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most heavily visited times of the winter 

season. If the park does not open as 

scheduled on December 15, 2012, it 

would create unnecessary hardship for 

visitors who have already planned trips, 

and would likely result in economic 

losses for some visitors if reservations 

had to be cancelled. Significant revenue 

loss for businesses in and around the 

park would also occur. Many businesses 

in the gateway communities 

surrounding the park, and the people 

who rely upon them for their 

livelihoods, are highly dependent upon 

the park being open for the entire 

duration of the approximately 90-day 

season. 

(4) Snowmobile and snowcoach 

operators have made business decisions 

and investments for the winter season 

premised on an opening date of 

December 15, 2012. Such actions 

include purchasing new snowmobiles 

and snowcoaches for their fleets, 

making offers of employment, preparing 

advertising and other materials, and 

purchasing snowmobile accessories 

such as suits, helmets, boots, mittens, 

etc. A late opening would shorten an 

already-brief winter season, thereby 

depriving these businesses and others 

that depend on the winter season (such 

as hotels, restaurants, service stations, 

and other hospitality-oriented 

businesses) of revenue that is important 

to their livelihoods. 

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 7 

National Parks, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

In consideration of the forgoing, the 

NPS proposes to amend 36 CFR part 7 

as set forth below: 

PART 7—SPECIAL REGULATIONS, 

AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK 

SYSTEM 

1. The authority citation for part 7 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1, 3, 9a, 462(k); Sec. 

7.96 also issued under DC Code 10–137 

(2001) and DC Code 50–2201 (2001). 

2. In § 7.13 revise paragraphs (l)(3)(ii), 

(l)(4)(vi), (l)(7)(i) introductory text, and 

(l)(8)(i) introductory text to read as 

follows: 

§ 7.13 Yellowstone National Park. 

* * * * * 

(l) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(ii) The authority to operate a 

snowmobile in Yellowstone National 

Park established in paragraph (l)(3)(i) of 

this section is in effect only through the 

winter season of 2012–2013. 

* * * * * 

(4) * * * 

(vi) The authority to operate a 

snowcoach in Yellowstone National 

Park established in paragraph (l)(4)(i) of 

this section is in effect only through the 

winter season of 2012–2013. 

* * * * * 

(7) * * * 

(i) You may operate your snowmobile 

only upon designated oversnow routes 

established within the park in 

accordance with § 2.18(c) of this 

chapter. The following oversnow routes 

are designated for snowmobile use 

through the winter of 2012–2013: 

* * * * * 

(8) * * * 

(i) Authorized snowcoaches may be 

operated on the routes designated for 

snowmobile use in paragraphs 

(l)(7)(i)(A) through (l)(7)(i)(O) of this 

section. The restricted hours of 

snowmobile use described in 

paragraphs (1)(7)(i)(M) through 

(1)(7)(i)(O) do not apply to 

snowcoaches. Snowcoaches may also be 

operated on the following additional 

oversnow routes through the winter of 

2012–2013: 

* * * * * 

Dated: August 30, 2012. 

Michael Bean, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

37 CFR Part 202 

[Docket No. 2012–3] 

Registration of Copyright: Definition of 

Claimant 

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of 

Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Extension of Reply Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is 

extending the reply comment period on 

the proposed rule to amend its 

regulations governing the definition of a 

‘‘claimant’’ for purposes of copyright 

registration by eliminating the footnote 

to the definition of a ‘‘claimant’’ in 

§ 202.3(a)(3)(ii). 

DATES: Reply comments must be 

received in the Copyright Office no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT) on October 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The Copyright Office 

strongly prefers that comments be 

submitted electronically. A comment 

page containing a comment form is 

posted on the Copyright Office Web site 

at http://www/copyright.gov/docs/ 

claimantfn. The online form contains 

fields for required information 

including the name and organization of 

the commenter, as applicable, and the 

ability to upload comments as an 

attachment. To meet accessibility 

standards, all comments must be 

uploaded in a single file in either the 

Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) 

format that contains searchable, 

accessible text (not an image); Microsoft 

Word; WordPerfect; Rich Text Format 

(RTF); or ASCII text file format (not a 

scanned document). The maximum file 

size is 6 megabytes (MB). The names of 

the submitter and, if applicable, the 

organization should appear on both the 

form and the face of the comments. All 

comments will be posted publicly on 

the Copyright Office Web site exactly as 

they are received, along with names and 

organizations. If electronic submission 

of comments is not feasible, please 

contact the Copyright Office at 202– 

707–8380 for special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Kasunic, Deputy General 

Counsel, Copyright Office, GC/I&R, P.O. 

Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 707–8380. Fax: (202) 

707–8366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

17, 2012, the Copyright Office published 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

seeking comments on its proposal to 

amend the definition of a ‘‘claimant’’ by 

removing the footnote to the definition 

in § 202.3(a)(3)(ii). In response to this 

Notice, the Copyright Office received 

three comments that are posted on the 

Office’s Web site at: http:// 

www.copyright.gov/docs/claimantfn/ 

comments/index.html. 

At the conclusion of the comment 

period, the online comment submission 

form was removed from the Web site 

and was not replaced with a reply 

comment submission form during the 

established reply comment period. 

Although the Office is not aware of any 

attempts to submit a reply comment, the 

Copyright Office is extending the reply 

comment period in this rulemaking for 

an additional 30 days as a result of the 

error with the submission form, and 

invites replies to the initial comments 

submitted. 

Dated: August 29, 2012. 

David O. Carson, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21703 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] 

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