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Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
per for hire operation, 20 minutes per
on-site interview of passengers, 20
minutes per importance-satisfaction/
knowledge, attitudes & perceptions mail
back, and 20 minutes for the
expenditure mail back.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 733 total: 100 hours for ‘‘for
hire’’ operations, 333 hours for the onsite survey of passengers, 167 hours for
the importance-satisfaction/knowledge,
attitudes & perceptions mail back and
133 hours for the expenditure mail back.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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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: U.S. Fishermen Fishing in
Russian Waters.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0228.

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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 1 hour.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Regulations at 50 CFR part 300,
subpart J, govern U.S. fishing in the
Economic Zone of the Russian
Federation. Russian authorities may
permit U.S. fishermen to fish for
allocations of surplus stocks in the
Russian Economic Zone. Permit
application information is sent to the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) for transmission to Russia. If
Russian authorities issue a permit, the
vessel owner or operator must submit a
permit abstract report to NMFS, and
also report 24 hours before leaving the
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for
the Russian Economic Zone and 24
hours before re-entering the U.S. EEZ
after being in the Russian Economic
Zone.
The permit application information is
used by Russian authorities to
determine whether to issue a permit.
NMFS uses the other information to
help ensure compliance with Russian
and U.S. fishery management
regulations.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: 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 OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–C–2018–0058]

National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Meeting
United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
AGENCY:

The National Medal of
Technology and Innovation (NMTI)
Nomination Evaluation Committee will
meet in closed session on November 9,
2018. The primary purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the relative merits
of persons, teams, and companies
nominated for the NMTI.
DATES: The meeting will convene
November 9, 2018, at approximately 9
a.m., and adjourn at approximately 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Northwestern University in Evanston,
Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Palafoutas, Program Manager, National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Program, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box, Alexandria,
VA 22313; telephone (571) 272–9821; or
by electronic mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is
hereby given that the NMTI Nomination
Evaluation Committee, chartered to the
United States Department of Commerce,
will meet at the United States Patent
and Trademark Office campus in
Alexandria, Virginia.
The Secretary of Commerce is
responsible for recommending to the
President prospective NMTI recipients.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee evaluates the nominations
received pursuant to public solicitation
and makes its recommendations for the
Medal to the Secretary. Committee
members are distinguished experts in
the fields of science, technology,
business, and patent law drawn from
both the public and private sectors and
are appointed by the Secretary for threeyear terms.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee was established in
accordance with the FACA. The
Committee meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the FACA
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B),
because the discussion of the relative
merit of the Medal nominations is likely
to disclose information of a personal
nature that would constitute a clearly
SUMMARY:

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