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notified of the intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

the Council to consider. An agenda and
background documents will be posted at
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting. The meeting is
physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aid
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders,
(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska Region
Gear Identification Requirements

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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Surfclam and
Ocean Quahog Committee (Committee)
will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, December 2, 2019, from 9 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Details on the proposed
agenda, connection information, and
briefing materials will be posted at the
MAFMC’s website: www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee
will meet to review the Atlantic
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Excessive
Shares Amendment prior to formal
action by the Council. In addition, if
appropriate, the Committee will
recommend preferred alternatives for
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National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Regulations pertaining to gear
markings are set forth at 50 CFR part
679 and in the annual management
measures published in the Federal
Register pursuant to 50 CFR 300.62.
This information collection contains the
following gear identification
requirements for participants in the
groundfish fisheries in the Exclusive
Economic Zone off Alaska and for
vessels using longline pot gear to fish
for individual fishing quota (IFQ)
sablefish in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA).
Marker Buoys

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I. Abstract

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information
should be directed to Gabrielle Aberle,
National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O.
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
Telephone (907) 586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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All hook-and line, longline pot, and
pot-and-line marker buoys carried on
board or used by any vessel regulated
under 50 CFR part 679 must be marked
with the vessel’s Federal Fisheries
Permit number or Alaska Department of
Fish and Game vessel registration
number. Regulations that marker buoys
be marked with identification
information are essential to facilitate
fisheries enforcement and actions
concerning damage, loss, and civil
proceedings. The ability to link fishing
gear to the vessel owner or operator is
crucial to enforcement of regulations.
Longline Pot Gear Vessel Registration
and Tags
A vessel owner using longline pot
gear to fish for IFQ sablefish in the GOA
must annually register their vessel with
the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) and be assigned pot tags for that
vessel. Each pot tag is printed with a
unique serial number for identification,
and is specific to the IFQ regulatory area
to which the tag is registered and where
the pot gear will be fished. A valid pot
tag must be securely attached to each
pot used to fish for IFQ sablefish in the
GOA.
Vessel owners submit the form
‘‘Vessel Registration and Request for
IFQ Sablefish Pot Gear Tags’’ to
annually register their vessels and to
request new pot tags if a vessel does not
have previously issued tags. Tags
assigned to a vessel in previous years
are valid as long as the tag can be
secured to a pot and the serial number
is legible. Vessel owners submit the
form ‘‘Request for Replacement of
Longline Pot Gear Tags’’ if previously
issued tags need to be replaced.
NMFS requires all vessel operators
using longline pot gear in the GOA
sablefish IFQ fishery to complete
logbooks (see OMB Control Numbers
0648–0213). When the number of pots

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deployed by a vessel is self-reported
through logbooks, the use of pot tags
provides an additional enforcement tool
to ensure that the pot limits are not
exceeded. The use of pot tags allows atsea enforcement and post-trip
verification of the number of pots
fished.

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.

II. Method of Collection
The forms to request pot gear tags and
register a vessel are available on the
NMFS Alaska Region website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/alaska as
fillable PDFs and may be downloaded
and printed. These forms are submitted
to NMFS by mail, fax, or delivery.
Marker buoys are marked with
identification information.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.

III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0353.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
988.
Estimated Time per Response:
Marking longline pot gear marker buoys,
15 minutes per buoy; marking
groundfish hook-and-line marker buoys,
10 minutes per buoy; 15 minutes each
for the Vessel Registration and Request
for IFQ Sablefish Pot Gear Tags form
and for the Request for Replacement of
Longline Pot Gear Tags form. These
estimates are based on the most recent
supporting statement prepared for this
information collection in 2017. This
supporting statement is available on
NOAA’s Paperwork Reduction Act web
page at https://www.cio.noaa.gov/
itmanagement/pdfs/0353ext2017.pdf.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,841 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $11,310 in recordkeeping and
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
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Pro Bono Survey
Notice of renewal of information
collection; comment request.

ACTION:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on a proposed
revision and extension of an existing
information collection: 0651–0082 (Pro
Bono Survey).

SUMMARY:

Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 13, 2020.

DATES:

You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0082
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Chief, Records
and Information Governance Branch,
Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information
should be directed to James M.
Silbermann, Senior Counsel for
Enrollment and Intellectual Property
Legal Services, Office of Enrollment and
Discipline, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at (571) 272–4097; or by
email to [email protected]
with ‘‘0651–0082 comment’’ in the
subject line. Additional information
about this collection is also available at
http://www.reginfo.gov under
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
(AIA), Public Law 112–29 § 32 (2011)
directs the USPTO to work with and
support intellectual property law
associations across the country in the
establishment of pro bono programs
designed to assist financially underresourced independent inventors and
small businesses. To support this, the
USPTO—in collaboration with various
non-profit organizations—has
established a series of autonomous
regional hubs that act as matchmakers to
help connect low-income inventors with
volunteer patent attorneys across the
United States. The regional hubs
comprise law school IP clinics, bar
associations, innovation/entrepreneurial
organizations, and arts-focused lawyer
referral services that are strategically
located to provide access to patent pro
bono services across all fifty states and
the District of Columbia. Additionally,
the Study of Underrepresented Classes
Chasing Engineering and Science
Success Act (SUCCESS Act), Public Law
115–273 (2018) directs the agency to
provide recommendations on how to
increase the number of women,
minorities, and veterans who apply for
and obtain patents.
To support the purposes described
above, the pro bono survey would
continue to collect information
regarding the activity of the regional
hubs. The USPTO has worked with the
Pro Bono Advisory Council (PBAC) to
determine what information is
necessary to ascertain the effectiveness
of each regional pro bono hub’s
matchmaking operations. PBAC is a
well-established group of patent
practitioners and patent pro bono
regional hub administrators who have
committed to provide support and
guidance to patent pro bono programs
across the country. The data presently
gathered, and which would continue,
provides USPTO with valuable
information, including the number of
inventor inquires, referral sources,
number of applicants successfully
matched with attorneys, and types of
patent filing activity. PBAC, in
conjunction with the regional hubs, is
responsible for the collection of this
information, which is collected on a
quarterly basis. The information, at its
highest level, will allow PBAC and the
USPTO to ascertain whether the
regional hubs are matching qualified
low-income inventors with volunteer
patent attorneys and help establish the
total economic benefit derived by lowincome inventors in the form of donated
legal services. This information also
helps the USPTO determine which

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