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[We] will treat the request to exclude vessels using federally-maintained dredged port entrance channels from the speed restrictions as a petition for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act, though this is not required nor is it NMFS’ normal practice. We plan to issue a Notice in the Federal Register announcing receipt of the petition, along with a concise statement of the request and seek comment on the request. If NMFS decides to proceed with the suggested rulemaking, we will notify the petitioner within 120 days, publish a notice in the Federal Register of our decision to engage in rulemaking in a prompt manner, and thereafter proceed in accordance with the requirements for rulemaking. If NMFS decides not to proceed with the petitioned rulemaking, we will notify the petitioner, provide a brief statement of the grounds for the decision, and publish in the Federal Register a notice of our decision not to proceed with the petitioned action.

Therefore, NMFS is issuing this notice to solicit comments and information on all issues related to the petition to exclude federally-maintained dredged entrance channels and pilot boarding areas (and the immediately adjacent waters) for ports from New York to Jacksonville from vessel speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic right whales.

Please include scientific or commercial data, studies, or research to support your comments and position, including scientific data or research that supports any pertinent industry or professional standards, or specific examples in support of your comments, to aid NMFS in evaluating the request for rulemaking and in determining what action, if any, is appropriate. We will consider all comments and recommendations in determining whether to engage in the suggested rulemaking and thereafter will proceed as described above.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. Dated: January 24, 2014. Donna S. Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–01734 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–22–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**United States Patent and Trademark Office** 

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Title: Initial Patent Applications. Form Number(s): PTO/SB/01, 01A, 02, 02A, 02B, 02CN, 02DE, 02ES, 02FR, 02IT, 02JP, 02KR, 02LR, 02NL, 02RU, 02SE, 03, 03A, 04, 06, 07, 14 EFS-Web, 16, 16 EFS-Web, 17, 29, 29A, and 101– 110. This collection also includes the following AIA forms: PTO/AIA01 through AIA04, AIA08 through AIA11, AIA14 and 15, AIA18 and 19, and AIA01CN and 01DE, 01ES, 01FR, 01IT, 01JP, 01KR, 01NL, 01RU, 01SE, 02CN, 02DE, 02ES, 02FR, 02IT, 02JP, 02KR, 02NL, 02RU, and 02SE.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–
0032.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 15,076,442 hours annually. Number of Respondents: 597,047 responses per year. The USPTO estimates that approximately 157,950 of these responses will be from small entities (this estimate reflects a 25% small entity response rate for all itemsin the collection except for designrelated items in the collection, for which a 50% small entity response rate is estimated). The USPTO estimates that 577,624 responses will be filed electronically.

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately 30 minutes (0.50 hours) to 40 hours to complete the applications, petitions, and additional papers in this collection, depending on the complexity of the request. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the application, petition, or other papers, and submit the completed request to the USPTO. The USPTO assumes that, on balance it takes the same amount of time to gather the necessary information, prepare the application, petition, or other papers, and submit the completed request to the USPTO, whether the applicant submits it in paper form or electronically.

Needs and Uses: This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84 and 1.495(b). Each patent applicant must provide sufficient information to allow the USPTO to properly examine the application, petition, or paper to determine whether the application, petition, or paper meets the criteria set forth in the patent statutes and regulations. The various fee and application transmittal forms, the declarations, the cover sheets, the petitions, and the papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41, 1.48, and 1.53(c)(2) permit applicants to supply all of the information necessary to process the application and enables the USPTO to ensure that all of the information has been provided in order to process the application.

Affected Public: Individuals orhouseholds; businesses or other forprofits; non-profit institutions; and the Federal Government.

Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: Nicholas

_A.

_Fraser@ omb.eop.gov

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Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at www.reginfo.gov

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Paper copies can be obtained by:

• Email: InformationCollection@ uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0032 copy request’’ in the subject line of the
message.

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent on or before March 3, 2014 to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas

_A.

_Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.

Dated: January 24, 2014. Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–01777 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–16–P**

**COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION** 

**Technology Advisory Committee**

**AGENCY :**  Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announces that the public meeting for the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) initially scheduled on January 21, 2014, was postponed due to the inclement weather that closed the Federal Government. The TAC meeting has been rescheduled for February 10, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters. The TAC meeting will focus on swap data reporting; the Commission’s concept release on


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automated trading environments; and swap execution facilities.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held on February 10, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the meeting should submit them by February 3, 2014. The Commission is announcing the meeting with less than 15 calendar days public notice because the meeting is being rescheduled due to the inclement weather that closed the Federal Government.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will take place in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581. Written statements should be submitted by electronic mail to: secretary@cftc.gov. Statements may also be submitted by mail to: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, attention: Office of the Secretary. Please use the title ‘‘Technology Advisory Committee’’ in any written statement you submit. Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting will be made available to the public.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Amir Zaidi, TAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–6770.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The CFTC is rescheduling the public meeting of the CFTC TAC that had been announced for January 21, 2014 ( see 79 FR 646, Jan. 6, 2014). That meeting was postponed due to the inclement weather that closed the Federal Government. The CFTC TAC will now hold a public meeting on Monday, February 10, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the CFTC’s Washington, DC, headquarters. The TAC meeting will focus on significant issues facing the futures and swaps industries as the Commission continues to implement rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. These issues include: (1) Swap data reporting; (2) the Commission’s concept release on automated trading environments; and (3) various issues surrounding the operation of swap execution facilities.

The meeting will be open to thepublic with seating on a first-come, firstserved basis. Persons requiring special accommodations to attend the meeting because of a disability should notify the contact person listed above.

Members of the public may also listen to the meeting by telephone by calling a toll-free telephone line to connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name, and affiliation. The call-in information is as follows:

Domestic Toll Free: 1–866–844–9416.
International Toll and Toll Free: Will be posted on the CFTC’s Web site, http://www.cftc.gov, on the page for the meeting, under Related Documents.

Conference ID: 3976745.
Pass Code/Pin Code: 7493290. After the meeting, a transcript of the meeting will be published through a link on the CFTC’s Web site, http:// www.cftc.gov. All written submissions provided to the CFTC in any form will also be published on the CFTC’s Web site.

Authority: (5 U.S.C. Appendix, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Sec. 10(a)(2))

Dated: January 24, 2014. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014–01684 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6351–01–P**

**CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION** 

**Sunshine Act Meeting**

**TIME AND DATE :**  Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

**PLACE :**  Hearing Room 420, Bethesda Towers, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

**STATUS :**  Commission Meeting—Open to the Public.

**MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED :**  Briefing Matter: Infant Stroller Final Rule (Sec. 104).

A live webcast of the Meeting can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov/live

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For a recorded message containing the latest agenda information, call (301)

504–7948.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION :**  Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301)

504–7923.

Dated: January 28, 2014. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–02024 Filed 1–28–14; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 6355–01–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE** 

**Office of the Secretary**

**[Docket ID: DoD–2012–OS–0061]**

**Proposed Collection; Comment Request** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs)) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

**DATES :**  Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 31, 2014.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  To request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the Attn: Ms. Jennifer Atkin, 4825 Mark Center Drive,