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Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0376 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Elaine
Saiz, Chief, Financial Services Division,
NOAA National Marine Fisheries
Service, (301) 427–8725 or elaine.saiz@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

requirements. NMFS requests
information from participating buyback
participants to track repayments of the
loans as well as ensure accurate
management and monitoring of the
loans. The fees for recordkeeping and
reporting requirements at 50 CFR parts
600.1013 through 600.1017 form the
basis for the collection of information.

I. Abstract

OMB Control Number: 0648–0376.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households; and state, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Time per Response:
Implementation plan, 6,634 hours;
referenda votes, bids, seller/buyer
reports and annual fee collection
reports, 4 hours each; completion of fish
ticket, 10 minutes; monthly fee
collection report, 2 hours; advising
holder/owner of conflict with accepted
bidders’ representations, 1 hour;
potentially 270 hours-state approval/
review of plans. Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 15,838.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $1,596 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits, Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act.

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ADDRESSES:

This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA)
amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) to provide for voluntary
reduction of excess fishing capacity
through fishing capacity reduction
(buyback) programs. Excess fishing
capacity decreases fisheries earnings,
complicates fishery management, and
imperils fishery conservation. The
statutory objective of a program is ‘‘to
obtain the maximum sustained
reduction in fishing capacity at the least
cost and in a minimum period of time.’’
Buybacks pay fishermen either to: (1)
Surrender their fishing permits; or (2)
both surrender their permits and either
scrap their fishing vessels or restrict
vessel title to prevent fishing. Buybacks
can involve either a Federal or State
fishery. Buybacks can be funded via a
long-term loan from the Federal
government to the fishery (industryfunded buybacks), to be repaid by the
industry by post-buyback landing fees,
or funded from appropriations (nonindustry funded) or other non-loan
sources of funds. Programs involving
industry financed loans are authorized
by section 1111 of title XI of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
NOAA National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) established programs to
reduce excess fishing capacity by paying
fishermen to surrender their vessels/
permits. The information collected by
NMFS involves the submission of
buyback requests by industry,
submission of bids, referenda of fishery
participants and reporting of collection
of fees to repay buyback loans. For
buybacks involving State-managed
fisheries, the State may be involved in
developing the buyback plan and
complying with other information

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II. Method of Collection
Paper reports or electronic reports are
required from buyback participants.
Methods of submittal include mailing of
paper reports, electronic submission via
the internet, and/or facsimile
transmission.
III. Data

IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated

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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–01393 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; West Coast Region Vessel
Identification Requirements
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before March 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0355 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
SUMMARY:

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Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Keeley
Kent, (206) 247–8252 or keeley.kent@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The success of fisheries management
programs depends significantly on
regulatory compliance. The vessel
identification requirement is essential to
facilitate enforcement. The ability to
link fishing (or other activity) to the
vessel owner or operator is crucial to
enforcement of regulations issued under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. A vessel’s official number is
required to be displayed on the port and
starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull,
and on a weather deck. It identifies each
vessel and should be visible at distances
at sea and in the air. Law enforcement
personnel rely on vessel marking
information to assure compliance with
fisheries management regulations.
Vessels that qualify for particular
fisheries are also readily identified, and
this allows for more cost-effective
enforcement. Cooperating fishermen
also use the vessel numbers to report
suspicious or non-compliant activities
that they observe in unauthorized areas.
The identifying number on fishing
vessels is used by the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), the United
States Coast Guard (USCG), and other
marine agencies in issuing regulations,
prosecutions, and other enforcement
actions necessary to support sustainable
fisheries behaviors as intended in
regulations. Regulation-compliant
fishermen ultimately benefit from these
requirements, as unauthorized and
illegal fishing is deterred, and more
burdensome regulations are avoided.

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Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–01392 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am]
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Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–T–2020–0043]

III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0355.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,203.

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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

II. Method of Collection
Fishing vessel owners physically
mark vessels with identification
numbers in three locations per vessel.

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Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes per gear marking.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 901 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $25,701.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12.

Sovereign Immunity Study
Patent and Trademark Office,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) published a
notice in the Federal Register on
November 5, 2020, requesting
information on the extent to which

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patent or trademark rights holders are
experiencing infringement by state
entities without adequate remedies
under state law, and the extent to which
such infringements appear to be based
on intentional or reckless conduct. With
this new notice, the USPTO is
supplementing the previous notice with
additional questions.
DATES: Comment date: Written
comments must be received on or before
February 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For reasons of government
efficiency, comments must be submitted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
at www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via the portal, enter docket
number PTO–T–2020–0043 on the
homepage and click ‘‘search.’’ The site
will provide a search results page listing
all documents associated with this
docket. Find a reference to this Request
for Information and click on the
‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the
required fields, and enter or attach your
comments. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in ADOBE®
portable document format or
MICROSOFT WORD® format. Because
comments will be made available for
public inspection, information that the
submitter does not desire to make
public, such as an address or phone
number, should not be included in the
comments.
Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal
(www.regulations.gov) for additional
instructions on providing comments via
the portal. If electronic submission of
comments is not feasible due to a lack
of access to a computer and/or the
internet, please contact the USPTO
using the contact information below for
special instructions regarding how to
submit comments by mail or by hand
delivery, based on the public’s ability to
obtain access to USPTO facilities at the
time.
Submissions of Business Confidential
Information: Any submissions
containing business confidential
information must be marked
‘‘confidential treatment requested’’ and
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
Submitters should provide an index
listing the document(s) or information
they would like the USPTO to withhold.
The index should include information
such as numbers used to identify the
relevant document(s) or information,
document title and description, and
relevant page numbers and/or section
numbers within a document. Submitters
should provide a statement explaining
their grounds for objecting to the
disclosure of the information to the
public as well. The USPTO also requests
that submitters of business confidential

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