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(FMP) among harvesters, processors,
and coastal communities. Regulations
implementing the FMP and the CR
Program are at 50 CFR part 680.
Information on the CR Program is
posted on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/
bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crabrationalization-program.
This information collection includes
the forms used by participants in the CR
Program to apply for or renew permits;
transfer or lease individual fishing quota
(IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ),
quota share (QS), or processor quota
share (PQS); and apply for exemption
from regional delivery requirements.
This information collection also
includes the following reports for which
no collection forms are used:
• The North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report is submitted by IFQ
holders who signed a preseason
application. This report provides NMFS
with the means to assess how the
industry is exercising the exemption
opportunity and whether implementing
regulations are sufficient to meet the
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council’s Statement of Intent for
Amendment 41 to the FMP.
• The Community Impact Report or
IPQ Holder Report is submitted by a
community entity or IPQ holder,
respectively, and provides
documentation needed by NMFS to
evaluate the efficacy of privately
administered contracts.
• The CDQ Group Notification of
Community Representative is submitted
by the Western Alaska Community
Development Quota (CDQ) groups
representing Saint Paul and Saint
George to designate to NMFS a single
entity as the regional representative for
these two communities.
• The Eligible Crab Community
Organization (ECCO) Annual Report is
submitted by the ECCO. It details the
use of the crab QS and IFQ and is
intended to ensure that the ECCO
maintains the QS and IFQ to benefit
residents of eligible communities.
II. Method of Collection
The information is collected primarily
by mail and fax. The following may be
submitted online through eFISH on the
NMFS Alaska Region website: The
Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab
IPQ, the Application for Transfer (Lease)
of Crab IFQ, the Application for
Transfer of IFQ between Crab
Harvesting Cooperatives, and renewals
of registered crab receiver permits and
Federal crab vessel permits.
Applications are available as fillable
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website at https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/permit/bering-sea-andaleutian-islands-crab-rationalizationapplications-and-reporting-forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
496.
Estimated Time per Response:
Application for Annual Crab IFQ
Permit: 2.5 hours; Application for
Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours;
Application for Annual Crab Harvesting
Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours;
Application for Registered Crab
Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes;
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master
(skipper) Permit: 1 hour; Application for
Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20
minutes; Application for Transfer of
Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for
Transfer of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours;
Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab
IFQ: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer
of IFQ between Crab Harvesting
Cooperatives; 2 hours; Application for
Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ: 2.5 hours;
Application for Converted CPO QS and
CPO IFQ: 30 minutes; Application for
CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/
PQS or IFQ/IPQ by Transfer: 2 hours;
Application for Annual Exemption from
Western Aleutian Islands Golden King
Crab West Region Delivery
Requirements: 2 hours; Application for
Exemption from CR Crab North or South
Region Delivery Requirements: 20
hours; North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary
Community Impact Report or IPQ
Holder Report (N or S Response Report):
2 hours; CDQ Group Notification of
Community Representative: 5 hours;
Application to Become an ECCO: 2.5
hours; Application for Transfer of Crab
QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO: 2 hours;
ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI
Crab Rationalization Program QS
Beneficiary Designation Form: 30
minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS
Decisions: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,597 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $11,430 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary;
Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits;
Mandatory.
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Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2023–0008]
Elimination of the Postal Postcard in
the Patent Center Electronic Office
Action Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO or Office)
transitioned to the Patent Center
Electronic Office (e-Office) Action
program in April 2023. The Patent
Center e-Office Action program is
designed to modernize the e-Office
SUMMARY:
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action process and further streamline
the USPTO’s service delivery processes.
The USPTO furnishes a courtesy
postcard to Patent Center e-Office
Action program users as a reminder
when there are available USPTO
communications that have not been
viewed or downloaded after a period of
time. With the transition, the USPTO
introduced a new option to receive the
courtesy postcard by email (e-postcards)
rather than by postal mail (postal
postcards). In view of the new option to
receive e-postcards, the USPTO
requested public comments on
eliminating the postal postcard for all
Patent Center e-Office Action program
users. The USPTO is now eliminating
the postal postcard as an option for all
Patent Center e-Office Action program
users.
DATES: The option to receive a courtesy
postal postcard under the Patent Center
e-Office Action program will no longer
be available as of October 20, 2023.
Patent Center e-Office Action program
users may manually opt in to receiving
e-postcards prior to that date. As of
October 20, 2023, e-postcards will be
the only option for the courtesy
postcard, and the USPTO will
automatically switch over any Patent
Center e-Office Action program users
who have not already opted in to
receiving e-postcards. The USPTO will
continue to mail postal postcards for
seven days after October 20, 2023 for
any unviewed correspondence in the
queue as of October 20, 2023 for those
program users who were receiving
postal postcards prior to that date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugenia A. Jones, Senior Legal Advisor,
Office of Patent Legal Administration, at
571–272–7727; or Kristie A. Mahone,
Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, at 571–272–9016;
or patentpractice@uspto.gov. For
technical questions, please contact the
Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC)
at 1–866–217–9197 (toll-free), 571–272–
4100 (local), or ebc@uspto.gov. The
Patent EBC is open from 6 a.m. to
midnight ET, Monday–Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In April
2023, the USPTO migrated all
participants from the Private PAIR eOffice Action program to the Patent
Center e-Office Action program. The
USPTO informed the public of the
migration in advance. See Patent Center
Electronic Office Action Program, 88 FR
20138 (Apr. 5, 2023) (April 2023
Notice).
Under the current Patent Center eOffice Action program, users have the
option to receive either a courtesy postal
postcard through the United States
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Postal Service or a courtesy e-postcard
by email. Courtesy reminder postcards
are sent when none of the Office
communications listed in the email
notification have been viewed or
downloaded in Patent Center within
seven calendar days after the date of the
notification and at least one of the listed
Office communications requires the
applicant’s reply. In the April 2023
Notice, the USPTO requested comments
on eliminating the courtesy postal
postcard as an option. The USPTO
received one comment in response to
the request for comments. The
commenter did not express any views
on eliminating the postal postcard and
only made a general comment about
Patent Center.
The USPTO has determined that
maintaining postal postcards is not
necessary. Eliminating the postal
postcard will reduce paper waste and
mitigate the impact of potential postal
delays. Furthermore, exclusively using
e-postcards will enable the USPTO to
continue to furnish courtesy reminders
while more effectively streamlining
service delivery processes. Therefore,
the USPTO is eliminating the postal
postcard as an option for all Patent
Center e-Office Action program users.
Instead, the USPTO will send a courtesy
e-postcard notifying Patent Center eOffice Action program users if none of
the Office communications listed in the
email notification are viewed or
downloaded through Patent Center
within seven calendar days after the
date of the email notification and at
least one of the Office communications
requires an applicant’s reply. The
USPTO will email courtesy e-postcards
to the same email addresses assigned to
the Customer Number for the
correspondence address.
Participation in the Patent Center eOffice Action program will continue to
be optional. Additional information on
the Patent Center e-Office Action
Program is available at www.uspto.gov/
patents/apply/checking-applicationstatus/e-office-action-program.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-P-2023-0008]
Elimination of the Postal Postcard in the Patent Center
Electronic Office Action Program
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or
Office) transitioned to the Patent Center Electronic Office (e-Office)
Action program in April 2023. The Patent Center e-Office Action program
is designed to modernize the e-Office
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action process and further streamline the USPTO's service delivery
processes. The USPTO furnishes a courtesy postcard to Patent Center e-
Office Action program users as a reminder when there are available
USPTO communications that have not been viewed or downloaded after a
period of time. With the transition, the USPTO introduced a new option
to receive the courtesy postcard by email (e-postcards) rather than by
postal mail (postal postcards). In view of the new option to receive e-
postcards, the USPTO requested public comments on eliminating the
postal postcard for all Patent Center e-Office Action program users.
The USPTO is now eliminating the postal postcard as an option for all
Patent Center e-Office Action program users.
DATES: The option to receive a courtesy postal postcard under the
Patent Center e-Office Action program will no longer be available as of
October 20, 2023. Patent Center e-Office Action program users may
manually opt in to receiving e-postcards prior to that date. As of
October 20, 2023, e-postcards will be the only option for the courtesy
postcard, and the USPTO will automatically switch over any Patent
Center e-Office Action program users who have not already opted in to
receiving e-postcards. The USPTO will continue to mail postal postcards
for seven days after October 20, 2023 for any unviewed correspondence
in the queue as of October 20, 2023 for those program users who were
receiving postal postcards prior to that date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia A. Jones, Senior Legal
Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, at 571-272-7727; or
Kristie A. Mahone, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, at 571-272-9016; or [email protected]. For
technical questions, please contact the Patent Electronic Business
Center (EBC) at 1-866-217-9197 (toll-free), 571-272-4100 (local), or
[email protected]. The Patent EBC is open from 6 a.m. to midnight ET,
Monday-Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In April 2023, the USPTO migrated all
participants from the Private PAIR e-Office Action program to the
Patent Center e-Office Action program. The USPTO informed the public of
the migration in advance. See Patent Center Electronic Office Action
Program, 88 FR 20138 (Apr. 5, 2023) (April 2023 Notice).
Under the current Patent Center e-Office Action program, users have
the option to receive either a courtesy postal postcard through the
United States Postal Service or a courtesy e-postcard by email.
Courtesy reminder postcards are sent when none of the Office
communications listed in the email notification have been viewed or
downloaded in Patent Center within seven calendar days after the date
of the notification and at least one of the listed Office
communications requires the applicant's reply. In the April 2023
Notice, the USPTO requested comments on eliminating the courtesy postal
postcard as an option. The USPTO received one comment in response to
the request for comments. The commenter did not express any views on
eliminating the postal postcard and only made a general comment about
Patent Center.
The USPTO has determined that maintaining postal postcards is not
necessary. Eliminating the postal postcard will reduce paper waste and
mitigate the impact of potential postal delays. Furthermore,
exclusively using e-postcards will enable the USPTO to continue to
furnish courtesy reminders while more effectively streamlining service
delivery processes. Therefore, the USPTO is eliminating the postal
postcard as an option for all Patent Center e-Office Action program
users. Instead, the USPTO will send a courtesy e-postcard notifying
Patent Center e-Office Action program users if none of the Office
communications listed in the email notification are viewed or
downloaded through Patent Center within seven calendar days after the
date of the email notification and at least one of the Office
communications requires an applicant's reply. The USPTO will email
courtesy e-postcards to the same email addresses assigned to the
Customer Number for the correspondence address.
Participation in the Patent Center e-Office Action program will
continue to be optional. Additional information on the Patent Center e-
Office Action Program is available at www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/checking-application-status/e-office-action-program.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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