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receiving input concerning the items
listed below. Responses to this Request
for Information are voluntary, and
respondents need not reply to items
listed. When providing input, please
specify if you are providing general
feedback on marine spatial studies and/
or if you are responding to one of the
specific item number(s) below:
1. Specific datasets related to ocean
sectors, natural resources, and/or
human activities you recommend
NOAA use in coastal and marine spatial
studies.
Major concerns you have related to
use of any specific datasets that may be
used in coastal and marine spatial
studies.
2. Major concerns you have related to
gaps in scientific knowledge or data that
could impact coastal and marine spatial
planning efforts.
3. Specific data or information you
recommend NOAA or other partners
collect, if it is not currently available or
has not been previously collected.
4. Ways in which NOAA can better
engage and collaborate with the public
and local communities to promote
economic, social, and ecological
resilience as well as protect trust
resources.
5. Ways in which NOAA can build
upon existing capacity and resources for
regional ocean spatial planning.
Sean Corson,
Director, National Centers for Coastal Ocean
Science, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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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; Applications and Reports for
Scientific Research and Enhancement
Permits Under the Endangered
Species Act
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
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AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
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collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0402 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Rob
Clapp, Section 7 Coordinator, NOAA
Fisheries, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd. Suite
1100, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 231–
2314 or Robert.Clapp@NOAA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for renewal of an
approved information collection. The
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposes
prohibitions against the taking of
threatened and endangered species.
Section 10 of the ESA allows permits
authorizing the taking of such species
for research and enhancement purposes.
The corresponding regulations
established procedures for persons to
apply for such permits. In addition, the
regulations set forth specific reporting
requirements for such permit holders.
The regulations thus require two sets of
information collections: (1)
Applications for research/enhancement
permits, and (2) prescribed reports for
such permits once they are issued.
The required information is used to
evaluate the impacts that research and
enhancement activities have on
endangered species, to make the
determinations required by the ESA
before issuing any such permit, and to
establish appropriate permit conditions.
To issue permits under ESA Section
10(a)(1)(A), the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) must
determine that (1) such exceptions were
applied for in good faith, (2) if granted
and exercised, will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered
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species, and (3) will be consistent with
the purposes and policy set forth in
Section 2 of the ESA. This collection is
not being revised in any way.
II. Method of Collection
Information may be collected through
the internet, email, or paper format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0402.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission—
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Federal government;
State, local, or tribal governments;
academic institutions; non-profit
organizations; businesses or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
176.
Estimated Time per Response: Permit
applications, 12 hours; permit
modification requests, 6 hours; annual
reports, 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 850.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $500 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: The Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 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 information
collection request. 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
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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,
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
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Matters Related to First
Inventor To File
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 Wednesday, October 9, 2024
during a 60-day comment period (89 FR
81894). This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comment.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Matters Related to First Inventor
to File.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0071.
Needs and Uses: Section 3 of the
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
(AIA), inter alia, amended 35 U.S.C. 102
and 103 consistent with the objectives
of the AIA, including the conversion of
the United States patent system from a
‘‘first to invent’’ system to a ‘‘first
inventor to file’’ system. The changes to
35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 in section 3 of the
AIA went into effect on March 16, 2013,
but apply only to certain applications
filed on or after March 16, 2013.
This information collection covers
information required by 37 CFR 1.55(k),
1.78(a)(6), and 1.78(d)(6) to assist the
USPTO in determining whether an
application is subject to 35 U.S.C. 102
and 103 as amended by Section 3 of the
AIA, or 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 as in
effect on March 15, 2013. The
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information is only required in
nonprovisional applications filed on or
after March 16, 2013, that claim foreign
priority to, or domestic benefit of, an
application filed before March 16, 2013.
Moreover, the information is not
required if the nonprovisional
application filed on or after March 16,
2013, claims the benefit of an earlier
application in which a statement under
37 CFR 1.55(k), 1.78(a)(6), or 1.78(d)(6)
has already been filed. Given the
passage of time, it is increasingly rare
for a newly filed nonprovisional
application to claim foreign priority to,
or domestic benefit of, an application
filed before March 16, 2013, without
also claiming benefit of an earlier
application in which the statement has
already been filed. Accordingly, the
estimated responses for this collection
continue to decrease.
For this 30-day notice, the non-hourly
cost burdens have been adjusted, for an
overall increase of $1, due to an increase
in the postage rate since the 60-day
notice was published.
Forms: None.
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: 50 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 50 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public approximately 2 hours to
complete. This includes the time to
gather the necessary information, create
the document, and submit the
completed item to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 100 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-hourly Cost Burden: $11.
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
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the information collection or the OMB
Control Number, 0651–0071.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0071
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.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Removal of Designated
Chinese Military Companies
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment),
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of removal of two
companies from the Section 1260H List
of Chinese Military Companies
Operating in the United States.
AGENCY:
The Deputy Secretary of
Defense has determined that the entities
listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice
should be removed from the list of
‘‘Chinese military companies.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Devante Brown (GIES), (703) 695–8545.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1260H of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283)
requires the Secretary of Defense to
continue to list ‘‘Chinese military
companies’’ annually until December
31, 2030. Paragraph (b)(2) of this section
requires the Secretary of Defense to
publish the unclassified portion of such
list in the Federal Register (FR).
The Deputy Secretary of Defense has
determined that the following entities
should be removed from the list of
‘‘Chinese military companies,’’ as set
out in 89 FR 22698 (April 2, 2024), in
accordance with Section 1260H of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry NDAA for
FY 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283) based on
current information:
IDG Capital Partners Co., Ltd.,
Advanced Micro-Fabrication
Equipment Inc. China.
SUMMARY:
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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; Applications and Reports for Scientific Research and
Enhancement Permits Under the Endangered Species Act
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0402 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://www.regulations.gov without change. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Rob Clapp, Section 7 Coordinator, NOAA Fisheries, 1201 NE Lloyd
Blvd. Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 231-2314 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for renewal of an approved information
collection. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) imposes prohibitions against the taking of threatened and
endangered species. Section 10 of the ESA allows permits authorizing
the taking of such species for research and enhancement purposes. The
corresponding regulations established procedures for persons to apply
for such permits. In addition, the regulations set forth specific
reporting requirements for such permit holders. The regulations thus
require two sets of information collections: (1) Applications for
research/enhancement permits, and (2) prescribed reports for such
permits once they are issued.
The required information is used to evaluate the impacts that
research and enhancement activities have on endangered species, to make
the determinations required by the ESA before issuing any such permit,
and to establish appropriate permit conditions. To issue permits under
ESA Section 10(a)(1)(A), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
must determine that (1) such exceptions were applied for in good faith,
(2) if granted and exercised, will not operate to the disadvantage of
such endangered species, and (3) will be consistent with the purposes
and policy set forth in Section 2 of the ESA. This collection is not
being revised in any way.
II. Method of Collection
Information may be collected through the internet, email, or paper
format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0402.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission--extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Federal government; State, local, or tribal
governments; academic institutions; non-profit organizations;
businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 176.
Estimated Time per Response: Permit applications, 12 hours; permit
modification requests, 6 hours; annual reports, 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 850.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $500 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531
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 information collection request. 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
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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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
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