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Frequency: Annually; Every 3 years; 

On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

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 

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by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0206. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02566 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2020–0057] 

Extension of the Period for Comments 

on the National Strategy for Expanding 

American Innovation 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Extension of the comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) recently 

sought input from the public regarding 

the National Council for Expanding 

American Innovation (NCEAI). The 

USPTO is extending the comment 

period to ensure that all stakeholders 

have sufficient opportunity to submit 

comments on this important effort to 

develop a national strategy to expand 

innovation demographically, 

geographically, and economically. 

DATES: To be ensured of consideration, 

written comments must be received on 

or before February 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For reasons of Government 

efficiency, comments must be submitted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via www.regulations.gov, 

enter docket number PTO–P–2020–0057 

on the homepage and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

The site will provide a search results 

page listing all documents associated 

with this docket. Find a reference to this 

notice and click on the ‘‘Comment 

Now!’’ icon, complete the required 

fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in ADOBE®

portable document format or 

MICROSOFT WORD® format. Because 

written comments and testimony will be 

made available for public inspection, 

information that a respondent does not 

desire to be made public, such as a 

phone number, should not be included 

in the testimony or written comments. 

Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

website (www.regulations.gov) for 

additional instructions on providing 

comments via the portal. If electronic 

submission of comments is not feasible 

due to a lack of access to a computer 

and/or the internet, please contact the 

USPTO using the contact information 

below for special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please send your questions or comments 

regarding this notice to 

innovationcomment@uspto.gov, or 

telephone Janine Scianna, Office of 

Governmental Affairs, USPTO, at 571– 

272–0502. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO is extending the period for 

public comment on the NCEAI. The goal 

of the NCEAI is to create a national 

strategy to promote and increase 

participation by underrepresented 

groups in inventing and innovation. The 

NCEAI includes distinguished leaders 

from industry, academia, government, 

and nonprofit organizations. 

In a Federal Register notice, Request 

for Comments on the National Strategy 

for Expanding American Innovation, 85 

FR 83906 (Dec. 23, 2020) (the Notice), 

the USPTO sought input from the public 

regarding the development of a national 

strategy to create opportunities to 

expand our innovation ecosystem. In 

view of the importance of this effort, 

and given the desire to receive input 

from as broad a cross-section of the 

public as possible, the USPTO is now 

extending the period to address the 

questions raised in the Notice, or to 

provide any additional comments, until 

February 23, 2021. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02571 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, February 4, 

2021; 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: This meeting will be conducted 

by remote means. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Closed 

to the Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Decisional 

Matter. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, Division of 

the Secretariat, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (cell). 

Dated: February 3, 2021. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02605 Filed 2–4–21; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Certificate of Alternate Compliance for 

USS SAVANNAH (LCS 28) 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Certificate 

of Alternate Compliance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby 

announces that a Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance has been issued for USS 

SAVANNAH (LCS 28). Due to the 

special construction and purpose of this 

vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge 

Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty 

and Maritime Law) has determined it is 

a vessel of the Navy which, due to its 

special construction and purpose, 

cannot comply fully with the navigation 

lights provisions of the International 

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at 

Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) without 

interfering with its special function as a 

naval ship. The intended effect of this 

notice is to warn mariners in waters 

where 72 COLREGS apply. 

DATES: This Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance is effective February 8, 

2021 and is applicable beginning 

February 2, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Steven 

Gonzales, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty 

Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, Admiralty and Maritime Law 

Division (Code 11), 1322 Patterson Ave. 

SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, 


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1 16 U.S.C. 824j, (2018). 

1On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule, Update to the 

Regulations Implementing the Procedural 

Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 

(Final Rule, 85 FR 43,304), which was effective as 

of September 14, 2020; however, the NEPA review 

of this project was in process at that time and was 

prepared pursuant to CEQ’s 1978 NEPA regulations. 

DC 20374–5066, 202–685–5040, or 

admiralty@navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose. Executive 

Order 11964 of January 19, 1977 and 33 

U.S.C. 1605 provide that the 

requirements of the International 

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at 

Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), as to the 

number, position, range, or arc of 

visibility of lights or shapes, as well as 

to the disposition and characteristics of 

sound-signaling appliances, shall not 

apply to a vessel or class of vessels of 

the Navy where the Secretary of the 

Navy shall find and certify that, by 

reason of special construction or 

purpose, it is not possible for such 

vessel(s) to comply fully with the 

provisions without interfering with the 

special function of the vessel(s). Notice 

of issuance of a Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance must be made in the 

Federal Register. 

In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1605, 

the DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law), under authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Navy, hereby finds and 

certifies that USS SAVANNAH (LCS 28) 

is a vessel of special construction or 

purpose, and that, with respect to the 

position of the following navigational 

lights, it is not possible to comply fully 

with the requirements of the provisions 

enumerated in the 72 COLREGS without 

interfering with the special function of 

the vessel: 

Annex I, paragraph 2(a)(i), pertaining 

to the vertical position of the forward 

masthead lights; Annex I, paragraph 

3(a), pertaining to the horizontal 

position of the forward masthead lights; 

Rule 21(a) and Annex I, paragraph 

2(f)(i), pertaining to masthead light 

obstructions; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), 

pertaining to the horizontal separation 

between the forward and aft masthead 

lights; Annex I, paragraph 3(c), 

pertaining to vertical and horizontal 

spacing of task lights; and Rule 27(b)(i) 

and Annex I, paragraph 9(b), pertaining 

to the obstruction of task lights. 

The DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law) further finds and certifies that 

these navigational lights are in closest 

possible compliance with the applicable 

provision of the 72 COLREGS. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), E.O. 11964. 

Approved: February 3, 2021. 

K.R. Callan, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02483 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. TX21–2–000] 

JVR Energy Park LLC; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on January 29, 2021, 

pursuant to section 211 of the Federal 

Power Act 1 and section 9.3.3 of the San 

Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) 

Transmission Owner Tariff, JVR Energy 

Park LLC (JVR) filed an application 

requesting that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

issue an order requiring SDG&E to 

provide interconnection and 

transmission services for JVR’s proposed 

Kettle Solar One solar photovoltaic and 

battery energy storage generating facility 

project. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. On 

or before the comment date, it is not 

necessary to serve motions to intervene 

or protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically may mail similar 

pleadings to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand 

delivered submissions in docketed 

proceedings should be delivered to 

Health and Human Services, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on February 19, 2021. 

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02503 Filed 2–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5737–007] 

Santa Clara Valley Water District; 

Notice of Availability of Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed an application 

submitted by Santa Clara Valley Water 

District for the Anderson Dam Project 

No. 5737, to draw down the Anderson 

Reservoir, construct and operate a new 

low-level outlet tunnel, and implement 

downstream measures. Anderson Dam 

is located on Coyote Creek in Santa 

Clara County, California. 

A supplemental environmental 

assessment (EA) has been prepared as 

part of Commission staff’s review of the 

proposal.1 The supplemental EA 

includes additional analysis to 

supplement staff’s October 1, 2020 EA 

for the reservoir drawdown. The 

supplemental EA contains Commission 

staff’s analysis of the probable 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action and concludes that approval of 

the proposal, with appropriate 

environmental protective measures, 

would not constitute a major federal 


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