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entering; and, for construction 

employers only, establishing and 

implementing the assured equipment 

grounding conductor program instead of 

using ground-fault circuit interrupters. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection requirements are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

Agency’s functions, including whether 

the information is useful; 

• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of 

the burden (time and cost) of the 

information collection requirements, 

including the validity of the 

methodology, and assumptions used; 

• The quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden on 

employers who must comply. For 

example, by using automated or other 

technological information collection 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is proposing a decrease 

adjustment to the existing burden hours 

from 220,789 hours to 194,976 hours for 

the Electrical Standards for 

Construction and for General Industry, a 

total decrease of 25,813. The cost of the 

labels is $4.25, which increased from 

$3.75, a difference of 50 cents. The cost 

of caution and warning signs remains 

$10.95. The total cost over a five-year 

period to the employer is $25,476,949 

(or $5,095,390 per year). The Agency 

will summarize any comments 

submitted in response to this notice, 

and will include this summary in the 

request to OMB to extend the approval 

of the information collection 

requirements contained in these 

Standards. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Electrical Standards for 

Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart 

K) and for General Industry (29 CFR part 

1910, subpart S). 

OMB Number: 1218–0130. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions; 

Federal Government; State, local, or 

tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents: 915,681. 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally. 

Total Responses: 2,841,370. 

Average Time per Response: Various. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

194,976. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $5,095,390. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

materials must identify the Agency 

name and the OSHA docket number for 

the ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0187). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at https://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the https://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through this website. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available through the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice. The authority 

for this notice is the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 10, 

2018. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00703 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (18–001)] 

Notice of Intent To Grant Partially 

Exclusive Term License 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant 

Partially Exclusive Term License— 

CORRECTION. 

SUMMARY: This is an amended version of 

NASA’s earlier Federal Register Notice 

which was published on January 3, 

2018, Document 2017–28388, and 

Notice Number 17–091. There was an 

error in the third line in which ‘‘Take 

Out This Space’’ was added after 

‘‘Notice of Intent to Grant Partially 

Exclusive Term License’’ and needed to 

be deleted. 

NASA hereby gives notice of its intent 

to grant a partially-exclusive term 

license in the United States to practice 

the invention described and claimed in 

U.S. Patent 6,760,487 entitled, 

‘‘Estimated Spectrum Adaptive 

Postfilter And The Iterative Prepost 

Filtering Algorithms’’, and in U.S. 

Patent 9,414,072 entitled ‘‘Improved 

Performance of the JPEG Estimated 

Spectrum Adaptive Postfilter (JPEG– 

ESAP) for Low Bit Rates’’ to Human 

Health Organization (‘‘H2O’’), having its 

principal place of business in Studio 

City, CA. 

DATES: The prospective partiallyexclusive term license may be granted 

unless NASA receives written 

objections, including evidence and 

argument no later than February 1, 

2018, that establish that the grant of the 

license would not be consistent with the 

requirements regarding the licensing of 

federally owned inventions as set forth 

in the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing 

regulations. Competing applications 

completed and received by NASA no 

later than February 1, 2018 will also be 

treated as objections to the grant of the 

contemplated partially exclusive 

license. Objections submitted in 

response to this notice will not be made 

available to the public for inspection 

and, to the extent permitted by law, will 


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1 15 U.S.C. 7201 et seq. 

2Public Law 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). 3 17 CFR 202.190. 

not be released under the Freedom of 

Information Act. 

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the 

prospective license may be submitted to 

Patent Counsel, Bryan A. Geurts, 

Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 

Greenbelt Road M/S 140.1, Greenbelt 

MD 20771. Phone (301) 286–7351. 

Facsimile (301) 286–9502. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Enidia Santiago-Arce, Innovative 

Partnerships Program Office, Goddard 

Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt 

Road M/S 504, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 

Phone (301) 286–5810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of intent to grant a partiallyexclusive term patent license is issued 

in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 

37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights 

in these inventions have been assigned 

to the United States of America as 

represented by the Administrator of the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. The prospective 

partially exclusive license will comply 

with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 

and 37 CFR 404.7. 

Information about other NASA 

inventions available for licensing can be 

found online at http://

technology.nasa.gov. 

Mark P. Dvorscak, 

Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00661 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 

January 18, 2018. 

PLACE: Closed Commission Hearing 

Room 10800. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or his designee, has 

certified that, in his opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) 

and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), 

(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and 

(a)(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 

Commissioner Stein, as duty officer, 

voted to consider the items listed for the 

closed meeting in closed session. 

The subject matters of the closed 

meeting will be: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; and 

Other matters relating to enforcement 

proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information and to ascertain 

what, if any, matters have been added, 

deleted or postponed; please contact 

Brent J. Fields from the Office of the 

Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00739 Filed 1–12–18; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Securities Act of 1933 Release No. 33– 

10453/January 10, 2018; Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 Release No. 34– 

82483/January 10, 2018] 

Order Approving Public Company 

Accounting Oversight Board Budget 

and Annual Accounting Support Fee 

for Calendar Year 2018 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as 

amended (the ‘‘Sarbanes-Oxley Act’’),1

established the Public Company 

Accounting Oversight Board (‘‘PCAOB’’) 

to oversee the audits of companies that 

are subject to the securities laws, and 

related matters, in order to protect the 

interests of investors and further the 

public interest in the preparation of 

informative, accurate and independent 

audit reports. Section 982 of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act (the ‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’) 2

amended the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to 

provide the PCAOB with explicit 

authority to oversee auditors of brokerdealers registered with the Commission. 

The PCAOB is to accomplish these goals 

through registration of public 

accounting firms and standard setting, 

inspection, and disciplinary programs. 

The PCAOB is subject to the 

comprehensive oversight of the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the ‘‘Commission’’). 

Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 

provides that the PCAOB shall establish 

a reasonable annual accounting support 

fee, as may be necessary or appropriate 

to establish and maintain the PCAOB. 

Under Section 109(f) of the SarbanesOxley Act, the aggregate annual 

accounting support fee shall not exceed 

the PCAOB’s aggregate ‘‘recoverable 

budget expenses,’’ which may include 

operating, capital and accrued items. 

The PCAOB’s annual budget and 

accounting support fee are subject to 

approval by the Commission. In 

addition, the PCAOB must allocate the 

annual accounting support fee among 

issuers and among brokers and dealers. 

Section 109(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley 

Act directs the PCAOB to establish a 

budget for each fiscal year in accordance 

with the PCAOB’s internal procedures, 

subject to approval by the Commission. 

Rule 190 of Regulation P governs the 

Commission’s review and approval of 

PCAOB budgets and annual accounting 

support fees.3 This budget rule 

provides, among other things, a 

timetable for the preparation and 

submission of the PCAOB budget and 

for Commission actions related to each 

budget, a description of the information 

that should be included in each budget 

submission, limits on the PCAOB’s 

ability to incur expenses and obligations 

except as provided in the approved 

budget, procedures relating to 

supplemental budget requests, 

requirements for the PCAOB to furnish 

on a quarterly basis certain budgetrelated information, and a list of 

definitions that apply to the rule and to 

general discussions of PCAOB budget 

matters. 

In accordance with the budget rule, in 

March 2017 the PCAOB provided the 

Commission with a narrative 

description of its program issues and 

outlook for the 2018 budget year. In 

response, the Commission provided the 

PCAOB with economic assumptions and 

general budgetary guidance for the 2018 

budget year. The PCAOB subsequently 

delivered a preliminary budget and 

budget justification to the Commission. 

Staff from the Commission’s Office of 

the Chief Accountant and Office of 

Financial Management dedicated a 

substantial amount of time to the review 

and analysis of the PCAOB’s programs, 

projects, and budget estimates; reviewed 

the PCAOB’s estimates of 2017 actual 

spending; and attended several meetings 

with management and staff of the 

PCAOB to further develop their 

understanding of the PCAOB’s budget 

and operations. During the course of 

this review, Commission staff relied 

upon representations and supporting 

documentation from the PCAOB. Based 


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