81_FR_16199 81 FR 16141 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

81 FR 16141 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 58 (March 25, 2016)

Page Range16141-16142
FR Document2016-06803

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16141-16142]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06803]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0205.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (revision of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 13,909.
    Average Hours per Response: Vessel and dealer permit applications, 
29 minutes each; wreckfish permit applications, live rock permit 
applications and operator card applications, 21 minutes each.
    Burden Hours: 7,023.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision to the existing 
reporting requirements. The SERO Permits Office (Southeast Permits 
Office) administers Federal fishing permits in the Gulf of Mexico 
(Gulf), South Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea under the authority of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 
1801. The Southeast Permits Office proposes to revise two parts of the 
collection-of-information approved under OMB Control Number 0648-0205.

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    The Southeast Permits Office proposes to collect additional 
information on five applications for economic analysis and for purposes 
of notifying respondents. These data include race, sex, and business 
type and ownership information, as well as email addresses and the 
option to provide cellular contact information for digital 
notifications. The revision will also include a small business 
certification section, so NMFS can determine if the respondent is a 
small or large business according to standards established by the Small 
Business Administration. These proposed revisions will not change the 
current cost burden but will increase the annual time burden for 
respondents.
    Currently, NMFS requires fishermen (respondents) to display one 
adhesive decal on their vessel indicating that they have a Federal 
fishing permit in at least one of two Gulf fisheries; the applicable 
permits are the Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit for Gulf Reef Fish, the 
Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit for Gulf Coastal Migratory Pelagic fish, 
and their respective Historical Captain endorsements. NMFS proposes to 
revise OMB Control Number 0648-0205 to split the single decal covering 
both fisheries into two decals, with one decal administered with each 
specific fishery permit or endorsement. In addition, this revision also 
addresses a new fee of $10 per decal to cover administrative costs, as 
required by NOAA Finance Handbook, Exhibit 9-1. The Federal Permit 
Application for Vessels Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone would 
also be revised to reflect the new fee. The decal is currently issued 
at no cost to permit applicants. These decals allow individuals and law 
enforcement officials to easily identify vessels that have Federal 
permits.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: March 22, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06803 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 58 / Friday, March 25, 2016 / Notices 16141 Implications for NOAA; and (4) Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571– that require emergency action under Discussion of Working Group Issues and 4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net. section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Working Group Concept of Operations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fishery Conservation and Management FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Act, provided the public has been Agenda notified of the intent to take final action Elizabeth Turner, Acting Executive Director, Science Advisory Board, The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, to address the emergency. NOAA, Room 146 Gregg Hall, 35 and Caribbean Fishery Management Special Accommodations Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824. Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf This meeting is accessible to people Email: Elizabeth.Turner@noaa.gov; or States Marine Fisheries Commissions, with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary visit the NOAA SAB Web site at have implemented the Southeast Data, aids should be directed to the SAFMC http://www.sab.noaa.gov. Assessment and Review (SEDAR) office (see ADDRESSES) at least ten Dated: March 15, 2016. process, a multi-step method for working days prior to the meeting. Jason Donaldson, determining the status of fish stocks in Note: The times and sequence specified in Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three- this agenda are subject to change. Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and step process including: (1) Data Atmospheric Administration. Workshop; (2) Assessment Process Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. [FR Doc. 2016–06554 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am] utilizing webinars; and (3) Review Dated: March 21, 2016. BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P Workshop. The product of the Data Tracey L. Thompson, Workshop is a data report which Acting Director, Office of Sustainable compiles and evaluates potential Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE datasets and recommends which [FR Doc. 2016–06755 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am] datasets are appropriate for assessment BILLING CODE 3510–22–P National Oceanic and Atmospheric analyses. The product of the Assessment Administration Process is a stock assessment report RIN 0648–XE527 which describes the fisheries, evaluates DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the status of the stock, estimates Fisheries of the South Atlantic; biological benchmarks, projects future National Oceanic and Atmospheric Southeast Data, Assessment, and population conditions, and recommends Administration Review (SEDAR); Pre-Assessment research and monitoring needs. The Webinar for South Atlantic Red assessment is independently peer Submission for OMB Review; reviewed at the Review Workshop. The Comment Request Snapper and Gray Triggerfish product of the Review Workshop is a The Department of Commerce will AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Summary documenting panel opinions submit to the Office of Management and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and regarding the strengths and weaknesses Budget (OMB) for clearance the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), of the stock assessment and input data. following proposal for collection of Commerce. Participants for SEDAR Workshops are information under the provisions of the ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 41 Post- appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Review Workshop Webinar. Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Chapter 35). Management Councils and NOAA Agency: National Oceanic and SUMMARY: The SEDAR 41 assessments of Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). the South Atlantic stocks of red snapper Highly Migratory Species Management Title: Southeast Region Permit Family and gray triggerfish will consist of a Division, and Southeast Fisheries of Forms. series of workshop and webinars: Data Science Center. Participants include: OMB Control Number: 0648–0205. Workshops; an Assessment Workshop Data collectors and database managers; Form Number(s): None. and Webinars; and a Review Workshop, stock assessment scientists, biologists, Type of Request: Regular (revision of see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. and researchers; constituency a currently approved information DATES: The SEDAR 41 Post-Review representatives including fishermen, collection). Workshop Webinar will be held on environmentalists, and non- Number of Respondents: 13,909. Friday, April 8, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 3 governmental organizations (NGOs); Average Hours per Response: Vessel p.m. international experts; and staff of and dealer permit applications, 29 ADDRESSES: The Webinar is open to Councils, Commissions, and state and minutes each; wreckfish permit members of the public. Those interested federal agencies. applications, live rock permit in participating should contact Julia The items of discussion for the Post- applications and operator card Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER Review Workshop Webinar are as applications, 21 minutes each. follows: Burden Hours: 7,023. INFORMATION CONTACT below) to request 1. Participants will discuss any Needs and Uses: This request is for a an invitation providing Webinar access revision to the existing reporting remaining assessment issues and information. Please request Webinar requirements. The SERO Permits Office recommendations from the Review invitations at least 24 hours in advance (Southeast Permits Office) administers Workshop in order to finalize the of each Webinar. Federal fishing permits in the Gulf of Review Workshop summary reports. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SEDAR address: South Atlantic Although non-emergency issues not Mexico (Gulf), South Atlantic, and Fishery Management Council, 4055 contained in this agenda may come Caribbean Sea under the authority of the Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. before this group for discussion, those Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Charleston, SC 29405. issues may not be the subject of formal Conservation and Management Act, 16 www.sedarweb.org. action during this meeting. Action will U.S.C. 1801. The Southeast Permits FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia be restricted to those issues specifically Office proposes to revise two parts of Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber identified in this notice and any issues the collection-of-information approved Place Drive, Suite 201, North arising after publication of this notice under OMB Control Number 0648–0205. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Mar 24, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25MRN1.SGM 25MRN1

16142 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 58 / Friday, March 25, 2016 / Notices The Southeast Permits Office DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 22313–1450, marked to the attention of proposes to collect additional Michael Cygan, Senior Legal Advisor, information on five applications for United States Patent and Trademark Office of Patent Legal Administration, economic analysis and for purposes of Office Office of the Deputy Commissioner for notifying respondents. These data Patent Examination Policy. [Docket No.: PTO–P–2016–0006] include race, sex, and business type and Although comments may be ownership information, as well as email Patent Quality Metrics for Fiscal Year submitted by postal mail, the Office addresses and the option to provide 2017 and Request for Comments on prefers to receive comments by cellular contact information for digital Improving Patent Quality Measurement electronic mail message over the notifications. The revision will also Internet because sharing comments with include a small business certification AGENCY: United States Patent and the public is more easily accomplished. section, so NMFS can determine if the Trademark Office, Commerce. Electronic comments are preferred to be respondent is a small or large business ACTION: Request for comments. submitted in plain text, but also may be according to standards established by submitted in ADOBE® portable the Small Business Administration. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and document format or MICROSOFT These proposed revisions will not Trademark Office (USPTO) is revising WORD® format. Comments not change the current cost burden but will its patent quality metrics to better submitted electronically should be increase the annual time burden for identify quality-related issues and more submitted on paper in a format that respondents. clearly communicate its quality facilitates convenient digital scanning Currently, NMFS requires fishermen measurements to the public. The new into ADOBE® portable document (respondents) to display one adhesive patent quality metrics are part of the format. decal on their vessel indicating that they USPTO’s Enhanced Patent Quality Timely filed comments will be have a Federal fishing permit in at least Initiative (EPQI), which was launched available for public inspection at the one of two Gulf fisheries; the applicable in 2015 to engage patent stakeholders in Office of the Commissioner for Patents, permits are the Charter Vessel/Headboat enhancing patent quality. As part of the currently located in Madison East, Permit for Gulf Reef Fish, the Charter Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative, the Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Vessel/Headboat Permit for Gulf Coastal prior patent quality metrics have been Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Comments Migratory Pelagic fish, and their reassessed, and new patent quality also will be available for viewing via the respective Historical Captain metrics are now being designed for Office’s Internet Web site (http://www. endorsements. NMFS proposes to revise adoption for fiscal year 2017. The new uspto.gov/patent/laws-and-regulations/ OMB Control Number 0648–0205 to patent quality metrics for use in fiscal comments-public/comments-improving- split the single decal covering both year 2017 are planned to focus on the patent-quality-measurement). Because fisheries into two decals, with one decal correctness and clarity of Office actions comments will be made available for administered with each specific fishery and will be applied through a newly public inspection, information that the permit or endorsement. In addition, this unified review process using a submitter does not desire to make revision also addresses a new fee of $10 standardized review form that will public, such as an address or phone per decal to cover administrative costs, permit data from a significantly larger number, should not be included in the as required by NOAA Finance number of finished product quality comments. It would be helpful to the Handbook, Exhibit 9–1. The Federal reviews conducted at the agency to be USPTO if comments included Permit Application for Vessels Fishing aggregated and mined for information. information about: (1) The name and in the Exclusive Economic Zone would The USPTO will also mine data on affiliation of the individual responding; also be revised to reflect the new fee. transactions during patent prosecution and (2) an indication of whether the The decal is currently issued at no cost (e.g., the types of actions taken by the comments represent views of the to permit applicants. These decals allow applicant and the USPTO) to assess respondent’s organization or are the individuals and law enforcement examination processes and identify respondent’s personal views. officials to easily identify vessels that potential quality issues requiring further FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: have Federal permits. study. The review process will apply Michael T. Cygan, Senior Legal Advisor, Affected Public: Business or other for- the new quality metrics and at (571) 272–7700. Inquiries regarding profit organizations. standardized form to increase the this notice may be directed to the Office accuracy, consistency, transparency, of Patent Legal Administration, by Frequency: Annually and on occasion. clarity, and simplicity of USPTO quality telephone at (571) 272–7701, or by Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. review procedures. The USPTO is electronic mail at PatentPractice@ This information collection request seeking comment from its stakeholders may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow uspto.gov. on further improvements to the changes the instructions to view Department of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: proposed herein. Commerce collections currently under I. Background DATES: Comment Deadline Date: To be review by OMB. ensured of consideration in the Prior to fiscal year 2005, the USPTO Written comments and development of the next iteration of quality metric was solely directed to the recommendations for the proposed metrics, written comments must be correctness of the final output of the information collection should be sent received on or before May 24, 2016. examination process that would result asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent in a patent: An allowed application. omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. by electronic mail message over the During fiscal years 2005 through 2009, Internet addressed to: the USPTO expanded its review efforts, Dated: March 22, 2016. QualityMetrics2017@uspto.gov. employing two official metrics of Sarah Brabson, Comments may also be submitted by examination quality: (1) The correctness NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop of the examiner’s determination of [FR Doc. 2016–06803 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am] Comments—Patents, Commissioner for allowance of an application; and (2) the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA, quality of the actions taken during the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Mar 24, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25MRN1.SGM 25MRN1


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