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submitting the completed request. The 

estimated response time for the 

individual items in this collection 

ranges from five to ten minutes (0.08 to 

0.17 hours) depending on the 

instruments and practices used. 

Burden Hours: 654.42 hours. 

Cost Burden: $1,982. 

Needs and Uses: The United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to 

maintain a Public Search Facility to 

provide patent and trademark 

collections for searching and retrieval of 

information. In order to manage the 

patent and trademark collections that 

are available to the public, the USPTO 

issues online access accounts to 

customers who wish to use the 

electronic search systems at the Public 

Search Facility. Customers may obtain 

an online access accounts by completing 

the application at the Public Search 

Facility reference desk and providing 

proper identification. Users may renew 

their accounts by validating and 

updating the required information and 

may obtain a replacement for a lost 

account by providing proper 

identification. 

Under the authority provided in 41 

CFR part 102–81, the USPTO issues 

security identification badges to 

members of the public who wish to use 

the facilities at the USPTO. Public users 

may apply for a security badge in person 

at the USPTO Office of Security by 

providing the necessary information and 

presenting a valid form of identification 

with photograph. The security badges 

include a color photograph of the user 

and must be worn at all times while at 

the USPTO facilities. The information 

obtained in this collection constitutes 

the application available at the Public 

Search Facility, and allows users to gain 

a security badge granting them access to 

that Facility. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits (in the form of 

security identification badges). 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0041 copy 

request’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, 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 25, 2015 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: February 13, 2015. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03571 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

Notice To Extend the Comment Period 

for the Revised Draft Guidance for 

Federal Departments and Agencies on 

Consideration of Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions and the Effects of Climate 

Change in NEPA Reviews 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: This notice extends the 

comment period for the proposed 

guidance published in the Federal 

Register on December 24, 2014, (79 FR 

77802, Dec. 24, 2014). The comment 

period for the proposed guidance, 

which would have ended on February 

23, 2015, is extended for 30 days. 

DATES: The comment period is extended 

to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 

March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The revised Draft Guidance 

is available at http://

www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

eop/ceq/initiatives/nepa. Comments on 

the ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal 

Departments and Agencies on 

Consideration of Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions and the Effects of Climate 

Change in NEPA Reviews’’ should be 

submitted in one of the following ways: 

a. Electronically at http://

www.whitehouse.gov/webform/submitcomments-revised-draft-guidancegreenhouse-gas-emissions-and-climatechange-impacts; 

b. By email to GCC.guidance@

ceq.eop.gov; or 

c. By regular mail to the Council on 

Environmental Quality, ATTN: Horst 

Greczmiel, 722 Jackson Place NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Horst Greczmiel, Associate Director for 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Oversight, at (202) 395–5750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 24, 2014, the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) published 

revised draft guidance in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 77802, Dec. 24, 2014) 

with comments due on or before 

February 23, 2015. The revised draft 

guidance discusses how National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370, analysis and 

documentation should address 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the 

impacts of climate change. 

CEQ has received inquiries from statebased and national industry 

organizations regarding the 60-day time 

period to submit comments. The 

organizations stated that they needed 

additional time to respond to the rule 

due to the complex nature of the 

proposed revisions. Because of the 

scope of the proposed guidance, and 

because CEQ has specifically requested 

the public’s comments on various 

aspects of the guidance in an attempt to 

benefit from the experiences of all 

interested parties, CEQ has decided to 

extend the comment period for an 

additional 30 days. This notice 

announces the extension of the public 

comment period to March 25, 2015. 

CEQ posts all comments received 

electronically on a weekly basis at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/

nepa/comments. Follow the search 

instructions on that Web site to view 

public comments. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

Brenda Mallory, 

General Counsel, Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03606 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3225–F5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

U.S. Strategic Command Strategic 

Advisory Group; Notice of Federal 

Advisory Committee Closed Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce the 

following Federal Advisory Committee 

meeting of the U.S. Strategic Command 


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Strategic Advisory Group. This meeting 

will be closed to the public. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 1, 2015, from 

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, 

April 2, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Dougherty Conference 

Center, Building 432, 906 SAC 

Boulevard, Offutt AFB, Nebraska 68113. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bruce Sudduth, Designated Federal 

Officer, (402) 294–4102, 901 SAC 

Boulevard, Suite 1F7, Offutt AFB, NE 

68113–6030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App 2, 

Section 1), the Government in Sunshine 

Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 

102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the meeting is to provide advice on 

scientific, technical, intelligence, and 

policy-related issues to the Commander, 

U.S. Strategic Command, during the 

development of the Nation’s strategic 

war plans. 

Agenda: Topics include: Policy 

Issues, Space Operations, Nuclear 

Weapons Stockpile Assessment, 

Weapons of Mass Destruction, 

Intelligence Operations, Cyber 

Operations, Global Strike, Command 

and Control, Science and Technology, 

Missile Defense. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the 

Department of Defense has determined 

that the meeting shall be closed to the 

public. Per delegated authority by the 

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral 

C.D. Haney, Commander, U.S. Strategic 

Command, in consultation with his 

legal advisor, has determined in writing 

that the public interest requires that all 

sessions of this meeting be closed to the 

public because they will be concerned 

with matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1). 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written statements to the 

membership of the Strategic Advisory 

Group at any time or in response to the 

stated agenda of a planned meeting. 

Written statements should be submitted 

to the Strategic Advisory Group’s 

Designated Federal Officer; the 

Designated Federal Officer’s contact 

information can be obtained from the 

GSA’s FACA Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. Written 

statements that do not pertain to a 

scheduled meeting of the Strategic 

Advisory Group may be submitted at 

any time. However, if individual 

comments pertain to a specific topic 

being discussed at a planned meeting, 

then these statements must be submitted 

no later than five business days prior to 

the meeting in question. The Designated 

Federal Officer will review all 

submitted written statements and 

provide copies to all the committee 

members. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03603 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services (DACOWITS); 

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

the following Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting of the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services (DACOWITS) will take place. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Thursday, 

March 12, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency—Crystal 

City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Bowling or DACOWITS Staff at 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 04J25–01, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22350–9000. 

Robert.d.bowling1.civ@mail.mil. 

Telephone (703) 697–2122. Fax (703) 

614–6233. Any updates to the agenda or 

any additional information can be found 

at http://dacowits.defense.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as 

amended), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), 

and Section 10(a), Public Law 92–463, 

as amended, notice is hereby given of a 

forthcoming meeting of the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services (DACOWITS). 

The purpose of the meeting is for the 

Committee to receive briefings and 

updates relating to their current work. 

Four new members will be introduced 

and sworn in on the first day of the 

meeting. The Designated Federal Officer 

will give a status update on the 

Committee’s requests for information. 

The Committee will receive briefings on 

increasing female accessions and an 

update on enlisted women in 

submarines. Additionally, the 

Committee will receive briefings on DoD 

childcare programs and initiatives, and 

the impacts of state and federal laws on 

military families. There will also be a 

public comment period. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140, and 

section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, interested 

persons may submit a written statement 

for consideration by the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services. Individuals submitting a 

written statement must submit their 

statement to the point of contact listed 

at the address in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT no later than 5:00 

p.m., Monday, March 9, 2015. If a 

written statement is not received by 

Monday, March 9, 2015, prior to the 

meeting, which is the subject of this 

notice, then it may not be provided to 

or considered by the Defense Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services 

until its next open meeting. The 

Designated Federal Officer will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services Chair and ensure they are 

provided to the members of the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services. If members of the public are 

interested in making an oral statement, 

a written statement should be 

submitted. After reviewing the written 

comments, the Chair and the Designated 

Federal Officer will determine who of 

the requesting persons will be able to 

make an oral presentation of their issue 

during an open portion of this meeting 

or at a future meeting. Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140(d), determination of 

who will be making an oral presentation 

is at the sole discretion of the 

Committee Chair and the Designated 

Federal Officer and will depend on time 

available and if the topics are relevant 

to the Committee’s activities. Two 

minutes will be allotted to persons 

desiring to make an oral presentation. 

Oral presentations by members of the 

public will be permitted only on 

Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 11:30 

a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in front of the full 

Committee. The number of oral 

presentations to be made will depend 

on the number of requests received from 

members of the public. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, this 

meeting is open to the public, subject to 

the availability of space. 


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