Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “Fee Deficiency Submissions”, 42480-42481 [2015-17570]

Download as PDF 42480 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 137 / Friday, July 17, 2015 / Notices taking, retaining, or using a vessel to fish for Western Pacific coral reef ecosystem management unit species in the designated low-use Marine Protected Areas, (2) fishing for any of these species using gear not specifically allowed in the regulations, or (3) fishing for, taking, or retaining any Potentially Harvested Coral Reef Taxa in the coral reef ecosystem regulatory area, to obtain and carry a permit. A receiving vessel owner must also have a transshipment permit for at-sea transshipment of coral reef ecosystem management unit species. The permit application form provides basic information about the permit applicant, vessel, fishing gear and method, target species, projected fishing effort, etc., for use by NMFS and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council in determining eligibility for permit issuance. The information is important for understanding the nature of the fishery and provides a link to participants. It also aids in the enforcement of Fishery Ecosystem Plan measures. The two forms have been combined and minor changes made. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or households. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Dated: July 13, 2015. Sarah Brabson, NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–17509 Filed 7–16–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XE053 srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; public hearings. AGENCY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:59 Jul 16, 2015 Jkt 235001 hold five public hearings and one webinar to solicit Public comments on Draft Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). DATES: The meetings will be held August 3–20, 2015. For specific dates and times see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Written Public comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. EST, Friday, August 31, 2015. ADDRESSES: The Public document can be obtained by contacting the New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950 at (978) 465–0492 or on their Web site at www.nefmc.org. Meeting addresses: The meetings will be held in Portland, ME, Portsmouth, NH, New Bedford, MA, Mystic, CT, Gloucester, MA and via webinar. For specific locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Public comments: Mail to John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope ‘‘DEIS for Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP’’. Comments may also be sent via fax to 978–281–9135 or submitted via email to nmfs.gar.Amendment18@noaa.gov with ‘‘DIES for Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP’’ in the subject line. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agendas for the following six hearings are as follows: NEMFC staff will brief the public on the northeast multispecies amendments and the contents of the DEIS prior to opening the hearing for public comments. The schedule is as follows: Public Hearings: Locations, Schedules, and Agendas 1. Monday, August 3, 2015, from 6–8 p.m.; Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775–2311. 2. Tuesday, August 4, 2015, from 6– 8 p.m.; Best Western Plus Wynwood Hotel, 580 US Highway 1 Bypass, Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 436–7600. 3. Monday, August 10, 2015, from 6– 8 p.m.; Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185 MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 02740; telephone: (774) 634–2000. 4. Thursday, August 13, 2015, from 6– 8 p.m.; Hyatt Place Hotel, 224 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT 06335; telephone: (860) 536–9997. PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5. Tuesday, August 18, 2015, from 6– 8 p.m.; Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Station, 30 Emerson Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930; telephone: (978) 282–0308. 6. Thursday, August 20, 2015, from 6– 8 p.m.; Webinar hearing, register to participate https:// attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 2899621437233775618. Call in info: Toll: +1 (702) 489–0003, Access code 211–601–302. Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Thomas Nies (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: July 14, 2015. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2015–17591 Filed 7–16–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ‘‘Fee Deficiency Submissions’’ The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. Title: Fee Deficiency Submissions. OMB Control Number: 0651–0070. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular. Number of Respondents: 3,000. Average Minutes per Response: 120. Burden Hours: 6,000. Cost Burden: $517.50. Needs and Uses: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (‘‘Act’’) was enacted into law on September 16, 2011. See Public Law 112–29, 125 Stat. 283 (2011). Under section 10(b) of the Act, eligible small entities shall receive a 50 percent fee reduction from the undiscounted fees for filing, searching, examining, issuing, appealing, and maintaining patent applications and patents. The Act further provides that micro entities shall receive a 75 percent E:\FR\FM\17JYN1.SGM 17JYN1 srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 137 / Friday, July 17, 2015 / Notices fee reduction from the undiscounted fees for filing, searching, examining, issuing, appealing, and maintaining patent applications and patents. This information collection covers the submissions made by patent applicants and patentees to excuse small and micro entity fee payment errors, in accordance with the procedures set forth in 37 CFR 1.28(c) and 1.29(k). Specifically, 37 CFR 1.28(c) provides a procedure by which patent applicants and patentees may be excused for erroneous payments of fees in the small entity amount. 37 CFR 1.29(k) provides a procedure by which patent applicants and patentees may be excused for erroneous payments of fees in the micro entity amount. This information collection is necessary so that patent applicants and patentees may pay the balance of fees due (i.e., make a fee deficiency payment) when a fee was previously paid in error in a micro or small entity amount. The USPTO needs the information to be able to process and properly record a fee deficiency payment to avoid questions arising later either for the USPTO or for the applicant or patentee as to whether the proper fees have been paid in the application or patent. This renewal seeks to extend the authority of USPTO to collect the balance of fees due from those who may have such an outstanding balance (i.e., a fee deficiency). Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits. OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ omb.eop.gov. Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Further information can be obtained by: • Email: InformationCollection@ uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0070 copy request’’ in the subject line of the message. • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 1450. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent on or before August 17, 2015 to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:59 Jul 16, 2015 Jkt 235001 fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. Dated: July 10, 2015. Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director, USPTO Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–17570 Filed 7–16–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–16–P COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletions from the Procurement List. AGENCY: The Committee is proposing to add services to the Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes products previously furnished by such agencies. DATES: Comments must be received on or before: 8/17/2015. ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed actions. SUMMARY: Additions If the Committee approves the proposed additions, the entities of the Federal Government identified in this notice will be required to provide the services listed below from nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The following services are proposed for addition to the Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed: Services Service Type: Custodial Service Service Mandatory for: U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity, Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS), Fort Bragg Community Schools, Fort Bragg, NC Mandatory Source of Supply: Chimes District PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42481 of Columbia (DC), Baltimore, MD Contracting Activity: DDESS Area Service Center, Procurement Division, Peachtree City, GA Service Type: Dining Facility Attendant Service Service Mandatory for: U.S. Army, Mission and Installation Contracting Command, 1792 12th Street, Fort Riley, KS Mandatory Source of Supply: Lakeview Center, Inc., Pensacola, FL Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, W6QM MICC–FT RILEY, Fort Riley, KS Service Type: Inbound Mail Management Service Service Mandatory for: Defense Finance and Accounting Service R & A, 1240 E. 9th Street, Cleveland, OH Mandatory Source of Supply: Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center for Handicapped and Blind, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN Contracting Activity: Defense Finance and Accounting Service Contract Services Directorate, Columbus, OH Deletions The following products are proposed for deletion from the Procurement List: Products NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 7530–01–072–2533—Paper, Mimeograph and Duplicating Mandatory Source of Supply: Louisiana Association for the Blind, Shreveport, LA Contracting Activity: General Services Administration, New York, NY NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 7510–01–587–3931—Refill, Pencil Lead, Bio-Based and Biodegradable Pencil 7520–01–587–3932—Pencil, Mechanical, Bio-Based and Biodegradable 7520–01–587–3933—Pencil, Mechanical, Bio-Based and Biodegradable 7520–01–587–3934—Pencil, Mechanical, Bio-Based and Biodegradable 7520–01–587–3935—Pencil, Mechanical, Bio-Based and Biodegradable 7510–01–587–3936—Refill, Pencil Lead, Bio-Based and Biodegradable Pencil Mandatory Source of Supply: San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind, San Antonio, TX Contracting Activity: General Services Administration, New York, NY NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 7530–00–160–8476—Index Sheet Sets, Alphabetical, 9 1⁄2″ x 6″, Buff 7530–01–456–6079—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 50 7530–01–456–6078—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 31 7530–01–456–6077—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 26 7530–01–456–6076—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 49 7530–01–456–6075—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 47 7530–01–456–6074—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 21 7530–01–456–6073—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 48 7530–01–456–6072—Index Sheet Sets, Tab 20 E:\FR\FM\17JYN1.SGM 17JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42480-42481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17570]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``Fee Deficiency 
Submissions''

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
    Title: Fee Deficiency Submissions.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0070.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Average Minutes per Response: 120.
    Burden Hours: 6,000.
    Cost Burden: $517.50.
    Needs and Uses: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (``Act'') was 
enacted into law on September 16, 2011. See Public Law 112-29, 125 
Stat. 283 (2011). Under section 10(b) of the Act, eligible small 
entities shall receive a 50 percent fee reduction from the undiscounted 
fees for filing, searching, examining, issuing, appealing, and 
maintaining patent applications and patents. The Act further provides 
that micro entities shall receive a 75 percent

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fee reduction from the undiscounted fees for filing, searching, 
examining, issuing, appealing, and maintaining patent applications and 
patents.
    This information collection covers the submissions made by patent 
applicants and patentees to excuse small and micro entity fee payment 
errors, in accordance with the procedures set forth in 37 CFR 1.28(c) 
and 1.29(k). Specifically, 37 CFR 1.28(c) provides a procedure by which 
patent applicants and patentees may be excused for erroneous payments 
of fees in the small entity amount. 37 CFR 1.29(k) provides a procedure 
by which patent applicants and patentees may be excused for erroneous 
payments of fees in the micro entity amount.
    This information collection is necessary so that patent applicants 
and patentees may pay the balance of fees due (i.e., make a fee 
deficiency payment) when a fee was previously paid in error in a micro 
or small entity amount. The USPTO needs the information to be able to 
process and properly record a fee deficiency payment to avoid questions 
arising later either for the USPTO or for the applicant or patentee as 
to whether the proper fees have been paid in the application or patent. 
This renewal seeks to extend the authority of USPTO to collect the 
balance of fees due from those who may have such an outstanding balance 
(i.e., a fee deficiency).
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
    Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in 
electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0070 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before August 17, 2015 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, 
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. 
Fraser.

    Dated: July 10, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-17570 Filed 7-16-15; 8:45 am]
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