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Chukotka Natives in the Russian Far
East.
This action by the IWC thus
authorized aboriginal subsistence
whaling by the AEWC for bowhead
whales. This aboriginal subsistence
harvest is conducted in accordance with
a cooperative agreement between NOAA
and the AEWC.
The IWC set a 5-year block quota of
280 bowhead whales landed. For each
of the years 2008 through 2012, the
number of bowhead whales struck may
not exceed 67, except that any unused
portion of a strike quota from any year,
including 15 unused strikes from the
2003 through 2007 quota, may be
carried forward. No more than 15 strikes
may be added to the strike quota for any
one year. At the end of the 2008 harvest,
there were 15 unused strikes available
for carry-forward, so the combined
strike quota for 2009 is 82 (67 + 15).
This arrangement ensures that the
total quota of bowhead whales landed
and struck in 2009 will not exceed the
catch limits set by the IWC. Under an
arrangement between the United States
and the Russian Federation, the Russian
natives may use no more than seven
strikes, and the Alaska Eskimos may use
no more than 75 strikes.
Through its cooperative agreement
with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 75
strikes to the Alaska Eskimos. The
AEWC will allocate these strikes among
the 11 villages whose cultural and
subsistence needs have been
documented, and will ensure that its
hunters use no more than 75 strikes.
Other Limitations
The IWC regulations, as well as the
NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c),
forbid the taking of calves or any whale
accompanied by a calf.
NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4)
contain a number of other prohibitions
relating to aboriginal subsistence
whaling, some of which are summarized
here. Only licensed whaling captains or
crew under the control of those captains
may engage in whaling. They must
follow the provisions of the relevant
cooperative agreement between NOAA
and a Native American whaling
organization. The aboriginal hunters
must have adequate crew, supplies, and
equipment. They may not receive
money for participating in the hunt. No
person may sell or offer for sale whale
products from whales taken in the hunt,
except for authentic articles of Native
handicrafts. Captains may not continue
to whale after the relevant quota is
taken, after the season has been closed,
or if their licenses have been suspended.
They may not engage in whaling in a
wasteful manner.

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Dated: March 4, 2009.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2008–0063]

Extension of Time for Comments on
Deferred Examination for Patent
Applications
AGENCY: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments;
extension of comment period.
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a
roundtable to obtain public input on
deferral of examination for patent
applications, and invited the public to
submit written comments on issues
raised at the roundtable or on any issue
pertaining to deferral of examination.
Comment Deadline Date: The
deadline for receipt of written
comments is May 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent by electronic mail message over
the Internet addressed to
[email protected]. Comments
may also be submitted by mail
addressed to: Mail Stop Comments—
Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450,
marked to the attention of Robert W.
Bahr. Although comments may be
submitted by mail, the USPTO prefers to
receive comments via the Internet.
The written comments and list of the
roundtable participants and their
associations will be available for public
inspection at the Office of the
Commissioner for Patents, located in
Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be
available via the USPTO Internet Web
site (address: http://www.uspto.gov).
Because comments will be made
available for public inspection,
information that is not desired to be
made public, such as an address or
phone number, should not be included
in the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Counsel,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patent Examination Policy, by telephone
at (571) 272–8800, by electronic mail
message at [email protected], or by
mail addressed to: Mail Stop
Comments—Patents, Commissioner for
Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA

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22313–1450, marked to the attention of
Robert W. Bahr.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USPTO conducted a roundtable to
determine whether or not there is
support in the patent community and/
or the public sector for the adoption of
some type of deferral of examination.
See Request for Comments and Notice
of Roundtable on Deferred Examination
for Patent Applications, 74 FR 4946
(Jan. 28, 2009), 1339 Off. Gaz. Pat.
Office 153 (Feb. 24, 2009) (notice). The
USPTO also invited written comments
by any member of the public on the
issues raised at the roundtable, or on
any issue pertaining to deferral of
examination. See Request for Comments
and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred
Examination for Patent Applications, 74
FR at 4947, 1339 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office at
154. The USPTO Webcast the
roundtable and a video recording of the
roundtable is available on the USPTO’s
Internet Web site. The USPTO is
extending the comment period to
provide interested members of the
public with an additional opportunity to
view the Webcast before submitting
comments to the USPTO.
Dated: March 3, 2009.
John J. Doll,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Acting Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
[FR Doc. E9–4897 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of intent to renew an
existing collection.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this notice announces that
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
costs and burden; it includes the actual
data collection instruments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or April 8, 2009.
For Further Information or a Copy
Contact: David Van Wagner, Division of
Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st

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Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581,
(202) 418–5481; FAX: (202) 418–5527;
e-mail: [email protected] and refer
to OMB Control No. 3038–0048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: OffExchange Agricultural Trade Options
(OMB Control No. 3038–0048). This is
a request for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: Off-Exchange Agricultural
Trade Options, OMB Control No. 3038–
0048–Extension.
In April 1998, the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (Commission or
CFTC) removed the prohibition on offexchange trade options on the
enumerated agricultural commodities
subject to a number of regulatory
conditions. 63 FR 18821 (April 16,
1998). Thereafter, the Commission
streamlined the regulatory or paperwork
burdens in order to increase the utility
of agricultural trade options while
maintaining basic customer protections.
64 FR 68011 (Dec. 6, 1999).
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for the CFTC’s regulations
were published on December 30, 1981.
See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The
Federal Register notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
this collection of information was
published on December 29, 2008 (73 FR
79452).
Burden Statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
average 5.59 hours per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 36.
Estimated Number of Responses: 41.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 230 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Send comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of the
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the addresses listed below. Please refer
to OMB Control No. 3038–0048 in any
correspondence.
David Van Wagner, Division of
Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581 and
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: March 3, 2009.
David Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9–4859 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of intent to renew an
existing collection.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this notice announces that
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 8, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY
CONTACT: Mark H. Bretscher, Division

of
Clearing and Intermediary Oversight,
CFTC, (312) 596–0529; Fax: (312) 596–
0714; e-mail: [email protected] and
refer to OMB Control No. 3038–0024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Regulations and Forms
Pertaining to the Financial Integrity of
the Marketplace (OMB Control No.
3038–0024). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The commodity futures
markets play a vital role in the
furthering of global commerce by
providing commercial users and
speculators with a price discovery
mechanism for the commodities traded
on such markets and by providing
commercial users of the markets with a
mechanism for hedging their goods and
services against price risks. The
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission is the independent Federal
regulatory agency charged with
providing various forms of customer
protection so that users of the markets
can be assured of the financial integrity
of the markets and the intermediaries
that they employ in their trading
activities. Among the financial
safeguards the Commission has imposed
on commodity brokerages, technically
futures commission merchants (FCMs)
and introducing brokers (IBs), are
minimum capital standards and, for
FCMs, a requirement that they segregate
and separately account for the funds
they receive from their commodity
customers. In order to monitor
compliance with such financial
standards, the Commission has required
FCMs and IBs to file financial reports
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they are members. (See Commission
Rule 1.10, 17 CFR 1.10.)
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for the CFTC’s regulations
were published on December 30, 1981.
See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The
Federal Register notice with the 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
this collection was published on
December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79452).
Burden Statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
average .50 hours per response. These
estimates include the time needed to
review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining information
and disclosing and providing
information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train
personnel to be able to respond to a
collection of information; and transmit
or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Futures Commission Merchants,
Introducing Brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,078.
Estimated Total Annual Burden or
Respondents: 21,138.50 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion,
monthly, annually, semi-annually.
Send comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of the
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the addresses listed below. Please refer
to OMB Control No. 3038–0024 in any
correspondence.
Mark H. Bretscher, Division of
Clearing and Intermediary Oversight,
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 525 W. Monroe Street,
Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: March 3, 2009.
David Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9–4860 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am]
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