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1 84 FR 58176 (Oct. 30, 2019); U.S. Copyright 

Office, Unclaimed Royalties Study Kickoff 

Symposium, https://www.copyright.gov/policy/ 

unclaimed-royalties/symposium/. 

2Susan Butler, Collective Right Management 

Practices Around the World: A Survey of CMO 

Practices to Reduce the Occurrence of Unclaimed 

Royalties in Musical Works (2020), https://

www.copyright.gov/policy/unclaimed-royalties/ 

cmo-full-report.pdf. The transcript of the 

symposium is available at https://

www.copyright.gov/policy/unclaimed-royalties/ 

transcript.pdf. 

later than thirty (30) days after the 

publication date of this revised notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit comments: Send them to: 

By email .................... pubcommentees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ...................... Assistant Attorney 

General, U.S. 

DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044– 

7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed consent decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department website: https://

www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

We will also provide a paper copy of the 

proposed consent decree upon written 

request and payment of reproduction 

costs. Please mail your request and 

payment to: Consent Decree Library, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $17 (68 pages at 25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. For a paper copy 

without the appendices and signature 

pages, the cost is $8.5. 

Patricia McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent 

Decree 

In accordance with Departmental 

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 

given that a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Brenda Massey, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the Southern District of 

Mississippi, Southern Division, on 

February 2, 2021, Case No. 1:21cv17– 

HSO–JCG. 

This proposed Consent Decree 

concerns a complaint filed by the 

United States against Defendant Brenda 

Massey, pursuant to Sections 309, 402, 

and 404 of the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘CWA’’), 33 U.S.C. 1319, 1342, and 

1344, for discharging pollutants into 

waters of the United States in George 

County, Mississippi without a permit, in 

violation of CWA Section 301(a), 33 

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relief by requiring the Defendant to 

perform environmental restoration and 

provide for mitigation of temporal losses 

through a monetary payment to an 

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Natural Resources Division, 

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Brenda Massey, DJ #90–5–1–1–21358. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the Clerk’s Office, United 

States District Court for the Southern 

District of Mississippi, Southern 

Division, Dan M. Russell, Jr., United 

States Courthouse, 2012 15th Street, 

Suite 403, Gulfport, MS 39501. In 

addition, the proposed Consent Decree 

may be examined electronically at 

http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consentdecrees. 

Cherie Rogers, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Defense Section, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division. 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

U.S. Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2019–6] 

Unclaimed Royalties Study 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of public roundtables. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office 

will be holding public roundtables as 

part of its study to evaluate best 

practices that the newly established 

mechanical licensing collective may 

implement to identify and locate 

musical work copyright owners and 

unclaimed accrued royalties held by the 

collective, encourage musical work 

copyright owners to claim their 

royalties, and reduce the incidence of 

unclaimed royalties. Music industry 

participants and others interested in 

participating in the roundtables are 

invited to submit requests to participate 

pursuant to the instructions set forth 

below. 

DATES: The public roundtables will be 

held on March 25, 2021. Requests to 

participate must be received no later 

than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on 

February 26, 2021. Once the roundtable 

agenda is finalized, the Office will 

notify all participants and post the times 

and dates of the roundtables at https:// 

copyright.gov/policy/unclaimedroyalties/. 

ADDRESSES: The Office will conduct the 

roundtables remotely using the Zoom 

videoconferencing platform. Requests to 

participate should be submitted through 

the request form available at https://

www.copyright.gov/policy/unclaimedroyalties/roundtable-request.html. 

Additional information will be made 

available at https://www.copyright.gov/ 

policy/unclaimed-royalties/roundtable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Sloan, Assistant General 

Counsel, by email at jslo@copyright.gov; 

or Cassandra G. Sciortino, AttorneyAdvisor, by email at csciortino@

copyright.gov. Each can be contacted by 

telephone by calling (202) 707–8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Copyright Office (‘‘Office’’) is 

undertaking a policy study as directed 

by the Music Modernization Act to 

evaluate best practices that the newly 

established mechanical licensing 

collective (‘‘MLC’’) may implement to 

reduce the incidence of unclaimed 

royalties. The Office initiated the study 

on December 6, 2019, with an all-day 

educational symposium to facilitate 

discussion on these issues by a broad 

range of industry participants and 

members of the public.1 The Office also 

commissioned a report on matching and 

royalty distribution practices of various 

collective management organizations 

(‘‘CMOs’’) around the world. A 

transcript of the symposium as well as 

the report of global collective rights 

management practices are provided on 

the Office’s website for public 

consideration.2 On June 2, 2020, the 

Office issued a notice of inquiry (‘‘NOI’’) 

which solicited public comment on 

several topics concerning best practices 

to identify and locate musical work 

copyright owners and unclaimed 

accrued royalties held by the collective, 

encourage musical work copyright 

owners to claim their royalties, and 

reduce the incidence of unclaimed 

royalties, including by commenting 


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3 85 FR 33735 (June 2, 2020). 

upon the prior symposium and 

comparative report.3 The Office 

received two rounds of public 

comments in August 2020. Information 

about the study, including the NOI, 

public comments, symposium materials, 

and comparative report may be accessed 

on the Office’s website at https://

www.copyright.gov/policy/unclaimedroyalties/. 

The Office will now hold roundtable 

discussions to allow interested members 

of the public to discuss and provide 

additional information on the topics of 

the study. The Office also will provide 

sign-up information for members of the 

public who wish to observe, but not 

participate in, one or more of the 

roundtable sessions. The sessions will 

be video recorded and transcribed, and 

copies of the recording and transcript 

will be made available on the Office’s 

website. 

A. Submitting Requests To Participate 

A request to participate should be 

submitted to the Office using the form 

on the Office’s website indicated in the 

ADDRESSES section above by February 

26, 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Office 

will notify participants of their selection 

and session assignments. In order to 

accommodate the expected level of 

interest, the Office plans to assign no 

more than one representative per 

organization to each session. If multiple 

persons from the same organization 

wish to participate on different issues, 

each should submit a separate request. 

Depending upon the number and nature 

of the requests, the Office may not be 

able to accommodate all requests to 

participate. 

The public roundtables will offer an 

opportunity for interested parties to 

comment on the information submitted 

to the Office to date and offer additional 

views concerning the best practices the 

MLC may implement to reduce the 

incidence of unclaimed royalties. While 

the Office will tailor sessions based on 

expressions of interest, it expects that 

sessions will address various issues 

related to data matching and 

identification of musical work copyright 

owners; user experience and 

accessibility of the public database and 

claiming portal; education and outreach 

to promote awareness and encourage 

royalty claiming; and holding and 

distribution of accrued royalties. 

Although the primary focus of the 

statutorily-mandated study must remain 

on best practices the Office may 

recommend for the MLC to consider in 

order to reduce the overall incidence of 

unclaimed accrued royalties, the Office 

will also entertain discussion of how 

other actors in the music ecosystem may 

support the successful administration of 

the section 115 blanket license. 

All requests to participate must 

clearly identify: 

• The name of the person desiring to 

participate; 

• The organization or organizations 

represented, if any; 

• Contact information; and 

• A two- to three-sentence summary 

of the substantive issues the participant 

expects to discuss. 

Following receipt of the requests to 

participate, the Office will prepare an 

agenda listing the participants, dates, 

and times for each session. These will 

be circulated to participants and posted 

at https://www.copyright.gov/policy/ 

unclaimed-royalties/roundtable on or 

about March 18, 2021. 

B. Format of Public Roundtables 

Each roundtable session will cover a 

topic relevant to the study, as discussed 

above. Depending on the level of 

interest, the Office may hold multiple 

sessions on the same topic to 

accommodate a greater number of 

participants and provide additional time 

for discussion. Following a discussion 

of the various agenda topics by 

roundtable participants, members of the 

public will be provided a limited 

opportunity to offer additional 

comments for the record, but parties 

who wish to provide detailed 

information to the Office are encouraged 

to submit a request to participate. 

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Regan A. Smith, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

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In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

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following meeting: 

Name and Committee Code: 

Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 

Committee (#13883)—(Zoom Meeting). 

Date and Time: June 2, 2021; 12 p.m.– 

4 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314 (Zoom). 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Attendance information for the 

meeting will be forthcoming on the 

website: https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/ 

aaac.jsp. 

Contact Person: Dr. Martin Still, 

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National Science Foundation, 2415 

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new areas of cooperation and 

mechanisms for achieving them. Discuss 

the Committee’s draft annual report due 

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