Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2011 / Notices 48807 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20193 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA623 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Whiting Oversight in August, 2011 to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hotel Providence, 139 Mathewson 

Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: 

(401) 861–8000; fax: (401) 861–8002. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Oversight Committee will approve and 

recommend to the Council draft 

management alternatives to be included 

and analyzed in the Multispecies FMP 

Draft Amendment 19 document. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20192 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 

Certificate Action Form 

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 continuing information 

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 October 11, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0045 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 Rod Turk, Office 

of Organizational Policy and 

Governance, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–1975; or by e-mail 

to Rod.Turk@uspto.gov. Additional 

information about this collection is also 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov 

under ‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) uses Public 

Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology to 

support electronic commerce between 

the USPTO and its customers. PKI is a 

set of hardware, software, policies, and 

procedures that provide important 

security services for the electronic 

business activities of the USPTO, 

including protecting the confidentiality 

of unpublished patent applications in 

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 

CFR 1.14, as well as protecting 

international patent applications in 

accordance with Article 30 of the Patent 

Cooperation Treaty. 

In order to provide the necessary 

security for its electronic commerce 

systems, the USPTO uses PKI 

technology to protect the integrity and 

confidentiality of information submitted 

to the USPTO. PKI employs public and 

private encryption keys to authenticate 

the customer’s identity and support 

secure electronic communication 

between the customer and the USPTO. 

Customers may submit a request to the 

USPTO for a digital certificate, which 

enables the customer to create the 

encryption keys necessary for electronic 

identity verification and secure 

transactions with the USPTO. This 

digital certificate is required in order to 

access secure online systems that are 

provided by the USPTO for transactions 

such as electronic filing of patent 

applications and viewing confidential 

information about unpublished patent 

applications. 

This information collection includes 

the Certificate Action Form (PTO–2042), 

which is used by the public to request 

a new digital certificate, the revocation 

of a current certificate, or the recovery 

of a lost or corrupted certificate. 

Customers may also change the name 

listed on the certificate or associate the 

certificate with one or more Customer 

Numbers. A certificate request must 

include a notarized signature in order to 

verify the identity of the applicant. The 

Certificate Action Form has an 

accompanying subscriber agreement to 

ensure that customers understand their 

obligations regarding the use of the 

digital certificates and cryptographic 

software. When generating a new 

certificate, customers register to get a set 

of seven codes that will enable 

customers to recover a lost certificate 

online without having to contact 

USPTO support staff. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Certificate Action Form must be 

notarized and may be mailed or hand 

delivered to the USPTO. 


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III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0045. 

Form Number(s): PTO–2042. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,857 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 

hours) to read the instructions and 

subscriber agreement, gather the 

necessary information, prepare the 

Certificate Action Form, and submit the 

completed request. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 929 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $129,131. The USPTO 

expects that 70% of the submissions for 

this collection will be prepared by 

paraprofessionals, 15% by attorneys, 

and 15% by independent inventors. 

Using those proportions and the 

estimated rates of $122 per hour for 

paraprofessionals, $325 per hour for 

attorneys in private firms, and $30 per 

hour for independent inventors, the 

USPTO estimates that the average rate 

for those respondents will be 

approximately $139 per hour. Therefore, 

the estimated total respondent cost 

burden for this collection will be 

approximately $129,131 per year. 

Item Estimated time for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated annual burden 

hours 

Certificate Action Form (including Subscriber Agreement) (PTO–2042) .................... 30 minutes 1,857 929 

Totals .................................................................................................................... ........................................ 1,857 929 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $4,531. There 

are no capital start-up costs, 

maintenance costs, or fees associated 

with this information collection. 

However, this collection does have 

annual (non-hour) cost burden 

associated with the Certificate Action 

Form. 

This collection has costs due to the 

notarization requirement for 

authenticating the signatures on the 

Certificate Action Form. The USPTO 

estimates that the average fee for having 

a signature notarized is $2 and that 

1,857 responses for these forms will be 

submitted annually, for a total cost of 

$3,714 per year. 

This collection also has postage costs 

for submitting the Certificate Action 

Form to the USPTO by mail. The form 

cannot be faxed or submitted 

electronically because it requires an 

original notarized signature. The 

USPTO estimates that the first class 

postage cost for these forms will be 44 

cents and that it will receive 1,857 

mailed responses annually, for a total 

postage cost of approximately $817 per 

year. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20097 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The following notice of scheduled 

meetings is published pursuant to the 

provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, 5 

U.S.C. 552b. 

Agency Holding the Meetings 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

Times and Dates 

The Commission has scheduled 

meetings for the following dates: 

October 4, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

October 18, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

November 1, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

November 17, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

Place 

Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st St., 

NW., Washington, DC. Lobby Level 

Hearing Room (Room 1000). 

STATUS: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered 

The Commission has scheduled these 

meetings to consider various rulemaking 

matters, including the issuance of 

proposed rules and the approval of final 

rules. The Commission may also 

consider and vote on dates and times for 

future meetings. Agendas for each of the 

scheduled meetings will be made 

available to the public and posted on 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.cftc.gov at least seven (7) days 

prior to the meeting. In the event that 

the times or dates of the meetings 

change, an announcement of the change, 

along with the new time and place of 

the meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

David A. Stawick, Secretary of the 

Commission, 202–418–5071. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20351 Filed 8–5–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 11–C0008] 

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 


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