Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 911 Grant Program Performance Closeout Report

• Published date: 10 June 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 30919
• Pages: 30919-30920
• FR Document: 2021-12224
• Section: Notices
• Issuer: Commerce Department,National Telecommunications and Information Administration,National Telecommunications And Information Administration

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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.

Sheleen Dumas,

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce

Department.

[FR Doc. 2021–12136 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[RTID 0648–XB153]

Marine Mammals and Endangered

Species

AGENCY

: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION

: Notice; issuance of permits.

SUMMARY

: Notice is hereby given that

permits have been issued to the

following entities under the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and

the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as

applicable.

ADDRESSES

: The permits and related

documents are available for review

upon written request via email to

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 25500),

Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D. (Permit No.

25581), and Jordan Rutland (Permit No.

25520); at (301) 427–8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: Notices

were published in the Federal Register

on the dates listed below that requests

for a permit had been submitted by the

below-named applicants. To locate the

Federal Register notice that announced

our receipt of the application and a

complete description of the activities, go

to www.federalregister.gov and search

on the permit number provided in Table

1 below.

T

ABLE

1—I

SSUED

P

ERMITS

Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register

notice Issuance date

25500 .............0648–XA943 University of Alaska Museum of the North, 907 Yukon

Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (Responsible Party: Link

Olson, Ph.D.).

86 FR 14878; March 19, 2021 ....May 6, 2021.

25581.............0648–XA959 Freedive Pictures, Ltd, St. Stephens Avenue Bristol,

United Kingdom, BS1 1YL (Responsible Party: Sophie

Morgan).

86 FR 15651; March 24, 2021 ....May 6, 2021.

25520.............0648–XA958 BBC Natural History and Factual Productions Ltd.,

Broadcasting House, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, United

Kingdom, BS8 2LR (Responsible Party: Daniel Ras-

mussen).

86 FR 15464; March 23, 2021 ....May 25, 2021.

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final

determination has been made that the

activities proposed are categorically

excluded from the requirement to

prepare an environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement.

As required by the ESA, as applicable,

issuance of these permit was based on

a finding that such permits: (1) Were

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of such

endangered species; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in Section 2 of the

ESA.

Authority: The requested permits have

been issued under the MMPA of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

regulations governing the taking and

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part

216), the ESA of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing

the taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered and threatened species (50 CFR

parts 222–226), as applicable.

Dated: June 4, 2021.

Julia Marie Harrison,

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review and Approval; Comment

Request; 911 Grant Program

Performance Closeout Report

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 April 2,

2021 during the 60-day comment

period. This notice allows for an

additional 30 days for public comments.

Agency: National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, Commerce.

Title: 911 Grant Program Closeout

Performance Report Request.

OMB Control Number: 06XX–XXXX.

Form Number(s): None.

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Type of Request: New information

collection.

Number of Respondents: 36.

Average Hours per Response: 60

hours.

Burden Hours: 2,160 hours.

Needs and Uses: In 2012, the Next

Generation 911 (NG911) Advancement

Act of 2012 (Middle Class Tax Relief

and Job Creation Act of 2012, Pub. L.

112–96, Title VI, Subtitle E (codified at

47 U.S.C. 942)) enacted changes to this

program. It reauthorized the 911

Implementation Coordination Office

(ICO), a joint effort between the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration

(NHTSA) and the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA). It delineated the

responsibilities of the ICO to include a

joint program to establish and facilitate

coordination and communication

between Federal, State, and local

emergency communications systems,

emergency personnel, public safety

organizations, telecommunications

carriers, and telecommunications

equipment manufacturers and vendors

involved in the implementation of 911

services.

The NG911 Advancement Act

provided funding for grants to be used

for the implementation and operation of

911 services, E911 services, migration to

an IP-enabled emergency network, and

adoption and operation of NG911

services and applications; the

implementation of IP-enabled

emergency services and applications

enabled by NG911 services, including

the establishment of IP backbone

networks and the application layer

software infrastructure needed to

interconnect the multitude of

emergency response organizations; and

training public safety personnel,

including call-takers, first responders,

and other individuals and organizations

who are part of the emergency response

chain in 911 services. In August 2019,

NTIA and NHTSA made $109,250,000

in grant awards to 36 agencies.

The information collected for the

closeout of this grant program will

include various reporting requirements.

The closeout performance report is a

new collection instrument. All grantees

will submit the closeout performance

report, tangible property report and final

financial report in accordance with 2

CFR part 200, the Uniform

Administrative Requirements, Cost

Principles, and Audit Requirements for

Federal Awards (OMB Uniform

Guidance). It is important for NTIA and

NHTSA to have this information so that

they can effectively administer the grant

program and account for the

expenditure of funds.

Affected Public: Under this proposed

effort, all grantees are required to submit

the required report electronically via

email. Reporting entities are the 36

grantees, making the total maximum

number of respondents 36.

Frequency: One time. The reporting

entities will be required to submit the

Closeout Performance Report, Tangible

Property Report and a final financial

report.

Respondents’ Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 942.

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

entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce

Department.

[FR Doc. 2021–12224 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO–C–2021–0016]

New Implementation Date for Patent

Practitioner Registration Statement

and Continuing Legal Education

Certification

AGENCY

: United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION

: Notice of revised

implementation date.

SUMMARY

: The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is

delaying the implementation of the

biennial mandatory registration

statement required from registered

patent practitioners and individuals

granted limited recognition to practice

before the USPTO in patent matters

until November 1, 2024. However,

beginning in the spring of 2022,

registered patent practitioners and

individuals granted recognition to

practice before the USPTO in patent

matters may voluntarily certify that they

have completed six credit hours of

continuing legal education (CLE) in the

preceding 24 months.

DATES

: New Implementation Date: The

USPTO anticipates that the registration

statement will first be collected on

November 1, 2024. The voluntary

certification of CLE will commence in

the spring of 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

William Covey, Deputy General Counsel

and Director OED, at 571–272–4097.

Please direct media inquiries to the

USPTO’s Office of the Chief

Communications Officer at 571–272–

8400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: Pursuant

to the final rule, Setting and Adjusting

Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020, 85

FR 46932 (Aug. 3, 2020), registered

patent practitioners and individuals

granted limited recognition to practice

before the USPTO in patent matters may

be required to biennially submit a

mandatory registration statement. See

37 CFR 11.11(a)(2). The final rule also

provided that registered patent

practitioners and individuals granted

limited recognition to practice before

the USPTO in patent matters who have

completed six credits of CLE in the

preceding 24 months (including five

hours of CLE in patent law and practice

and one hour of CLE in ethics) may

voluntarily certify such completion to

the OED Director. 37 CFR 11.11(a)(3)(i).

In the final rule, the USPTO anticipated

that practitioners would first be

required to submit a registration

statement in the spring of 2022, and that

patent practitioners would make the

voluntary CLE certification, if desired,

when submitting the registration

statement. 85 FR 46932, at 46948.

On October 9, 2020, the USPTO

published proposed CLE guidelines

with a request for comments in the

Federal Register, seeking public input

on the guidelines. 85 FR 64128. The

request for comments closed on January

7, 2021. The USPTO received 26

comments, addressing both the

proposed CLE guidelines and the

provisions of the final patent fee rule

which establish the biennial electronic

registration statement.

After considering numerous factors,

the USPTO has decided to delay the

implementation of the registration

statement. The decision to delay is

based, in part, on the USPTO’s

consideration of public comments

received regarding the registration

statement in response to the request for

public comments on the proposed CLE

guidelines. The USPTO’s decision is

also based on a close analysis of

operational priorities and budget. The

USPTO notes that delaying

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