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Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance. Interested parties will be
notified of the timeline for the
submission of case briefs and written
comments at a later date. Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in case briefs,
may be submitted no later than seven
days after the deadline date for case
briefs.27 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this investigation are encouraged to
submit with each argument: (1) A
statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section
703(e)(2)(A) of the Act, for Arkema,
Daikin, Hongkong, Juxin, Weitron, and
all other exporters and producers, we
intend to direct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to suspend
liquidation of any unliquidated entries
of subject merchandise from China
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, on or after March 27,
2021, which is 90 days prior to the date
of publication of the Preliminary
Determination in the Federal Register.
For such entries, CBP shall require a
cash deposit equal to the estimated
preliminary subsidy rates established in
the Preliminary Determination. This
suspension of liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission
(ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 703(f) of
the Act, we intend to notify the ITC of
this preliminary determination of
critical circumstances.
This determination is issued and
published pursuant to sections 703(f)
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 6, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Vessel and Gear Marking
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite 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. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 22,
2021, (86 FR 15198) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Vessel and Gear Marking.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0373.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 4,767.
Average Hours per Response: 45
minutes to mark the vessel; 15 minutes
each to mark highflyers, buoys, and
floats.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,950.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a current information
collection. These requirements apply to
vessel owners in the Atlantic highly
migratory species (HMS) Fishery.
Under current regulations at 50 CFR
635.6, fishing vessels permitted for
Atlantic HMS fisheries must display
their official vessel numbers on their
vessels. Flotation devices and highflyers attached to certain fishing gears
must also be marked with the vessel’s
official number to identify the vessel to
which the gear belongs. These
requirements are necessary for
identification, law enforcement, and
monitoring purposes.
Specifically, all vessel owners that
hold a valid Atlantic HMS permit under
50 CFR 635.4, other than an Atlantic
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display their official vessel
identification number. Numbers must be
permanently affixed to, or painted on,
the port and starboard sides of the
deckhouse or hull and on an
appropriate weather deck, so as to be
clearly visible from an enforcement
vessel or aircraft. In block Arabic
numerals permanently affixed to or
painted on the vessel in contrasting
color to the background. At least 18
inches (45.7 cm) in height for vessels
over 65 ft (19.8 m) in length; at least 10
inches (25.4 cm) in height for all other
vessels over 25 ft (7.6 m) in length; and
at least 3 inches (7.6 cm) in height for
vessels 25 ft (7.6 m) in length or less.
Furthermore, the owner or operator of
a vessel for which a permit has been
issued under § 635.4 and that uses
handline, buoy gear, harpoon, longline,
or gillnet, must display the vessel’s
name, registration number or Atlantic
Tunas, Atlantic HMS Angling, or
Atlantic HMS Charter/Headboat permit
number on each float attached to a
handline, buoy gear, or harpoon, and on
the terminal floats and high-flyers (if
applicable) on a longline or gillnet used
by the vessel. The vessel’s name or
number must be at least 1 inch (2.5 cm)
in height in block letters or arabic
numerals in a color that contrasts with
the background color of the float or
high-flyer.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations (vessel owners).
Frequency: Annually for each vessel
or piece of gear required to be marked.
The estimated number of gear items that
require marking per vessel owner range
from 2 buoys for bottom longline
vessels, up to 35 buoys for swordfish
buoy gear and Caribbean Small Boat
vessels.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975
(16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.)
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and

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entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0373.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kathy Collins at the Council Office,
(302) 526–5253, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Bluefish Advisory Panel will hold a
public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission
(ASMFC) Bluefish Advisory Panel.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, from 2 p.m.
until 4 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar with a telephone-only
connection option. Details on the
proposed agenda, webinar listen-in
access, and briefing materials can be
accessed on the Council’s website at:
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.
SUMMARY:

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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
Bluefish Advisory Panel will meet
jointly with the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission’s Bluefish
Advisory Panel via webinar. The
purpose of this meeting is to welcome
new Advisory Panel members, review
recent management track stock
assessment information for bluefish, and
to review the recommendations of the
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) and Monitoring Committee for
2022–23 catch and landings limits.

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United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2020–0027]

Extension of the Fast-Track Appeals
Pilot Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is extending
the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program,
initiated on July 2, 2020, which
provides for the advancement of
applications out of their turn in the ex
parte appeals phase of patent
prosecution before the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (PTAB or Board). The
Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program
permits an appellant who has filed an
ex parte appeal and received a notice
that the appeal has been docketed to file
a petition to expedite the review of the
appeal. The Fast-Track Appeals Pilot
Program sets a target of reaching a
decision on an ex parte appeal within
six months from the date that the appeal
is entered into the program.
DATES:
Applicable Date: July 12, 2021.
Duration: The Fast-Track Appeals
Pilot Program will run until July 2,
2022. The USPTO may extend the FastTrack Appeals Pilot Program (with or
without modification) on either a
temporary or a permanent basis, or may
discontinue the program after that date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Bartlett, PTAB, by telephone at
571–272–9797 or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appeals to
the Board are normally taken up for
decision in the order in which they are
docketed. See USPTO Standard
SUMMARY:

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Operating Procedure 1, Assignment of
judges to panels (Sept. 20, 2018),
available at www.uspto.gov/patents/
ptab/resources. Currently, the average
appeal pendency is about 13 months,
down from 15 months in 2020, and from
30 months in 2015. See the PTAB
statistics available at www.uspto.gov/
patents/ptab/statistics. However, a
small number of appeals are advanced
out of turn due to a special status
reflecting, for example, that the
appealed case is a reissue application or
a reexamination proceeding, or in light
of an inventor’s advanced age or poor
health.
On July 2, 2020, the PTAB adopted,
on a temporary basis, the Fast-Track
Appeals Pilot Program, under which an
appellant may have an ex parte appeal
to the Board advanced out of turn by
filing a petition under 37 CFR 41.3,
accompanied by the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 41.20(a). See Fast-Track
Appeals Pilot Program, 85 FR 39888
(July 2, 2020) (Fast-Track Notice). The
Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program
permits an appellant to accelerate the
Board’s decision on an ex parte appeal,
hastening the pace at which
patentability determinations are made
and products or services embodying
those patented inventions are brought to
the marketplace, and thus spurring
follow-on innovation, economic growth,
and job creation. The USPTO provides
a form for the Fast-Track petition, Form
PTO/SB/451, which is available on the
USPTO’s website at www.uspto.gov/
patents/apply/forms/forms-patentapplications-filed-or-after-september16-2012.
The Fast-Track Notice required, inter
alia, that a petition be filed before July
2, 2021, to participate in the program.
The Fast-Track Notice also set a
maximum number of 500 appeals that
may be advanced through Fast-Track
petitions.
The Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program
is hereby extended to accept petitions
for advancing out of turn (according
‘‘Fast-Track status’’ to) ex parte appeals
through July 2, 2022. The requirements
for the program remain the same as
those set forth in the original notice (see
Fast-Track Notice, 85 FR 39888), with
the following modification regarding the
petition limit.
The upper limit of 500 total granted
Fast-Track petitions, as set forth in the
Fast-Track Notice, is no longer
applicable. To maintain the Board’s
ability to provide a faster appeal option
while timely resolving other appeals,
however, the number of granted
petitions in the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot
Program remains limited to 125 granted
petitions per quarter. If a quarterly limit

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