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Chukotka Natives in the Russian Far 

East. 

This action by the IWC thus 

authorized aboriginal subsistence 

whaling by the AEWC for bowhead 

whales. This aboriginal subsistence 

harvest is conducted in accordance with 

a cooperative agreement between NOAA 

and the AEWC. 

The IWC set a 5-year block quota of 

280 bowhead whales landed. For each 

of the years 2008 through 2012, the 

number of bowhead whales struck may 

not exceed 67, except that any unused 

portion of a strike quota from any year, 

including 15 unused strikes from the 

2003 through 2007 quota, may be 

carried forward. No more than 15 strikes 

may be added to the strike quota for any 

one year. At the end of the 2008 harvest, 

there were 15 unused strikes available 

for carry-forward, so the combined 

strike quota for 2009 is 82 (67 + 15). 

This arrangement ensures that the 

total quota of bowhead whales landed 

and struck in 2009 will not exceed the 

catch limits set by the IWC. Under an 

arrangement between the United States 

and the Russian Federation, the Russian 

natives may use no more than seven 

strikes, and the Alaska Eskimos may use 

no more than 75 strikes. 

Through its cooperative agreement 

with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 75 

strikes to the Alaska Eskimos. The 

AEWC will allocate these strikes among 

the 11 villages whose cultural and 

subsistence needs have been 

documented, and will ensure that its 

hunters use no more than 75 strikes. 

Other Limitations 

The IWC regulations, as well as the 

NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c), 

forbid the taking of calves or any whale 

accompanied by a calf. 

NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4) 

contain a number of other prohibitions 

relating to aboriginal subsistence 

whaling, some of which are summarized 

here. Only licensed whaling captains or 

crew under the control of those captains 

may engage in whaling. They must 

follow the provisions of the relevant 

cooperative agreement between NOAA 

and a Native American whaling 

organization. The aboriginal hunters 

must have adequate crew, supplies, and 

equipment. They may not receive 

money for participating in the hunt. No 

person may sell or offer for sale whale 

products from whales taken in the hunt, 

except for authentic articles of Native 

handicrafts. Captains may not continue 

to whale after the relevant quota is 

taken, after the season has been closed, 

or if their licenses have been suspended. 

They may not engage in whaling in a 

wasteful manner. 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

James W. Balsiger, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2008–0063] 

Extension of Time for Comments on 

Deferred Examination for Patent 

Applications 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a 

roundtable to obtain public input on 

deferral of examination for patent 

applications, and invited the public to 

submit written comments on issues 

raised at the roundtable or on any issue 

pertaining to deferral of examination. 

Comment Deadline Date: The 

deadline for receipt of written 

comments is May 29, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent by electronic mail message over 

the Internet addressed to 

AC6comments@uspto.gov. Comments 

may also be submitted by mail 

addressed to: Mail Stop Comments— 

Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. 

Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, 

marked to the attention of Robert W. 

Bahr. Although comments may be 

submitted by mail, the USPTO prefers to 

receive comments via the Internet. 

The written comments and list of the 

roundtable participants and their 

associations will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the 

Commissioner for Patents, located in 

Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany 

Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be 

available via the USPTO Internet Web 

site (address: http://www.uspto.gov). 

Because comments will be made 

available for public inspection, 

information that is not desired to be 

made public, such as an address or 

phone number, should not be included 

in the comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Counsel, 

Office of the Deputy Commissioner for 

Patent Examination Policy, by telephone 

at (571) 272–8800, by electronic mail 

message at robert.bahr@uspto.gov, or by 

mail addressed to: Mail Stop 

Comments—Patents, Commissioner for 

Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450, marked to the attention of 

Robert W. Bahr. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO conducted a roundtable to 

determine whether or not there is 

support in the patent community and/ 

or the public sector for the adoption of 

some type of deferral of examination. 

See Request for Comments and Notice 

of Roundtable on Deferred Examination 

for Patent Applications, 74 FR 4946 

(Jan. 28, 2009), 1339 Off. Gaz. Pat. 

Office 153 (Feb. 24, 2009) (notice). The 

USPTO also invited written comments 

by any member of the public on the 

issues raised at the roundtable, or on 

any issue pertaining to deferral of 

examination. See Request for Comments 

and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred 

Examination for Patent Applications, 74 

FR at 4947, 1339 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office at 

154. The USPTO Webcast the 

roundtable and a video recording of the 

roundtable is available on the USPTO’s 

Internet Web site. The USPTO is 

extending the comment period to 

provide interested members of the 

public with an additional opportunity to 

view the Webcast before submitting 

comments to the USPTO. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

John J. Doll, 

Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Acting Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew an 

existing collection. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden; it includes the actual 

data collection instruments. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or April 8, 2009. 

For Further Information or a Copy 

Contact: David Van Wagner, Division of 

Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 


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Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, 

(202) 418–5481; FAX: (202) 418–5527; 

e-mail: dvanwagner@cftc.gov and refer 

to OMB Control No. 3038–0048. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: OffExchange Agricultural Trade Options 

(OMB Control No. 3038–0048). This is 

a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Off-Exchange Agricultural 

Trade Options, OMB Control No. 3038– 

0048–Extension. 

In April 1998, the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (Commission or 

CFTC) removed the prohibition on offexchange trade options on the 

enumerated agricultural commodities 

subject to a number of regulatory 

conditions. 63 FR 18821 (April 16, 

1998). Thereafter, the Commission 

streamlined the regulatory or paperwork 

burdens in order to increase the utility 

of agricultural trade options while 

maintaining basic customer protections. 

64 FR 68011 (Dec. 6, 1999). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations 

were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

this collection of information was 

published on December 29, 2008 (73 FR 

79452). 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average 5.59 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 36. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 41. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 230 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the addresses listed below. Please refer 

to OMB Control No. 3038–0048 in any 

correspondence. 

David Van Wagner, Division of 

Market Oversight, U.S. Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581 and 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC 

20503. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

David Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew an 

existing collection. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Mark H. Bretscher, Division of 

Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 

CFTC, (312) 596–0529; Fax: (312) 596– 

0714; e-mail: Mbretscher@cftc.gov and 

refer to OMB Control No. 3038–0024. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Regulations and Forms 

Pertaining to the Financial Integrity of 

the Marketplace (OMB Control No. 

3038–0024). This is a request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The commodity futures 

markets play a vital role in the 

furthering of global commerce by 

providing commercial users and 

speculators with a price discovery 

mechanism for the commodities traded 

on such markets and by providing 

commercial users of the markets with a 

mechanism for hedging their goods and 

services against price risks. The 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission is the independent Federal 

regulatory agency charged with 

providing various forms of customer 

protection so that users of the markets 

can be assured of the financial integrity 

of the markets and the intermediaries 

that they employ in their trading 

activities. Among the financial 

safeguards the Commission has imposed 

on commodity brokerages, technically 

futures commission merchants (FCMs) 

and introducing brokers (IBs), are 

minimum capital standards and, for 

FCMs, a requirement that they segregate 

and separately account for the funds 

they receive from their commodity 

customers. In order to monitor 

compliance with such financial 

standards, the Commission has required 

FCMs and IBs to file financial reports 

with the Commission and with the selfregulatory organizations SROs) of which 

they are members. (See Commission 

Rule 1.10, 17 CFR 1.10.) 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations 

were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The 

Federal Register notice with the 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

this collection was published on 

December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79452). 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average .50 hours per response. These 

estimates include the time needed to 

review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining information 

and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; train 

personnel to be able to respond to a 

collection of information; and transmit 

or otherwise disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Futures Commission Merchants, 

Introducing Brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,078. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden or 

Respondents: 21,138.50 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion, 

monthly, annually, semi-annually. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the addresses listed below. Please refer 

to OMB Control No. 3038–0024 in any 

correspondence. 

Mark H. Bretscher, Division of 

Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 525 W. Monroe Street, 

Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington, DC 

20503. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

David Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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