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period of forty-five days of a continuous
session of Congress. During this same
period, the Governor of the state in
whose waters the sanctuary is partially
or entirely located has the opportunity
to concurrently review the designation.
With this notice, NOAA is initiating
a public scoping process to gather
information from individuals,
organizations, and government agencies
on the designation of the Great Lake
Ontario area as a national marine
sanctuary based on the communitybased nomination of January 2017,
especially:
(a) The spatial extent of the proposed
sanctuary;
(b) the location, nature, and value of
the resources that would be protected by
a sanctuary;
(c) the management plan framework
most appropriate to the resources in the
area;
(d) the potential socioeconomic,
cultural, and biological impacts of
designation;
(e) threats to underwater cultural
resources within the proposed
sanctuary; and
(f) potential names for the new
sanctuary.
IV. Consultation Under Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act
This notice confirms that NOAA will
fulfill its responsibility under section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) through the
ongoing NEPA process, pursuant to 36
CFR 800.8(a) including the use of NEPA
documents and public and stakeholder
meetings to meet the section 106
requirements. The NHPA specifically
applies to any agency undertaking that
may affect historic properties. Pursuant
to 36 CFR 800.16(1)(1), historic
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historic district, site, building, structure
or object included in, or eligible for
inclusion in, the National Register of
Historic Places maintained by the
Secretary of the Interior. The term
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Native Hawaiian organization and that
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In fulfilling its responsibility under
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identify consulting parties; identify
historic properties and assess the effects
of the undertaking on such properties;
initiate formal consultation with the
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Advisory Council of Historic
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involve the public in accordance with
NOAA’s NEPA procedures, and develop
in consultation with identified
consulting parties alternatives and
proposed measures that might avoid,
minimize or mitigate any adverse effects
on historic properties and describe them
in any environmental assessment or
draft environmental impact statement.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
Dated: April 12, 2019.
John Armor,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Patents External
Quality Survey
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) 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 (USPTO).
Title: Patents External Quality Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0057.
Form Number(s):
• No forms associated.
Type of Request: Regular collection
renewal.
Number of Respondents: 2,500.
Average Minutes per Response:
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public 10 minutes (.17 hours) to gather
the necessary information, prepare, and
submit the requirements in this
collection.
Burden Hours: 416.67.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses: Individuals who
work at firms that file more than six
patent applications a year use the
Patents External Quality Survey to
provide the USPTO with their
perceptions of examination quality. The
USPTO uses the feedback gathered from
the survey to assist them in targeting
key areas for examination quality
improvement and to identify important
areas for examiner training.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov.
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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 ‘‘0651–0057 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Chief, Records
and Information Governance Branch,
Office of the Chief Adminstrative
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 May 17, 2019 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.
Marcie Lovett,
Chief, Records and Information Governance
Branch, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, USPTO.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patents External
Quality Survey
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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 (USPTO).
Title: Patents External Quality Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0057.
Form Number(s):
No forms associated.
Type of Request: Regular collection renewal.
Number of Respondents: 2,500.
Average Minutes per Response: USPTO estimates that it will take the
public 10 minutes (.17 hours) to gather the necessary information,
prepare, and submit the requirements in this collection.
Burden Hours: 416.67.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses: Individuals who work at firms that file more than
six patent applications a year use the Patents External Quality Survey
to provide the USPTO with their perceptions of examination quality. The
USPTO uses the feedback gathered from the survey to assist them in
targeting key areas for examination quality improvement and to identify
important areas for examiner training.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email:
[email protected].
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: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0057 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Chief, Records and Information
Governance Branch, Office of the Chief Adminstrative 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 May 17, 2019 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected],
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
Fraser.
Marcie Lovett,
Chief, Records and Information Governance Branch, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, USPTO.
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