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finalizing revisions to FirstNet Authority 

Procedures for Implementing NEPA). 

6FirstNet Procedures for Implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act (January 2018), 

https://www.firstnet.gov/content/notice-revisednational-environmental-policy-act-procedures-andcategorical-exclusions. 

7See id. 

8The amended RODs for each of five regions are 

available at www.firstnet.gov. 

Authority NEPA Procedures describe 

the process and review criteria the 

FirstNet Authority will follow to 

comply with NEPA and CEQ 

Regulations for proposed actions related 

to NPSBN deployment.6 In particular, 

the FirstNet Authority NEPA Procedures 

define the roles and responsibilities of 

the FirstNet Authority and its applicants 

and describe the criteria and process for 

determining the appropriate level of 

NEPA review and making 

environmental determinations and final 

decisions for site-specific reviews of 

FirstNet Authority actions related to the 

NPSBN.7

Accordingly, the FirstNet Authority 

has reviewed and determined that the 

revisions to the FirstNet Authority 

NEPA Procedures do not significantly 

impact any of the environmental 

analyses in the PEISs and that the 

information anticipated to be presented 

in the SPEISs related to the process for 

conducting site-specific reviews has 

already been sufficiently included in the 

revised FirstNet Authority 

Implementing Procedures. Thus, to 

avoid duplicative analysis and the 

unnecessary use of resources, the 

FirstNet Authority is (1) withdrawing its 

Notice of Intent to Prepare SPEISs and 

Conduct Scoping for the NPSBN, and (2) 

amending five (5) records of decision to 

remove the references to the FirstNet 

Authority’s intent to prepare SPEISs, 

including section 3.4.1—Tiered Site 

Specific Analysis, in each of the 

documents.8

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Elijah Veenendaal, 

Attorney-Advisor, First Responder Network 

Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17225 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2018–0050] 

Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 

August 2018 Update 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (‘‘Office’’) issued an 

update to the Office Patent Trial 

Practice Guide (‘‘TPG’’) in August 2018 

to provide updated guidance to the 

public on standard practices before the 

Patent Trial and Appeal Board 

(‘‘Board’’) in the post-grant trial 

procedures implemented following the 

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

(‘‘AIA’’). The Office publishes the TPG 

to provide practitioners with guidance 

on typical procedures and times for 

taking action in AIA trials, as well as to 

ensure consistency of procedure among 

panels of the Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Tierney and William Fink, Vice 

Chief Administrative Patent Judges, by 

telephone at (571) 272–9797. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

issued an update to the TPG in August 

2018, to update the guidance set forth in 

the TPG by incorporating the Board’s 

current practices and provide further 

explanation of certain aspects of the 

Board’s practices to the public. The TPG 

is divided into sections, each directed to 

a particular stage of a typical AIA trial 

proceeding or a specific issue 

commonly encountered during such 

proceedings. As such, the TPG contains 

informative material and outlines the 

current procedures that panels of the 

Board typically follow in appropriate 

cases in the normal course of an AIA 

trial proceeding. In order to expedite 

these updates and provide guidance to 

the public as quickly as possible, the 

Office has chosen to issue updates to the 

Practice Guide on a section-by-section, 

rolling basis, rather than a single, 

omnibus update addressing all aspects 

of the current Practice Guide. The Office 

anticipates releasing further revisions to 

the remaining sections of the TPG on a 

periodic basis, to take into account 

feedback received from stakeholders, 

changes in controlling precedent or 

applicable regulations, or the further 

refinement of the Board’s practices over 

time. 

The August 2018 update revises 

Sections I.G. (Expert Testimony), II.A.3. 

(Word Count and Page Limits), II.D.2. 

(Considerations in Instituting a Review), 

II.I. (Reply to Patent Owner Response 

and Reply for a Motion to Amend; SurReplies), II.K. (Challenging 

Admissibility; Motions to Exclude; 

Motions to Strike), II.M. (Oral Hearing), 

and Appendix A (Sample Scheduling 

Order). 

The August 2018 update of the TPG, 

containing only the revised sections, 

may be viewed or downloaded free of 

charge from the USPTO website at 

https://go.usa.gov/xU7GP. The full 

version of the August 2012 TPG 

continues to be available for reference 

on the USPTO website at https://

go.usa.gov/xU7GK. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Andrei Iancu, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17315 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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of Trade. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

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‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–0101’’ by any 

of the following methods: 

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comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

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• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

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