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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

U.S. Copyright Office 

37 CFR Part 201 

[Docket No. 2014–07] 

Notice of Public Hearings: Exemption 

to Prohibition on Circumvention of 

Copyright Protection Systems for 

Access Control Technologies 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The United States Copyright 

Office will be holding public hearings as 

part of the sixth triennial rulemaking 

proceeding under the Digital 

Millennium Copyright Act (‘‘DMCA’’) 

concerning possible exemptions to the 

DMCA’s prohibition against 

circumvention of technological 

measures that control access to 

copyrighted works. The public hearings 

will be held in May 2014 in Los 

Angeles, California and Washington, 

DC. Parties interested in testifying at the 

public hearings are invited to submit 

requests to testify pursuant to the 

instructions set forth below. 

DATES: The public hearings in Los 

Angeles are scheduled for May 19, 20 

and 21, 2015, on each day from 9:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The public hearings in 

Washington, DC are scheduled for May 

26, 27, 28 and 29, 2015, on each day 

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Requests to 

testify must be received by Monday, 

April 20, 2015. Once the schedule of 

hearing witnesses is finalized, the Office 

will notify all participants and post the 

times and dates of the hearings at http:// 

www.copyright.gov/1201/. 

ADDRESSES: The Los Angeles hearings 

will be held in Room 1314 of the UCLA 

School of Law, 385 Charles E. Young 

Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095. The 

Washington, DC hearings will be held in 

the Mumford Room of the James 

Madison Building of the Library of 

Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE., 

Washington, DC 20540. Requests to 

testify should be submitted through the 

request form available at http://

www.copyright.gov/1201/hearingrequest/. Any person who is unable to 

send a request via the Web site should 

contact the Office using the contact 

information below to make an 

alternative arrangement for submission 

of a request to testify. The 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below includes additional instructions 

on submitting requests to testify. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarang V. Damle, Deputy General 

Counsel, at sdam@loc.gov or by 

telephone at 202–707–8350; or Stephen 

Ruwe, Assistant General Counsel, by 

email at sruwe@loc.gov or by telephone 

at 202–707–8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 17, 2014, the Copyright 

Office published a Notice of Inquiry in 

the Federal Register to initiate the sixth 

triennial rulemaking proceeding under 

17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1), which provides 

that the Librarian of Congress, upon 

recommendation of the Register of 

Copyrights, may exempt certain classes 

of copyrighted works from the 

prohibition against circumventing a 

technological measure that controls 

access to a copyrighted work. 79 FR 

55687 (Sept. 17, 2014). On December 14, 

2014, the Office published a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking setting forth 

proposed exemptions for twenty-seven 

classes of works and requesting 

responsive comments. 79 FR 73857 

(Dec. 14, 2014). The responsive 

comments received thus far have been 

posted on the Office’s Web site. See 

http://www.copyright.gov/1201/. 

At this time, the Office is announcing 

public hearings to be held in Los 

Angeles and Washington, DC to further 

consider the exemptions. The Office 

plans to convene panels of witnesses for 

the proposals to be considered, and may 

combine certain panels if the witnesses 

and/or key issues substantially overlap. 

The Office will schedule panels for 

particular exemptions in either Los 

Angeles or Washington, DC unless 

compelling circumstances require that a 

proposed class be considered in both 

cities. Limiting the discussion of each 

proposed class to one city or another 

will better ensure that witnesses can 

respond to the points made by others 

and avoid duplicative discussion. If no 

request to testify is received for a 

proposed exemption, the Office will 

consider the class based on the written 

submissions. 

Submitting requests to testify: A 

request to testify should be submitted to 

the Copyright Office using the form on 

the Office’s Web site indicated in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Anyone 

wishing to testify with respect to more 

than one proposed class must submit a 

separate form for each request. If 

multiple people from the same 

organization wish to testify on different 

panels, each should submit a separate 

request for each panel. If multiple 

people from the same organization wish 

to testify on the same panel, each 

should submit a request for that panel, 

and explain the need for multiple 

witnesses in the comment field of the 

request form. 

Depending upon the number and 

nature of the requests to testify, and in 

light of the limited time and space 

available for the public hearings, the 

Office may not be able to accommodate 

all requests to testify. The Office will 

give preference to those who have 

submitted substantive evidentiary 

submissions in support of or opposition 

to a proposal. To the extent feasible, the 

Office encourages parties with similar 

interests to select a common 

representative to testify on their behalf. 

All requests to testify must clearly 

identify: 

• The name of the person desiring to 

serve as a witness. 

• The organization or organizations 

represented, if any. 

• Contact information (address, 

telephone, and email). 

• The proposed class about which the 

person wishes to testify. 

• A two- to three-sentence 

explanation of the testimony the witness 

expects to present. 

• If the party is requesting the ability 

to demonstrate a use or a technology at 

the hearing, a description of the 

demonstration, including whether it 

will be prepared in advance or 

presented live, the approximate time 

required for such demonstration, and 

any presentation equipment that the 

person desires to use and/or bring to the 

hearing. 

• The city in which the person 

prefers to testify (Los Angeles or 

Washington, DC). The Office will try to 

take this preference into account in 

scheduling the hearings, but cannot 

guarantee that the relevant panel will be 

convened in the preferred city. 

Participants who are unable to testify in 

a particular city or on a particular date 

should so indicate in the comment field 

of the request form. 

To facilitate the process of scheduling 

panels, it is essential that all of the 

required information listed above be 

included in a request to testify. 

Following receipt of the requests to 

testify, the Office will prepare agendas 

for the hearings listing the panels and 

witnesses, which will be circulated to 

hearing participants and posted at 

http://www.copyright.gov/1201/. 

Although the Office currently 

anticipates three days of hearings in Los 

Angeles and four days of hearings in 

Washington, DC, the Office may adjust 

this schedule depending upon the 

number and nature of requests to testify. 

Format of public hearings: There will 

be time limits for each panel, which will 

be established after receiving all 

requests to testify. The Copyright Office 

plans to allot approximately one to two 

hours for each proposed class. 


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Witnesses should expect the Office to 

have carefully studied all written 

comments, and the Office will expect 

witnesses to have done the same with 

respect to the classes for which they 

will be presenting. Witnesses will be 

given an opportunity to provide a brief 

(three- to five-minute) overview of their 

position at the outset of the panel. After 

that, the hearings will focus on legal or 

factual issues that are unclear or 

underdeveloped in the written record, 

as identified by the Office, as well as 

demonstrative evidence. 

The Office stresses that factual 

information is critical to the rulemaking 

process, and encourages witnesses to 

provide real-world examples to support 

their arguments. In some cases, the best 

way to do this may be to provide a 

demonstration of a claimed 

noninfringing use or the technologies 

pertinent to a proposal. As noted above, 

a person wishing to make such a 

demonstration must include a request to 

do so with his or her request to testify, 

using the appropriate space on the form 

described above. To ensure proper 

documentation of the hearings, the 

Office will require that a copy of any 

audio, visual, or audiovisual materials 

that have been prepared in advance 

(e.g., slideshows and videos) be 

provided to the Office at the hearing. 

Live demonstrations will be recorded by 

a videographer provided by the Office. 

The Office may contact witnesses 

individually ahead of time to ensure 

that demonstrations can be preserved 

for the record in an appropriate form. 

In addition to videography 

equipment, the Office expects to have a 

PC, projector, and screen in the hearing 

room to accommodate demonstrations. 

Beyond this equipment, witnesses are 

responsible for supplying and operating 

any other equipment needed for their 

demonstrations. Persons planning to 

bring additional electronic or 

audiovisual equipment must notify the 

Office at least five days in advance of 

their scheduled hearing date by 

emailing Stephen Ruwe, Assistant 

General Counsel, at sruwe@loc.gov. 

All hearings will be open to the 

public, but seating will be limited and 

will be provided on a first-come, firstserve basis. Witnesses and persons 

accompanying witnesses will be given 

priority in seating. 

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08255 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

48 CFR Parts 1511 and 1552 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2012–0478; FRL–9925– 

99–OARM] 

EPAAR Clause for Level of Effort— 

Cost-Reimbursement Contract 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) amends the EPA 

Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to 

update policy, procedures, and contract 

clauses. The proposed rule updates the 

EPAAR clause Level of Effort—CostReimbursement Term Contract, 

modifies the clause title, and updates 

the corresponding EPAAR clause 

prescription. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2012–0478, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: valentino.thomas@ epa.gov 

• Mail: EPA–HQ–OARM–2012–0478, 

OEI Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please 

include a total of three (3) copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket CenterAttention OEI Docket, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OARM–2012– 

0478. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ’’anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket, and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment, and with any disk or CD– 

ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read 

your comment due to technical 

difficulties, and cannot contact you for 

clarification, EPA may not be able to 

consider your comment. Electronic files 

should avoid the use of special 

characters, any form of encryption, and 

be free of any defects or viruses. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit the EPA Docket 

Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ epahome/ dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at 

the Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket, EPA/ DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the EPA Docket Center is 

(202) 566–1752. This Docket Facility is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Valentino, Policy, Training, and 

Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

4522; email address: valentino.thomas@ 

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 


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