28204 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 117 / Monday, June 18, 2018 / Notices 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

James Maeder, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations performing the duties of Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12997 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG221 

Endangered and Threatened Species: 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. Application for one new 

Enhancement of Survival Permit under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received an 

application for a new Enhancement of 

Survival Permit and a request for entry 

into an associated proposed Safe Harbor 

Agreement (Agreement) between the 

applicant and NMFS. The proposed 

Enhancement of Survival Permit and 

Agreement are intended to promote the 

survival and recovery of Central 

California Coast (CCC) coho salmon 

(Oncorhynchus kisutch) and CCC 

steelhead (O. mykiss) listed as 

endangered and threatened, 

respectively, under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). Information NMFS 

received as a part of the application is 

available upon request by contacting the 

NMFS West Coast Region (WCR) at its 

California Coastal Office in Santa Rosa, 

California (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the action proposed 

in the application or related matters 

must be received at the appropriate 

address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) 

no later than 5 p.m. Pacific standard 

time on July 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document and requests for a 

public hearing by any of the following 

methods. Please identify comments as 

relating to the ‘‘Kellogg Ranch Safe 

Harbor Agreement.’’ 

Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic comments via the Federal 

Rulemaking Portal. Go to http://

www.regulations.gov/, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter, or attach your 

comments. 

Mail, Email, Fax: Submit written 

comments and requests for a public 

hearing to California Coastal Office, 

NMFS WCR, 777 Sonoma Avenue Room 

325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Comments 

and requests may also be submitted via 

fax to (707) 578–3435 or by email to 

WCR-KelloggSHA.comments@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other methods, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are part of the public record, 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on http://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personally 

identifying information (e.g., name, 

address, etc.), confidential business 

information, or otherwise sensitive 

information submitted voluntarily by 

the sender will be publicly accessible. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required 

fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Wilson, Santa Rosa, CA (Phone: (707) 

578–8555, Fax: (707) 825–4840, email: 

WCRKelloggRanchSHA.comments@

noaa.gov) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The proposed Enhancement of 

Survival Permit and Agreement are 

intended to promote the survival and 

recovery of endangered CCC coho 

salmon and threatened CCC steelhead. 

Authority 

Enhancement of Survival Permits are 

issued in accordance with section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and regulations governing ESAlisted fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR 

parts 222–227). NMFS issues permits 

based on findings that such permits: (1) 

Were applied for in good faith; (2) if 

granted and exercised would not 

operate to the disadvantage of the listed 

species that are the subject of the 

permit; and (3) are consistent with the 

purposes and policy set forth in section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Under a Safe Harbor Agreement, 

participating landowners voluntarily 

undertake management activities on 

their property to enhance, restore, or 

maintain habitat benefiting species 

listed under the ESA. Safe Harbor 

Agreements, and the subsequent 

Enhancement of Survival Permits that 

are issued pursuant to section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA, encourage 

private and other non-Federal property 

owners to implement conservation 

efforts for listed species by assuring 

property owners that they will not be 

subjected to increased property-use 

restrictions as a result of their efforts to 

attract listed species to their property 

and increase the numbers or 

distribution of these species already on 

their property. Application 

requirements and issuance criteria for 

Enhancement of Survival Permits 

through Safe Harbor Agreements are 

found in 50 CFR 222.308(b), 222.308(c), 

and the Announcement of Final Safe 

Harbor Policy published on June 17, 

1999 (64 FR 32717). These permits 

allow any necessary future incidental 

take of covered species above the 

mutually agreed-upon baseline 

conditions for those species in 

accordance with the terms and 

conditions of the permits and 

accompanying agreements. 

An interested party may submit data, 

views, arguments, or a request for a 

hearing with respect to the action 

proposed in the application or related 

matters. Anyone requesting a hearing on 

a matter pursuant to this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that matter would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 22228 

Ms. Barbara Banke, Trustee of Barbara 

R. Banke Revocable Trust, (Applicant) is 

requesting an Enhancement of Survival 

Permit and approval of an associated 

proposed Agreement that was 

developed by NMFS and the Applicant. 

The Enhancement of Survival Permit 

will facilitate implementation of the 

Agreement that is expected to promote 

the recovery of the covered species on 

non-Federal property within the 

Yellowjacket Creek and Kellogg Creek 

on the Applicant’s Kellogg Ranch. 

Yellowjacket Creek and Kellogg Creek 

are tributaries to Redwood Creek, thence 

Maacama Creek, thence the Russian 

River in Sonoma County, California. 

The proposed duration of the 

Agreement and the associated 

Enhancement of Survival Permit is 25 

years. The proposed Enhancement of 

Survival Permit would authorize the 

incidental taking of CCC coho salmon 

and CCC steelhead that may be 

associated with covered activities 

including beneficial management 

activities, routine land use activities, 

and the potential future return of the 


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enrolled property to baseline conditions 

at the end of the Agreement, as defined 

in the Agreement. The Agreement 

specifies the beneficial management 

activities to be carried out on the 

enrolled property, and schedule for 

implementing those activities. The 

Agreement is expected to promote the 

recovery of CCC coho salmon and CCC 

steelhead within the Applicant’s 

Kellogg Ranch. 

The Agreement requires that the 

Applicant maintain baseline condition 

for the covered species habitat on the 

enrolled property. NMFS has reviewed 

the baseline condition for the enrolled 

property as it is defined in the 

Agreement. The Agreement also 

contains a monitoring component that 

requires the Applicant to ensure 

compliance with the terms and 

conditions of the Agreement, and that 

the baseline levels of habitat for the 

covered species occurs on the enrolled 

property. Results of the monitoring 

efforts will be provided to NMFS by the 

Applicant in an annual report for the 

duration of the 25-year permit term. 

Upon approval of this Agreement, and 

consistent with the NMFS’s Safe Harbor 

Policy, NMFS will issue an 

Enhancement of Survival Permit to the 

Applicant. The Enhancement of 

Survival Permit will authorize the 

Applicant to take CCC coho salmon and 

CCC steelhead incidental to the 

implementation of the covered activities 

specified in the Agreement, incidental 

to other lawful uses of the enrolled 

property, and to return to baseline 

conditions if desired at the end of the 

Agreement. In addition to meeting other 

criteria, actions to be performed under 

the Enhancement of Survival Permit 

must not jeopardize the existence of 

Federally listed species. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will 

evaluate the application, associated 

documents, and comments submitted to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA and Federal regulations. The 

final permit decision will not be made 

until after the end of the 30-day 

comment period. NMFS will publish 

notice of its final action in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12916 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Post Patent Public Submissions 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on a proposed 

extension of an existing information 

collection; 0651–0067: Post Patent 

Public Submissions. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before August 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0067 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and 

Information Governance Division 

Director, Office of the Chief Technology 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Raul Tamayo, 

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–7728; or by email 

to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651– 

0067 comments’’ in the subject line. 

Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is required 

by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an 

application for patent and, when 

appropriate, issue a patent. The 

provisions of 35 U.S.C. 301 and 37 CFR 

1.501 govern the ability of a person to 

submit into the file of an issued patent 

(1) prior art consisting of patents or 

printed publications which the person 

making the submission believes to have 

a bearing on the patentability of any 

claim of the issued patent and (2) 

statements of the owner of the issued 

patent filed in a proceeding before a 

Federal court or the USPTO in which 

the owner of the issued patent took a 

position on the scope of any claim of the 

issued patent. 

The public may use this information 

collection to aid in ascertaining the 

patentability and/or scope of the claims 

of the issued patent. The USPTO may 

use this information during subsequent 

reissue or reexamination proceedings. 

The USPTO’s use of the statements of 

the patent owners ((2) above) will be 

limited to determining the meaning of a 

patent claim in ex parte reexamination 

proceedings that already have been 

ordered and in inter partes review and 

post grant review proceedings that 

already have been instituted. 

II. Method of Collection 

Electronically via the USPTO’s 

electronic filing system (EFS–Web). By 

facsimile, mail or hand delivery, if the 

submitter chooses to submit the 

information in paper form. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0067. 

IC Instruments and Forms: PTO/SB/ 

42. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

Currently Existing Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100 response per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public 10 hours to respond to the items 

in this collection. This includes the time 

to gather the necessary information, 

create the document, and submit the 

completed request to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 1,000 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

(Hour) Cost Burden: $438,000. The 

USPTO expects that attorneys will 

completed the instruments associated 

with this information collection. The 

professional hourly rate for intellectual 

property attorneys in private firms is 

$438. Using this hourly rate, the USPTO 

estimates that the total respondent cost 

burden for this collection is $438,000 

per year. 


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