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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF ALASKA AND PACIFIC (INCLUDING HAWAII) MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENT REPORTS FOR

STOCKS OF MARINE MAMMALS UNDER NMFS AUTHORITY THAT OCCUPY WATERS UNDER U.S. JURISDICTION. A ‘‘Y’’

UNDER THE HEADING ‘‘SAR REVISED?’’ INDICATES THAT THE 1998 STOCK ASSESSMENT REPORT HAS BEEN REVISED RELATIVE TO THE 1996 REPORT—Continued

Species Stock area SRG

region

NMFS

center Nmin Rmax Fr PBR

Total

annual

mort.

Annual

fish.

mort.

Strategic

status

SAR

revised

?

Melon-headed

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Pygmy killer

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

False killer

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Killer whale ... Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Pilot whale,

short-finned.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Blainville’s

beaked

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Cuvier’s

beaked

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Pygmy sperm

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Dwarf sperm

whale.

Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

Sperm whale Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.1 N/A N/A N/A Y

Blue whale .... Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.1 N/A N/A N/A Y

Fin whale ...... Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.1 N/A N/A N/A Y

Bryde’s whale Hawaii .......... PAC SWC N/A 0.04 0.5 N/A N/A N/A N

1 N/A means that an estimate for the affected value is not available.

2The IWC subsistence quota is not affected by the calculation of PBR using the formula specified in the MMPA.

3Effort data for the 1995–1996 mid-Atlantic coastal sink gillnet and 1996 Atlantic squid, mackerel, butterfish trawl fisheries are currently under

review. The estimated mortalities attributed to these fisheries will be included in the final 1998 SAR. 4This value includes either or both of Stenella frontalis or Stenella attenuata. 5Estimates may include sightings of the coastal form.

6Effort data for the 1995–1996 mid-Atlantic coastal sink gillnet fishery is currently under review. The estimated mortalities will be available in

the final 1998 SAR. 7This estimate includes Cuvier’s beaked whales and mesoplodon beaked whales.

8This is the average mortality of beaked whales (Mesoplodon sp.) based on 5 years of observer data. This annual mortality rate includes an

unknown number of Cuvier’s beaked whales. 9This estimate includes both long-finned and short-finned pilot whales.

10Effort data for the Atlantic squid, mackeral, butterfish trawl fishery are currently under review; it is likely that the additional estimated mortality

from this fishery will cause the 1992–1996 average total mortality to exceed PBR. 11This is the average mortality of right whales based on 5 years of observer data (0.0) and additional fishery impact records (1.0). 12This is the average mortality of humpback whales based on 5 years of observer data (0.7) and additional fishery impact records (3.8). 13This value may include either or both of the Gulf of Mexico, continental shelf edge and slope and the outer continental shelf stocks of

bottlenose dolphins. 14 Low levels of bottlenose dolphin mortality (0–4 per year) incidental to commercial fisheries have been reported. It is unknown to which stock

this mortality can be attributed. 15Estimates derived from stranded animals with signs of fishery interactions, and these could be either coastal or estuary stocks. 16This entry encompasses 33 stocks of bottlenose dolphins. All stocks are considered strategic; see the full report for information on individual

stocks. The listed estimates for abundance, PBR and mortality are sums across all bays, sounds, and estuaries. 17Although the calculated PBR is 4.8, the allowable take is zero due to findings under the ESA. 18This value includes a species-specific minimum abundance estimate of 123 Blainville’s beaked whales, Mesoplodon densirostris. 19This PBR includes 2.2 Blainville’s beaked whales. 20This PBR has been adjusted because only 0.2 percent of this stock is estimated to be in U.S. waters.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

Public Search Room

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(DOC), as part of its continuing effort to

reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to comment on

the continuing and proposed

information collection, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

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1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO) is required by 35 USC 41(I)(1) to

maintain a Public Search Facility to

provide patent and trademark

collections for the public to search and

retrieve information. The Public Search

Facilities are maintained for public use

with paper and automated search files

and trained staff to assist searchers. The

Public Search Facilities are available to

everyone.

In order to maintain and control the

patent and trademark collections so that

the information is available to the

public, the PTO issues Public User ID

badges to users who wish to use the

Public Search Facilities. For many

years, the PTO issued paper User IDs,

but the PTO is developing an electronic

badging database for the issuance of

plastic ID badges.

The new plastic ID badge will show

a color photograph of the user, a barcoded user number, and an expiration

date. The new badging system will

allow the PTO to electronically store the

information, which can be updated

periodically. The ID system (current and

proposed) is designed to enable the PTO

to (a) identify users of patent and

trademark documents, (b) confine user

access to public areas, (c) locate and

control access to patent and trademark

documents, and (d) identify users of

PTO services.

The User badge enables the PTO to

accurately track use of the documents

and to identify any misusers of the

search facilities. The PTO uses the ID

badges to identify, counsel, and

sanction users who destroy, misfile, or

remove documents from its collections,

or who mishandle its equipment. The

Public User ID also grants to the public

limited access to the non-public parts of

the PTO, such as the Examiner’s areas.

Access to these areas requires that users

wear a visible PTO employee ID, a

contractor ID, or a Public User ID. (The

proposed Public User ID badges will

enable the PTO to immediately confirm

a user’s identity via an on-the-spot

comparison with the badges’ color

photograph.)

For its ID system, the PTO collects the

following mandatory identifying

information: name and mailing address

(as verified on a picture ID such as a

driver’s license), and signature. (The

future system will require a digital

photograph of users.) Optional

information includes telephone number,

PTO Attorney Registration Number, and

company affiliations, if any.

II. Method of Collection

The written application for the Public

User ID is completed on site and handed

to a staff member to enter into the

system.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Type of Review: Existing collection in

use without OMB control number.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, farms,

state, local or tribal governments, and

the Federal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,713 respondents per year after the first

year. For the first year, it is estimated

that there will be 571 fewer respondents

because the PTO does not expect to

renew any Public User ID Badges the

first year.

Estimated Time Per Response:

Approximately five minutes to complete

the application for a Public User ID and

renew the Public User ID Badge, and

approximately ten minutes to issue the

Public User ID Badge.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Burden Hours: 188 hours per year after

the first year. For the first year, it is

estimated that the burden will only be

141 hours because the PTO does not

expect to renew any Public User ID

Badges the first year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Cost Burden: $14,714.76 per year after

the first year. It is estimated that the

annual respondent cost burden will be

only $11,036.07 for the first year

because the PTO does not expect to

renew any Public User ID Badges the

first year. No capital expenditures are

required—the estimate is for the time it

takes for applicants to provide the

information.

Title of form Form

number(s)

Estimated

time for

response

(mins)

Estimated

annual

burden hours

Estimated

annual

responses

Issue Public User ID Badge .................................................... No Forms Associated ............. 10 94 571

Renew Public User ID Badge (subsequent years) ................. No Forms Associated ............. 5 47 571

Application for Public User ID ................................................. New Form ##### .................... 5 47 571

Totals ............................................................................ ................................................. ........................ 188 1,713

Note: The total estimated annual burden

hours and estimated annual responses shown

in this table include the figures for renewing

the Public User ID Badge. The PTO does not

expect to renew any Public User ID Badges

in the first year. The PTO estimates the

annual burden hours for the first year

without the renewals to be 141 and the

estimated annual responses to be 1,142.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

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whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

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proposed collection of information; (c)

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clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, e.g., the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice shall be summarized or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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