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including the time to gather the 

necessary information, prepare the 

appropriate form or petition, and submit 

the completed request to the USPTO. 

The time per response, estimated 

annual responses, and estimated annual 

hour burden associated with each 

instrument in this information 

collection is shown in the table below. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

5,000 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden 

(Hourly): $2,190,000.00. The USPTO 

expects that attorneys will complete the 

instruments associated with this 

information collection. The professional 

hourly rate used for the calculation is 

the $438 average rate for attorneys in 

private firms as published in the 2017 

Report of the Economic Survey by the 

American Intellectual Property Law 

Association (AIPLA). Using this hourly 

rate, the USPTO estimates $2,190,000.00 

per year for the total hourly costs 

associated with respondents. 

IC No. Information collection instrument 

Estimated time 

for response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated annual 

burden hours 

Rate 

($/hr) 

Total cost 

($/hr) 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) 

1 ............... Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.28(c) .................................. 2 1,875 3,750 $438.00 $1,642,500.00 

2 ............... Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.29(k) .................................. 2 625 1,250 438.00 547,500.00 

Total .. ............................................................................................. ........................ 2,500 5,000 ........................ 2,190,000.00 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden 

(Non-Hourly): $335.00. There are no 

capital startup, maintenance, or 

operating fees are associated with this 

collection. There are, however, postage 

costs associated with this collection. 

Specifically, customers may incur 

postage costs when submitting the 

information in this collection to the 

USPTO by mail through the United 

States Postal Service. The USPTO 

estimates that the average first class 

postage cost for a one-pound, priority 

mail submission will be $6.70 and 

approximately 60 submissions will be 

submitted to the USPTO requiring 

postage. 

IC No. Information collection instrument Responses 

(yr) Postage costs 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(yr) 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) 

1 ............. Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.28(c) ................................................................. 38 $6.70 $254.60

2 ............. Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.29(k) ................................................................. 12 6.70 80.40 

Total ............................................................................................................................ 50 ........................ 335.00 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that 

the total annual (non-hour) cost burden 

for this collection, in the form of postage 

costs is $335.00 per year. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Director, Records and Information 

Governance Division, Office of the Chief 

Technology Officer, USPTO. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, Defense 

Science Board, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Defense Science Board (DSB) will take 

place. 

DATES: July 18, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m.–July 19, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. 

to 3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Executive Conference 

Center, 4075 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd 

Floor, Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Defense Science Board Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) Mr. Edward C. 

Gliot, (703) 571–0079 (Voice), (703) 

697–1860 (Facsimile), 

edward.c.gliot.civ@mail.mil (Email). 

Mailing address is Defense Science 

Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 

3B888A, Washington, DC 20301–3140. 

Website: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. 

The most up-to-date changes to the 

meeting agenda can be found on the 

website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

Department of Defense (DoD) and the 

Designated Federal Officer, the Defense 

Science Board was unable to provide 

public notification required by 41 CFR 

102–3.150(a) concerning the meeting on 

July 18 through 19, 2018, of the Defense 

Science Board. Accordingly, the 

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pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), 

waives the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

This meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 

CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The mission 

of the DSB is to provide independent 

advice and technical enterprise. The 

objective of the meeting is to obtain, 

review, and evaluate classified 

information related to the DSB’s 

mission. The meeting will focus on the 

DSB’s 2018 Summer Study on Strategic 

Surprise tasking, to include DoD 

dependence on the U.S. electric power 

grid, homeland air defense, maritime 

situational awareness, threats and 

promise of biotechnology, countering 

autonomous systems, technical 

approaches to counter-intelligence, 

resilient positioning, navigation and 

timing, various undersea issues, gray 

zone conflict, resilience of the defense 

industrial base, and logistics. 

Agenda: The DSB meeting will begin 

on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 8:00 

a.m. with opening remarks from Mr. 

Edward Gliot, DSB Executive Director, 

Dr. Craig Fields, DSB Chairman and Dr. 

Eric Evans, Vice Chairman. Following 

opening remarks, DSB members will 

hold classified small group discussions 

covering DoD dependence on the U.S. 

electric power grid, homeland air 

defense, maritime situational awareness, 

threats and promises of biotechnology, 

countering autonomous systems, 

technical approaches to counterintelligence, resilient positioning, 

navigation and timing, various undersea 

issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of 

the defense industrial base, and 

logistics. After break, DSB members will 

hold classified discussions covering 

DoD dependence on the U.S. electric 

power grid, homeland air defense, 

maritime situational awareness, threats 

and promises of biotechnology, 

countering autonomous systems, 

technical approaches to counterintelligence, resilient positioning, 

navigation and timing, various undersea 

issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of 

the defense industrial base, and 

logistics. The meeting will adjourn at 

5:00 p.m. On the second day of the 

meeting, Thursday, July 19, 2018, the 

day will begin at 8:00 a.m. with a 

classified session covering DoD 

dependence on the U.S. electric power 

grid, homeland air defense, maritime 

situational awareness, threats and 

promises of biotechnology, countering 

autonomous systems, technical 

approaches to counter-intelligence, 

resilient positioning, navigation and 

timing, various undersea issues, gray 

zone conflict, resilience of the defense 

industrial base, and logistics. After 

break, the classified discussion will 

continue on the same topics. The 

meeting will adjourn at 3:00 p.m. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with section 10(d) of the FACA and 41 

CFR 102–3.155, the DoD has determined 

that the DSB meeting will be closed to 

the public. Specifically, the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering, in consultation with the 

DoD Office of General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the meeting 

will be closed to the public because it 

will consider matters covered by 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The determination is 

based on the consideration that it is 

expected that discussions throughout 

will involve classified matters of 

national security concern. Such 

classified material is so intertwined 

with the unclassified material that it 

cannot reasonably be segregated into 

separate discussions without defeating 

the effectiveness and meaning of the 

overall meetings. To permit the meeting 

to be open to the public would preclude 

discussion of such matters and would 

greatly diminish the ultimate utility of 

the DSB’s findings and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense and to the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Written Statements: In accordance 

with section 10(a)(3)of the FACA and 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, 

interested persons may submit a written 

statement for consideration by the DSB 

at any time regarding its mission or in 

response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the DSB DFO 

provided above at any point; however, 

if a written statement is not received at 

least three calendar days prior to the 

meeting, which is the subject of this 

notice, then it may not be provided to 

or considered by the DSB until a later 

date. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–18–000] 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Gateway Expansion Project, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Gateway Expansion Project, proposed 

by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests 

authorization to modify certain facilities 

in Essex and Passaic Counties, New 

Jersey, to increase the firm 

transportation capacity on the existing 

pipeline to allow greater access to 

natural gas supplies. The proposed 

modifications would occur within 

existing facilities, with no new 

permanent right-of-way. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Gateway Expansion Project in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that 

approval of the proposed project, with 

appropriate mitigating measures, would 

not constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The proposed Gateway Expansion 

Project includes the following facilities: 

Essex County 

Compressor Station 303 

• Expansion of the building and 

installation of a 33,000 horsepower 

electric-motor driven compression unit 

and ancillary equipment; and 

• extension of security fencing and 

access to new equipment. 

Roseland Meter and Regulator 

• Installation of a 36-inch-diameter 

Main Line block valve with automation 

controls. 

Roseland Electric Substation 

• Installation of an electric 

transformer unit. 

Passaic County 

Paterson Meter and Regulator 

• Replacing the existing 12-inchdiameter headers with two new 6-inchdiameter ultrasonic meter skids and 

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