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Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Status: The March 19–20, 2024 

meeting will be open to public 

participation with a 15-minute public 

comment period at 4:45 p.m. EST on 

March 20, 2024. The SAB expects that 

public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted verbal or written 

statements. In general, each individual 

or group making a verbal presentation 

will be limited to a total time of three 

minutes. Written comments for the 

March 19 and 20, 2024 meeting should 

be received by the SAB Executive 

Director’s Office 

(noaa.scienceadvisoryboard@noaa.gov) 

by March 12, 2024 to provide sufficient 

time for SAB review. Written comments 

received by the SAB Executive Director 

after these dates will be distributed to 

the SAB, but may not be reviewed prior 

to the meeting date. 

Special Accommodations: These 

meetings are physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

special accommodations may be 

directed to the Executive Director no 

later than 12 p.m. on March 12, 2024. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting on March 19–20, 2024 will 

include the following topics: (1) the 

NOAA Update, (2) NOAA Science 

Update, (3) Presentation on the EISWG 

Annual Report to Congress, (6) TSTAP 

Annual Report and white paper on 

complicated water ways, (7) NOAA 

DEIA Report Response, (8) Presentation 

on NOAA Report Response for Rapidly 

Changing Marine Environment Report, 

(9) Presentation on NOAA Response to

White Paper on Air Quality in a

Changing Climate, and (10) NOAA

Response to DAARWG Report on the

NESDIS Common Cloud Framework.

Meeting materials, including work

products, will also be available on the

SAB website: https://sab.noaa.gov/

current-meetings/current-meetingdocuments/.

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04082 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD747] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of an 

enhancement of survival permit, 

including an associated hatchery and 

genetic management plan. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) on the issuance of an 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Enhancement of Survival Permit to the 

California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (CDFW) for the operation of the 

Fall Creek Hatchery coho salmon 

program. The Fall Creek Hatchery coho 

salmon program is operated under an 

associated Hatchery Genetic 

Management Plan (HGMP). This notice 

also announces that NMFS has decided 

to issue a permit (15755–2M) to CDFW 

for activities described in their HGMP, 

and has authorized the HGMP for the 

Fall Creek Hatchery coho salmon 

program in the Klamath River watershed 

in California. 

ADDRESSES: The application, permit, 

final HGMP, Final EA, and related 

documents are available for review by 

appointment at: California Coastal Area 

Office, 1655 Heindon Rd, Arcata, 

California 95521. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Abrams; phone: (707) 825–5186; fax: 

(707) 825–4840; email: Jeff.Abrams@

noaa.gov (include the permit number in

the subject line of the fax or email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following ESA-listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch): 

threatened Southern Oregon/Northern 

California Coast (SONCC) Evolutionarily 

Significant Unit. 

Background 

On March 27, 2023, NMFS announced 

in the Federal Register a notice of 

receipt of a permit application (15755– 

2M) to enhance the propagation and 

survival of species listed under the ESA 

of 1973, as amended, from CDFW (88 FR 

18123). Under permit application 

15755–2M, CDFW requested to 

implement, for the next 8 years, 

hatchery and monitoring activities 

associated with the Fall Creek Hatchery 

coho salmon program, under an 

associated HGMP. The HGMP is an 

update to the 2014 HGMP developed for 

the coho salmon hatchery program at 

Iron Gate Hatchery that was submitted 

by CDFW and PacifiCorp (permit 

15755). Under permit application 

15755–2M, CDFW proposed to continue 

to collect SONCC coho salmon for 

hatchery purposes. The draft HGMP 

specified methods of operation for the 

Fall Creek hatchery coho salmon 

program located along the Fall Creek, a 

tributary to the Klamath River, within 

the State of California. NMFS also 

announced the availability of the permit 

application and associated HGMP for 

public review and comment. The public 

review and comment period ended on 

April 26, 2023. NMFS did not receive 

any public comments on the permit 

application or draft HGMP during the 

public review period. Permit 15755–2M 

received final signature on August 22, 

2023. 

The HGMP covers activities related to 

the artificial production of coho salmon 

at Fall Creek Hatchery during the 

transition of the hatchery coho salmon 

program from Iron Gate Hatchery, and 

for 8 years after dam removal. NMFS 

will use the information in this HGMP 

to evaluate hatchery impacts on salmon 

listed under the ESA. Monitoring and 

in-river research activities, also 

included in the application, could result 

in take of SONCC coho salmon. The 

primary goal of an HGMP is to devise 

biologically based hatchery management 

strategies that ensure the conservation 

and recovery of salmon and steelhead 

species. Through implementation of this 

HGMP, and compliance with the ESA 

section 10(a)(1)(A) permit, the Fall 

Creek Hatchery coho salmon program 

will operate to conserve ESA-listed 

SONCC coho salmon. 

The Fall Creek Hatchery coho salmon 

program will culture coho salmon of the 

Upper Klamath Population Unit. This 

unit is part of the SONCC Evolutionarily 

Significant Unit that is listed as 

threatened under ESA. The HGMP 

incorporates principles of hatchery 

operations developed by the Hatchery 

Scientific Review Groups of the 

Columbia River and California. The 

primary purpose of the Fall Creek 

Hatchery coho salmon program is to 

protect the genetic resources of the 

Upper Klamath Population Unit and 

reduce extinction risks prior to and 8 

years after the removal of the four 

Klamath River dams. The purpose 

would be achieved by integrating 

natural origin adults into broodstock 

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matrix to reduce inbreeding. The natural 

origin fish required to integrate the Fall 

Creek Hatchery coho salmon program 

will be obtained from Bogus Creek, the 

Iron Gate Hatchery auxiliary fish ladder, 

Fall Creek (e.g., via seine or dip net), 

and fish volitionally entering the Fall 

Creek Hatchery as described in the 

broodstock collection document and the 

terms and conditions of NMFS’ 2021 

Biological Opinion for the ‘‘Surrender 

and Decommissioning of the Lower 

Klamath Hydroelectric Project No. 

14803.’’ 

The secondary purpose of the Fall 

Creek Hatchery coho salmon program is 

to provide adult coho salmon that could 

disperse to newly accessible habitat (76 

miles or 122 kilometers) made available 

following dam removal. The potential 

dispersal of adult coho salmon results 

from Fall Creek Hatchery origin coho 

salmon straying to other tributaries and 

by releasing surplus adult coho salmon 

back to the mainstem Klamath River 

near Fall Creek. 

Take of adult and juvenile coho 

salmon associated with permit 15755– 

2M is described in the NMFS permit 

and particularly detailed in table 1 of 

the permit. Permit 15755–2M expires on 

December 31, 2031. 

This notice is provided under 

National Environmental Policy Act 

regulations and NMFS ESA permit 

regulations to inform the public that the 

Final EA, HGMP, and associated 

documents are available for review. 

Authority 

Enhancement permits are issued in 

accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR part 222). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; (3) are consistent with the 

purposes and policies of section 2 of the 

ESA; (4) whether the permit would 

further a bona fide and necessary or 

desirable scientific purpose or enhance 

the propagation or survival of the 

endangered species, taking into account 

the benefits anticipated to be derived on 

behalf of the endangered species; and 

additional issuance criteria (as listed at 

50 CFR 222.308(c)(5)–(12)). The 

authority to take listed species is subject 

to conditions set forth in the permit. 

Dated: February 23, 2024. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04141 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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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; Substantive Submissions 

Made During the Prosecution of the 

Trademark Application 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

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its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on December 4, 2023 during a 

60-day comment period (88 FR 84132). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Substantive Submissions Made 

During the Prosecution of the 

Trademark Application. 

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which provides for the registration of 

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additional information needed to 

process a request to delete a particular 

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Applicants may seek a six-month 

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The rules implementing the 

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accompanying costs and burdens. 

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Allege Use)) 

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Application) 

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Divisional (ITU/Divisional) Unit 

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Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or 

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