18878 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 65 / Friday, April 4, 2014 / Notices

Done at Washington, DC, this 31st day of requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 pop.php?project=43757, by contacting March 2014. CFR 404.7. the Lookout Pass Ski Area Expansion Catherine E. Woteki, Third-Party EIS NEPA Contractor, Sue Mojdeh Bahar, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Wilmot, at (503) 224–0333 ext. 6324, or Economics. Assistant Administrator. by emailing: [email protected]. [FR Doc. 2014–07574 Filed 4–3–14; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2014–07553 Filed 4–3–14; 8:45 am] Further information will also be made BILLING CODE 3410–03–P BILLING CODE 3410–22–P available at three public open houses: • April 22, 2014, 5–7 p.m. at the Black Diamond Ranch (120 Borgia DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Haugan Frontage Rd., De Borgia, MT). • Forest Service April 23, 2014, 5–7 p.m. at the Agricultural Research Service Wallace Inn (100 Front Street, Wallace, ). Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive National Forests and • April 24, 2014, 5–7 p.m. at the License Lolo National Forest; Shoshone County, ID and Mineral County, MT; Coeur d’Alene Forest Supervisors Office AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, Lookout Pass Ski Area Expansion (3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene, USDA. Third-Party Environmental Impact Idaho). ACTION: Notice of intent. Statement Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. (TDD) may call the Federal Information the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Agricultural Research Service, intends environmental impact statement. between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern to grant to Eureka Genomics Time, Monday through Friday. SUMMARY: The Idaho Panhandle Corporation of Hercules, California, an SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Forests (IPNFs) and Lolo exclusive license to the Federal Purpose and Need for Action: The National Forest (LNF) are preparing an Government’s rights in U.S. Patent purpose of the proposed Lookout Ski environmental impact statement (EIS) to Application Serial No. 13/824,348, Area Expansion is to provide a high- consider and disclose the anticipated ‘‘SCALABLE CHARACTERIZATION OF quality downhill skiing recreational environmental effects of a proposal from NUCLEIC ACIDS BY PARALLEL opportunity on the IPNFs and LNF. Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area SEQUENCING’’, filed on March 15, Lookout Pass ski terrain is insufficient (Lookout Pass) to expand its special use 2013. to meet market demands, resulting in permit to upgrade and develop new diminished recreational experiences DATES: Comments must be received on lifts, ski terrain, parking, access roads, and reduced economic viability for the or before May 5, 2014. and guest service facilities. The ski area. In the Lookout Pass Ski and ADDRESSES: proposed project is located Send comments to: USDA, Recreation Area Master Development approximately 12 miles east of Wallace, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, Plan, Lookout Pass specifically Idaho, on National Forest System (NFS) 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, identified three social, economic, or lands within Shoshone County, Idaho, Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. physical factors that necessitate the and Mineral County, . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June development of additional terrain in Blalock of the Office of Technology DATES: Comments concerning the scope order to ensure continued, publicly Transfer at the Beltsville address given of the analysis must be received by May acceptable ski operations. These factors above; telephone: 301–504–5989. 5, 2014. The Draft EIS is expected to be are (1) diminished skier experiences SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The patent available for public review in winter associated with overcrowding, increased rights in this invention are co-owned by 2015 and the Final EIS is expected in skier congestion, decreased safe the of America, as summer 2016. operating conditions, and inefficient represented by the Secretary of ADDRESSES: Send written comments to skier transport during high-visitation Agriculture, and Eureka Genomics SWCA Environmental Consultants, 1220 days as well as inefficient skier Corporation of Hercules, California. The SW Morrison St., Suite 700, Portland, transport and trail use on low-visitation prospective exclusive license will grant OR 97205. Comments may also be sent days; (2) current ski terrain distribution to the co-owner, Eureka Genomics via email to comments-northern- that does not match market demand; Corporation, an exclusive license to the [email protected], and (3) concerns over the economic Federal Government’s patent rights. It is via facsimile to (503) 224–1851, online viability of Lookout Pass and its ongoing in the public interest to so license this through the project Web site at http:// contribution to the local economy. invention as Eureka Genomics www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda- Expansion of Lookout Pass would Corporation of Hercules, California has pop.php?project=43757, or in-person at address these needs by providing more submitted a complete and sufficient the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District, skiable terrain and more efficient lift application for a license. The Fernan or Smelterville offices, or the systems to enable the ski area to remain prospective exclusive license will be Superior Ranger District. Include economically viable while ensuring a royalty-bearing and will comply with ‘‘Lookout Pass Ski Area Expansion high-quality recreation experience for a the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. Third-Party EIS’’ in the subject line. wider range and number of skiers. This 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective Comments submitted electronically action would move the ski area toward exclusive license may be granted unless, must be searchable or readable with a desired condition outlined in the within thirty (30) days from the date of optical character recognition software. Idaho Panhandle National Forests Land this published Notice, the Agricultural FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Management Plan and the Lolo National Research Service receives written Additional information related to the Forest Plan and respond to the Forest evidence and argument which proposed project can be obtained from Plans’ goals and objectives. establishes that the grant of the license the project Web site, http:// Proposed Action: The IPNFs and LNF would not be consistent with the www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda- propose to expand the existing Lookout

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