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1https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws/publ211/ 

PLAW-112publ211.pdf. 

2https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/text/288773. 

(ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (MMPA), the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as well 

as a variety of state statutes. The 

confidentiality of the data will be 

protected as required by the MSA, 

Section 402(b). 

This collection will be revised as 

follows. First is the expansion of 

observers to include an additional 

fishery. The Southeast region will begin 

sending observers out on Southeast reef 

fish fishery trips and thus needs to add 

this fishery to this collection. Second, 

NOAA is combining the Southeast 

observer efforts into one program. The 

third change is the West Coast 

Groundfish Observer Program (WCGOP) 

would like to start collecting the names 

of crew members within their observer 

logbooks. The data will be recorded on 

paper, scanned in, and stored according 

to vessel name. This information will 

only be accessed if there is an 

enforcement issue. The final change is 

also within the West Coast Groundfish 

Observer Program. They have 

introduced a new phone app that 

captains are using to declare upcoming 

fishing trips and NMFS is using to let 

them know if they have been selected 

for observer coverage. Other observer 

programs are also working on 

converting to smart phone apps, but 

they have not yet been implemented. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (MSA), the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), 

Executive Order 12866 (E.O. 12866), 

and the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0593. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27834 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; International Design 

Applications (Hague Agreement) 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on the 

extension and revision of an existing 

information collection: 0651–0075 

International Design Applications 

(Hague Agreement). The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

information collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received on or before 

February 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

any of the following methods. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0075 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to Rafael Bacares, 

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–3276; or by email 

at Rafael.Bacares@uspto.gov with 

‘‘0651–0075 comment’’ in the subject 

line. Additional information about this 

information collection is also available 

at http://www.reginfo.gov under 

‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Patent Law Treaties 

Implementation Act of 2012 1 (PLTIA) 

amends the patent laws to implement 

the provisions of the Geneva Act of the 

Hague Agreement Concerning 

International Registration of Industrial 

Designs (hereinafter ‘‘Hague 

Agreement’’) in title 1, and the Patent 

Law Treaty 2 (PLT) in title 2. The Hague 

Agreement is an international agreement 

that enables an applicant to file a single 

international design application which 

may have the effect of an application for 

protection for the design(s) in countries 

and/or intergovernmental organizations 

that are Parties to the Hague Agreement 

(the ‘‘Contracting Parties’’) designated in 

the applications. The United States is a 

Contracting Party to the Hague 

Agreement, which took effect with 

respect to the United States on May 13, 

2015. The Hague Agreement is 

administrated by the International 

Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual 

Property Organization (WIPO) located in 

Geneva, Switzerland. 

Under the Hague Agreement, U.S. 

applicants can file international design 

applications in English ‘‘indirectly’’ 

through the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), which will 

forward the applications to the IB or 

‘‘directly’’ with the IB. An international 

design application is subject to the 

payment of three types of fees: (1) a 

basic fee, (2) a publication fee, and (3) 

in respect of each Contracting Party 

where protection is sought, either in a 

standard or an individual designation 

fee. All applications are subject to a 

three-level structure of standard fees, 

which reflects the level of examination 

carried out by the Office of a 

Contracting Party. Also, an additional 

fee is required where the application 

contains a description that exceeds 100 

words. In addition, a transmittal fee is 

required for international design 

applications filed through an office of 

indirect filing. Thus, international 

design applications filed through the 

USPTO as an Office of indirect filing are 

subject to payment of a transmittal fee 

for processing and forwarding the 

international design applications to the 

IB. The fees required by the IB may be 

paid either directly to the IB or through 

the USPTO as an office of indirect filing 


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in the amounts specified on the World 

Intellectual Property Organization 

website. If applicants want to pay the 

required fees through USPTO as an 

office of indirect filing, the fees must be 

paid no later than the date of payment 

of the transmittal fee. The fees will then 

be forwarded to the IB. The industrial 

design or designs will be eligible for 

protection in all the Contracting Parties 

designated by applicants. 

The IB ascertains whether the 

international design application 

complies with formal requirements, 

registers the international design to the 

international register, and publishes the 

international registration in the 

International Designs Bulletin. The 

international registration contains all of 

the data of the international application, 

any reproduction of the international 

design, date of the international 

registration, number of the international 

registration, and the relevant class of the 

International Classification. 

The IB will provide a copy of the 

publication of the international 

registration to each Contracting party 

designated by the application. A 

designated Contracting Party may 

perform a substantive examination of 

the design application. The USPTO will 

perform a substantive examination for 

patentability of the international design 

application, as in the case of regular 

U.S. design applications. 

This information collection covers all 

the necessary information required for a 

international design application that is 

filed through the USPTO as an Office of 

indirect filing and those filed directly 

through the IB. The information in this 

collection is used to register a design 

patent under the provisions of the 

Hague Agreement. The majority of the 

items are WIPO forms managed by the 

IB, but this information collection also 

includes two forms maintained by the 

USPTO. 

II. Method of Collection 

The items in this information 

collection can either be submitted 

electronically through the USPTO 

patents electronic filing system or 

mailed to the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0075. 

Forms: WIPO DM = WIPO Dessins et 

Modeles (design representations); PTOL 

= Patent Trademark Office Legal 

• PTO–1595: (Recordation Form Cover 

Sheet) 

• PTOL–85 Part B (Hague): Fee(s) 

Transmittal 

• WIPO DM/1 (E): Application for 

International Registration 

• WIPO DM/1/I (E): (Annex I: Oath or 

Declaration of the Creator under Rule 

8(1)(a)(ii) of the Common Regulations) 

• WIPO DM/1/III (E): (Annex III: 

Information On Eligibility For 

Protection under Rule 7(5)(g) and 

Section 408(d) of the Administrative 

Instructions) 

• WIPO DM/1/IV (E): (Annex IV: 

Reduction of United States Individual 

Designation Fee under Section 408(b) 

of the Administrative Instructions) 

• WIPO DM/1/V (E): (Annex V: 

Supporting Document(s) Concerning 

Priority Claim under Article 4 of the 

Paris Convention—Korean Intellectual 

Property Office (KIPO)) 

• WIPO DM/7 (E): Appointment of a 

Representative 

Two forms listed above have received 

OMB approval and clearance through 

other USPTO information collections. 

While these forms are used by this 

information collection, they are 

routinely approved as part of the other 

information collections. These forms 

are: 

• PTO–1595—approved through 

USPTO information collection 0651– 

0027 (Recording Assignments). 

• PTOL–85 Part B (Hague)—approved 

through USPTO information collection 

0651–0033 (Post Allowance and 

Refiling). 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 1,231 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,231 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately between 15 

minutes (0.25 hours) and 6 hours to 

complete. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, create 

the document, and submit the 

completed request to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 2,052 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Hourly Cost Burden: $917,244. 

TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 3

($/hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

respondent 

cost 

burden 

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

1 ........................ Application for International Registration 

(WIPO DM/1 (E) and 

PTO–1595).

155 1 155 6 .................. 930 $447 $415,710 

2 ........................ Claim and Reproductions 

(Drawings).

155 1 155 4 .................. 620 447 277,140 

3 ........................ Transmittal Letter ............. 5 1 5 2 .................. 10 447 4,470 

4 ........................ Appointment of a Representative (WIPO DM/ 

7) filed indirectly 

through the USPTO.

62 1 62 0.25 (15 minutes).16 447 7,152 

5 ........................ Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a 

Time Limit.

3 1 3 4 .................. 12 447 5,364 

6 ........................ Petition to Convert to a 

Design Application 

under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16.

3 1 3 4 .................. 12 447 5,364 

7 ........................ Petition to Review a Filing 

Date.

3 1 3 4 .................. 12 447 5,364 

8 ........................ Fee Authorization ............. 11 1 11 0.25 (15 minutes).3 447 1,341 


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3 2023 Report of the Economic Survey, published 

by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice 

of the American Intellectual Property Law 

Association (AIPLA); pg. F–41. The USPTO uses the 

average billing rate for intellectual property work in 

all firms which is $447 per hour (https://

www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/economicsurvey). 

TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS—Continued 

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 3

($/hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

respondent 

cost 

burden 

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

9 ........................ Petitions to the Commissioner.5 1 5 4 .................. 20 447 8,940 

10 ...................... Oath or Declaration of the 

Creator under Rule 

8(1)(a)(ii) of the Common Regulations (WIPO 

DM/1/I (E)) (Declaration 

of Inventorship for the 

Designation of the 

United States of America) filed indirectly 

through the USPTO.

31 1 31 0.50 (30 minutes).16 447 7,152 

11 ...................... Oath or Declaration of the 

Creator under Rule 

8(1)(a)(ii) of the Common Regulations (WIPO 

DM/1/I (E)) (Substitute 

Statement in Lieu of a 

Declaration of 

Inventorship for the 

Designating the United 

States of America) filed 

indirectly through the 

USPTO.

2 1 2 0.50 (30 minutes).1 447 447 

12 ...................... Information On Eligibility 

For Protection (WIPO 

DM/1/III (E)) filed indirectly through the 

USPTO.

3 1 3 1 .................. 3 447 1,341 

13 ...................... Reduction of United 

States Individual Designation Fee under Section 408(b) of the Administrative Instructions 

(WIPO DM/1/IV (E)) 

filed indirectly through 

the USPTO.

8 1 8 0.50 (30 minutes).4 447 1,788 

14 ...................... Supporting Document(s) 

Concerning Priority 

Claim under Article 4 of 

the Paris Convention— 

Korean Intellectual 

Property Office (KIPO) 

(WIPO DM/1/V (E)) filed 

indirectly through the 

USPTO.

5 1 5 0.50 (30 minutes).3 447 1,341 

15 ...................... Fee(s) Transmittal to 

USPTO for an International Design Application (PTOL–85 Part B 

(Hague)).

780 1 780 0.50 (30 minutes).390 447 174,330 

Totals ......... ...................................... 1,231 ........................ 1,231 ..................... 2,052 ........................ 917,244 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-hourly Cost Burden: $3,708,240. 

There are no capital start-up, 

maintenance, or record-keeping costs 

associated with this information 

collection. However, the USPTO 

estimates that the total annual (nonhour) cost burden for this collection is 

$3,708,240, which includes $3,398,121 

in filing fees, $310,000 in drawing costs, 

and $119 in postage costs. 

Filing Fees 

The filing fees associated with this 

information collection are listed in the 

table below. 


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TABLE 2—FILING FEES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS

Item No. Fee code Item 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Filing fee 

($) 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(yr) 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration (electronic)—Average Fee per registration to WIPO (USPTO collects and transmits it to WIPO).157 $2,131 $334,567 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration (electronic)—Designation Fee (first 

part) for the U.S. (collecting for WIPO) (undiscounted entity).

10 960 9,600 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration (electronic)—Designation Fee (first 

part) for the U.S. (collecting for WIPO) (small entity).

11 480 5,280 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration (electronic)—Designation Fee (first 

part) for the U.S. (collecting for WIPO) (micro entity).

6 240 1,440 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration submitted to WIPO—Designation Fee 

(first part) for the U.S. (Transmitting to the USPTO by WIPO) (undiscounted 

entity).

1,651 960 1,584,960 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration submitted to WIPO—Designation Fee 

(first part) for the U.S. (Transmitting to the USPTO by WIPO) (small entity).

527 480 252,960 

1 ......................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration submitted to WIPO—Designation Fee 

(first part) for the U.S. (Transmitting to the USPTO by WIPO) (micro entity).

138 240 33,120 

1 ......................... 1781 ............ Application for International Registration (electronic)—Transmittal Fee (set by 

and collected by USPTO) (undiscounted entity).

62 120 7,440 

1 ......................... 2781 ............ Application for International Registration (electronic)—Transmittal Fee (set by 

and collected by USPTO) (small entity).

85 48 4,080 

1 ......................... 3781 ............ Application for International Registration (electronic)—Transmittal Fee (set by 

and collected by USPTO) (micro entity).

18 24 432 

5 ......................... 1784 ............ Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit (undiscounted entity) 1 2,100 2,100 

5 ......................... 2784 ............ Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit (small entity) ............ 1 840 840 

5 ......................... 3784 ............ Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit (micro entity) ............ 1 420 420 

6 ......................... 1783 ............ Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16 

(undiscounted entity).

1 180 180 

6 ......................... 2783 ............ Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16 (small 

entity).

1 72 72 

6 ......................... 3783 ............ Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16 (micro 

entity).

1 36 36 

7 ......................... 1462 ............ Petition to Review a Filing Date (undiscounted entity) ....................................... 1 420 420 

7 ......................... 2462 ............ Petition to Review a Filing Date (small entity) .................................................... 1 168 168 

7 ......................... 3462 ............ Petition to Review a Filing Date (micro entity) .................................................... 1 84 84 

9 ......................... 1462 ............ Petitions to Commissioner (undiscounted entity) ................................................ 1 420 420 

9 ......................... 2462 ............ Petitions to Commissioner (small entity) ............................................................. 2 168 336 

9 ......................... 3462 ............ Petitions to Commissioner (micro entity) ............................................................. 1 84 84 

15 ....................... 1509 ............ Issue Fee Transmittal to USPTO for an International Design Application 

(undiscounted entity).

972 740 719,280 

15 ....................... 2509 ............ Issue Fee Transmittal to USPTO for an International Design Application (small 

entity).

247 296 73,112 

15 ....................... 3509 ............ Issue Fee Transmittal to USPTO for an International Design Application (micro 

entity).

30 148 4,440 

15 ....................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration submitted to WIPO—Issue Fee (Second part) for the U.S. (Transmitting to the USPTO by WIPO) (undiscounted 

entity).

420 700 294,000 

15 ....................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration submitted to WIPO—Issue Fee (Second part) for the U.S. (Transmitting to the USPTO by WIPO) (small entity).155 350 54,250 

15 ....................... WIPO .......... Application for International Registration submitted to WIPO—Issue Fee (Second part) for the U.S. (Transmitting to the USPTO by WIPO) (micro-entity).80 175 14,000 

Totals .......... 4,582 ........................ $3,398,121 

Drawing Costs 

The USPTO estimates that the costs to 

produce design drawings can range from 

$50 to $350 per sheet. Taking the 

average of this range, the USPTO 

estimates that it can cost $200 per sheet 

to produce design drawings. On average, 

10 sheets of drawings are submitted for 

an application resulting in an average 

cost of $2,000 to produce the design 

drawings. The USPTO estimates that 

155 respondents will file international 

design applications. Overall, the costs 

associated with submitting these 

drawings are estimated to be $310,000. 

Postage Costs 

Although the USPTO prefers that the 

items in this information collection be 

submitted electronically, responses may 

be submitted by mail through the 

United States Postal Service (USPS). 

The USPTO estimates that 1% of the 

1,231 items in this information 

collection will be submitted by mail, 

resulting in 12 mailed items. The 

USPTO estimates that the average 

postage cost for a mailed submission, 

using a Priority Mail legal flat rate 

envelope, will be $9.95. Therefore, the 

USPTO estimates the total mailing costs 

for this information collection at $119. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The USPTO is soliciting public 

comments to: 

(a) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(d) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 


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use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

All comments submitted in response 

to this notice are a matter of public 

record. USPTO will include or 

summarize each comment in the request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection. Before including an address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

in a comment, be aware that the entire 

comment—including PII—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may ask in your comment to 

withhold PII from public view, USPTO 

cannot guarantee that it will be able to 

do so. 

Justin Isaac, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Conduct Scoping Meeting for the Pier 

Wind Terminal Development Project at 

the Port of Long Beach, City of Long 

Beach and County of Los Angeles, 

California (SPL–2023–00720) 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to initiate the scoping process for 

preparation of a joint Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental 

Impact Report (EIR) for the Port of Long 

Beach (Port) Pier Wind Terminal 

Development Project. 

DATES: Submit comments concerning 

this notice on or before February 6, 

2024. An in-person public scoping 

meeting will be held on January 10, 

2024, starting at 6 p.m. PST. An inperson open house will be held from 5– 

6 p.m. PST. 

ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting 

will be held in the Bob Foster Civic 

Chambers, adjacent to the Port of Long 

Beach Administration Building, in the 

Long Beach Civic Center at 411 W. 

Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, California 

90802. The open house will be held at 

the Port of Long Beach Administration 

Building, 415 W. Ocean Blvd., Long 

Beach, California 90802. Email written 

comments concerning this notice to: 

Lisa Mangione, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District, 

Regulatory Division, lisa.mangione@

usace.army.mil. Comment emails 

should include the commenter’s email, 

the project title, and the USACE file 

number (SPL–2023–00720) in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Mangione, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District, 

Regulatory Division, (805) 585–2150, 

lisa.mangione@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the USACE is 

requiring the preparation of an EIS prior 

to making a permit decision for the 

proposed Project. The USACE may 

ultimately make a determination to 

permit or deny the proposed Project or 

a modified version of the proposed 

Project. The primary Federal concerns 

are dredging, dredged material disposal, 

addition of permanent structures in and 

over navigable waters of the U.S. and 

transport of dredged material for the 

purpose of ocean disposal. 

Pursuant to the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Cal. 

Pub. Res. Code section 21000 et seq., the 

City of Long Beach Harbor Department 

(Port of Long Beach or Port) will serve 

as the CEQA Lead Agency in preparing 

the EIR for its consideration of 

development approvals within its 

jurisdiction. The USACE and Port have 

agreed to jointly prepare a Draft EIS/EIR 

to optimize efficiency and avoid 

duplication. The Draft EIS/EIR is 

intended to be sufficient in scope to 

address the Federal, State, and local 

requirements and environmental issues 

concerning the proposed activities and 

permit approvals. 

1. Project Site and Background 

Information. The proposed Project site 

is located in the Southwest Long Beach 

Harbor Planning District (District 6) in 

the Outer Harbor, south of the Navy 

Mole and West Basin, east of the Port of 

Los Angeles Pier 400, north of the 

Federal breakwater, and west of the 

Main Channel within the Port of Long 

Beach. The site is located in the City of 

Long Beach and County of Los Angeles 

and adjacent to the communities of San 

Pedro and Wilmington. The purpose of 

the proposed Project is to develop a 

terminal at the Port for receiving, 

staging, and storing wind turbine 

generator (WTG) components (tower 

sections, nacelles, and blades), and 

foundation sub-assemblies; performing 

final assembly of floating foundations, 

and integrating WTG components with 

the floating foundation to create floating 

offshore wind (OSW) turbine systems 

(proposed Project). The proposed 

Project would enable the State of 

California and Federal Government to 

address the global climate crisis and 

decarbonization of energy resources by 

supporting the establishment of wind 

farms off the west coast shores of the 

United States. 

2. Proposed Project. The Port, acting 

by and through its Board of Harbor 

Commissioners, proposes to construct a 

400-acre terminal and 30-acre 

transportation corridor for receiving, 

staging, and storing wind turbine 

generator (WTG) components, and 

foundation sub-assemblies, performing 

final assembly of floating foundations, 

and integrating WTG components with 

the floating foundation to create floating 

offshore wind (OSW) turbine systems. 

The terminal and transportation 

corridor would be located in the 

Southwest Harbor Planning District 

(District 6) at the Port of Long Beach just 

south of the Navy Mole, east of Port of 

Los Angeles Pier 400, north of the 

Federal breakwater, and west of the 

Main Channel. The proposed Project 

would construct new land at the Port 

that would best meet the land 

requirements for waterfront facilities 

necessary for efficient staging, 

integration, floating foundation 

assembly, and maintenance of large 

floating OSW turbine systems as 

specified in the California State Lands 

Commission 2023 AB 525 Port 

Readiness Plan. In-water construction 

activities would include approximately 

50 million cubic yards (CY) of dredging 

(for fill material and surcharge), 

construction of rock revetment dikes, 

and construction of a terminal wharf, 

sinking basin, wet storage areas, and 

concrete piers adjacent to the 

transportation corridor. Onshore 

construction would include grading and 

compaction, surfacing, transportation 

corridor improvements, and installation 

of utilities and signage. It is estimated 

that construction activities would start 

in 2027 and last a total of 9 years, 

construction completed in phases and 

operations starting in 2031. Overall 

construction is expected to be 

completed in 2035. 

3. Proposed Federal Action. Because 

construction of the proposed Project 

would result in a discharge of dredged 

and/or fill material into waters of the 

United States, would place structures in 

navigable waters of the United States, or 

consist of work in or affecting navigable 

waters of the United States, and would 

transport dredged or fill material by 


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