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SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY MEETINGS—Continued 

Enforcement Consultants 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants As necessary. 

Tribal Policy Group As necessary. 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group As necessary. 

Washington State Delegation As necessary. 

Friday, April 6, 2007 

Council Secretariat 7 a.m. 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants 8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Tribal Policy Group As necessary. 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group As necessary. 

Washington State Delegation As necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council action during this meeting. 

Council action will be restricted to those 

issues specifically listed in this notice 

and any issues arising after publication 

of this notice that require emergency 

action under Section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter 

at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 16, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–5145 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 020907C] 

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On February 15, 2007, the 

NMFS announced receipt of seven 

applications for permits to conduct 

research on free-ranging threatened and 

endangered Steller sea lions 

(Eumetopias jubatus) in California, 

Washington, Oregon, and Alaska; five 

applications for permits to conduct 

research on free-ranging northern fur 

seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in Alaska; 

and one application for an amendment 

to a permit for activities with captive 

Steller sea lions in Alaska. Written 

comments were due by April 2, 2007. 

NMFS has decided to allow additional 

time for submission of public comments 

on this action. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

this action has been extended from 

April 2 to April 30, 2007. Written 

comments must be received or 

postmarked by April 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments or 

requests for a public hearing on these 

applications should be mailed to the 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, F/PR1, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals 

requesting a hearing should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on the 

particular request(s) would be 

appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301) 427–2521, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

the appropriate File Number(s) in the 

subject line of the e-mail comment as a 

document identifier. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Adams, Amy Sloan, Kate 

Swails, or Jaclyn Daly, (301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 15, 2007 (72 FR 7420) NMFS 

announced receipt of the following 

applications for permits: 782–1889, 

358–1888, 881–1893, 881–1890, 434–

1892, 1049–1886, 1034–1887, 715–1883, 

715–1884, 715–1885, 1118–1881, 1119–

1882, and 881–1745. Summaries of the 

specific permit applications can be 

found in the February 15, 2007, Federal 

Register notice and are not repeated 

here. Specific permit applications are 

available upon request from the 

locations provided in the February 15, 

2007, Federal Register notice and at 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

review.htm. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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UNITED STATES 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 


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information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Electronic Response to Office 

Action and Preliminary Amendment 

Forms. 

Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1930, 

1957, 1966. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0050. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 25,653 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 150,900 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The time 

needed to respond to the request for 

reconsideration form is estimated to be 

10 minutes (0.17 hours). This includes 

time to gather the necessary 

information, create the documents, and 

submit the completed request. 

Needs and Uses: This collection is 

being submitted as a proposed addition 

in support of a notice of proposed 

rulemaking, ‘‘Changes in the 

Requirements for Filing Requests for 

Reconsideration of Final Office Action 

in Trademark Cases’’ (RIN 0651–AC05). 

The USPTO proposes to amend 37 CFR 

2.64 to require a request for 

reconsideration of an examining 

attorney’s final refusal or requirement to 

be filed through the Trademark 

Electronic Application System (TEAS) 

within three months of the mailing date 

of the final action. 

This rulemaking would add an 

additional requirement to this 

collection, a Request for 

Reconsideration after Final Action 

(Form 1930). The amendment to 37 CFR 

2.64 would streamline and promote 

efficiency in the process once a final 

action has issued in an application for 

Trademark registration. By setting a 

three-month period in which to file a 

request for reconsideration of the final 

action, and by requiring that the request 

be filed through TEAS, the proposed 

amendment would facilitate the likely 

disposition of an applicant’s request for 

reconsideration prior to the six-month 

deadline for filing an appeal to the 

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 

(TTAB) or petition to the Director on the 

same final action. This practice may 

eliminate the need for some appeals or 

petitions, and reduces the need for 

remands and transfers of applications 

on appeal. 

The proposed earlier deadline and 

mandatory TEAS filing facilitate the 

likely disposition of the request for 

reconsideration prior to the deadline to 

petition or appeal. A grant of 

reconsideration within this timeframe 

will obviate the need for an applicant to 

file an appeal or petition, thus also 

saving the applicant the filing fee for an 

appeal or petition. A denial of 

reconsideration within this timeframe 

will obviate the need for a case on 

appeal to be remanded and transferred 

between the TTAB and the examining 

attorney. Under either scenario, the 

timeframe in the proposed rule 

promotes more efficient and prompt 

handling of the case, and achieves 

benefits both for the applicant and the 

USPTO. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0050 copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Brown. 

• Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Architecture, Engineering and 

Technical Services, Data Architecture 

and 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 April 20, 2007 to David 

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 

10202, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Susan K. Brown, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Architecture, 

Engineering and Technical Services, Data 

Architecture and Services Division. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Final Procedures for Considering 

Requests Under the Commercial 

Availability Provision of the Dominican 

Republic-Central America-United 

States Free Trade Agreement 

March 15, 2007. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Summary and response to 

comments concerning the CAFTA-DR 

commercial availability interim 

procedures; notice of final procedures. 

SUMMARY: This notice summarizes the 

comments received concerning the 

Interim Procedures and provides 

responses to those comments. See 

Interim Procedures for Considering 

Requests Under the Commercial 

Availability Provision to the Dominican 

Republic-Central America-United 

States Free Trade Agreement, 71 FR 

9315 (February 23, 2006). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: The date of entry into 

force of the Dominican-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Stetson, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 203(o)(4) of the 

Dominican Republic-Central America-United 

States Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act (‘‘CAFTA-DR’’); the Statement of 

Administrative Action (‘‘SAA’’), 

accompanying the CAFTA-DR, at 16-20. 

Comments and Responses Concerning 

the Interim Procedures 

On February 21, 2006, the Committee 

for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements (‘‘CITA’’) issued a Federal 

Register notice advising interested 

parties of Interim Procedures that CITA 

would follow in implementing certain 

provisions of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement Implementation Act 

(‘‘CAFTA-DR Implementation Act’’), 

namely the procedures for modification 

of the list of fabrics, yarns or fibers not 

available in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner in the countries that are 

Parties to the CAFTA-DR Agreement 

(‘‘CAFTA-DR’’ or ‘‘Agreement’’), as set 

out in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR. 

CITA has reviewed and considered all 

submitted comments, and below is a 

summary of and response to those 

comments. 

Standards For Submissions: One 

commentator noted that the interim 

procedures did not provide a factual 

standard for determining the 

substitutability of other products for the 

product subject to the commercial 

availability request. See, e.g., sections 

4(b)(4) and 6(b)(2)(iv) of the Interim 

Procedures. CITA has not adopted this 

suggestion. A wide range of products 

may be the subject of a commercial 

availability request. As each commercial 

availability request is evaluated on the 

basis of the facts contained therein, it 

would be impracticable to set forth a 

uniform standard for substitutability; 


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