35240 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 143 / Wednesday, July 25, 2018 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration’s Bay 

Watershed Education and Training 

Program National Evaluation System 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 24, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Bronwen Rice, NOAA Office 

of Education, (202) 482–6797 or 

Bronwen.Rice@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

The NOAA Office of Education’s Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B– 

WET) program seeks to contribute to 

NOAA’s mission by supporting 

education efforts to create an 

environmentally literate citizenry with 

the knowledge, attitudes, and skills 

needed to protect watersheds and 

related ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 

ecosystems. B–WET currently funds 

projects in seven regions (California, 

Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of 

Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and the 

Pacific Northwest). B–WET has created 

an across-region, internal evaluation 

system to provide ongoing feedback on 

program implementation and outcomes 

to ensure maximum quality and 

efficiency of the B–WET program. The 

evaluation system is sustained by B– 

WET staff with occasional assistance 

from an outside contractor. 

B–WET awardees and the awardees’ 

professional development teacherparticipants are asked to voluntarily 

complete online survey forms to provide 

evaluation data. One individual from 

each awardee organization is asked to 

complete a form once per year of the 

award, and the teacher participants are 

asked to complete one form at the end 

of their professional development 

program and another form at the end of 

the following school year. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents submit their information 

electronically on web-based survey 

forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0658. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

organizations; state, local or tribal 

governments; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Given the funding levels of the past 

three fiscal years, NOAA B–WET 

estimates that approximately 115 

awardees and 2,507 teachers will be 

invited to respond each year. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Awardee-respondents will complete an 

online survey in 60 minutes and 

teacher-respondents will complete two 

online surveys in 30 minutes each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,040. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

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; (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. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: July 20, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15872 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; ‘‘Rules for Patent 

Maintenance Fees’’ 

Summary: The United States Patent 

and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

Title: Rules for Patent Maintenance 

Fees. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0016. 

Form Number(s): 

• PTO/SB/45 

• PTO/SB/47 

• PTO/SB/66 

Type of Request: Regular. 

Number of Respondents: 533,910 

responses per year. 

Average Hours per Response: The 

USPTO estimates it will take 

respondents from 0.006 hours (20 

seconds) to 8 hours to complete the 

items in this collection, depending on 

the instrument(s) used. 

Burden Hours: 13,878.89 hours per 

year. 

Cost Burden: $1,209,457,959.50. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is necessary so that patent 

owners can maintain a utility patent in 

force and to ensure that the USPTO can 

properly credit maintenance fee 

payments. The USPTO offers forms to 

assist the public with providing the 

information covered by this collection, 

including maintenance fee payments, 

petitions to accept delayed maintenance 

fee payments, and fee address changes. 

The public uses the Maintenance Fee 

Transmittal Form (PTO/SB/45) to 

determine and pay the correct amount 

due for a maintenance fee transaction. 

PTO/SB/45 may be mailed or faxed to 

the USPTO, but PTO/SB/45 may not be 

submitted electronically via EFS-Web. 

Customers may submit maintenance 

fees and six-month grace period 

surcharges paid before patent expiration 

electronically over the internet using the 

USPTO’s Office of Finance Online 

Shopping Page (hereinafter, the 


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