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interim work products and input on 

next steps? 

Guidance for Submitting Documents 

We ask that each respondent include 

the name and address of his or her 

institution or affiliation, and the name, 

title, mailing and email addresses, and 

telephone number of a contact person 

for his or her institution or affiliation, if 

any. No specific information pertaining 

to the respondent is required, other than 

that necessary for self-identification, as 

a condition of the agency’s full 

consideration of the comment. 

Dated: June 20, 2018. 

Karen Dunn Kelley, 

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Performing the Nonexclusive Duties and 

Functions of the Deputy Secretary of 

Commerce, Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13768 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Smart Grid Advisory Committee 

Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

charter renewal. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

hereby gives notice that the Department 

of Commerce Acting Chief Financial 

Officer/Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, and Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Administration has 

determined that charter renewal of the 

NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee 

(Committee) is necessary and in the 

public interest. The renewed charter can 

be found on the Committee website at 

the following URL link: https://

www.nist.gov/file/443231. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Cuong Nguyen, Smart Grid and CyberPhysical Systems Program Office, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– 

8200; telephone 301–975–2254, fax 

301–948–5668; or via email at 

cuong.nguyen@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App. The Committee is composed of 

nine to fifteen members, appointed by 

the Director of NIST, who were selected 

on the basis of established records of 

distinguished service in their 

professional community and their 

knowledge of issues affecting Smart 

Grid deployment and operations. The 

Committee advises the Director of NIST 

in carrying out duties authorized by 

section 1305 of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

(Pub. L. 110–140). The Committee 

provides input to NIST on Smart Grid 

standards, priorities, and gaps, on the 

overall direction, status, and health of 

the Smart Grid implementation by the 

Smart Grid industry, and on the 

direction of research and standards 

activities. Background information on 

the Committee is available at http://

www.nist.gov/smartgrid/. 

The Committee functions solely as an 

advisory body and in compliance with 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. Pursuant to section 9(c) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

5 U.S.C., App., as amended, copies of 

the Committee’s charter were furnished 

to the Library of Congress and to the 

following committees of Congress: 

• Senate Committee on Appropriations 

• Senate Committee on Finance 

• Senate Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

• House Committee on Appropriations 

• House Committee on Science, Space, 

and Technology 

Kevin A. Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13822 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent 

License 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. 

Department of Commerce, is 

contemplating the grant of an exclusive 

license in the United States of America, 

its territories, possessions and 

commonwealths, to NIST’s interest in 

the invention embodied in U.S. Patent 

9,726,553 B2, titled ‘‘Optical 

Temperature Sensor and Use of Same’’ 

(NIST Docket 13–006) to Fluke 

Corporation, a subsidiary of Fortive, Inc. 

The grant of the license would be for 

manufacture of optical thermometers in 

all fields. 

DATES: The prospective exclusive 

license may be granted unless NIST 

receives, by July 12, 2018, written 

evidence and argument which establish 

that the grant of the license would not 

be consistent with the requirements of 

35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 

ADDRESSES: Information related to this 

license may be submitted to NIST, 

Technology Partnerships Office, 100 

Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899, or emailed to 

donald.archer@nist.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald G. Archer, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Technology 

Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 

(301) 975–2522, donald.archer@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that 

NIST is contemplating the grant of an 

exclusive license in the United States of 

America, its territories, possessions and 

commonwealths, to NIST’s interest in 

the invention embodied in 9,726,553 

B2, titled ‘‘Optical Temperature Sensor 

and Use of Same’’ (NIST Docket 13–006) 

to Fluke Corporation, a subsidiary of 

Fortive, Inc. The grant of the license 

would be for manufacture of optical 

thermometers in all fields. 

The prospective exclusive license will 

be royalty bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 

exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within fifteen (15) days from the date of 

this published Notice, NIST receives 

written evidence and argument which 

establish that the grant of the license 

would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. The Patent was filed on June 

11, 2014, issued on August 8, 2017, and 

describes an optical resonator 

thermometer. 

Kevin A. Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13821 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Judges Panel of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 


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Award (Judges Panel) will meet in 

closed session on Wednesday, August 

22, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Eastern time. The purpose of this 

meeting is to review the results of 

examiners’ scoring of written 

applications. Panel members will vote 

on which applicants merit site visits by 

examiners to verify the accuracy of 

quality improvements claimed by 

applicants. The meeting is closed to the 

public in order to protect the 

proprietary data to be examined and 

discussed. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018, from 9:00 

a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. The 

entire meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 

Performance Excellence Program, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–1020, telephone number (301) 

975–2360, email robert.fangmeyer@

nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App., notice is hereby given that the 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award will meet on 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018, from 9:00 

a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. The 

Judges Panel is composed of twelve 

members, appointed by the Secretary of 

Commerce, with a balanced 

representation from U.S. service, 

manufacturing, nonprofit, education, 

and health care industries. Members are 

selected for their familiarity with 

quality improvement operations and 

competitiveness issues of manufacturing 

companies, service companies, small 

businesses, nonprofits, health care 

providers, and educational institutions. 

The purpose of this meeting is to review 

the results of examiners’ scoring of 

written applications. Panel members 

will vote on which applicants merit site 

visits by examiners to verify the 

accuracy of quality improvements 

claimed by applicants. The meeting is 

closed to the public in order to protect 

the proprietary data to be examined and 

discussed. 

The Acting Chief Financial Officer/ 

Assistant Secretary for Administration 

and Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the Assistant General Counsel for 

Employment, Litigation and 

Information, formally determined on 

March 7, 2018, pursuant to Section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended by Section 

5(c) of the Government in the Sunshine 

Act, Public Law 94–409, that the 

meeting of the Judges Panel may be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) because the meeting 

is likely to disclose trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person which is 

privileged or confidential and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B) because for a government 

agency the meeting is likely to disclose 

information that could significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. The meeting, which 

involves examination of current 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award (Award) applicant data from U.S. 

organizations and a discussion of these 

data as compared to the Award criteria 

in order to recommend Award 

recipients, will be closed to the public. 

Kevin A. Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13820 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species Permit Family of Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0327. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (revision 

and extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 37,105. 

Average Hours per Response: Renewal 

of Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permit 

application, 5 minutes; renewal 

applications for the following vessel 

permits—Atlantic Tunas, HMS Charter/ 

Headboat, HMS Angling, and Swordfish 

General Commercial, 10 minutes; initial 

Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permit 

application, 15 minutes; initial 

applications for the following vessel 

permits—Atlantic Tunas, HMS Charter/ 

Headboat, HMS Angling, and Swordfish 

General Commercial, 35 minutes; Onetime application for the IMO/LP 

number, 30 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 9,971. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

the revision and extension of a current 

information collection, which includes 

both vessel and dealer permits. 

Under the provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ), the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible 

for management of the Nation’s marine 

fisheries. In addition, NMFS must 

comply with the United States’ 

obligations under the Atlantic Tunas 

Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 

et seq. ). NMFS issues permits to fishing 

vessels and dealers in order to collect 

information necessary to comply with 

domestic and international obligations, 

secure compliance with regulations, and 

disseminate necessary information. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 635.4 require 

that vessels participating in commercial 

and recreational fisheries for Atlantic 

highly migratory species (HMS) and 

dealers purchasing Atlantic HMS from a 

vessel obtain a Federal permit issued by 

NMFS. This action addresses the 

renewal of permit applications currently 

approved under PRA 0648–0327, 

including both vessel and Atlantic 

Tunas Dealer permits. Vessel permits 

include Atlantic Tunas (except Longline 

permits, which are approved under 

OMB Control No. 0648–0205), HMS 

Charter/Headboat, HMS Angling, and 

Swordfish General Commercial permits. 

This action also includes the one-time 

requirement for commercial vessels 

greater than 20 meters in length to 

obtain a International Maritime 

Organization/Lloyd’s Registry (IMO/LR) 

number. 

The primary reason for the revision of 

this information collection is to reflect 

that HMS International Trade Permits 

have been removed from this collection 

as they were discontinued in 2016, and 

replaced with the International Fishing 

Trade Permit (IFTP). The IFTP is 

covered under OMB Control No. 0648– 

0732. Thus, the burden and costs 

associated with renewal and issuance of 

an initial HMS ITP are no longer 

applicable to this collection of 

information. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 


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