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* An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer 

employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small 

business under SBA regulations (see http:// 

www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/ 

sizestandardstopics/index.html). Parent companies, 

affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered when 

determining business size. The dual pricing reflects 

the Commercial Service’s user fee schedule that 

became effective May 1, 2008 (see http:// 

www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/ 

initiatives.html for additional information). 

Site visit (optional). 

Aquatech India 2011—conference and exhibition (optional). 

Departure for the U.S. 

Participation Requirements 

All parties interested in participating 

in the Water Technology Trade Mission 

to India must complete and submit an 

application package for consideration by 

the Department of Commerce. All 

applicants will be evaluated on their 

ability to meet certain conditions and 

best satisfy the selection criteria as 

outlined below. The mission will open 

on a first come first served basis for up 

to 15 qualified U.S. companies. 

Fees and Expenses 

After a company has been selected to 

participate in the mission, a payment to 

the Department of Commerce in the 

form of a participation fee is required. 

The participation fee will be $3,000 for 

large firms and $2,400 for a small- or 

medium-sized enterprise (SME), which 

includes one representative.* The fee 

for each additional firm representative 

(large firm or SME) is $250. Expenses 

for travel, lodging, most meals, and 

incidentals will be the responsibility of 

each mission participant. 

Conditions for Participation 

• An applicant must submit a 

completed and signed mission 

application and supplemental 

application materials, including 

adequate information on the company’s 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation. 

• Each applicant must also certify 

that the products and services it seeks 

to export through the mission are either 

produced in the United States, or, if not, 

marketed under the name of a U.S. firm 

and have at least fifty-one percent U.S. 

content. 

Selection Criteria for Participation 

• Suitability of the company’s 

products or services to the market or 

markets targeted by the mission. 

• Consistency of the applicant’s goals 

and objectives with the scope and 

design of the mission. 

• Applicant’s potential for business 

[in the target markets/in the mission 

country(ies)], including likelihood of 

exports resulting from the mission. 

Diversity of company size, sector or 

subsector, and location may also be 

considered during the review process. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents containing 

references to partisan political activities 

(including political contributions) will 

be removed from an applicant’s 

submission and not considered during 

the selection process. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://www.ita.doc.gov/ 

doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet 

web sites, press releases to general and 

trade media, direct mail, notices by 

industry trade associations and other 

multiplier groups, and publicity at 

industry meetings, symposia, 

conferences, and trade shows. 

Recruitment for the mission will begin 

immediately and conclude no later than 

January 15, 2011. The mission will be 

open on a first come first served basis. 

Applications received after that date 

will be considered only if space and 

scheduling constraints permit. 

Information can also be obtained by 

contacting the mission contacts listed 

below. 

Contacts 

U.S. Commercial Services India, Mr. 

Kamal Vora, U.S. Commercial 

Services, Mumbai, Tel: 91–22– 

22652511, E-mail: 

Kamal.Vora@trade.gov. 

Mr. Leonard Roberts, U.S. Commercial 

Services, Bangalore, Tel: 91–80–2220– 

6403, E-mail: 

Leonard.Roberts@trade.gov. U.S. 

Commercial Services Export 

Assistance Centers, Ms. Julia Rauner 

Guerrero, Senior International Trade 

Specialist. U.S. Commercial Service, 

San Diego, Tel: 858–467–7038, Email: Julia.Rauner@trade.gov. 

Mr. Bill Cline, Director, U.S. 

Commercial Service, Reno, Tel: 775– 

784–5203, E-mail: 

Bill.Cline@trade.gov. 

Lisa Huot, 

Trade Promotion Programs, International 

Trade Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4555 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA254 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Construction and 

Operation of a Liquefied Natural Gas 

Deepwater Port in the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

letter of authorization; request for 

comments and information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from Port Dolphin Energy LLC (Port 

Dolphin) for authorization for the take, 

by Level B harassment, of marine 

mammals incidental to construction and 

operation of the Port Dolphin Deepwater 

Port (Port) off the Gulf coast of Florida 

for the period June 2012–June 2017. 

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is 

announcing receipt of Port Dolphin’s 

request for the development and 

implementation of 5-year regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals and inviting 

information, suggestions, and comments 

on Port Dolphin’s application and 

request. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than March 31, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application should be addressed to 

Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

ITP.Nachman@noaa.gov. NMFS is not 

responsible for e-mail comments sent to 

addresses other than the one provided 

here. Comments sent via e-mail, 


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including all attachments, must not 

exceed a 10-megabyte file size. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/

incidental.htm without change. All 

Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Nachman, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–2289, ext. 

156. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability 

A copy of Port Dolphin’s application 

may be obtained by writing to the 

address specified above (ADDRESSES), 

calling the contact listed above (FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or 

visiting the Internet at: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm. The U.S. Coast Guard’s 

and U.S. Maritime Administration’s 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

was made available to the public on July 

9, 2009. 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce to allow, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed 

authorization is provided to the public 

for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s), will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant), and if 

the permissible methods of taking and 

requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 

such takings are set forth. NMFS has 

defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 

216.103 as ‘‘. . . an impact resulting 

from the specified activity that cannot 

be reasonably expected to, and is not 

reasonably likely to, adversely affect the 

species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: 

any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance 

which (i) has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild 

[Level A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential 

to disturb a marine mammal or marine 

mammal stock in the wild by causing 

disruption of behavioral patterns, including, 

but not limited to, migration, breathing, 

nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering 

[Level B harassment]. 

Summary of Request 

On February 1, 2011, NMFS received 

a complete application from Port 

Dolphin requesting authorization for the 

take of two marine mammal species 

incidental to construction and operation 

of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) 

deepwater port off the Gulf coast of 

Florida over the course of 5 years, 

which would necessitate the 

promulgation of 5-year regulations. Port 

Dolphin plans to build the LNG Port off 

the western coast of Florida, 

approximately 42 mi (68 km) from Port 

Manatee, Florida. Once built, Port 

Dolphin anticipates up to 46 shuttle 

regasification vessel (SRV) unloadings 

per year during the first several years of 

operation. Noise produced during Port 

installation and construction activities 

and Port operations have the potential 

to take marine mammals. Port Dolphin 

requests authorization to take two 

cetacean species by Level B harassment 

only: Atlantic spotted dolphin and 

bottlenose dolphin. Injury or mortality 

is unlikely during the proposed 

activities, and take by Level A 

harassment (including injury) or 

mortality is not requested in Port 

Dolphin’s application. 

Specified Activities 

In the application submitted to 

NMFS, Port Dolphin requests 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to construction and operation 

of the LNG Port off the Gulf coast of 

Florida. Construction activities, which 

would take approximately 11 months to 

complete, include: buoy installation; 

offshore hammering; horizontal 

directional drilling (HDD); HDD 

vibratory; pipeline laying offshore; 

pipeline laying inshore; offshore 

plowing; and inshore plowing. 

Operational activities include: SRV 

maneuvering and docking and 

regasification. Sections 1 and 2 of Port 

Dolphin’s application describe the full 

suite of activities, as well as the location 

and duration of activity. 

Information Solicited 

Interested persons may submit 

information, suggestions, and comments 

concerning Port Dolphin’s request (see 

ADDRESSES). All information, 

suggestions, and comments related to 

Port Dolphin’s request and NMFS’ 

potential development and 

implementation of regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals by Port Dolphin’s 

activities will be considered by NMFS 

in developing, if appropriate, the most 

effective regulations governing the 

issuance of letters of authorization. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4539 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Proposed Collection; Patent Examiner 

Employment Application 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the revision of a currently 

approved collection, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 2, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0042 comment’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

LaRita Jones, Chief of the Workforce 

Employment Division, Office of Human 

Resources, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–6196; or by e-mail 

to larita.jones@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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