Department of the Army August 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Fox Materials Consulting, LLC; a corporation having its principle place of business at 7145 Baker Rd., Colorado Springs, CO 80908, an exclusive license in the field of semiconductor applications that use nonvolatile switches and relays relative to the following: ``Ferroelectric Mechanical Memory and Method'', US Patent No.: 9,385,306, Filing Date March 12, 2015, Issue Date July 5, 2016. ``Ferroelectric Mechanical Memory Based on Remanant Displacement and Method'', US Patent Application No.: 15/131,881, Filing Date April 18, 2016.

In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7 (a)(1)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to U.S. Patent 9,193,739, issued November 24, 2015, entitled, ``Induction of highly specific antibodies to a hapten but not to a carrier peptide by immunization'' and an exclusive within a field of use, royalty-bearing, revocable license to Patent Cooperation Treaty application PCT/US/2014/045940, filed July 9, 2014, entitled, ``Methods for Enhancing the Immunostimulation Potency of Aluminum Salt-adsorbed Vaccines'' to Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., having its principal place of business at 401 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of the Army proposes to alter a system of records notice A0690-600 SAMR, entitled ``Equal Opportunity and Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Files.'' This system is used to ensure complaints are properly investigated and appropriate remedial action initiated to correct inequities. It is also used to collect, record, and maintain racial, ethnic group, and gender data; and complaints statistical data.

The Department of the Army announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for implementation of activities and operations at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), AZ. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the Army prepared a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) that evaluated the potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of proposed construction and demolition of facilities and infrastructure, and proposed changes to current types and levels of testing and training at YPG. The Army selected the Preferred Alternative identified in the Final PEIS. The ROD explains that the Army will proceed with its Preferred Alternative to implement 296 proposed activities, including construction and demolition of facilities and infrastructure, changes to current types and levels of testing and training, and activities conducted under private industry partnerships.