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entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0365.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Fall Meeting of the Advisory
Committee to the U.S. Section of the
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
In preparation for the 2024
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
meeting, the Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Section to ICCAT is announcing
the convening of its fall meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
October 9–10, 2024. There will be an
open session on Wednesday, October 9,
2024, from 9 a.m. through
approximately 12:30 p.m. The
remainder of the meeting will be closed
to the public and is expected to end by
1 p.m. on October 10. Interested
members of the public may present their
views during the public comment
session on October 9, 2024, or submit
written comments by October 2, 2024
(see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the DoubleTree by Hilton Silver Spring
DC North, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver
Spring, MD. Written comments should
be sent via email to bryan.keller@
noaa.gov. Comments may also be sent
via mail to Bryan Keller at NMFS, Office
of International Affairs, Trade, and
Commerce, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Keller, Office of International
Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, (301)
427–7725 or at bryan.keller@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT will meet October 9–10, 2024,
first in an open session to consider
information on the status of Atlantic
highly migratory species and other
scientific matters and then in a closed
session to discuss sensitive matters
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related to their conservation and
management. The open session will be
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on October 9,
2024, including an opportunity for
public comment beginning at
approximately 12:00 p.m. Comments
may also be submitted in writing for the
Advisory Committee’s consideration.
Interested members of the public can
submit comments by mail or email; use
of email is encouraged. All written
comments must be received by October
2, 2024 (see ADDRESSES).
NMFS expects members of the public
to conduct themselves appropriately at
the open session of the Advisory
Committee meeting. At the beginning of
the public comment session, an
explanation of the ground rules will be
provided (e.g., alcohol in the meeting
room is prohibited, speakers will be
called to give their comments in the
order in which they registered to speak,
each speaker will have an equal amount
of time to speak and speakers should
not interrupt one another). The session
will be structured so that all attending
members of the public are able to
comment, if they so choose, regardless
of the degree of controversy of the
subject(s). Those not respecting the
ground rules will be asked to leave the
meeting.
After the open session, the Advisory
Committee will meet in closed session
to discuss sensitive information relating
to upcoming international negotiations
on the conservation and management of
Atlantic highly migratory species and
related matters.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Bryan Keller at
bryan.keller@noaa.gov at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 10, 2024.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs,
Trade, and Commerce, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Fishing Capacity Reduction
Program/Buyback Requests
The Department of Commerce 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. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on May 14,
2024, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Fishing Capacity Reduction
Program/Buyback Requests.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0376.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 200.
Average Hours Per Response: 0.5
hours for buyback fee collection reports;
4 hours for buyback annual reports.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 930
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA)
amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) to provide for voluntary
reduction of excess fishing capacity
through fishing capacity reduction
(buyback) programs. Excess fishing
capacity decreases fisheries earnings,
complicates fishery management, and
imperils fishery conservation. The
statutory objective of a program is ‘‘to
obtain the maximum sustained
reduction in fishing capacity at the least
cost and in a minimum period of time.’’
Buybacks pay fishermen either to: (1)
Surrender their fishing permits; or (2)
both surrender their permits and either
scrap their fishing vessels or restrict
vessel title to prevent fishing. Buybacks
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can involve either a Federal or State
fishery. Buybacks can be funded via a
long-term loan from the Federal
government to the fishery (industryfunded buybacks), to be repaid by the
industry by post-buyback landing fees,
or funded from appropriations (nonindustry funded) or other non-loan
sources of funds. Programs involving
industry-financed loans are authorized
by section 1111 of title XI of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
NOAA National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) established programs to
reduce excess fishing capacity by paying
fishermen to surrender their vessels/
permits. The information collected by
NMFS involves the submission of
buyback requests by industry,
submission of bids, referenda of fishery
participants and reporting of collection
of fees to repay buyback loans. For
buybacks involving State-managed
fisheries, the State may be involved in
developing the buyback plan and
complying with other information
requirements. NMFS requests
information from participating buyback
participants to track repayments of the
loans as well as ensure accurate
management and monitoring of the
loans. The fees for recordkeeping and
reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts
600.1013 through 600.1017 form the
basis for the collection of information.
Information collections associated
with loan creation were removed from
the 2021 renewal because no new loans
are anticipated moving forward, but the
Federal Register notice published on
May 14, 2024 (89 FR 41947) included
the burden for these removed activities.
That error has been corrected in this
notice.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency: Monthly and annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act, Public Law 104–
297 section 312(b)–(e).
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
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entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0376.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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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; Trademark Petitions
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 July 10, 2024 during a 60day comment period (89 FR 56739).
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comment.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Trademark Petitions.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0061.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
administers the Trademark Act (Act), 15
U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which provides for
the registration of trademarks, service
marks, collective membership marks,
and certification marks. Individuals and
businesses that use or intend to use
such marks in commerce may file an
application to register their marks with
the USPTO.
This information collection covers
various trademark-related
communications to the USPTO,
including letters of protest, requests to
make special, responses to petition
inquiry letters, petitions to make
special, requests to restore a filing date,
and requests for reinstatement. This
information collection also incorporates
petitions for ex parte expungement or
reexamination (PTO–2312). Ex parte
expungement and reexamination
proceedings were established by the
Trademark Modernization Act of 2020
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(TMA), Public Law 116–260 (Dec. 27,
2020), to cancel, either in whole or in
part, registered marks for which the
required use in commerce was not
made. The burden estimate for petitions
for ex parte expungement or
reexamination was previously contained
in OMB Control No. 0651–0086,
Changes to Implement Provisions of the
Trademark Modernization Act, but is
being transferred into this information
collection for efficiency. Finally, this
information collection consolidates into
a single burden estimate the burden for
responses to petition inquiry letters
(PTO–2305), which was previously
reflected in both OMB Control No.
0651–0086 and this information
collection.
The information covered in this
collection is used by the public for a
variety of private business purposes
related to establishing and enforcing
trademark rights. Information relating to
the registration of a trademark is made
available to the public by the USPTO.
However, the release of information in
a letter of protest is controlled and may
be available only upon request.
Forms:
• PTO–2303 (Letter of Protest)
• PTO–2304 (Request to Make Special)
• PTO–2305 (Response to Petition to
Director Inquiry Letter)
• PTO–2306 (Petition to Make Special)
• PTO–2307 (Request to Restore Filing
Date)
• PTO–2308 (Request for
Reinstatement)
• PTO–2312 (Petition for Expungement
or Reexamination Form)
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 5,813 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,813 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public approximately between 40
minutes (0.67 hours) and 4.5 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: 7,893 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-hourly Cost Burden: $313,260.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Fishing Capacity Reduction Program/Buyback Requests
The Department of Commerce 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. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on May 14, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Fishing Capacity Reduction Program/Buyback Requests.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0376.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 200.
Average Hours Per Response: 0.5 hours for buyback fee collection
reports; 4 hours for buyback annual reports.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 930 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
The Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) amended the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to provide for voluntary
reduction of excess fishing capacity through fishing capacity reduction
(buyback) programs. Excess fishing capacity decreases fisheries
earnings, complicates fishery management, and imperils fishery
conservation. The statutory objective of a program is ``to obtain the
maximum sustained reduction in fishing capacity at the least cost and
in a minimum period of time.'' Buybacks pay fishermen either to: (1)
Surrender their fishing permits; or (2) both surrender their permits
and either scrap their fishing vessels or restrict vessel title to
prevent fishing. Buybacks
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can involve either a Federal or State fishery. Buybacks can be funded
via a long-term loan from the Federal government to the fishery
(industry-funded buybacks), to be repaid by the industry by post-
buyback landing fees, or funded from appropriations (non-industry
funded) or other non-loan sources of funds. Programs involving
industry-financed loans are authorized by section 1111 of title XI of
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) established programs
to reduce excess fishing capacity by paying fishermen to surrender
their vessels/permits. The information collected by NMFS involves the
submission of buyback requests by industry, submission of bids,
referenda of fishery participants and reporting of collection of fees
to repay buyback loans. For buybacks involving State-managed fisheries,
the State may be involved in developing the buyback plan and complying
with other information requirements. NMFS requests information from
participating buyback participants to track repayments of the loans as
well as ensure accurate management and monitoring of the loans. The
fees for recordkeeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts
600.1013 through 600.1017 form the basis for the collection of
information.
Information collections associated with loan creation were removed
from the 2021 renewal because no new loans are anticipated moving
forward, but the Federal Register notice published on May 14, 2024 (89
FR 41947) included the burden for these removed activities. That error
has been corrected in this notice.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency: Monthly and annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act, Public Law 104-297 section 312(b)-(e).
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 0648-0376.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-20942 Filed 9-13-24; 8:45 am]
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