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accountability for issuance and 

disposition of security/access badges 

and similar physical access tools. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

See Prefatory Statement of General 

Routine Uses Nos. 1–13, as found at 46 

FR 63501–63502 (December 31, 1981). 

The USPTO will use the records to 

issue official U.S. Government 

identification badges and cards to 

USPTO employees and contract 

employees requiring access to USPTO 

buildings and offices. The records will 

also be used to maintain a record of all 

holders of identification badges and 

cards, for renewal and recovery of 

expired badges and/or cards, and to 

identify those that are lost or stolen. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Not applicable. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records are maintained in electronic 

media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records are retrieved by individual’s 

name and/or card number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to this system of records is 

limited to security and guard force 

personnel. Records are stored in 

guarded security areas and in 

controlled-access systems. 

Access to sensitive records is 

available only to authorized employees 

responsible for the management of the 

system and/or employees of program 

offices who have a need for such 

information. Electronic records are 

password-protected. During non-work 

hours, records are stored in locked safes 

and/or cabinets in locked rooms. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

The records on government 

employees and contractor employees are 

retained for the duration of their 

employment at the USPTO. Other 

individuals’ records are kept for the 

duration of their affiliation with the 

USPTO and then treated as employee 

records. The records on separated 

employees are destroyed or sent to the 

Federal Records Center in accordance 

with General Records Schedule 18. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Security Office, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–

1450. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Information may be obtained from the 

Security Office, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. Requesters 

should provide the appropriate 

information in accordance with the 

inquiry provisions appearing at 37 CFR 

Part 102 Subpart B.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

USPTO employees wishing to inquire 

whether this system of records contains 

information about them should contact 

the system manager indicated. 

Individuals must furnish their full 

names for their records to be located 

and identified. See ‘‘Notification 

procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

USPTO employees wishing to request 

amendment of their records should 

contact the system manager indicated. 

Individuals must furnish their full 

names for their records to be located 

and identified. See ‘‘Notification 

procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The information contained in these 

records is provided by or verified by the 

subject individual of the record, 

supervisors, other personnel documents, 

and non-Federal sources such as private 

employers. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None.

Dated: December 7, 2004. 

Susan K. Brown, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Office of Data 

Architecture and Services, Data 

Administration Division.

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 13, 2005. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number:

Estuary Habitat Restoration Project 

Application; Eng Form 6019–R; OMB 

Control Number 0710–0014. 

Type of Request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 100. 

Average Burden Per Response: 10 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: The Corps will 

solicit applications for estuary habitat 

restoration projects under section 104 of 

the Estuary Restoration Act 2000. 

Requested information will include 

proposed project location, types and 

acreage of habitat to be restored, and 

project description including restoration 

techniques, project goals and expected 

benefits, monitoring plan, costs, and 

other supporting information. Project 

applications may be submitted either 

electronically or in paper format. This 

information is needed to select projects 

for funding. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondents Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jacqueline 

Zeiher. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Zeiher at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESCD/

Information Management Division, 1225 

South Clark Street, Suite 504, Arlington, 

VA 22202–4326.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 04–27307 Filed 12–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 13, 2005.