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count them as separate takes if they
cannot be individually identified.
Based on the analysis contained
herein of the activity (including the
mitigation and monitoring measures)
and the anticipated take of marine
mammals, NMFS finds that small
numbers of marine mammals would be
taken relative to the population size of
the affected species or stocks.
Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis
and Determination
There are no relevant subsistence uses
of the affected marine mammal stocks or
species implicated by this action.
Therefore, NMFS has determined that
the total taking of affected species or
stocks will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of
such species or stocks for taking for
subsistence purposes.
qualifies to be categorically excluded
from further NEPA review.
Authorization
As a result of these determinations,
NMFS has issued an IHA to SMCHD for
the potential harassment of small
numbers of California sea lions and
harbor seals incidental to the Pillar
Point Harbor Johnson Pier Expansion
and Dock Replacement Project in
Princeton, California, between
December 1, 2024 and November 30,
2025 that includes the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements.
Dated: July 15, 2024.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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No incidental take of ESA-listed
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To comply with the National
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NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
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proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an
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on the human environment.
This action is consistent with
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Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no
anticipated serious injury or mortality)
of the Companion Manual for NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6A, which do
not individually or cumulatively have
the potential for significant impacts on
the quality of the human environment
and for which we have not identified
any extraordinary circumstances that
would preclude this categorical
exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has
determined that the issuance of this IHA
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Public Search Facility User ID
and Badging
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 of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
USPTO invites comments on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s reporting
burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on May 13 during a 60-day
comment period (89 FR 41395). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comment.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Public Search Facility User ID
and Badging.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0041.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
required by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to
maintain a Public Search Facility to
make publicly accessible USPTO patent
and trademark collections for search
and retrieval. The Public Search Facility
is located in a publicly accessible
portion of USPTO headquarters in
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Alexandria, Virginia, and offers the
public access to the collection’s paper,
microfilm, and electronic files and
trained staff to assist users with
searches.
This information collection covers the
application used to establish, renew, or
replace security identification badges
issued to members of the public who
wish to access the Public Search
Facility. Users can apply for a security
badge in-person at the USPTO Security
Office by providing the necessary
information and presenting a valid form
of photo identification. The issued
security badges include a color
photograph of the user and must be
worn at all times while within the
USPTO facility. Issued badges are valid
for one year and can be renewed at no
cost. Lost badges can be replaced at a
cost of $15. Public users are not
required to obtain a security
identification badge to access the Public
Search Facility. Alternatively, public
users can fill out a visitor badge request
upon visiting the library. The process
for obtaining a visitor badge is exempt
from the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA). The visitor badge must be turned
in each time the user leaves the library.
Re-entry requires obtaining a new
visitor badge. However, using a security
identification badge issued to a public
user allows that individual to leave and
re-enter the library without needing to
obtain a visitor badge. Public users only
need to obtain either the visitor badge
or a security identification badge to
enter the Public Search Facility; they do
not need both simultaneously.
Previously, the Public Search Facility
collected information from the public to
establish and maintain accounts for
online access to USPTO resources and
to register the public for user trainings.
Instead of using unique accounts for the
Public Search Facility, access is now
automatically provided through
MyUSPTO accounts. Registrations for
training are no longer required as
trainings are now provided on demand
via self-service online platforms. As a
result, the USPTO is removing the
information collection lines for online
access accounts and user training
registrations from this information
collection as a part of this renewal.
Previously in the 60-Day Federal
Register Notice, the USPTO listed the
estimated total annual respondent
burden as 6 hours. The USPTO now
corrects this estimate to 5 hours of
annual burden.
Forms:
• PTO Form 2030 (Application for
Public User ID)
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Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 60 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 60 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public approximately 5 minutes (0.08
hours) to complete. This includes the
time to gather the necessary
information, create the document, and
submit the completed request to the
USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $75.
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, 0651–0041.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0041
information request’’ in the subject line
of the message.
• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
Lisa Lawn,
Director, Records and Information
Compliance Program Office, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Summer Teacher
Institute (NSTI) and Master Teacher of
Invention and Intellectual Property
Education Program (MTIP)
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 of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
USPTO invites comments on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s reporting
burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on May 13, 2024 during a 60day comment period (89 FR 41396).
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comment.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: National Summer Teacher
Institute (NSTI) and Master Teacher of
Invention and Intellectual Property
Education Program (MTIP).
OMB Control Number: 0651–0077.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
conducts the National Summer Teacher
Institute (NSTI) on Innovation, STEM,
and Intellectual Property. This program,
which focuses on innovation, STEM,
entrepreneurship, and intellectual
property, is offered in support of
USPTO’s ongoing education and
outreach programming and Department
of Commerce Innovation initiatives. The
Institute, launched in 2014, is part of
the USPTO’s ongoing efforts to foster
innovation, competitiveness and
economic growth, domestically and
abroad, by providing relevant
intellectual property, innovation, and
invention education resources to school
administrators, teachers, students, and
parents.
In 2023, USPTO introduced the
Master Teacher of Invention and
Intellectual Property Education Program
(MTIP) (previously published as Master
Teacher in Intellectual Property
Program in the 60-day notice) to align
and support the USPTO’s mission to
foster innovation, competitiveness,
domestic and international economic
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growth, and deliver invention IP
training to educators across the nation.
The MTIP builds a network of qualified
NSTI participants and intellectual
property educators and enables them to
become teacher-leaders. These teacher
leaders in turn provide professional
development to U.S. educators who seek
to learn more about invention and IP
education. MTIP teacher-leaders share
USPTO resources and practical
classroom experience they learned
through their implementation of lessons
learned at the NSTI.
USPTO facilitates the enhancement of
internal and external relations,
including stakeholder partnerships and
collaborations, and support for
Government-wide efforts to promote
STEM education initiatives. In order to
obtain a broad range of participants for
the NSTI and MTIP, the USPTO must
collect data related to courses taught,
teaching experience, and school district
demographics.
Both NSTI and MTIP combine
experiential training tools, practices,
and project-based learning models to
support elementary, middle, and high
school teachers in incorporating
concepts of making, inventing,
entrepreneurship, and innovation into
classroom instruction. Recent focuses
include the creation and protection of
intellectual property; including
inventions, knowledge discovery,
creative ideas, and expressions of the
human mind that may have commercial
value and are protectable under patent,
trademark, copyright, or trade secret
laws. Intellectual property is modeled as
both a teaching and learning platform to
help inspire and motivate student
achievement in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics.
This information collection covers
data gathered from applicants and
participants in the NSTI and MTIP
programs. The USPTO gathers this
information from program applications,
and participant surveys, workshops, and
webinars. The application collects data
which the USPTO uses to determine
who will be accepted into the respective
programs. The participant survey is
used to gather feedback from
participants for future program
enhancements, while the webinar
survey allows the USPTO to understand
the particular needs and interests of
participants.
To account for the recent addition of
the MTIP program, the name of this
information collection has been changed
from ‘‘National Summer Teacher
Institute’’ to ‘‘National Summer Teacher
Institute (NSTI) and Master Teacher of
Invention and Intellectual Property
Education Program (MTIP)’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Public Search Facility User ID and Badging
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 of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comments on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on May 13 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR
41395). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comment.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Public Search Facility User ID and Badging.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0041.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to maintain a Public Search
Facility to make publicly accessible USPTO patent and trademark
collections for search and retrieval. The Public Search Facility is
located in a publicly accessible portion of USPTO headquarters in
Alexandria, Virginia, and offers the public access to the collection's
paper, microfilm, and electronic files and trained staff to assist
users with searches.
This information collection covers the application used to
establish, renew, or replace security identification badges issued to
members of the public who wish to access the Public Search Facility.
Users can apply for a security badge in-person at the USPTO Security
Office by providing the necessary information and presenting a valid
form of photo identification. The issued security badges include a
color photograph of the user and must be worn at all times while within
the USPTO facility. Issued badges are valid for one year and can be
renewed at no cost. Lost badges can be replaced at a cost of $15.
Public users are not required to obtain a security identification badge
to access the Public Search Facility. Alternatively, public users can
fill out a visitor badge request upon visiting the library. The process
for obtaining a visitor badge is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA). The visitor badge must be turned in each time the user
leaves the library. Re-entry requires obtaining a new visitor badge.
However, using a security identification badge issued to a public user
allows that individual to leave and re-enter the library without
needing to obtain a visitor badge. Public users only need to obtain
either the visitor badge or a security identification badge to enter
the Public Search Facility; they do not need both simultaneously.
Previously, the Public Search Facility collected information from
the public to establish and maintain accounts for online access to
USPTO resources and to register the public for user trainings. Instead
of using unique accounts for the Public Search Facility, access is now
automatically provided through MyUSPTO accounts. Registrations for
training are no longer required as trainings are now provided on demand
via self-service online platforms. As a result, the USPTO is removing
the information collection lines for online access accounts and user
training registrations from this information collection as a part of
this renewal.
Previously in the 60-Day Federal Register Notice, the USPTO listed
the estimated total annual respondent burden as 6 hours. The USPTO now
corrects this estimate to 5 hours of annual burden.
Forms:
PTO Form 2030 (Application for Public User ID)
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Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 60 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 60 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately 5
minutes (0.08 hours) to complete. This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $75.
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, 0651-0041.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0041 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Lisa Lawn,
Director, Records and Information Compliance Program Office, Office of
the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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