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Postage Costs

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

In limited circumstances, applicants
may be permitted to submit the
information in paper form by mail, fax,
or hand delivery. Applicants and
registrants incur postage costs when
submitting information to the USPTO by
mail through the United States Postal
Service. The USPTO estimates that 1
item will be submitted by mail. The
USPTO estimates that the average
postage cost for a mailed submission,
using a Priority Mail legal flat rate
envelope, will be $10.15. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates the total mailing costs
for this information collection will be
$10.

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IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice are a matter of public
record. The USPTO will include or
summarize each comment in the request
to OMB to approve this information
collection. Before including an address,
phone number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information (PII)
in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment—including PII—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask in your comment to
withhold PII from public view, the
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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Per 45 CFR chapter XXI § 2102.3, the
next meeting of the U.S. Commission of
Fine Arts is scheduled for July 18, 2024,
at 9:00 a.m. and will be held via online
videoconference. Items of discussion
may include buildings, infrastructure,
parks, memorials, and public art.
Draft agendas, the link to register for
the online public meeting, and
additional information regarding the
Commission are available on our
website: www.cfa.gov. Inquiries
regarding the agenda, as well as any
public testimony, should be addressed
to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S.
Commission of Fine Arts, at the above
address; by emailing [email protected]; or
by calling 202–504–2200. Individuals
requiring sign language interpretation
for the hearing impaired should contact
the Secretary at least 10 days before the
meeting date.
Dated July 3, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Zakiya N. Walters,
Administrative Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–15098 Filed 7–9–24; 8:45 am]
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CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
BUREAU
[Docket No. CFPB–2024–0027]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) requests the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB’s) revision of the existing
information collection titled
‘‘Regulation F: Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, State Application for
Exemption’’ approved under OMB
Control Number 3170–0056.
DATES: Written comments are
encouraged and must be received on or
before August 9, 2024 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
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for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
In general, all comments received will
become public records, including any
personal information provided.
Sensitive personal information, such as
account numbers or Social Security
numbers, should not be included.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Anthony May,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, at
(202) 435–7278, or email: CFPB_PRA@
cfpb.gov. If you require this document
in an alternative electronic format,
please contact CFPB_Accessibility@
cfpb.gov. Please do not submit
comments to these email boxes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Regulation F: Fair
Debt Collection Practices Act, State
Application for Exemption.
OMB Control Number: 3170–0056.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: State governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,730.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 858,345.
Abstract: Regulation F implements
the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(FDCPA) 1 and prescribes Federal rules
governing the activities of debt
collectors (as that term is defined in the
FDCPA). Regulation F addresses
communications in connection with
debt collection and prohibitions on
harassment or abuse, false or misleading
representations, and unfair practices in
debt collection. Regulation F includes
information collections related to
information that debt collectors must
provide to consumers at various points
during the debt collection process (such
as at the outset of collections), before
reporting a debt to a consumer reporting
agency, and in response to certain
consumer requests or actions.
Regulation F also includes information
collections related to recordkeeping and
State applications to the CFPB for an
exemption of a class of debt collection
practices within the applying State from
the provisions of the FDCPA and the
corresponding provisions of Regulation
F.
Request for Comments: The CFPB
published a 60-day Federal Register
notice on March 14, 2024 (89 FR 18606)
under Docket Number: CFPB–2024–
0011. The CFPB is publishing this
notice and soliciting comments on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the CFPB, including
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whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the
CFPB’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methods and the
assumptions used; (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 reviewed by OMB as part
of its review of this request. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Anthony May,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD24–3–000]

Billing Procedures for Annual Charges
for the Costs of Other Federal
Agencies for Administering Part I of
the Federal Power Act; Notice
Reporting Costs for Other Federal
Agencies’ Administrative Annual
Charges for Fiscal Year 2023

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1. The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) is required
to determine the reasonableness of costs
incurred by other Federal agencies
(OFAs) 1 in connection with their
participation in the Commission’s
proceedings under the Federal Power
Act (FPA) Part I 2 when those agencies
seek to include such costs in the
administrative charges licensees must
pay to reimburse the United States for
the cost of administering Part I.3 The
Commission’s Order on Remand and
Acting on Appeals of Annual Charge
Bills 4 determined which costs are
eligible to be included in the
1 The OFAs include: the U.S. Department of the
Interior (Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Office of the Solicitor, Office of
Environmental Policy & Compliance); the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service); the
U.S. Department of Commerce (National Marine
Fisheries Service); and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
2 16 U.S.C. 791a–823d (2018).
3 See id. section 803(e)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 7178
(2018).
4 107 FERC ¶ 61,277, order on reh’g, 109 FERC
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administrative annual charges. This
order also established a process
whereby the Commission would
annually request each OFA to submit
cost data, using a form 5 specifically
designed for this purpose. In addition,
the order established requirements for
detailed cost accounting reports and
other documented analyses to explain
the cost assumptions contained in the
OFAs’ submissions.
2. The Commission has completed its
review of the forms and supporting
documentation submitted by the U.S.
Department of the Interior (Interior), the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Agriculture), and the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) for fiscal year
(FY) 2023. This notice reports the costs
the Commission included in its
administrative annual charges for FY
2024.
Scope of Eligible Costs
3. The basis for eligible costs that
should be included in the OFAs’
administrative annual charges is
prescribed by the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A–25—
User Charges and the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board’s
Statement of Federal Financial
Accounting Standards (SFFAS) Number
4—Managerial Cost Accounting
Concepts and Standards for the Federal
Government. Circular A–25 establishes
Federal policy regarding fees assessed
for government services and provides
specific information on the scope and
type of activities subject to user charges.
SFFAS Number 4 provides a conceptual
framework for federal agencies to
determine the full costs of government
goods and services.
4. Circular A–25 provides for user
charges to be assessed against recipients
of special benefits derived from federal
activities beyond those received by the
general public.6 With regard to
licensees, the special benefit derived
from federal activities is the license to
operate a hydropower project. The
guidance provides for the assessment of
sufficient user charges to recover the full
costs of services associated with these
special benefits.7 SFFAS Number 4
defines full costs as the costs of
resources consumed by a specific
governmental unit that contribute
directly or indirectly to a provided
service.8 Thus, pursuant to OMB
requirements and authoritative
accounting guidance, the Commission
5 Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form,
available at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
forms.asp#ofa.
6 OMB Circular A–25 section 6.
7 OMB Circular A–25 section 6.a.2.
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must base its OFA administrative
annual charge on all direct and indirect
costs incurred by agencies in
administering Part I of the FPA. The
special form the Commission designed
for this purpose, the ‘‘Other Federal
Agency Cost Submission Form,’’
captures the full range of costs
recoverable under the FPA and the
referenced accounting guidance.9
5. Our guidance directs the OFAs to
ensure that the costs are for FPA Part I
activities and that the documented costs
are segregated between activities
covering municipal projects from those
for non-municipal projects. This year,
we also asked the OFAs to provide
additional narrative descriptions of the
type of work performed in
administering FPA Part I (including a
list of the projects for which work was
performed during the covered period)
and a detailed description of what
managerial/administrative or other
activities are included in the nonspecific category.
Commission Review of OFA Cost
Submittals
5. The Commission received cost
forms and other supporting
documentation from the Departments of
the Interior, Agriculture, and
Commerce. The Commission completed
a review of each OFA’s cost submission
forms and supporting reports. In its
examination of the OFAs’ cost data, the
Commission considered each agency’s
ability to demonstrate a system or
process which effectively captured,
isolated, and reported FPA Part I costs
as required by the ‘‘Other Federal
Agency Cost Submission Form.’’
6. The Commission held a Technical
Conference on March 21, 2024 to report
its initial findings to licensees and
OFAs. Representatives for several
licensees and most of the OFAs
attended the conference. Following the
technical conference, a transcript was
posted, and licensees had the
opportunity to submit comments to the
Commission regarding its initial review.
7. Idaho Falls Group (Idaho Falls)
filed written comments 10 generally
agreeing with the Commission’s
revisions of the guidance requiring
narrative descriptions of work
9 For the past few years, the form has excluded
‘‘Other Direct Costs’’ to avoid the possibility of
confusion that occurred in earlier years as to
whether costs were being entered twice as ‘‘Other
Direct Costs’’ and ‘‘Overhead.’’
10 See Letter from Michael A. Swiger, Van Ness
Feldman, to the Honorable Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
FERC, Docket No. AD24–3–000 (filed April 18,
2024).

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