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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 96 / Thursday, May 17, 2018 / Notices
Dated: May 11, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.

successful as possible, and outreach
efforts are targeting the intended
recipients with useful information.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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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:
OMB Control Number: 0648–0646.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,765.
Average Hours per Response: 20
minutes.
Burden Hours: 652.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The purpose of this information
collection is to obtain information from
individuals in the seven United States
(U.S.) jurisdictions containing coral
reefs. Specifically, NOAA is seeking
information on the knowledge, attitudes
and reef use patterns, as well as
information on knowledge and attitudes
related to specific reef protection
activities. In addition, this survey will
provide for the ongoing collection of
social and economic data related to the
communities affected by coral reef
conservation programs.
The Coral Reef Conservation Program
(CRCP), developed under the authority
of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of
2000, is responsible for programs
intended to enhance the conservation of
coral reefs. We intend to use the
information collected through this
instrument for research purposes as well
as measuring and improving the results
of our reef protection programs. Because
many of our efforts to protect reefs rely
on education and changing attitudes
toward reef protection, the information
collected will allow CRCP staff to
ensure programs are designed
appropriately at the start, future
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II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected in the
means most efficient and effective in the
individual jurisdiction. For the three
years covered by this clearance we
expect to use face-to-face interviews in
American Samoa, and as appropriate,
face-to-face, telephone and/or internetbased survey techniques in Hawaii and
Florida, Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Every five to seven years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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 OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: May 11, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2018–0038]

Patent and Trademark Public Advisory
Committees
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for
nominations for the Patent and
Trademark Public Advisory
Committees.
AGENCY:

On November 29, 1999, the
President signed into law the Patent and
Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the
‘‘Act’’), Public Law 106–113, which,
among other things, established two
Public Advisory Committees to review
the policies, goals, performance, budget
and user fees of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO) with
respect to patents, in the case of the
Patent Public Advisory Committee, and
with respect to trademarks, in the case
of the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee, and to advise the Director
on these matters. The America Invents
Act Technical Corrections Act made

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several amendments to the 1999 Act,
including the requirement that the terms
of the USPTO Public Advisory
Committee members be realigned by
2014, so that December 1 be used as the
start and end date, with terms staggered
so that each year three existing terms
expire and three new terms begin on
December 1. Through this Notice, the
USPTO is requesting nominations for up
to three (3) members of the Patent
Public Advisory Committee, and for up
to three (3) members of the Trademark
Public Advisory Committee, for terms of
three years that begin on December 1,
2018.
DATES: Nominations must be
postmarked or electronically
transmitted on or before July 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit
nominations should send the nominee’s
resume´ by postal mail to Brendan
McCommas, Chief of Staff, Office of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
USPTO, Post Office Box 1450,
Alexandria, Virginia, 22313–1450 or by
electronic mail to: PPACnominations@
uspto.gov for the Patent Public Advisory
Committee, or TPACnominations@
uspto.gov for the Trademark Public
Advisory Committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brendan McCommas, Chief of Staff,
Office of the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the USPTO, at (571) 272–
8600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committees’ duties include:
• Review and advise the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO on
matters relating to policies, goals,
performance, budget, and user fees of
the USPTO relating to patents and
trademarks, respectively; and
• Within 60 days after the end of each
fiscal year: (1) Prepare an annual report
on matters listed above; (2) transmit the
report to the Secretary of Commerce, the
President, and the Committees on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of
Representatives; and (3) publish the
report in the Official Gazette of the
USPTO.
Advisory Committees
The Public Advisory Committees are
each composed of nine (9) voting
members who are appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce (the ‘‘Secretary’’)
and serve at the pleasure of the
Secretary for three-year terms. Members
are eligible for reappointment for a
second consecutive three-year term. The
Public Advisory Committee members
must be citizens of the United States

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