Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Revisions, 6368-6369 [2011-2453]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 24 / Friday, February 4, 2011 / Proposed Rules
CHAPTER XXIX—OFFICE OF ENERGY
PART 2902—GUIDELINES FOR
DESIGNATING BIOBASED PRODUCTS
FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT
1. The authority citation for part 2902
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8102.
guidelines. Procuring agencies may
decide not to procure such products if
they are not reasonably priced or readily
available or do not meet specified or
reasonable performance standards.
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5. Section 2902.4 is amended by
revising paragraph (b)(2)(ii) to read as
follows:
2. Section 2902.1 is revised to read as
follows:
§ 2902.4
§ 2902.1
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Purpose and scope.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of the
guidelines in this part is to assist
procuring agencies in complying with
the requirements of section 9002 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (FSRIA), Public Law 107–171,
116 Stat. 476 (7 U.S.C. 8102), as
amended by the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act of 2008, Public Law
110–246, 122 Stat. 1651, as they apply
to the procurement of the products
designated in subpart B of this part.
(b) Scope. The guidelines in this part
designate items that are or can be
produced with biobased products and
whose procurement by procuring
agencies will carry out the objectives of
section 9002.
3. Section 2902.2 is amended by
revising the definition of ‘‘biobased
product’’ and adding a definition for
‘‘FCEA’’ to read as follows:
§ 2902.2
Definitions.
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Biobased product. A product
determined by USDA to be a
commercial or industrial product (other
than food or feed) that is composed, in
whole or in significant part, of
biological products, including
renewable domestic agricultural
materials and forestry materials.
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FCEA. The Food, Conservation and
Energy Act of 2008, Public Law 110–
246.
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4. Section 2902.3 is amended by
revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
§ 2902.3 Applicability to Federal
procurements.
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(c) Procuring products composed of
the highest percentage of biobased
content. Section 9002(a)(2) requires
procuring agencies to procure
designated items composed of the
highest percentage of biobased content
practicable or such products that
comply with the regulations issued
under section 103 of Public Law 100–
556 (42 U.S.C. 6914b–1), consistent with
maintaining a satisfactory level of
competition, considering these
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Procurement programs.
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(ii) A policy of setting minimum
biobased products content
specifications in such a way as to assure
that the biobased products content
required is consistent with section 9002
and the requirements of the guidelines
in this part except when such items:
(A) Are not available within a
reasonable time;
(B) Fail to meet performance
standards for the use to which they will
be put, or the reasonable performance
standards of the Federal agency; or
(C) Are available only at an
unreasonable price.
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6. Section 2902.5 is amended by
revising paragraph (c)(1) to read as
follows:
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(c) Exclusions. (1) Motor vehicle fuels,
heating oil, and electricity are excluded
by statute from this program.
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7. Section 2902.6 is amended by
revising the first sentence of paragraph
(a) and by revising paragraph (b) to read
as follows:
§ 2902.8 Determining life cycle costs,
environmental and health benefits, and
performance.
(a) Providing information on life cycle
costs and environmental and health
benefits. Federal agencies may not
require manufacturers or vendors of
biobased products to provide to
procuring agencies more data than
would be required to be provided by
other manufacturers or vendors offering
products for sale to a procuring agency,
other than data confirming the biobased
contents of the products, as a condition
of the purchase of biobased products
from the manufacturer or vendor.
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9. Section 2902.9 is amended by
revising paragraph (b)(1) to read as
follows:
§ 2902.9
Funding for testing.
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(1) Subject to the availability of funds
and paragraph (a) of this section, USDA
will announce annually the solicitation
of proposals for cost sharing for life
cycle costs, environmental and health
benefits, and performance testing of
biobased products in accordance with
the standards set forth in § 2902.8 to
carry out this program. Information
regarding the submission of proposals
for cost sharing also will be posted on
the USDA informational Web site,
https://www.biopreferred.gov.
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Dated: January 25, 2011.
Pearlie S. Reed,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
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§ 2902.6 Providing product information to
Federal agencies.
(a) Informational Web site. An
informational USDA Web site
implementing section 9002 can be
found at: https://www.biopreferred.gov.
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(b) Advertising, labeling and
marketing claims. Manufacturers and
vendors are reminded that their
advertising, labeling, and other
marketing claims, including claims
regarding health and environmental
benefits of the product, must conform to
the Federal Trade Commission ‘‘Guides
for the Use of Environmental Marketing
Claims,’’ 16 CFR part 260 (see: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
waisidx_08/16cfr260_08.html). For
further requirements, click on the link
to the ’’Guidelines for Marketing the
BioPreferred Program.’’
8. Section 2902.8 is amended by
revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
15 CFR Part 922
[Docket No. 100827401–0619–01]
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Olympic Coast National Marine
Sanctuary Regulations Revisions
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Extension of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
On January 14, 2011, NOAA
published a proposed rule in the
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 24 / Friday, February 4, 2011 / Proposed Rules
Federal Register to revise the
regulations for the Olympic Coast
National Marine Sanctuary (76 FR
2611). This notice extends the public
comment period stated in that proposed
rule by an additional 10 days.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NOAA will accept public
comments on the proposed rule
published at 76 FR 2611 (January 14,
2011) through March 25, 2011. Dates,
times, and location of the public
hearings mentioned in that proposed
rule have not changed.
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DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Galasso at (360) 457–6622,
extension 12.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries.
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Relating to Violations of Internal
Revenue Laws
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In proposed rule document 2011–928
appearing on pages 2852–2853 in the
issue of Tuesday, January 18, 2011 make
the following correction:
On page 2852, in the third column, in
the second paragraph under the heading
Background and Explanation of
Provision, in the 12th line, ‘‘of the
information provided z5’’ should read
‘‘of the information provided.’’
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United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
The instructions for
submitting comments are detailed in the
proposed rule published on January 14,
2011 (76 FR 2611).
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37 CFR Part 1
Changes To Implement the Prioritized
Examination Track (Track I) of the
Enhanced Examination Timing Control
Procedures
ADDRESSES:
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Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (Office) requested
comments on a proposal to provide
applicants with greater control over
when their utility and plant
applications are examined and to
promote greater efficiency in the patent
examination process (3-Track). The
Office, in addition to requesting written
comments, conducted a public meeting
to collect input, and has subsequently
considered the wide range of comments
received. The Office is in the process of
refining the 3-Track proposal in light of
the input. While that process continues,
and in light of the fact that the vast
majority of public input was supportive
of the Track I portion of the 3-Track
proposal, the Office proposes by this
Notice to proceed with immediate
implementation of the Prioritized
Examination Track (Track I), providing
fast examination for applicants desiring
it, upon payment of the applicable fee
and compliance with the additional
requirements as described below.
DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written
comments must be received on or before
March 7, 2011. No public hearing will
be held.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be sent by electronic mail
message over the Internet addressed to
track_I_comments@uspto.gov.
Comments may also be submitted by
mail addressed to: Mail Stop
Comments—Patents, Commissioner for
Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450, marked to the attention of
Robert A. Clarke, Deputy Director,
Office of Patent Legal Administration,
Office of the Associate Commissioner
for Patent Examination Policy. Although
comments may be submitted by mail,
the Office prefers to receive comments
via the Internet.
Comments may also be sent by
electronic mail message over the
Internet via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking
Portal Web site (https://
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www.regulations.gov) for additional
instructions on providing comments via
the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
The comments will be available for
public inspection at the Office of the
Commissioner for Patents, located in
Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be
available via the Internet (https://
www.uspto.gov). Because comments will
be made available for public inspection,
information that the submitter does not
desire to make public, such as an
address or phone number, should not be
included in the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert A. Clarke, Eugenia A. Jones, or
Joni Y. Chang, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Associate
Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy, by telephone at (571) 272–7735,
(571) 272–7727 or (571) 272–7720, or by
mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments
Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450,
marked to the attention of Robert A.
Clarke.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June
2010, the Office requested comments
from the public on a proposal to provide
applicants with greater control over
when their original utility or plant
applications are examined and promote
work sharing between intellectual
property offices. See Enhanced
Examination Timing Control Initiative;
Notice of Public Meeting, 75 FR 31763
(June 4, 2010), 1355 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office
323 (June 29, 2010) Specifically, the
Office proposed to adopt procedures
under which an applicant would be able
to: (1) Request prioritized examination
of an original utility or plant
nonprovisional application (Track I); (2)
request a delay in docketing the
application for examination by filing a
request for delay in payment of the
search fee, the examination fee, the
claims fees and the surcharge (if
appropriate) for a maximum period not
to exceed thirty months in an original
utility or plant application filed under
35 U.S.C. 111(a) (Track III); or (3) obtain
processing under the current
examination procedure (Track II) by not
requesting either Track I or Track III
processing.
The Office is proposing to amend the
rules of practice to implement the
proposal to provide applicants with the
option to request prioritized
examination at the time of filing of an
application upon payment of the
appropriate fees (Track I). The Office is
limiting requests for prioritized
examination under 37 CFR 1.102(e) to a
maximum of 10,000 applications for the
first year. The Office will revisit this
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6368-6369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2453]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 922
[Docket No. 100827401-0619-01]
RIN 0648-BA20
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Revisions
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On January 14, 2011, NOAA published a proposed rule in the
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Federal Register to revise the regulations for the Olympic Coast
National Marine Sanctuary (76 FR 2611). This notice extends the public
comment period stated in that proposed rule by an additional 10 days.
DATES: NOAA will accept public comments on the proposed rule published
at 76 FR 2611 (January 14, 2011) through March 25, 2011. Dates, times,
and location of the public hearings mentioned in that proposed rule
have not changed.
ADDRESSES: The instructions for submitting comments are detailed in the
proposed rule published on January 14, 2011 (76 FR 2611).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Galasso at (360) 457-6622,
extension 12.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
[FR Doc. 2011-2453 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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