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testimony and production of documents
in legal proceedings, reports of
unauthorized testimony, employee
indemnification, and filing claims
against the USPTO under the Federal
Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2672) and
the corresponding Department of Justice
regulations (28 CFR part 14). The public
may also petition the USPTO Office of
General Counsel under 37 CFR 104.3 to
waive or suspend these rules in
extraordinary cases.
The procedures under 37 CFR part
104 ensure that service of process
intended for current and former
employees of the USPTO is handled
properly. The USPTO will only accept
service of process for an employee
acting in an official capacity. This
collection is necessary so that
respondents or their representatives can
serve a summons or complaint on the
USPTO, demand employee testimony
and documents related to a legal
proceeding, or file a claim under the
Federal Tort Claims Act. Respondents
may also petition the USPTO to waive
or suspend these rules for legal
processes. This collection is also
necessary so that current and former
USPTO employees may properly
forward service and demands to the
Office of General Counsel, report
unauthorized testimony, and request
indemnification. The USPTO covers
current employees as respondents under
this information collection even though
their responses do not require approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. In
those instances where both current and
former employees may respond to the
USPTO, the agency estimates that the
number of respondents will be small.
There are no forms provided by the
USPTO for this collection. For filing
claims under the Federal Tort Claims
Act, the public may use Standard Form
95 ‘‘Claim for Damage, Injury, or
Death,’’ which is provided by the
Department of Justice and approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under OMB Control Number
1105–0008.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions; and
the Federal Government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be
publicly available in electronic format
through reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.

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Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: [email protected].
Include ‘‘0651–0046’’ in the subject line of
the message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before October 21, 2016 to Nicholas
A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email
to [email protected], or
by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the
attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: September 15, 2016.
Marcie Lovett
Records Management Division Director,
OCIO, United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
[FR Doc. 2016–22682 Filed 9–20–16; 8:45 am]
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Nutrition and Forestry; the House
Committee on Agriculture; the Library
of Congress; and the General Services
Administration’s Committee
Management Secretariat. A copy of the
renewal charter will be posted on the
Commission’s Web site at www.cftc.gov.
Dated: September 16, 2016.
Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016–22717 Filed 9–20–16; 8:45 am]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0102]

Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request—Follow-Up
Activities for Product-Related Injuries
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (Commission or
CPSC) announces that it has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for extension of
approval of a collection of information
from persons who have been involved
in or have witnessed incidents
associated with consumer products.
DATES: Written comments on this
request for extension of approval of
information collection requirements
should be submitted by October 21,
2016.
ADDRESSES: OMB recommends that
written comments be faxed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: CPSC Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–6974, or emailed to oira_
[email protected]. All
comments should be identified by
Docket No. CPSC–2009–0102. In
addition, written comments also should
be submitted at http://
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
CPSC–2009–0102, or by mail/hand
delivery/courier (for paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions), preferably in five
copies, to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7923. For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert H. Squibb, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
SUMMARY:

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Renewal of the Agricultural Advisory
Committee
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (Commission) is
publishing this notice to announce the
renewal of the Agricultural Advisory
Committee (AAC). The Commission has
determined that the renewal of the AAC
is necessary and in the public’s interest,
and the Commission has consulted with
the General Services Administration’s
Committee Management Secretariat
regarding the AAC’s renewal.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory
Claussen, AAC Designated Federal
Officer, at 202–418–5383 or
[email protected].
SUMMARY:

The
AAC’s objectives and scope of activities
are to assist the Commission in
assessing issues affecting agricultural
producers, processors, lenders and
others interested in or affected by the
agricultural commodity derivatives
markets through public meetings, and
Committee reports and
recommendations. The AAC will
operate for two years from the date of
renewal unless the Commission directs
that the AAC terminate on an earlier
date. A copy of the AAC renewal charter
has been filed with the Commission; the
Senate Committee on Agriculture,

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West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: 301–504–7923 or by email to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Federal Register of June 22, 2016 (81 FR
40677), the CPSC published a notice in
accordance with provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the
CPSC’s intention to seek extension of
approval of a collection of information
on product-related injuries or incidents.
No comments were received in response
to that notice. Therefore, by publication
of this notice, the Commission
announces that it has submitted to OMB
a request for extension of approval of
that collection of information without
change.
A. Background
Section 5(a) of the Consumer Product
Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), requires
the Commission to collect information
related to the causes and prevention of
death, injury, and illness associated
with consumer products. That section
also requires the Commission to
conduct continuing studies and
investigations of deaths, injuries,
diseases, other health impairments, and
economic losses resulting from
accidents involving consumer products.
The Commission obtains information
about product-related deaths, injuries,
and illnesses from a variety of sources,
including newspapers, death
certificates, consumer complaints, and
medical facilities. In addition, the
Commission receives information
through its Internet Web site through
forms reporting on product-related
injuries or incidents.
The Commission also operates a
surveillance system known as the
National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS) that provides timely
data on consumer product-related
injuries treated as well as U.S.
childhood poisonings. NEISS data
comes from a statistically valid sample
from approximately 100 hospital
emergency departments. The NEISS
system has been in operation since
1971. NEISS emergency department
records are reviewed by hospital
employees or contractors (NEISS
respondents).
From these sources, Commission staff
selects cases of interest for further
investigation by face-to-face or
telephone interviews with persons who
witnessed, or were injured in, incidents
involving consumer products. The CPSC
plans to begin conducting investigations
through internet-based questionnaires in
the next year to supplement telephone
interviews. On-site investigations are
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need photographs of the incident site,
the product involved, or detailed
information about the incident. This
information can come from face-to-face
interviews with persons who were
injured or who witnessed the incident,
as well as contact with state and local
officials, including police, coroners, and
fire investigators, and others with
knowledge of the incident.
The Commission uses the information
to support the development and
improvement of voluntary standards;
rulemaking proceedings; information
and education campaigns; compliance
and enforcement efforts and related
administrative and judicial proceedings.
Commission activities are, in many
cases, data driven, and incident data is
crucial in advancing the agency’s
mission. In addition, the CPSC also
collects information through NEISS for
other federal agencies through
Interagency Agreements including the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA).
OMB approved the collection of
information concerning product-related
injuries under control number 3041–
0029. OMB’s most recent extension of
approval will expire on September 30,
2016. The Commission now proposes to
request an extension of approval of this
collection of information.
B. NEISS Estimated Burden
The NEISS system collects
information on consumer-product
related injuries from about 100 hospitals
in the U.S. Respondents to NEISS
include hospitals that directly report
information to NEISS and hospitals that
allow CPSC contractors to collect the
data on behalf of the agency. In FY
2015, there were 137 NEISS respondents
(total hospitals and CPSC contractors).
The NEISS respondents reviewed an
estimated 5.05 million emergency
department records and reported
739,673 total cases.
Collecting emergency department
records for review each day takes about
10 minutes. Each record takes about 30
seconds to review. Coding and reporting
records that involve consumer products
or other injuries takes about 2 minutes
per record. Coding and reporting
additional special study information
takes about 90 seconds per record.
Respondents also spend about 36 hours
per year in related activities (training,
evaluations, and communicating with
other hospital staff).
The total burden hours for all NEISS
respondents are estimated to be 81,210
for FY2015. The average burden hour
per respondent is 593 hours. However,

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the total burden hour on each
respondent varies due to differences in
size of the hospital (e.g., small rural
hospitals versus large metropolitan
hospitals). The smallest hospital
reported 202 cases with a burden of
about 111 hours, while the largest
hospital reported 60,405 cases with a
burden of about 4,222 hours.
The total costs to NEISS respondents
for FY2015 are estimated to be
$3,271,621 per year. NEISS respondents
enter into contracts with CPSC and are
compensated for these costs. The
average cost per respondent is estimated
to be about $23,880. The average cost
per burden hour is estimated to be
$40.29 per hour (including wages and
overhead). However, the actual cost to
each respondent varies due to the type
of respondent (hospital versus CPSC
contractor), size of hospital, and
regional differences in wages and
overhead. Therefore, the actual annual
cost for any given respondent may vary
between $1,199 at a small rural hospital
and $281,953 at the largest metropolitan
hospital.
C. Other Burden Hours
In cases that require more information
regarding product-related incidents or
injuries, the CPSC staff conducted faceto-face interviews of approximately 220
persons each year. On average, an onsite interview takes about 4.5 hours.
CPSC staff also conducts about 1760 indepth investigations by telephone. Each
in-depth telephone investigation
requires about 20 minutes. In addition,
staff is planning to conduct about 200
internet-based questionnaires per year
that require about 20 minutes each.
The CPSC staff estimates 1,643 annual
burden hours on these respondents: 989
hours for face-to-face interviews; 587
hours for in-depth telephone interviews,
and 67 hours for internet-based
questionnaires. The burden required for
reporting is estimated at $32.82 an hour
(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
‘‘Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation,’’ March 2016, Table 9,
Total compensation for all sales and
office workers in goods-producing
industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs). At
this valuation, the estimated annual cost
to the public is about $53,923.
This request for the approval of an
estimated 82,853 (81,210 NEISS and
1,643 other) burden hours per year is an
increase of 37,845 hours since this
collection of information was last
approved by OMB in 2013. The increase
in the burden hours is largely due to the
inclusion of information collected
through NEISS for other federal agencies
through Interagency Agreements
including CDC and NHTSA, which were

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not otherwise accounted for by those
agencies. In order to account for all the
burden hours associated with the NEISS
information collection, we have added
those hours to the collection of
information. The increase in burden
hours also includes the increase
associated with offering internet-based
questionnaires in addition to in-person
and telephone interviews.
This information collection request
excludes the burden associated with
other publicly available Consumer
Product Safety Information Databases,
such as internet complaints, Hotline,
and Medical Examiners and Coroners
Alert Project (MECAP) reports, which
are approved under OMB control
number 3041–0146. This information
collection request also excludes the
burden associated with follow-up
investigations conducted by other
federal agencies.
The annual cost to the government of
the collection of the NEISS information
is estimated to be about $4.9 million a
year. This estimate includes $3.3
million in compensation to NEISS
respondents described in section 12(a)
above. This estimate also includes
$1.603 million for about 150 CPSC
professional staff months each year. The
estimate of professional staff months
includes the time required to: Oversee
NEISS operations (e.g., administration,
training, quality control); prepare
questionnaires, interviewer guidelines,
and other instruments and instructions
used to collect the information; conduct
face-to-face and telephone interviews;
and evaluate responses obtained from
interviews and completed forms. Each
month of professional staff time costs
the Commission about $10,683.83. This
is based on a GS–12 mid-level salaried
employee. The average yearly wage rate
for a mid-level salaried GS–12 employee
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$87,821 (GS–12, step 5). This represents
68.5 percent of total compensation (U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, ‘‘Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation,’’
March 2016, Table 1, percentage of
wages and salaries for all civilian
management, professional, and related
employees: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/).
Adding an additional 31.5 percent for
benefits brings average yearly
compensation for a mid-level salaried
GS–12 employee to $128,206.

amending the charter for the Air
University Board of Visitors (‘‘the
Board’’) previously published in the
Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81
FR 22066). The Board’s charter is being
amended to update the estimated
number of Board meetings to two per
year. All other aspects of the Board’s
charter, as previously published, and
amended as previously published in the
Federal Register on July 27, 2016 (81 FR
49214), will apply to the Board.

Dated: September 16, 2016.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.

Dated: September 16, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2016–22696 Filed 9–20–16; 8:45 am]

[FR Doc. 2016–22693 Filed 9–20–16; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Office of the Secretary

Charter Amendment of Department of
Defense Federal Advisory Committees

[Transmittal No. 15–55]

Department of Defense.
ACTION: Amend Federal Advisory
Committee Charter.
AGENCY:

The Department of Defense
(DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce it is amending the charter for
the Air University Board of Visitors.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
committee’s charter is being amended in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41
CFR 102–3.50(d). The amended charter
and contact information for the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) can be
obtained at http://
www.facadatabase.gov/. The DoD is
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36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chang Sug, DSCA/LMO, (703) 697–
8985.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittal 15–55 with
attached Policy Justification.
SUMMARY:

Dated: September 16, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.

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