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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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28133 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

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 

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Act of 2008 (CPSIA) established product 

certification requirements for applicable 

consumer product safety standards and 

rules. 15 U.S.C. 2063. Manufacturers 

and importers of carpets and rugs 

intended for general use must certify in 

a general conformity certificate (GCC) 

that the product complies with the 

applicable standards based on testing or 

a reasonable testing program. 16 CFR 

part 1110. Manufacturers and importers 

of children’s carpets and rugs must 

certify in a children’s product certificate 

(CPC) that the product complies with 

the applicable standards based on 

testing by a CPSC accredited third-party 

conformity assessment body. Id. Under 

the FFA, a manufacturer or importer can 

issue a guaranty of compliance, based 

on reasonable and representative 

testing, to retailers, distributors, or other 

manufacturers to declare that a product 

conforms with the applicable 

flammability standards. 15 U.S.C. 1197. 

16 CFR 1608. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 120 manufacturers and 

importers of carpets and rugs are subject 

to the information collection 

requirements under the FFA. An 

estimated 100 manufacturers and 

importers of carpets and rugs issue a 

GCC or a CPC. In addition, an estimated 

20 such firms elect to issue a guaranty 

of compliance with the FFA. Staff 

estimates that the average firm issuing a 

GCC, CPC, or guaranty under the FFA is 

required to conduct, on average, 100 

tests per year, although the actual 

number of tests required by a given firm 

may vary, depending upon the number 

of carpet styles and the annual 

production volume. 

Estimated Time per Response: For 

firms issuing a GCC or CPC, staff 

estimates that the time to conduct each 

test is two hours, including the time 

required to establish and maintain the 

test records. For firms issuing a guaranty 

of compliance, staff estimates that the 

time to conduct each test is 2.5 hours, 

including the time required to establish 

and maintain the test records. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: The 

total estimated annualized burden to 

respondents is 25,000 hours (20,000 

hours for firms that issue a GCC/CPC 

plus 5,000 hours for firms that issue a 

guaranty of compliance). 

Total Estimated Annual Cost to 

Respondents: The total annualized costs 

to all respondents for the hour burden 

for the collection of information is 

estimated to be as high as $1,840,250, 

using a mean hourly employer cost-perhour-worked of $73.61 (Bureau of Labor 

Statistics: Total compensation rates for 

private industry workers in 

management, professional, and related 

occupations, Table 4, June 2024, https:// 

www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ 

ecec_09102024.pdf) (25,000 hours × 

$73.61). 

Request for Comments 

The Commission solicits written 

comments from all interested persons 

about the proposed collection of 

information. The Commission 

specifically solicits information relevant 

to the following topics: 

• whether the collection of 

information described above is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the Commission’s functions, including 

whether the information would have 

practical utility; 

• whether the estimated burden of the 

proposed collection of information is 

accurate; 

• whether the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be collected 

could be enhanced; and 

• whether the burden imposed by the 

collection of information could be 

minimized by use of automated, 

electronic or other technological 

collection techniques, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28898 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2024–HQ–0012] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 60-day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Department of the Air Force announces 

a proposed public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 10, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24 

Suite 05F16, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to DFAC, J3, Joint 

Personnel Recovery Agency, 10244 

Burbeck Rd., Ft Belvoir, VA 22060. 

POC: Mr. David Morey, 703–704–2447. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Isolated Personnel Report and 

Personnel Recovery Mission Software 

Web Application; DD Form 1833; OMB 

Control Number 0701–0166. 

Needs and Uses: Information 

collected using the DD Form 1833 is 

necessary to positively identify, 

authenticate, support and recover 

isolated or missing DoD persons of 

interest. The Isolated Personnel Report 

(ISOPREP) collects controlled 

unclassified information in the form of 

full name and associates the name with 

sensitive personal identifiable 

information including date of birth, 

Social Security number, DoD 

Identification number, pictures and 

fingerprints. The ISOPREP also collects 

confidential information in the form of 

personal authentication statements and 

codes known only to the individual who 

completes the ISOPREP. All personnel 

completing an initial ISOPREP are 

required to utilize the Personnel 

Recovery Mission Software (PRMS) web 


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