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an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Implementation of Vessel Speed
Restrictions To Reduce the Threat of
Ship Collisions With North Atlantic
Right Whales.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0580.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[revision of a currently approved
collection].
Number of Respondents: 3,624.
Average Hours per Response: One
hour for electronic surveys, 2.5 hours
for focus groups, 5 minutes for logbook
entries.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 674.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision to a currently approved
information collection. On October 10,
2008, NMFS published a final rule
(0648–AS36) implementing seasonal
speed restrictions along the east coast of
the U.S. to reduce the incidence and
severity of vessel collisions with North
Atlantic right whales (73 FR 60173). The
final rule contained a mandatory
collection-of-information requirement
subject to the Paperwork Reduction act
(PRA), which collects information about
safety deviations from the rule in
alignment with 50 CFR 224.105(c). The
restrictions are in effect seasonally in
discrete areas along the U.S. eastern
seaboard. NMFS provided a safety
exception to the restrictions due to poor
weather or sea conditions. Ships’
captains are required to make an entry
into the vessel’s Official Logbook when
an exception is necessary.
This revision to the current
information collection includes a
voluntary survey effort of vessel
operators to evaluate their ability and
willingness to: (1) Comply with North
Atlantic right whale mandatory speed
restrictions, and (2) cooperate with
voluntary speed reduction efforts to
protect North Atlantic right whales,
which are promoted through NMFS
outreach efforts. We will collect
information from two types of vessels
(pleasure yachts and large ocean going
vessel) in two different areas of the
North Atlantic right whales’ range using
voluntary online surveys and small
focus groups. The surveys will collect
information about vessel operators time
spent on the water, experience and
knowledge about large whales,
knowledge of North Atlantic vessel
strike reduction efforts, opinions about
these whales and conservation efforts,
and their preferred means of receiving
information. Results from this
information collection will be used to
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develop effective outreach to these
vessel communities, with the long-term
goal of improving the communities’
compliance with mandatory measures
and cooperation with voluntary
measures that support North Atlantic
right whale vessel strike reduction
conservation efforts.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: One time for electronic
surveys and focus groups, logbook
entries on occasion as necessary.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: US Code: 16 U.S.C.
1531–1543 Name of Law: Endangered
Species Act.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0580.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Rules for Patent Maintenance
Fees
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on or after
the date of publication of this notice.
The USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s burden.
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Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
April 30, 2021 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Rules for Patent Maintenance
Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0016.
Form Numbers:
• PTO/SB/66 (Petition to Accept
Unintentionally Delayed Payment of
Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent)
• PTO/SB/47 (Fee Address Indication
Form)
• PTO/AIA/47 (Fee Address
Indication Form)
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 44,542
respondents per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public 0.08 hours (5 minutes) to 8 hours
to complete the items in this
information collection, depending on
the instruments used, to gather the
necessary information, create the
document, and submit the completed
item to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 6,864 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Cost Burden: $3,098,564.
Needs and Uses:
If a patent has expired due to
nonpayment of a maintenance fee, the
patentee may petition the Director to
accept a delayed payment of the
maintenance fee under 37 CFR 1.378.
The Director may accept the payment of
a maintenance fee after the expiration of
the patent if the petitioner shows to the
satisfaction of the Director that the delay
in payment was unintentional. Petitions
to accept unintentionally delayed
payment must also be accompanied by
the required maintenance fee and the
petition fee as set forth in 37 CFR
1.17(m). If the Director accepts the
maintenance fee payment upon petition,
then the patent is reinstated. If the
USPTO denies a petition to accept
delayed payment of a maintenance fee
in an expired patent, the patentee may
petition the Director to reconsider that
decision under 37 CFR 1.378(d). The
rules of practice (37 CFR 1.33(d) and
1.363) permit applicants, patentees,
assignees, or their representatives of
record to specify a ‘‘fee address’’ for
correspondence related to maintenance
fees that is separate from the
correspondence address associated with
a patent or application. A fee address
must be an address that is associated
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with a USPTO customer number.
Customer numbers may be requested by
using the Request for Customer Number
Form (PTO/SB/125), which is covered
under OMB control number 0651–0035.
Maintaining a correct and updated
address is necessary so that fee-related
correspondence from the USPTO will be
properly received by the applicant,
patentee, assignee, or authorized
representative. If a separate fee address
is not specified for a patent or
application, the USPTO will direct feerelated correspondence to the
correspondence address of record.
The maintenance fees and transmittal
forms that were previously a part of this
information collection, and mentioned
in the 60-day notice, have now been
removed. These items are considered
exempt from the PRA under 5 CFR
1320.3(h)(10).
Affected Public: Private sector,
individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce, USPTO
information collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 0651–0016.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0016
information request’’ in the subject line
of the message.
• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION
[Docket No. CFPB–2021–0016]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection (Bureau) is
requesting to renew the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for an existing information
collection, titled, ‘‘Report of Terms of
Credit Card Plans (Form FR 2572) and
Consumer and College Credit Card
Agreements.’’
DATES: Written comments are
encouraged and must be received on or
before October 21, 2021 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. In general, all
comments received will become public
records, including any personal
information provided. Sensitive
personal information, such as account
numbers or Social Security numbers,
should not be included.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Documentation prepared in support of
this information collection request is
available at www.reginfo.gov (this link
becomes active on the day following
publication of this notice). Select
‘‘Information Collection Review,’’ under
‘‘Currently under Review,’’ use the
dropdown menu ‘‘Select Agency’’ and
select ‘‘Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau’’ (recent submissions to OMB
will be at the top of the list). The same
documentation is also available at
https://www.regulations.gov. Requests for
additional information should be
directed to Anthony May, Paperwork
Reduction Act Officer, at (202) 841–
0544, or email: CFPB_PRA@cfpb.gov. If
you require this document in an
alternative electronic format, please
contact CFPB_Accessibility@cfpb.gov.
Please do not submit comments to these
email boxes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Report of Terms of
Credit Card Plans (Form FR 2572) and
SUMMARY:
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Consumer and College Credit Card
Agreements.
OMB Control Number: 3170–0001.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
615.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 501.
Abstract: The proposed revision to
OMB Control Number 3170–0001 will
incorporate requirements currently
contained in OMB Control Number
3170–0052. The Bureau has and will
continue to use both information
collections to gather different types of
credit card data. Each information
collection requires different forms of
credit card data from credit card issuers
as required by the Truth in Lending Act
(TILA) (15 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.) and
implementing regulations:
• Form FR 2572 collects data on
credit card pricing and availability from
a sample of at least 150 financial
institutions that offer credit cards. The
data enables the Bureau to present
information to the public on terms of
credit card plans;
• Sections 204 and 305 of the Credit
Card Accountability Responsibility and
Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act),
amending TILA, and 12 CFR 1026.57(d)
and 226.58 require card issuers to
submit to the Bureau:
Æ Agreements between the issuer and
a consumer under a credit card account
for an open-end consumer credit plan;
and
Æ any college credit card agreements
to which the issuer is a party and
certain additional information regarding
those agreements.
The data collections enable the
Bureau to provide Congress and the
public with a centralized and searchable
repository for consumer and college
credit card agreements and information
regarding the arrangements between
financial institutions and institutions of
higher education.
Request for Comments: Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Bureau, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the Bureau’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methods and the assumptions used;
(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
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on April 30, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0016.
Form Numbers:
PTO/SB/66 (Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed
Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent)
PTO/SB/47 (Fee Address Indication Form)
PTO/AIA/47 (Fee Address Indication Form)
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 44,542 respondents per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public 0.08 hours (5 minutes) to 8 hours to complete the items in
this information collection, depending on the instruments used, to
gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the
completed item to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 6,864 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $3,098,564.
Needs and Uses:
If a patent has expired due to nonpayment of a maintenance fee, the
patentee may petition the Director to accept a delayed payment of the
maintenance fee under 37 CFR 1.378. The Director may accept the payment
of a maintenance fee after the expiration of the patent if the
petitioner shows to the satisfaction of the Director that the delay in
payment was unintentional. Petitions to accept unintentionally delayed
payment must also be accompanied by the required maintenance fee and
the petition fee as set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(m). If the Director
accepts the maintenance fee payment upon petition, then the patent is
reinstated. If the USPTO denies a petition to accept delayed payment of
a maintenance fee in an expired patent, the patentee may petition the
Director to reconsider that decision under 37 CFR 1.378(d). The rules
of practice (37 CFR 1.33(d) and 1.363) permit applicants, patentees,
assignees, or their representatives of record to specify a ``fee
address'' for correspondence related to maintenance fees that is
separate from the correspondence address associated with a patent or
application. A fee address must be an address that is associated
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with a USPTO customer number. Customer numbers may be requested by
using the Request for Customer Number Form (PTO/SB/125), which is
covered under OMB control number 0651-0035. Maintaining a correct and
updated address is necessary so that fee-related correspondence from
the USPTO will be properly received by the applicant, patentee,
assignee, or authorized representative. If a separate fee address is
not specified for a patent or application, the USPTO will direct fee-
related correspondence to the correspondence address of record.
The maintenance fees and transmittal forms that were previously a
part of this information collection, and mentioned in the 60-day
notice, have now been removed. These items are considered exempt from
the PRA under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(10).
Affected Public: Private sector, individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0016.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0016 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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