Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements for the Ocean Salmon Fishery Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, 17314-17315 [2020-06402]
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Dated: March 24, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting
Requirements for the Ocean Salmon
Fishery Off the Coasts of Washington,
Oregon, and California
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before May 26, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at PRAcomments@doc.gov). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Peggy Mundy, National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) West
Coast Region, telephone: 206–526–4323;
email: peggy.mundy@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Ocean salmon fisheries conducted in
the U.S. exclusive economic zone, 3–
200 nautical miles off the West Coast
states of Washington, Oregon, and
California are managed by the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council)
and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) under the Magnuson
Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (MSA). Management
measures for the ocean salmon fisheries
are set annually, consistent with the
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Council’s Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The FMP
provides a framework for managing the
ocean salmon fisheries in a sustainable
manner, as required under the MSA,
through the use of conservation
objectives, annual catch limits, and
other reference points and status
determination criteria described in the
FMP. To meet these criteria, annual
management measures, published in the
Federal Register by NMFS, specify
regulatory areas, catch restrictions, and
landing restrictions based on the stock
abundance forecasts. These catch and
landing restrictions include area- and
species-specific quotas for the
commercial ocean salmon fishery, and
generally require landings to be reported
to the appropriate state agencies to
allow for a timely and accurate
accounting of the season’s catch (50 CFR
660.404 and 50 CFR 660.408(o)). The
best available catch and effort data and
projections are presented by the state
fishery managers in telephone
conference calls involving the NMFS
Northwest Regional Administrator and
representatives of the Council. However,
NMFS acknowledges that unsafe
weather or mechanical problems could
prevent commercial fishermen from
making their landings at the times and
places specified, and the MSA requires
conservation and management measures
to promote the safety of human life at
sea. Therefore, the annual management
measures will include provisions to
exempt commercial salmon fishermen
from compliance with the landing
requirements when they experience
unsafe weather conditions or
mechanical problems at sea, so long as
the appropriate notifications are made
by, for example, at-sea radio and
cellular telephone, and information on
catch and other required information is
given, under this collection of
information. The annual management
measures will specify the contents and
procedure of the notifications, and the
entities receiving the notifications (e.g.,
U.S. Coast Guard). Absent this
requirement by the Council, the state
reporting systems would not regularly
collect this specific type of in-season
radio report. These provisions, and this
federal collection of information,
promote safety at sea and provide
practical utility for sustainably
managing the fishery, ensuring
regulatory consistency across each state
by implementing the same requirements
for alternative reporting in unsafe
conditions in the surrounding territorial
waters. This information collection is
intended to be general in scope by
leaving the specifics of the notifications
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for annual determination, thus
providing flexibility in responding to
salmon management concerns in any
given year.
Notice of interim Patent term
extension.
ACTION:
II. Method of Collection
Notifications are made by at-sea radio
or cellular phone transmissions.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0433.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 24, 2020.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2020–0019]
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term
of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612; Reducer®
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
AGENCY:
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The United States Patent and
Trademark Office has issued an order
granting interim extension for a oneyear interim extension of the term of
U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali
Salimi by telephone at (571) 272–0909;
by mail marked to his attention and
addressed to the Commissioner for
Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450; by fax marked to his attention at
(571) 273–0909; or by email to
ali.salimi@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
156 of Title 35, United States Code,
generally provides that the term of a
patent may be extended for a period of
up to five years if the patent claims a
product, or a method of making or using
a product, that has been subject to
certain defined regulatory review, and
that the patent may be extended for
interim periods of up to one year if the
regulatory review is anticipated to
extend beyond the expiration date of the
patent.
On March 11, 2020, Neovasc Medical
Ltd., the patent owner of record, timely
filed an application under 35 U.S.C.
156(d)(5) for an interim extension of the
term of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612. The
patent claims method of use of catheter
delivered implantable device, Reducer®.
The application for patent term
extension indicates that a Premarket
Approval Application (PMA) P190035
was submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) on December 31,
2019.
Review of the patent term extension
application indicates that, except for
permission to market or use the product
commercially, the subject patent would
be eligible for an extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156, and that the
patent should be extended for one year
as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B).
Because the regulatory review period
will continue beyond the original
expiration date of the patent, March 27,
2020, interim extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is
appropriate.
An interim extension under 35 U.S.C.
156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No.
8,858,612 is granted for a period of one
year from the original expiration date of
the patent.
SUMMARY:
Robert Bahr,
Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy, United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2020–0020]
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term
of U.S. Patent No. 6,953,476; Reducer®
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of interim patent term
extension.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office has issued an order
granting interim extension under 35
U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one-year interim
extension of the term of U.S. Patent No.
6,953,476.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali
Salimi by telephone at (571) 272–0909;
by mail marked to his attention and
addressed to the Commissioner for
Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450; by fax marked to his attention at
(571) 273–0909; or by email to
ali.salimi@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
156 of Title 35, United States Code,
generally provides that the term of a
patent may be extended for a period of
up to five years if the patent claims a
product, or a method of making or using
a product, that has been subject to
certain defined regulatory review, and
that the patent may be extended for
interim periods of up to one year if the
regulatory review is anticipated to
extend beyond the expiration date of the
patent.
On March 11, 2020, Neovasc Medical
Ltd., the patent owner of record, timely
filed an application under 35 U.S.C.
156(d)(5) for an interim extension of the
term of U.S. Patent No. 6,953,476. The
patent claims a catheter delivered
implantable device, Reducer®. The
application for patent term extension
indicates that a Premarket Approval
Application (PMA) P190035 was
submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) on December 31,
2019.
Review of the patent term extension
application indicates that, except for
permission to market or use the product
commercially, the subject patent would
be eligible for an extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156, and that the
patent should be extended for one year
as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B).
Because the regulatory review period
will continue beyond the original
expiration date of the patent, March 27,
2020, interim extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is
appropriate.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Reporting
Requirements for the Ocean Salmon Fishery Off the Coasts of Washington,
Oregon, and California
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written or on-line comments must be
submitted on or before May 26, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159, Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the
internet at [email protected]). All comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Peggy Mundy, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
West Coast Region, telephone: 206-526-4323; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Ocean salmon fisheries conducted in the U.S. exclusive economic
zone, 3-200 nautical miles off the West Coast states of Washington,
Oregon, and California are managed by the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) and NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(MSA). Management measures for the ocean salmon fisheries are set
annually, consistent with the Council's Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The FMP provides a framework for managing the
ocean salmon fisheries in a sustainable manner, as required under the
MSA, through the use of conservation objectives, annual catch limits,
and other reference points and status determination criteria described
in the FMP. To meet these criteria, annual management measures,
published in the Federal Register by NMFS, specify regulatory areas,
catch restrictions, and landing restrictions based on the stock
abundance forecasts. These catch and landing restrictions include area-
and species-specific quotas for the commercial ocean salmon fishery,
and generally require landings to be reported to the appropriate state
agencies to allow for a timely and accurate accounting of the season's
catch (50 CFR 660.404 and 50 CFR 660.408(o)). The best available catch
and effort data and projections are presented by the state fishery
managers in telephone conference calls involving the NMFS Northwest
Regional Administrator and representatives of the Council. However,
NMFS acknowledges that unsafe weather or mechanical problems could
prevent commercial fishermen from making their landings at the times
and places specified, and the MSA requires conservation and management
measures to promote the safety of human life at sea. Therefore, the
annual management measures will include provisions to exempt commercial
salmon fishermen from compliance with the landing requirements when
they experience unsafe weather conditions or mechanical problems at
sea, so long as the appropriate notifications are made by, for example,
at-sea radio and cellular telephone, and information on catch and other
required information is given, under this collection of information.
The annual management measures will specify the contents and procedure
of the notifications, and the entities receiving the notifications
(e.g., U.S. Coast Guard). Absent this requirement by the Council, the
state reporting systems would not regularly collect this specific type
of in-season radio report. These provisions, and this federal
collection of information, promote safety at sea and provide practical
utility for sustainably managing the fishery, ensuring regulatory
consistency across each state by implementing the same requirements for
alternative reporting in unsafe conditions in the surrounding
territorial waters. This information collection is intended to be
general in scope by leaving the specifics of the notifications
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for annual determination, thus providing flexibility in responding to
salmon management concerns in any given year.
II. Method of Collection
Notifications are made by at-sea radio or cellular phone
transmissions.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0433.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 24, 2020.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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