
complaint further alleges that an
industry in the United States exists as
required by subsection (a)(2) of section
337.
The complainant requests that the
Commission institute an investigation
and, after the investigation, issue a
permanent exclusion order and
permanent cease and desist orders.
ADDRESSES: The complaint and
supplements, except for any
confidential information contained
therein, are available for inspection
during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room
112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone
202–205–2000. Hearing impaired
individuals are advised that information
on this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons
with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access
Scope of Investigation: Having
considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on
February 13, 2007, ordered that—
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, an investigation be instituted
to determine whether there is a
violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of
section 337 in the importation into the
United States, the sale for importation,
or the sale within the United States after
importation of certain digital cameras
and component parts thereof by reason
of infringement of one or more of claim
16 of U.S. Patent No. 5,138,459; claims
1–3, 8, 10, 12, and 16–18 of U.S. Patent
No. 6,094,219; claim 1 of U.S. Patent
No. 6,233,010; claims 1–4 of U.S. Patent
No. 6,323,899; and claims 5, 6, and 9–
12 of U.S. 6,496,222; and whether an
industry in the United States exists as
required by subsection (a)(2) of section
337;
(2) For the purpose of the
investigation so instituted, the following
are hereby named as parties upon which
this notice of investigation shall be
served:
(a) The complainant is St. Clair
Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc.,
16845 Kercheval Avenue, Suite No. 2,
Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230.
(b) The respondent is the following
entity alleged to be in violation of
section 337, and is the party upon
which the complaint is to be served:
Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State
Street, Rochester, New York 14650.
(c) The Commission investigative
attorney, party to this investigation, is
David O. Lloyd, Esq., Office of Unfair
Import Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Room 401–M, Washington, DC 20436;
and
(3) For the investigation so instituted,
the Honorable Robert L. Barton, Jr., is
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designated as the presiding
administrative law judge.
Responses to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in
accordance with section 210.13 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such
responses will be considered by the
Commission if received not later than 20
days after the date of service by the
Commission of the complaint and the
notice of investigation. Extensions of
time for submitting responses to the
complaint and the notice of
investigation will not be granted unless
good cause therefor is shown.
Failure of the respondent to file a
timely response to each allegation in the
complaint and in this notice may be
deemed to constitute a waiver of the
right to appear and contest the
allegations of the complaint and this
notice, and to authorize the
administrative law judge and the
Commission, without further notice to
the respondent, to find the facts to be as
alleged in the complaint and this notice
and to enter an initial determination
and a final determination containing
such findings, and may result in the
issuance of a limited exclusion order or
cease and desist order or both directed
against the respondent.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: February 14, 2007.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
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Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–60,916]
AVX Corporation Raleigh, NC; Notice
of Termination of Investigation
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, an
investigation was initiated on February
7, 2007 in response to a petition filed by
a company official on behalf of workers
at AVX Corporation, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
The petitioner has requested that the
petition be withdrawn. Consequently,
the investigation has been terminated.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Fourteenth
Regular Meeting; Provisional Agenda; Announcement of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We, the United States, as a Party to the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES), will attend the fourteenth regular meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to CITES (CoP14) in The Hague, The Netherlands, June 3-
15, 2007. Currently, the United States is developing its negotiating
positions on proposed resolutions, decisions, and amendments to the
CITES Appendices (species proposals), as well as other agenda items
that have been submitted by other Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP14. With this notice we announce
the provisional agenda for CoP14, solicit your comments on the items on
the provisional agenda, and announce a public meeting to discuss the
items on the provisional agenda.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on April 9, 2007, at 1:30 p.m.
In developing the U.S. negotiating positions on proposed resolutions,
decisions, and species proposals, and other agenda items submitted by
other Party countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration at
CoP14, we will consider written information
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and comments you submit if we receive them by April 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Public Meeting: The public meeting will be held in the
Rachel Carson Room at the Department of the Interior at 18th and C
Streets, NW., Washington, DC. Directions to the building can be
obtained by contacting the Division of Management Authority (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, below). Due to building security at the
Department of the Interior, persons planning to attend the meeting must
notify the Division of Management Authority by March 30, 2007, to allow
us sufficient time to provide the building security staff with a list
of persons planning to attend. For more information, see ``Announcement
of Public Meeting'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Comment Submission: Comments pertaining to proposed resolutions,
decisions, and/or agenda items should be sent to the Division of
Management Authority; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 North
Fairfax Drive; Room 700; Arlington, VA 22203; or via E-mail at:
cop14@fws.gov; or via fax at: 703-358-2298. Comments pertaining to
species proposals should be sent to the Division of Scientific
Authority; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 North Fairfax Drive;
Room 750; Arlington, VA 22203; or via E-mail at:
scientificauthority@fws.gov; or via fax at: 703-358-2276. Comments and
materials received will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at either
the Division of Management Authority or the Division of Scientific
Authority.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information pertaining to proposed
resolutions, decisions, and agenda items contact: Acting Chief, Branch
of CITES Operations, Division of Management Authority; phone 703-358-
2095; fax 703-358-2298; E-mail: cop14@fws.gov. For information
pertaining to species proposals contact: Acting Chief, Division of
Scientific Authority; phone 703-358-1708; fax 703-358-2276; E-mail:
scientificauthority@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to as CITES or the Convention, is
an international treaty designed to control and regulate international
trade in certain animal and plant species that are now or potentially
may become threatened with extinction. These species are listed in
Appendices to CITES, which are available on the CITES Secretariat's Web
site at https://www.cites.org/eng/app/index.shtml. Currently, 169
countries, including the United States, are Parties to CITES. The
Convention calls for biennial meetings of the Conference of the
Parties, which reviews its implementation, makes provisions enabling
the CITES Secretariat in Switzerland to carry out its functions,
considers amendments to the list of species in Appendices I and II,
considers reports presented by the Secretariat, and makes
recommendations for the improved effectiveness of CITES. Any country
that is a Party to CITES may propose amendments to Appendices I and II,
and draft resolutions, and decisions, and/or agenda items for
consideration by all the Parties.
This is our third in a series of Federal Register notices that,
together with announced public meetings, provide you with an
opportunity to participate in the development of the U.S. negotiating
positions for CoP14. We published our first CoP14-related Federal
Register notice on January 20, 2006 (71 FR 3319), and with it we
requested information and recommendations on species proposals and
proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for the United States
to consider submitting for consideration at CoP14. We published our
second such Federal Register notice on November 7, 2006 (71 FR 65126),
and with it we requested information and recommendations on species
proposals, proposed resolutions, proposed decisions, and other agenda
items that the United States was considering submitting for
consideration at CoP14. You may obtain information on the above Federal
Register notices from the following sources: for information on
proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items, contact the Division
of Management Authority (ADDRESSES); and for information on species
proposals, contact the Division of Scientific Authority (ADDRESSES).
Our regulations governing this public process are found in 50 CFR
23.31-23.39.
CoP14 is scheduled to be held in The Hague, The Netherlands, June
3-15, 2007. On January 4, 2007, the United States submitted to the
CITES Secretariat, for consideration at CoP14, its species proposals,
proposed resolutions, proposed decisions, and other agenda items. These
documents are available on our Web site at https://www.fws.gov/
international.
Announcement of Provisional Agenda for CoP14
The provisional agenda for CoP14 is currently available on the
CITES Secretariat's Web site at https://www.cites.org/eng/cop/14/doc/
index.shtml. The working documents associated with the items on the
provisional agenda, such as proposed resolutions, proposed decisions,
and discussion documents, are also available on the Secretariat's Web
site. To view the working document associated with a particular agenda
item, access the provisional agenda at the above Web site, locate the
particular agenda item, and click on the document link for that agenda
item in the column entitled ``Document.'' Finally, the species
proposals that will be considered at CoP14 are available on the
Secretariat's Web site at https://www.cites.org/eng/cop/14/raw_
props.shtml. We look forward to receiving your comments on the items on
the provisional agenda.
Announcement of Public Meeting
We will hold a public meeting to discuss with you the items on the
provisional agenda for CoP14. The public meeting will be held on the
date specified in DATES at the address specified in ADDRESSES. You can
obtain directions to the building by contacting the Division of
Management Authority (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, above).
Please note that the Rachel Carson Room is accessible to the
handicapped and all persons planning to attend the meeting will be
required to present photo identification when entering the building.
Due to building security in the Department of the Interior, persons
planning to attend the meeting must notify the Division of Management
Authority by March 30, 2007. Persons who plan to attend the meeting and
who require interpretation for the hearing impaired must notify the
Division of Management Authority by March 21, 2007.
Future Actions
Through an additional notice and Web site posting in advance of
CoP14, we will inform you about tentative U.S. negotiating positions on
proposed resolutions, proposed decisions, species proposals, and other
agenda items that were submitted by other Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP14.
Authors: The primary authors of this notice are Frank Kohn and
Clifton Horton, Division of Management Authority; under the authority
of the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.).
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Dated: February 2, 2007.
Mamie A. Parker,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. E7-2872 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
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