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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Part 201
[Docket No. RM 2009–5]
Fees for Special Handling of
Registration Claims
Copyright Office, Library of
Congress.
ACTION: Extension of temporary rule.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Office is
extending for one year the interim rule
relating to fees for special handling of
registration claims that have been
pending for at least six months.
Currently, the interim rule is set to
expire on July 1, 2011, and this
extension will change the expiration
date to July 1, 2012.
DATES: The effective period of 37 CFR
201.15, published August 10, 2009
(74 FR 39900) is extended through July
1, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT:
David O. Carson, General Counsel, or
Kent Dunlap, Assistant General
Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box
70400, Southwest Station, Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707–8380.
Telefax: (202) 707–8366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
10, 2009, the Copyright Office published
a notice of an interim rule relating to
fees for special handling of registration
claims that have been pending for at
least six months. 74 FR 39900 (August
10, 2009). Under this interim rule, the
Copyright Office waived the normal
special handling charges for conversion
of a pending copyright application that
had been pending for more than six
months without any action by the
Copyright Office in instances where the
applicant satisfied the Office that
special handling of the registration was
needed because the applicant was about
to file a suit for copyright infringement.
The interim rule § 201.15, was set to
expire on July 1, 2011.
As was noted in the Federal Register
notice announcing this interim rule, at
that time the pendency rates for
applications for registration had risen to
unacceptably high levels due to issues
relating to the transition to the Office’s
new electronic filing system, especially
with respect to paper applications.
Since that time, much progress has been
made in reducing the pendency rates.
The average time to complete claims
that are submitted electronically is now
3 months, but for paper applications the
average is now 13 months, with 30% of
paper applications being processed
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within 6 months. Therefore, the Office
has concluded that there remains a need
to permit special handling without an
additional fee in cases where
applications have been pending for
more than 6 months, without any action
by the Copyright Office, and prompt
registration is needed to permit the
filing of a copyright infringement suit.
The Office will reevaluate whether
there is a continuing need for this
interim rule to remain in place as the
new expiration date approaches next
year.
Persons wishing to take advantage of
this accommodation must continue to
comply with the requirements set forth
in section 201.15 of the Copyright Office
regulations, including the requirement
to submit an affidavit or declaration
under penalty of perjury providing the
information and documents required by
that section of the regulations.
Dated: June 22, 2011.
Maria A. Pallante,
Register of Copyrights.
Approved by:
James H. Billington,
The Librarian of Congress.
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47 CFR Part 73
[ET Docket No. 06–94; FCC 10–195]
Digital Television Signals Pursuant to
the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
and Reauthorization Act of 2004
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rules; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection requirements
contained in the regulations in the
Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of
2004. The information collection
requirements were approved on June 14,
2011 by OMB.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR
73.686(e), published at 75 FR 81491,
December 28, 2010, are effective on June
30, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information contact Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918 or via email to: cathy.williams@fcc.gov
mailto:cathy.williams@fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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This
document announces that on June 14,
2011, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
73.686(e). The Commission publishes
this document to announce the effective
date of this rule section. See, In the
Matter of Measurement Standards for
Digital Television Signals pursuant to
the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
and Reauthorization Act of 2004, ET
Docket No. 06–94; FCC 10–195, 75 FR
81491, December 28, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the Commission is notifying the public
that it received OMB approval on June
14, 2011, for the information collection
requirement contained in 47 CFR
73.686(e). Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
current, valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
The OMB Control Number is 3060–
0863 and the total annual reporting
burdens for respondents for this
information collection are as follows:
Title: Satellite Delivery of Network
Signals to Unserved Households for
Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer
Act.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0863.
OMB Approval Date: 06/14/2011.
OMB Expiration Date: 06/30/2014.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents: Responses
848 respondents; 250,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is the
Satellite Home Viewer Act, 17 U.S.C.
119.
Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Needs and Uses: On November 23,
2010, the Commission’s Office of
Engineering and Technology, released a
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 126 / Thursday, June 30, 2011 / Rules and Regulations
Report and Order, Measurement
Standards for Digital Television Signals
Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer
Extension and Reauthorization Act of
2004, ET Docket No. 06–94; FCC 10–
195. The Report and Order adopted
rules establishing measurement
procedures for determining the strength
of a digital broadcast television (DTV)
signal at any specific location. These
procedures will be used for determining
whether households are eligible to
receive distant DTV network signals
retransmitted by satellite carriers,
pursuant to the provisions of the
Satellite Television Extension and
Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). The
Report and Order implements DTV
signal measurement procedures
proposed in the Commission’s Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (SHERVA NPRM)
and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (STELA FNPRM) in this
proceeding with minor modifications.
47 CFR 73.686 describes a method for
measuring signal strength at a
household so that the satellite and
broadcast industries and consumers
would have a uniform method for
making an actual determination of the
signal strength that a household
received. The information gathered as
part of the Grade B signal strength tests
will be used to indicate whether
consumers are ‘‘unserved’’ by over-theair network signals. The written records
of test results will be made after testing
and predicting the strength of a
television station’s signal. Parties
impacted by the test results will be
consumers; parties using the written test
results will primarily be the satellite
and broadcasting industries.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 110222150–1280–02]
RIN 0648–BA92
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Recreational Management
Measures for the Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries;
2011 Scup Specifications; Fishing Year
2011
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
NMFS implements an
increase to the scup commercial and
recreational landing allowances for 2011
(specifications) and management
measures for the 2011 summer flounder,
scup, and black sea bass recreational
fisheries in Federal waters. These
actions are necessary to comply with
regulations implementing the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and to
ensure compliance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act). The intent of the scup increase is
to enable greater commercial and
recreational harvest opportunities while
preventing overfishing on the scup
stock. Recreational management
measures are similarly intended to
ensure that overfishing the summer
flounder, scup, and black sea bass
resources in 2011 is unlikely to occur.
DATES: Effective August 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the scup harvest
level increase Supplement
Environmental Assessment (SEA) to the
2011 specifications and the recreational
management measures document,
including the Environmental
Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review,
and Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA) and other
supporting documents for both the scup
specifications increase and the
recreational management measures are
available from Dr. Christopher M.
Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, Suite 201,
800 North State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
These documents are also accessible via
the Internet at https://
www.nero.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Ruccio, Fishery Policy Analyst,
(978) 281–9104.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Background
The summer flounder, scup, and
black sea bass fisheries are managed
cooperatively by the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission
(Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (Council),
in consultation with the New England
and South Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils. The FMP and its
implementing regulations, which are
found at 50 CFR part 648, subparts A
(general provisions), G (summer
flounder), H (scup), and I (black sea
bass), describe the process for specifying
annual recreational management
measures that apply in the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ). The states from
North Carolina to Maine manage these
fisheries within 3 nautical miles of their
coasts, under the Commission’s plan for
summer flounder, scup, and black sea
bass. The Federal regulations govern
fishing activity in the EEZ, as well as
vessels possessing Federal permits for
summer flounder, scup, and/or black
sea bass, regardless of where they fish.
A proposed rule to implement the
2011 scup specifications increase and
Federal recreational measures for the
2011 summer flounder, scup, and black
sea bass fisheries was published on
April 21, 2011 (76 FR 22350).
Additional background and information
is provided in that rule and is not
repeated here.
2011 Scup Specifications Increase
This rule implements the scup
increase proposed by NMFS in the April
21, 2011, proposed rule: A Total
Allowable Catch (TAC) of 31.92 million
lb (14,479 mt), increased from the
current TAC of 24.10 million lb (10,932
mt); a Total Allowable Landings (TAL)
of 26.50 million lb (12,020 mt),
increased from 20.0 million lb (9,072
mt); a commercial quota of 20.36
million lb (9,235 mt), increased from
15.29 million lb (6,936 mt); and a
recreational harvest limit of 5.74 million
lb (2,604 mt), increased from 4.30
million lb (1,956 mt). Because the 2011
research set-aside (RSA) of 396,500 lb
(180 mt) has already been awarded for
scup, no change to the RSA level will
occur as a result of the increased scup
specifications.
Table 1 contains the scup commercial
quota period information that results
from the scup specification increase.
Information on the amount of unused
Winter I quota to be rolled over to
Winter II, including any change to
Winter II possession limits that results
from the transfer, will be published in
the Federal Register in July 2011.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[ET Docket No. 06-94; FCC 10-195]
Digital Television Signals Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer
Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rules; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years,
the information collection requirements contained in the regulations in
the Satellite Home Viewer Extension Act of 2004. The information
collection requirements were approved on June 14, 2011 by OMB.
DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 73.686(e), published at 75 FR 81491,
December 28, 2010, are effective on June 30, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact
Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or via e-mail to:
cathy.williams@fcc.gov mailto:cathy.williams@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that on June 14,
2011, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.686(e). The Commission
publishes this document to announce the effective date of this rule
section. See, In the Matter of Measurement Standards for Digital
Television Signals pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
Reauthorization Act of 2004, ET Docket No. 06-94; FCC 10-195, 75 FR
81491, December 28, 2010.
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C.
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB
approval on June 14, 2011, for the information collection requirement
contained in 47 CFR 73.686(e). Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
current, valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a valid OMB Control Number.
The OMB Control Number is 3060-0863 and the total annual reporting
burdens for respondents for this information collection are as follows:
Title: Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to Unserved Households
for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0863.
OMB Approval Date: 06/14/2011.
OMB Expiration Date: 06/30/2014.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
Number of Respondents: Responses 848 respondents; 250,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is the Satellite Home Viewer
Act, 17 U.S.C. 119.
Total Annual Burden: 125,000 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this information collection.
Needs and Uses: On November 23, 2010, the Commission's Office of
Engineering and Technology, released a
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Report and Order, Measurement Standards for Digital Television Signals
Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act
of 2004, ET Docket No. 06-94; FCC 10-195. The Report and Order adopted
rules establishing measurement procedures for determining the strength
of a digital broadcast television (DTV) signal at any specific
location. These procedures will be used for determining whether
households are eligible to receive distant DTV network signals
retransmitted by satellite carriers, pursuant to the provisions of the
Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). The
Report and Order implements DTV signal measurement procedures proposed
in the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SHERVA NPRM) and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (STELA FNPRM) in this proceeding
with minor modifications.
47 CFR 73.686 describes a method for measuring signal strength at a
household so that the satellite and broadcast industries and consumers
would have a uniform method for making an actual determination of the
signal strength that a household received. The information gathered as
part of the Grade B signal strength tests will be used to indicate
whether consumers are ``unserved'' by over-the-air network signals. The
written records of test results will be made after testing and
predicting the strength of a television station's signal. Parties
impacted by the test results will be consumers; parties using the
written test results will primarily be the satellite and broadcasting
industries.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
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