47778 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 179 / Thursday, September 17, 2009 / Notices 

households to improve their diet by 

increasing their food purchasing power. 

As the nation’s primary public program 

for ensuring food security and 

alleviating hunger, the SNAP needs to 

regularly monitor food security 

conditions among its target population. 

This monitoring need requires that 

USDA continue basic data collection, 

analysis, and evaluation. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

data collected by the food security 

supplement will be used to monitor the 

prevalence of food security and the 

prevalence and severity of food 

insecurity among the Nation’s 

households. The prevalence of these 

conditions as well as year-to-year trends 

in their prevalence will be estimated at 

the national level and for population 

subgroups. The data also will be used to 

monitor the amounts that households 

spend for food and their use of 

community food pantries and 

emergency kitchens. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or Households. 

Number of Respondents: 54,400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,916. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–22421 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Northwest Region Federal 

Fisheries Permits. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0203. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 341. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

proposal, 8 hours; EFP application, 20 

minutes; EFP pre-season plan, 16 hours; 

EFP trip/delivery notifications, 2 

minutes; EFP data reports, 43 minutes; 

EFP summary reports, 24 hours; Limited 

Entry Permit (LEP) renewal, 20 minutes; 

LEP transfer, 30 minutes; ownership 

interest forms for sablefish-endorsed 

LEP, 10 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 1,996. 

Needs and Uses: The National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 

collects certain information to 

determine whether a respondent 

complies with regulations that pertain 

to the issuance, transfer, ownership 

interest or renewal of a Pacific Coast 

Groundfish limited entry permit or 

exempted fishing permit. Also, NMFS 

collects information from permit owners 

and vessel owners to assist NMFS with 

its enforcement responsibilities. 

Exempted fishing permit holders may be 

required to provide descriptions of 

planned fishing activities, periodic data 

reports, preseason plans, and summary 

reports. The respondents are mainly 

groundfish fishermen or fishing 

companies or partnerships. Other 

respondents include State fishery 

agencies, non-profit groups, or fishing 

associations who sponsor research 

carried out under exempted fishing 

permits. These requirements were 

developed by the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (PFMC) under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (MagnusonStevens Act). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: September 11, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–22353 Filed 9–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), in order to 

extend the public comment period due 

to a delay in submission, is republishing 

the Comment Request originally 

published on August 11, 2009 (74 FR 

40165). This notice announces the 

intent to submit to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance the following proposal for 

collection of information under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Customer Panel Quality Survey. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0057. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 406 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 2,386 

responses. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it takes the public 

approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) 

to complete either the paper or the 

online survey. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, 

respond to the survey, and submit it to 

the USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: Individuals who 

work at firms that file more than six 

patent applications a year use the 

Customer Panel Quality Survey to 

provide the USPTO with their 

perceptions of examination quality. The 

USPTO uses the feedback gathered from 

the survey to assist them in targeting 

key areas for examination quality 

improvement and to identify important 

areas for examiner training. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for profit; 

and not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: Semi-annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

e-mail: 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publically available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

* E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0057 Customer Panel 

Quality Survey copy request’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

* Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 


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