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economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of 

Mexico. Each application for a permit 

must comply with many permit 

conditions related to record keeping and 

operation of the facility. These permit 

conditions will assure the facility has a 

minimal affect on the environment and 

on other fishery resources. Compliance 

with the conditions will be evaluated 

annually for the duration of the permit 

as the basis for renewal of the permit for 

the next year. 

The public hearings will begin at 6 

p.m. and conclude at the end of public 

testimony or no later than 10 p.m. at 

each of the following locations: 

Monday, July 9, 2007, Doubletree 

Beach Resort, 17120 Gulf Blvd., N. 

Redington Beach, FL 33708, telephone: 

(727) 391–4000; 

Monday, July 9, 2007, Best Western 

Cypress Creek, 7921 Lamar Poole Road, 

Biloxi, MS 39532, telephone: (228) 875–

7111; 

Tuesday, July 10, 2007, City of Orange 

Beach, Parks & Rec, 27235 Canal Road, 

Orange Beach, AL 36561,telephone: 

(251) 981–6028; 

Tuesday, July 10, 2007, W New 

Orleans, 333 Poydras St., New Orleans, 

LA 70130, telephone: (504) 525–9444; 

Wednesday, July 11, 2007, Embassy 

Suites Hotel, 570 Scenic Gulf Drive, 

Destin, FL 32550, telephone: (850) 337–

7000; 

Wednesday, July 11, 2007, San Luis 

Resort, 5222 Seawall Boulevard, 

Galveston, TX 77550, telephone: (409) 

744–1500; 

Thursday, July 12, 2007, Best Western 

Marina Grand, 300 N. Shoreline Blvd., 

Corpus Christi, TX 78401, telephone: 

(361) 883–5111. 

Copies of the Amendment a can be 

obtained by calling the Council office at 

(813) 348–1630. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina Trezza at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: June 18, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–12004 Filed 6–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) has 

submitted 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: Practitioner Records 

Maintenance, Disclosure, and Discipline 

Before the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Form Number(s): None. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0017. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 10,402 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 532 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that practitioners spend 26 

hours per year keeping and maintaining 

records concerning their client’s cases. 

The USPTO estimates that practitioners 

seeking reinstatement to practice before 

the agency will spend 60 hours per year 

keeping and maintaining records 

showing their compliance with the 

suspension or exclusion orders. It is 

estimated that it takes 2 hours to report 

a complaint/violation. These estimates 

include the time to maintain the 

records, and to gather the necessary 

information and prepare the complaint/ 

violation and submit it to the USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: This information is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(D) and 32, 

and administered by the USPTO 

through the USPTO Code of 

Professional Responsibility (37 CFR 

10.20 to 10.112) and the Investigations 

and Disciplinary Proceedings rules (37 

CFR 10.130 to 10.170). This information 

is used by the Director of the Office of 

Enrollment and Discipline (OED) to 

investigate and, where appropriate, 

prosecute for violations of the USPTO 

Code of Professional Responsibility. 

Registered practitioners are mandated to 

maintain proper documentation so that 

they can fully cooperate with an 

investigation in the event of a report of 

an alleged violation. Additionally, 

practitioners who have been excluded 

or suspended from practice before the 

USPTO must keep and maintain records 

of their steps to comply with the 

suspension or exclusion order. These 

records serve as the practitioner’s proof 

of compliance with the order. No forms 

are associated with this information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

any of the following: 

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

Include ‘‘0651–0017 copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before July 23, 2007 to David Rostker, 

OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Dated: June 15, 2007. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Customer 

Information Services Group, Public 

Information Services Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) on Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

Actions at Fort Sam Houston, TX 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of a ROD 

which documents the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

realignment actions directed by the 

BRAC Commission at Fort Sam 

Houston, TX and Camp Bullis, TX. 

ADDRESSES: For more information or to 

obtain a copy of the ROD, please contact 

Mr. Phillip Reidinger, Public Affairs 

Office, Building 124, 1212 Stanley Road, 

Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234; e-mail 

Phillip.Reidinger@us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Phillip Reidinger at (210) 221-1151. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject of the ROD, EIS and Proposed 

Action are the construction and 

renovation activities and movement of 

personnel associated with the BRAC 

directed realignment of Fort Sam 

Houston. The documents also evaluate 

effects of Army Modular Force (AMF) 

transformation activities that will occur 

at Fort Sam Houston at the same time 

that the BRAC actions are being 

implemented. 

To implement the applicable portions 

of the BRAC recommendations, Fort 

Sam Houston will be receiving 

personnel, equipment, and missions 

from various realignment and closure 

actions within the Department of 

Defense. Additionally, the Army had 

planned to conduct a series of nonBRAC transformations to position its 

forces strategically for the future. 

Additionally, permanent facilities will 

be constructed or renovated to house the 

470th Military Intelligence Brigade and 

various Headquarters units of the new 

Army North and Sixth Army that are 

currently located in a mix of temporary 

and existing facilities. 

To enable implementation of the 

BRAC Commission recommendations 

and accommodation of the concurrent 

Army initiatives, the Army must 

provide the necessary facilities/ 

buildings and infrastructure to support 

the changes in force structure. 

Following a rigorous examination of 

all implementation alternatives, those 

alternatives found not to be viable were 

dropped from further analysis in the 

EIS. Alternatives carried forward 

included (1) The Preferred Alternative 

and (2) a No Action Alternative. The 

Preferred Alternative included 

construction, renovation, and operation 

of proposed facilities to accommodate 

incoming military missions at Fort Sam 

Houston. Minor siting variations of 

proposed facilities were also evaluated. 

Planned undertakings within the 

National Historical Landmark (NHL) 

District, including the demolition of 

existing buildings and construction of 

new buildings, will be reviewed using 

the Installation Design Guide historic 

review requirements and the Standard 

Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the 

Historic Properties Component (HPC) of 

the Integrated Cultural Resources 

Management Plan. If demolition cannot 

be avoided, the determination of effects 

to cultural resources of the NHL District 

and required mitigations will be 

determined per the HPC SOPs. 

The EIS analyses indicated that 

implementation of the preferred 

alternative would have no long-term, 

significant impacts on the other 

environmental resources of Fort Sam 

Houston, Camp Bullis or their 

surrounding areas. Potential minor 

impacts to visual resources from 

implementation of the preferred 

alternative would generally occur only 

within the physical boundaries of Fort 

Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. No longterm significant impacts to geology, 

topography, caves, karst features, soils 

or wetlands will occur at either 

installation. Potential land use impacts 

are expected at Fort Sam Houston. Use 

of utilities and generation of hazardous 

and non-hazardous wastes will likely 

increase at both installations but not in 

significant amounts. 

Minor air, noise and transportation 

impacts would also occur during shortterm construction activities under the 

preferred alternative at both 

installations and continue after final 

construction and occupancy. No 

significant impacts to biological 

resources (vegetation, wildlife, and 

threatened and endangered species) are 

expected from the implementation of 

the preferred alternative. Alternative 

siting variations would result in similar 

impacts and benefits as compared to the 

preferred alternative. 

The ROD has considered the results of 

the analyses presented in the Final EIS 

and has determined that the EIS 

adequately addresses the impacts 

associated with implementation of the 

Army’s proposed action. As a result of 

this ROD, the Army will proceed with 

implementation of the Realignment 

Alternative as presented Final EIS, with 

all or any of its assessed siting 

variations, if required to implement the 

BRAC Commission’s recommendations 

at Fort Sam Houston. In making this 

decision, a 30-day waiting period for 

comments on the Final EIS was 

observed. No new issues that would 

require modifying or supplementing the 

EIS were identified. The Fort Sam 

Houston ROD also takes into 

consideration transcripts of scoping and 

Draft EIS public meetings, oral and 

written comments received during the 

public comment periods, and provisions 

of relevant statutes, regulations, and 

Executive Orders that bear on the 

installation disposal process and 

environmental stewardship 

responsibilities of the Army. 

An electronic version of the ROD can 

be viewed or downloaded from the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. 

Dated: June 15, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of Finding 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), implementing 

procedural provisions of NEPA, the 

Department of the Navy (DON) gives 

notice that a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) has been issued and is 

available for the Combined Carrier 

Strike Group Composite Training Unit 

Exercise/Joint Task Force Exercise that 

will occur during July and August 2007 

(CSG COMPTUEX/JTFEX (Jul/Aug 

2007)). In addition, pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 12114, 

Environmental Effects Abroad of Major 

Federal Actions, a Finding of No 

Significant Harm (FONSH) has been 

issued and is available for Combined 

CSG COMPTUEX/JTFEX (Jul/Aug 2007). 

DATES: The effective date of availability 

is June 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

FONSI and FONSH are available for 

public viewing or downloading at 

http://www.navydocuments.com. Single 

copies of the FONSI and FONSH may be 

obtained by written request from: 

Commander, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Atlantic, 6506 

Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 

23508–1278 (ATTN: Code EV 21ES). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander, Second Fleet Public 

Affairs, Commander Phillips 757–443–

9822 or visit http:// 

www.navydocuments.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Combined 

CSG COMPTUEX/JTFEX (Jul/Aug 2007) 

is a major Navy Atlantic Fleet training 

exercise proposed to occur in July and 

August 2007 in the offshore Virginia 

Capes, Cherry Point, and Charleston/ 

Jacksonville Operating Areas 

(OPAREAs) and adjacent military 

installations. The purpose of this 

exercise is to certify naval forces as 

combat-ready. Activities conducted 

during the exercise include air-toground bombing at land ranges, gunnery 


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