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All catch would be attributed to the 

appropriate commercial fishing quota. 

For a vessel fishing on a groundfish 

sector trip, all catch of groundfish stocks 

allocated to sectors would be deducted 

from the vessel’s sector’s annual catch 

entitlement (ACE). Once the ACE for a 

stock has been reached in a sector, 

vessels would no longer be allowed to 

fish in that stock area unless the sector 

acquired additional ACE for the stock in 

question. For common pool vessels, all 

groundfish catch would be counted 

toward the appropriate trimester total 

allowable catch (TAC). Common pool 

vessels would be exempt from 

possession and trip limits on EFP trips 

when directed for sampling by the 

Center, but would still be subject to 

trimester TAC closures. 

If approved, the Center may request 

minor modifications and extensions to 

the EFP throughout the year. EFP 

modifications and extensions may be 

granted without further notice if they 

are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impact that does not 

change the scope of the initially 

approved EFP request. Any fishing 

activity conducted outside the scope of 

the exempted fishing activity would be 

prohibited. 

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

Dated: April 1, 2020. 

He ́le`ne M.N. Scalliet, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries,National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–07218 Filed 4–6–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2020–0021] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 7,534,790; 

Vernakalant Hydrochloride 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of interim patent term 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued an order 

granting interim extension for a oneyear interim extension of the term of 

U.S. Patent No. 7,534,790. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali 

Salimi by telephone at (571) 272–0909; 

by mail marked to his attention and 

addressed to the Commissioner for 

Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450; by fax marked to his attention at 

(571) 273–0909; or by email to 

ali.salimi@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

156 of Title 35, United States Code, 

generally provides that the term of a 

patent may be extended for a period of 

up to five years if the patent claims a 

product, or a method of making or using 

a product, that has been subject to 

certain defined regulatory review, and 

that the patent may be extended for 

interim periods of up to one year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On February 5, 2020, Correvio 

International Sa`rl, the patent owner of 

record, timely filed an application 

under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a second 

interim extension of the term of U.S. 

Patent No. 7,534,790. The patent claims 

the human drug product, vernakalant 

hydrochloride. The application for 

patent term extension indicates that 

New Drug Application (NDA) 22–034 

was submitted to the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) on December 19, 

2006. 

Review of the patent term extension 

application indicates that, except for 

permission to market or use the product 

commercially, the subject patent would 

be eligible for an extension of the patent 

term under 35 U.S.C. 156, and that the 

patent should be extended for one year 

as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). 

Because the regulatory review period 

will continue beyond the once-extended 

expiration date of the patent, March 31, 

2020, interim extension of the patent 

term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is 

appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

7,534,790 is granted for a period of one 

year from the extended expiration date 

of the patent. 

Robert Bahr, 

Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination 

Policy,United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2020–07190 Filed 4–6–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 1:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, 

April 14, 2020. 

PLACE: This meeting will be convened 

on a telephone conference call. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Enforcement matters. In the event that 

the time, date, or location of this 

meeting changes, an announcement of 

the change, along with the new time, 

date, and/or place of the meeting will be 

posted on the Commission’s website at 

https://www.cftc.gov/. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202–418–5964. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: April 3, 2020. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2020–07422 Filed 4–3–20; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Instructions for 

AmeriCorps State and National 

Competitive New and Continuation 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service (CNCS). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

CNCS is proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by June 

8, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Attention Arminda Pappas, 250 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at the mail address 

given in paragraph (1) above, between 

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 


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internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public, 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arminda Pappas, 202–606–6659, or by 

email at apappas@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Application 

Instructions for AmeriCorps State and 

National Competitive New and 

Continuation. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0047. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Organizations and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 450. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 18,000. 

Abstract: The application instructions 

conform to the Corporation for National 

and Community Service’s online grant 

application system, eGrants, which 

applicants must use to respond to CNCS 

Notices of Funding Opportunities. 

CNCS also seeks to continue using the 

currently approved information 

collection until the revised information 

collection is approved by OMB. The 

currently approved information 

collection is due to expire on June 30, 

2020. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the 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 of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 

Dated: March 31, 2020. 

Arminda Pappas, 

Grant Review Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2020–07217 Filed 4–6–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement and Public Scoping 

Meeting for Dow Chemical Company’s 

Harris Reservoir Expansion Project, 

Brazoria County, Texas (Department of 

the Army Permit SWG–2016–01027) 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Army, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps), Galveston District, 

has received a permit application for a 

U.S. Department of the Army (DA) 

permit pursuant to Section 10 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act from 

Dow Chemical Company (Dow) (SWG– 

2016–01027) for the Harris Reservoir 

Expansion Project (proposed Project). 

The proposed Project site is located 

between the Brazos River and Oyster 

Creek approximately 8 miles northwest 

of the City of Angleton in Brazoria 

County, Texas. The primary federal 

involvement associated with the 

proposed action (proposed Project) is 

the discharge of dredged or fill material 

into waters of the United States (U.S.), 

and the construction of structures and/ 

or work that may affect navigable 

waters. Federal authorizations for the 

Project would constitute a major federal 

action. Based on the potential impacts, 

both individually and cumulatively, the 

Corps intends to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) in 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

render a final decision on the permit 

applications. The Corps’ decision will 

be to issue, issue with modification, or 

deny DA permits for the proposed 

action. The EIS will assess the potential 

social, economic, and environmental 

impacts of the construction and 

operation of the proposed project, and is 

intended to be sufficient in scope to 

address federal, state, and local 

requirements; environmental and 

socioeconomic issues concerning the 

proposed action; and permit reviews. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the proposed EIS scope 

should be addressed to Mr. Jayson 

Hudson, USACE, Galveston District, 

Regulatory Branch, P.O. Box 1229, 

Galveston, Texas 77553–1229. 

Individuals who would like to 

electronically provide comments should 

contact Mr. Hudson by electronic mail 

at SWG201601027@usace.army.mil. 

Emailed comments, including 

attachments, should be provided in 

.doc, .docx, .pdf or .txt formats. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this project, to be 

included on the mailing list for future 

updates and meeting announcements, or 

to receive a copy of the Draft EIS when 

it is issued, contact Mr. Jayson Hudson, 

at the Corps at (409) 766–3108, email 

address SWG201601027@

usace.army.mil, or the address provided 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps 

Galveston District intends to prepare an 

EIS for the proposed Harris Reservoir 

Expansion Project located in Brazoria 

County, Texas. The proposed Project 

would include the construction of a 

1,929-acre impoundment with a 

nominal storage capacity of 50,000 acrefeet, an intake and pump station to 

divert Dow’s existing surface water 

rights from the Brazos River, an outlet 

to Oyster Creek, and an emergency 

spillway. The Project would also 

include floodplain enhancements on 

Oyster Creek, stream restoration, and 

temporary construction staging and 

laydown areas. As part of the 

Department of the Army permit 

application process, a public notice was 

issued on March 2, 2018. The purpose 

of the public notice was to initiate an 

early public scoping process to solicit 

comments and information from the 

public as well as state and federal 

agencies to better enable us to make a 

reasonable decision on factors affecting 

the public interest. All comments 

received to date, including those 

provided for review during the public 

notice comment period, will be 

considered by the Galveston District 

during EIS preparation. 

1. Scoping Process/Public 

Involvement: The Corps invites all 

affected federal, state, and local 

agencies, affected Native American 

Tribes, other interested parties, and the 


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