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receiving input concerning the items 

listed below. Responses to this Request 

for Information are voluntary, and 

respondents need not reply to items 

listed. When providing input, please 

specify if you are providing general 

feedback on marine spatial studies and/ 

or if you are responding to one of the 

specific item number(s) below: 

1. Specific datasets related to ocean 

sectors, natural resources, and/or 

human activities you recommend 

NOAA use in coastal and marine spatial 

studies. 

Major concerns you have related to 

use of any specific datasets that may be 

used in coastal and marine spatial 

studies. 

2. Major concerns you have related to 

gaps in scientific knowledge or data that 

could impact coastal and marine spatial 

planning efforts. 

3. Specific data or information you 

recommend NOAA or other partners 

collect, if it is not currently available or 

has not been previously collected. 

4. Ways in which NOAA can better 

engage and collaborate with the public 

and local communities to promote 

economic, social, and ecological 

resilience as well as protect trust 

resources. 

5. Ways in which NOAA can build 

upon existing capacity and resources for 

regional ocean spatial planning. 

Sean Corson, 

Director, National Centers for Coastal Ocean 

Science, National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30026 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Applications and Reports for 

Scientific Research and Enhancement 

Permits Under the Endangered 

Species Act 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0402 in the subject line of your 

comments. All comments received are 

part of the public record and will 

generally be posted on https://

www.regulations.gov without change. 

Do not submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Rob 

Clapp, Section 7 Coordinator, NOAA 

Fisheries, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd. Suite 

1100, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 231– 

2314 or Robert.Clapp@NOAA.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request for renewal of an 

approved information collection. The 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposes 

prohibitions against the taking of 

threatened and endangered species. 

Section 10 of the ESA allows permits 

authorizing the taking of such species 

for research and enhancement purposes. 

The corresponding regulations 

established procedures for persons to 

apply for such permits. In addition, the 

regulations set forth specific reporting 

requirements for such permit holders. 

The regulations thus require two sets of 

information collections: (1) 

Applications for research/enhancement 

permits, and (2) prescribed reports for 

such permits once they are issued. 

The required information is used to 

evaluate the impacts that research and 

enhancement activities have on 

endangered species, to make the 

determinations required by the ESA 

before issuing any such permit, and to 

establish appropriate permit conditions. 

To issue permits under ESA Section 

10(a)(1)(A), the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) must 

determine that (1) such exceptions were 

applied for in good faith, (2) if granted 

and exercised, will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species, and (3) will be consistent with 

the purposes and policy set forth in 

Section 2 of the ESA. This collection is 

not being revised in any way. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information may be collected through 

the internet, email, or paper format. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0402. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission— 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Federal government; 

State, local, or tribal governments; 

academic institutions; non-profit 

organizations; businesses or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

176. 

Estimated Time per Response: Permit 

applications, 12 hours; permit 

modification requests, 6 hours; annual 

reports, 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 850. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $500 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: The Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection request. Before including 

your address, phone number, email 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 


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you may ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29864 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Matters Related to First 

Inventor To File 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comments on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 

during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 

81894). This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Matters Related to First Inventor 

to File. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0071. 

Needs and Uses: Section 3 of the 

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

(AIA), inter alia, amended 35 U.S.C. 102 

and 103 consistent with the objectives 

of the AIA, including the conversion of 

the United States patent system from a 

‘‘first to invent’’ system to a ‘‘first 

inventor to file’’ system. The changes to 

35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 in section 3 of the 

AIA went into effect on March 16, 2013, 

but apply only to certain applications 

filed on or after March 16, 2013. 

This information collection covers 

information required by 37 CFR 1.55(k), 

1.78(a)(6), and 1.78(d)(6) to assist the 

USPTO in determining whether an 

application is subject to 35 U.S.C. 102 

and 103 as amended by Section 3 of the 

AIA, or 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 as in 

effect on March 15, 2013. The 

information is only required in 

nonprovisional applications filed on or 

after March 16, 2013, that claim foreign 

priority to, or domestic benefit of, an 

application filed before March 16, 2013. 

Moreover, the information is not 

required if the nonprovisional 

application filed on or after March 16, 

2013, claims the benefit of an earlier 

application in which a statement under 

37 CFR 1.55(k), 1.78(a)(6), or 1.78(d)(6) 

has already been filed. Given the 

passage of time, it is increasingly rare 

for a newly filed nonprovisional 

application to claim foreign priority to, 

or domestic benefit of, an application 

filed before March 16, 2013, without 

also claiming benefit of an earlier 

application in which the statement has 

already been filed. Accordingly, the 

estimated responses for this collection 

continue to decrease. 

For this 30-day notice, the non-hourly 

cost burdens have been adjusted, for an 

overall increase of $1, due to an increase 

in the postage rate since the 60-day 

notice was published. 

Forms: None. 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 50 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 50 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately 2 hours to 

complete. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, create 

the document, and submit the 

completed item to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 100 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-hourly Cost Burden: $11. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website, 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number, 0651–0071. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0071 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Justin Isaac, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29959 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Removal of Designated 

Chinese Military Companies 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of removal of two 

companies from the Section 1260H List 

of Chinese Military Companies 

Operating in the United States. 

SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary of 

Defense has determined that the entities 

listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice 

should be removed from the list of 

‘‘Chinese military companies.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Devante Brown (GIES), (703) 695–8545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1260H of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283) 

requires the Secretary of Defense to 

continue to list ‘‘Chinese military 

companies’’ annually until December 

31, 2030. Paragraph (b)(2) of this section 

requires the Secretary of Defense to 

publish the unclassified portion of such 

list in the Federal Register (FR). 

The Deputy Secretary of Defense has 

determined that the following entities 

should be removed from the list of 

‘‘Chinese military companies,’’ as set 

out in 89 FR 22698 (April 2, 2024), in 

accordance with Section 1260H of the 

William M. (Mac) Thornberry NDAA for 

FY 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283) based on 

current information: 

IDG Capital Partners Co., Ltd., 

Advanced Micro-Fabrication 

Equipment Inc. China. 


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