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proved on petition, the petitioner must 

submit proof in the form of verified 

statements signed by someone with 

firsthand knowledge of the facts to be 

proved, and any exhibits. 

(d) Unless a different deadline is 

specified elsewhere in this chapter, a 

petition under this section must be filed 

by not later than: 

(1) Two months after the issue date of 

the action, or date of receipt of the 

filing, from which relief is requested; or 

(2) Where the applicant or registrant 

declares under § 2.20 or 28 U.S.C. 1746 

that it did not receive the action or no 

action was issued, the petition must be 

filed by not later than: 

(i) Two months of actual knowledge 

of the abandonment of an application 

and not later than six months after the 

date the trademark electronic records 

system indicates that the application is 

abandoned in full or in part; 

(ii) Two months after the date of 

actual knowledge of the cancellation/ 

expiration of a registration and not later 

than six months after the date the 

trademark electronic records system 

indicates that the registration is 

cancelled/expired; or 

(iii) Two months after the date of 

actual knowledge of the denial of 

certification of an international 

application under § 7.13(b) and not later 

than six months after the trademark 

electronic records system indicates that 

certification is denied. 

(e)(1) A petition from the grant or 

denial of a request for an extension of 

time to file a notice of opposition must 

be filed by not later than fifteen days 

after the issue date of the grant or denial 

of the request. A petition from the grant 

of a request must be served on the 

attorney or other authorized 

representative of the potential opposer, 

if any, or on the potential opposer. A 

petition from the denial of a request 

must be served on the attorney or other 

authorized representative of the 

applicant, if any, or on the applicant. 

Proof of service of the petition must be 

made as provided by § 2.119. The 

potential opposer or the applicant, as 

the case may be, may file a response by 

not later than fifteen days after the date 

of service of the petition and must serve 

a copy of the response on the petitioner, 

with proof of service as provided by 

§ 2.119. No further document relating to 

the petition may be filed. 

(2) A petition from an interlocutory 

order of the Trademark Trial and 

Appeal Board must be filed by not later 

than thirty days after the issue date of 

the order from which relief is requested. 

Any brief in response to the petition 

must be filed, with any supporting 

exhibits, by not later than fifteen days 

after the date of service of the petition. 

Petitions and responses to petitions, and 

any documents accompanying a petition 

or response under this subsection, must 

be served on every adverse party 

pursuant to § 2.119. 

(f) An oral hearing will not be held on 

a petition except when considered 

necessary by the Director. 

(g) The mere filing of a petition to the 

Director will not act as a stay in any 

appeal or inter partes proceeding that is 

pending before the Trademark Trial and 

Appeal Board, nor stay the period for 

replying to an Office action in an 

application, except when a stay is 

specifically requested and is granted or 

when §§ 2.63(a) and (b) and 2.65(a) are 

applicable to an ex parte application. 

(h) Authority to act on petitions, or on 

any petition, may be delegated by the 

Director. 

(i) If the Director denies a petition, the 

petitioner may request reconsideration, 

if: 

(1) The petitioner files the request by 

not later than: 

(i) Two months after the issue date of 

the decision denying the petition; or 

(ii) Two months after the date of 

actual knowledge of the decision 

denying the petition and not later than 

six months after the issue date of the 

decision where the petitioner declares 

under § 2.20 or 28 U.S.C. 1746 that it 

did not receive the decision; and 

(2) The petitioner pays a second 

petition fee under § 2.6. 

Dated: October 21, 2016. 

Michelle K. Lee, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2016–0450; FRL–9953–95– 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Louisiana; 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

Significant Monitoring Concentration 

for Fine Particulates 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

two revisions to the Louisiana State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) that revise 

the Louisiana Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) permitting program 

to establish the significant monitoring 

concentration (SMC) for fine particles 

(PM2.5) at a zero microgram per cubic 

meter (0 mg/m3) threshold level 

consistent with federal permitting 

requirements. The EPA is proposing this 

action under section 110 and part C of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 28, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by EPA–R06–OAR–2016– 

0450, at http://www.regulations.gov or 

via email to wiley.adina@epa.gov. For 

additional information on how to 

submit comments see the detailed 

instructions in the ADDRESSES section of 

the direct final rule located in the rules 

section of this Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adina Wiley, (214) 665–2115, 

wiley.adina@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

issue of the Federal Register, the EPA 

is approving the State’s SIP submittal as 

a direct rule without prior proposal 

because the Agency views this as 

noncontroversial submittal and 

anticipates no adverse comments. A 

detailed rationale for the approval is set 

forth in the direct final rule. If no 

relevant adverse comments are received 

in response to this action no further 

activity is contemplated. If the EPA 

receives relevant adverse comments, the 

direct final rule will be withdrawn and 

all public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. The EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register. 

Dated: October 21, 2016. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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