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regulations, trawl rationalization cost 

recovery program at 50 CFR 660.115. 

II. Method of Collection

Cost recovery fee payments for the

Trawl Program must be submitted 

online through the Federal web portal 

Pay.gov. MS sector annual reports are 

submitted by mail or email. Payments 

for the Shorebased Individual Fishing 

Quota (IFQ) and Mothership (MS) 

sectors cost recovery fees are submitted 

online monthly through Pay.gov. The 

Catcher Processor sector submits cost 

recovery fees online yearly through 

Pay.gov. 

III. Data

OMB Control Number: 0648–0663.

Form Number(s): None.

Type of Review: Regular submission,

revision of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

580. 

Estimated Time per Response: Trawl 

rationalization cost recovery fee 

collection report: 1 hour; Mothership 

Coop Annual Report: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

burden is 580 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: The estimated total annual cost 

is $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: NMFS and the 

Pacific Fisheries Management Council 

(Council) manage the groundfish 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

seaward of California, Oregon, and 

Washington under the Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). The Council prepared the FMP 

under the authority of the MSA, 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Regulations 

governing United States fisheries and 

implementing the FMP appear at 50 

CFR part 660. 

IV. Request for Comments

We are soliciting public comments to

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Southeast Region Permit Family of 

Forms 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment before the Department submits 

the information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received no later 

than October 23, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at noaa.pra@noaa.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 0648–0205 in the 

subject line of your comments. All 

comments received are part of the 

public record. All personally 

identifiable information (for example, 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information or questions related to the 

information collection activities to 

Adam Bailey, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr, La Jolla, 

CA 92037; (858) 546–7000; or 

adam.bailey@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

This request is for an extension to the

existing reporting requirements 

approved under the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

Control Number 0648–0205, Southeast 

Region Permit Family of Forms. The 

NMFS Permits Office within the 

Southeast Regional Office (SERO) 

administers Federal permits for fishing 

in the U.S. exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ) of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of 

Mexico (Gulf), and South Atlantic under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 

1801 et seq. 

The NMFS Southeast Region manages 

Federal fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf, 

and South Atlantic under fishery 

management plans (FMPs) in each of 

these areas. The regional fishery 

management councils prepared the 

FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Act. The regulations 

implementing the FMPs, including 

those that have recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements, are located at 50 

CFR part 622 (https://www.ecfr.gov/ 

current/title-50/chapter-VI/part622?toc=1). 

The recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form 

the basis for this collection of 

information. The NMFS Southeast 

Region requests information from 

fishery participants. This information 

results in an increasingly more efficient 

and accurate database for management 

and monitoring of the Federal fisheries 

in the U.S. Caribbean, Gulf, and South 

Atlantic. 

II. Method of Collection

Respondents can access forms and

instructions from the SERO Permits 

Office website at https:// 


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www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/ 

resources-fishing/southeast-fisheriespermits, or, if requested by a 

respondent, the SERO Permits Office 

can mail an application and 

instructions. Respondents can complete 

and submit forms electronically, or 

complete paper forms, and then 

respondents can either mail or bring the 

forms to NMFS. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0205. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission— 

extension of current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations, and individuals 

or households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

9,471. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

• Dealer Permit Application, 30 

minutes; 

• Vessel EEZ Permit Application, 

including Golden Tilefish Endorsement 

and Smoothhound Shark Permit, 50 

minutes; 

• Wreckfish Permit Application, 55 

minutes; 

• Vessel Operator Card Application 

for Rock Shrimp, 30 minutes; 

• Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters 

Vessel Permit Application, 50 minutes; 

• Golden Crab Permittee Zone Transit 

Notification, 10 minutes; 

• Notifications of Lost or Stolen Traps 

or Authorization for Retrieval (golden 

crab, reef fish, snapper-grouper, spiny 

lobster), 10 minutes; 

• Vessel Permit Transfers and 

Notarizations, 10 minutes; 

• Annual Landings Report for Gulf of 

Mexico Shrimp, 20 minutes; 

• International Maritime Organization 

Number Registration, 30 minutes; 

• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting 

and Reporting—New Permit—Deposit or 

Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of 

Intent to Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal 

Permit Application, including Site 

Evaluation Report, 70 minutes; and 

• Aquacultured Live Rock Permitting 

and Reporting—Renew Permit—Deposit 

or Harvest Report, 15 minutes; Notice of 

Intent to Harvest, 10 minutes; Federal 

Permit Application, 50 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,009. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $321,508 in recordkeeping or 

reporting costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: (a) evaluate 

whether the proposed information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

functions of the Department, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this information 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18061 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2023–0038] 

USPTO AI/ET Partnership: Public 

Meeting on Artificial Intelligence Tools 

and Data 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) plays an 

important role in incentivizing and 

protecting innovation, including 

innovation driven by artificial 

intelligence (AI), a transformative 

technology that holds promise for 

tremendous societal and economic 

benefit. The USPTO embraces an 

expansive view of the potential of AI 

and other emerging technologies (ET) as 

tools to be leveraged for advancing 

equitable access to the intellectual 

property (IP) system, improving agency 

operations, and enhancing employee 

effectiveness. Development and 

implementation of AI-enabled tools at 

the USPTO advances national priorities 

in IP to protect and promote inclusive, 

transparent, and trustworthy 

innovation. The USPTO will host a 

public meeting on AI tools and data 

virtually and in person at the USPTO 

headquarters on September 27, 2023, at 

10:30 a.m. ET. This will be the fourth 

meeting in the USPTO’s AI/ET 

Partnership Series. First announced in 

June 2022, the AI/ET Partnership 

provides an opportunity to bring 

stakeholders together through a series of 

engagements to share ideas, feedback, 

experiences, and insights on the 

intersection of IP and AI/ET. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on September 27, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. ET. Persons seeking to attend, 

either virtually or in person, must 

register by September 24, 2023, at the 

website listed in the ADDRESSES section 

of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Register at https://

www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/aietpartnership-series-4-ai-data-set-andtools. The public meeting will be held 

virtually and in person at the USPTO 

headquarters, Clara Barton Auditorium, 

600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Registration is required for both virtual 

and in person attendance. 

The public meeting will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Individuals requiring accommodation, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other ancillary aids, should 

communicate their needs to an 

individual listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice at least seven (7) business days 

prior to the public meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aleksandr Kerzhner, Supervisory Patent 

Examiner, at 571–270–1760, or 

Aleksandr.Kerzhner@uspto.gov; or 

Srilakshmi Kumar, Supervisory Patent 

Examiner, at 571–272–7769, or 

Srilakshmi.Kumar@uspto.gov. You can 

also send inquiries to AIPartnership@

uspto.gov. Please direct all media 

inquiries to the Office of the Chief 

Communications Officer at 571–272– 

8400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO held its inaugural AI/ET 

Partnership meeting virtually in June 

2022. This meeting provided an 

overview of the National AI Initiative 

and the USPTO’s efforts on AI/ET, 

including the USPTO AI Patent Dataset. 

The meeting also discussed important 

patent policy issues related to AI/ET 


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