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harassment from 1,485 to 2,970. Even in 

consideration of the increased estimated 

numbers of take by Level B harassment, 

the impacts of these lower severity 

exposures are not expected to adversely 

impact the fitness of any individuals, 

and, therefore no impacts are expected 

to adversely affect the species or stock 

through effects on annual rates of 

recruitment or survival. Further, the 

proposed take amount of common 

dolphin still would be of small numbers 

relative to the population size (3.2 

percent) as take is less than one third of 

the species or stock abundance which is 

considered by NMFS to be small 

numbers. In conclusion, there is no new 

information suggesting that our effects 

analysis or negligible impact finding for 

common dolphins should change. 

Based on the information contained 

here and in the referenced documents, 

NMFS has preliminarily reaffirmed the 

following: (1) the required mitigation 

measures will affect the least practicable 

impact on marine mammal species or 

stocks and their habitat; (2) the 

proposed authorized takes will have a 

negligible impact on the affected marine 

mammal species or stocks; (3) the 

proposed authorized takes represent 

small numbers of marine mammals 

relative to the affected stock 

abundances; and (4) Bay State Wind’s 

activities will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes as no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals are implicated by 

this action, and (5) appropriate 

monitoring and reporting requirements 

are included. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that each 

Federal agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS OPR consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

For the initial IHA, NMFS Office of 

Protected Resources authorized the 

incidental take of four species of marine 

mammals which are listed under the 

ESA, including the North Atlantic right, 

fin, sei, and sperm whale, and 

determined that these activities fall 

within the scope of activities analyzed 

in Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries 

Office’s programmatic consultation 

regarding geophysical surveys along the 

U.S. Atlantic coast in the three Atlantic 

Renewable Energy Regions (completed 

June 29, 2021; revised September 2021). 

This modification of the IHA does not 

modify or change any take of listed 

species and therefore the prior 

determination remains unchanged. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action (i.e., the modification 

of an IHA) with respect to potential 

impacts on the human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no 

anticipated serious injury or mortality) 

of the Companion Manual for NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6A, which do 

not individually or cumulatively have 

the potential for significant impacts on 

the quality of the human environment 

and for which we have not identified 

any extraordinary circumstances that 

would preclude this categorical 

exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has 

preliminarily determined that the 

issuance of the modified IHA continues 

to qualify to be categorically excluded 

from further NEPA review. 

We will review all comments 

submitted in response to this notice 

prior to concluding our NEPA process 

or making a final decision on the IHA 

request. 

Proposed Authorization 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, NMFS proposes to 

modify the IHA to Bay State Wind for 

incidental take of marine mammals 

associated with marine site 

characterization surveys off the coast of 

Rhode Island and Massachusetts 

effective from the date of issuance until 

October 5, 2025. The only change is an 

increase in the authorized take by Level 

B harassment of common dolphins from 

1,485 to 2,970. The previously described 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements are incorporated. A draft 

of the proposed modified IHA can be 

found at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-other-energyactivities-renewable. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request comment on our proposed 

modification of the IHA for Bay State 

Wind’s marine site characterization 

surveys. We also request comment on 

the potential for renewal of this 

proposed IHA as described in the 

paragraph below. Please include with 

your comments any supporting data or 

literature citations to help inform our 

final decision on the request for MMPA 

authorization. 

Dated: December 5, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28994 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–C–2024–0054] 

Anti-Piracy Symposium 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of symposium. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks to 

improve intellectual property (IP) 

enforcement and reduce IP crime and 

infringement (USPTO 2022–2026 

Strategic Plan, Goal 3, Objectives 3.3 

and 3.4). As part of this effort, the 

USPTO will bring interested 

stakeholders together for an Anti-Piracy 

Symposium on Thursday, January 23, 

2025, held at the USPTO in person and 

virtually. 

DATES: The symposium will be held on 

Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 9 

a.m.–3 p.m. Interested parties wishing 

to attend the symposium in person must 

register by Thursday, January 16, 2025. 

Registration for remote attendance will 

be available through January 23, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The symposium will be 

held in person at the USPTO in the 

Clara Barton Auditorium (South), 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314. The symposium will be 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodation, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, 

should communicate their needs at least 

seven business days prior to the 

symposium to Velica Dunn in the 

USPTO’s Office of Policy and 

International Affairs at 571–272–9300, 

Velica.Dunn@uspto.gov, or by postal 

mail addressed to: Mail Stop OPIA, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

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

22314–1450, ATTN: Velica Dunn. 

Attendees joining in person should 

arrive at least a half hour prior to the 

start of the symposium and must 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification upon arrival. 

The symposium will also be available 

in a virtual format for those wishing to 

attend remotely. Prior to the 


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symposium, information on how to 

register for in-person and remote 

attendance will be posted on the Office 

of Policy and International Affairs 

(OPIA) section of the USPTO website, 

https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/ 

organizational-offices/office-policy-andinternational-affairs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Holly Lance, USPTO, Office of Policy 

and International Affairs, at 

holly.lance@uspto.gov. Please direct 

media inquiries to the Office of the 

Chief Communications Officer, USPTO, 

at 571–272–8400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The core 

copyright industries—which include 

film and television, music, publishing, 

and video games—employ 9.6 million 

American workers and account for 

3.79% of the entire U.S. workforce. 

These industries generate $1.8 trillion of 

value to the U.S. GDP, which is 7.76% 

of the U.S. economy. See International 

Intellectual Property Alliance, 

Copyright Industries in the U.S. 

Economy, 2022 report, available at 

https://www.iipa.org/files/uploads/ 

2022/12/IIPA-Report-2022_Interactive_

12-12-2022-1.pdf. 

Copyright piracy threatens the success 

of these industries and the Americans 

they employ, costing the U.S. economy 

at least $29.2 billion in lost revenue 

annually and reducing employment in 

the motion picture and television 

industry between 230,000 and 560,000 

jobs. See David Blackburn, Ph.D., Jeffrey 

A. Eisenach, Ph.D., David Harrison, Jr., 

Ph.D., NERA Economic Consulting and 

the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Impacts 

of Digital Video Piracy on the U.S. 

Economy, June 2019, available at 

https://www.theglobalipcenter.com/wpcontent/uploads/2019/06/Digital-VideoPiracy.pdf. 

Digital technologies have shifted the 

way we consume copyrighted content 

and have created new opportunities for 

criminal syndicates to source customers 

and drive revenue away from lawful 

owners. At the same time, technologies 

like artificial intelligence offer a 

tremendous opportunity to combat 

piracy and trace the source of 

unauthorized content. 

The USPTO will facilitate a 

discussion to examine the challenges 

piracy poses and identify potential 

solutions. 

Interested members of the public are 

invited to attend the Anti-Piracy 

Symposium on Thursday, January 23, 

2025, from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. The program 

will include briefings on recent 

copyright case law, the latest tools and 

techniques for investigating and 

addressing copyright piracy, and 

international copyright piracy updates. 

Katherine K. Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2012–0030] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of Collection; 

Comment Request; Testing and 

Recordkeeping Requirements for 

Carpets and Rugs 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 

Commission) requests comments on a 

proposed extension of approval of 

information collection requirements for 

manufacturers and importers of carpets 

and rugs in the Standard for the Surface 

Flammability of Carpets and Rugs and 

the Standard for the Surface 

Flammability of Small Carpets and 

Rugs, issued under the Flammable 

Fabrics Act (FFA). The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

previously approved the collection of 

information under control number 

3041–0017. OMB’s most recent 

extension of approval will expire on 

March 31, 2025. The Commission will 

consider all comments received in 

response to this notice before requesting 

an extension of this collection of 

information from OMB. 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

collection of information by February 

10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012– 

0030, within 60 days of publication of 

this notice by any of the following 

methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit through this website: 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public. The 

Commission typically does not accept 

comments submitted by email, except as 

described below. 

Mail/hand delivery/courier/written 

submissions: CPSC encourages you to 

submit electronic comments by using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. You 

may, however, submit comments by 

mail/hand delivery/courier to: Office of 

the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. CPSC 

may post all comments without change, 

including any personal identifiers, 

contact information, or other personal 

information provided, to: http://

www.regulations.gov. If you wish to 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public, you may submit such 

comments by mail, hand delivery, or 

courier, or you may email them to cpscos@cpsc.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https://

www.regulations.gov, insert Docket 

Number CPSC–2012–0030 into the 

‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 

504–7791, or by email to: pra@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC 

seeks to renew the following currently 

approved collection of information: 

Title: Standard for the Flammability 

of Carpets and Rugs (FF–1–70), 16 CFR 

1630, and Standard for the Flammability 

of Small Carpets and Rugs (FF 2–70), 16 

CFR 1631. 

OMB Number: 3041–0017. 

Type of Review: Renewal of 

collection. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers and 

importers of carpets and rugs. 

General Description of Collection: 

Under the FFA, the Standard for the 

Surface Flammability of Carpets and 

Rugs (16 CFR part 1630) and the 

Standard for the Surface Flammability 

of Small Carpets and Rugs (16 CFR part 

1631) establish requirements to reduce 

the flammability of carpets and rugs. 15 

U.S.C. 1191–1204. The standards’ 

provisions include requirements for 

testing and recordkeeping for 

manufacturers and importers who 

furnish guaranties subject to the carpet 

and rug flammability standards. The 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 


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