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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; Permits for Incidental Taking 

of Endangered or Threatened Species 

The Department of Commerce 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. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on May 25, 

2021 (86 FR 28061) during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Permits for Incidental Taking of 

Endangered or Threatened Species. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0230. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 37. 

Average Hours per Response: 80 

hours for a permit application 

(including Habitat Conservation Plans); 

40 minutes for transfer of an incidental 

take permit; 8 hours for a permit report, 

30 minutes for a Certificate of Inclusion; 

and 10 hours for a watershed plan. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 408. 

Needs and Uses: All of the required 

information collected in the application 

is used to evaluate the impacts of a 

proposed activity on endangered 

species; for example, to make the 

determinations required by the ESA 

prior to issuing an incidental take 

permit, and to establish appropriate 

permit conditions. The analysis 

involved in making these 

determinations requires detailed 

information on the activity, the ESA 

species and how the activity may affect 

the species directly or indirectly 

through alterations of the habitat. 

The reports required by the incidental 

take permits are used by NMFS to 

monitor the taking, to assess the impacts 

to the species and its habitat, and to 

monitor compliance with the terms and 

conditions of the permit. This 

information is necessary to ensure that 

the taking is not appreciably reducing 

the likelihood of the survival and 

recovery of the species and for 

determining whether the terms and 

conditions of the permit are being 

complied with, as required by sections 

10(a)(2)(B) and (C) of the ESA. The 

regulations at § 222.307(d)(1) state that 

permits must contain ‘‘Reporting 

requirements or rights of inspection for 

determining whether the terms and 

conditions are being complied with’’. 

The requirements for reports therefore, 

vary from permit to permit, depending 

on the permit conditions. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: An applicant needs to 

submit one final application and 

reporting occurs annually, but may vary 

from permit to permit, depending on the 

permit conditions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: The Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

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 collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0230. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19810 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Third-Party Submissions and 

Protests 

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 comment 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 April 30, 2021 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Third-Party Submissions and 

Protests. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0062. 

Form Number: PTO/SB/429 (ThirdParty Submission Under 37 CFR 1.290). 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 880 

respondents per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately 10 hours to gather 

the necessary information, create the 

documents, and submit the completed 

items to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 8,800 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $80,613. 

Needs and Uses: The USPTO is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to 

examine an application for patent and, 

when appropriate, issue a patent. The 

provisions of 35 U.S.C. 122(c), 122(e), 

131, and 151, as well as 37 CFR 1.290 

and 1.291, limit the ability of a thirdparty to have information entered and 

considered in, or to protest, a patent 

application pending before the USPTO. 

37 CFR 1.290 provides a mechanism for 

third parties to submit to the USPTO, 

for consideration and inclusion in the 

record of a patent application, any 

patents, published patent applications, 

or other printed publications of 

potential relevance to the examination 

of the application. A preissuance 

submission under 37 CFR 1.290 may be 

made in any non-provisional utility, 

design, and plant application, as well as 

in any continuing application. A 

preissuance submission under 37 CFR 

1.290 must include a concise 

description of the asserted relevance of 

each document submitted, and must be 

submitted within a certain statutorily 

specified period. 37 CFR 1.291 permits 

a member of the public to file a protest 


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against a pending application. Protests 

pursuant to 37 CFR 1.291 are supported 

by a separated statutory provision from 

third-party submissions under 37 CFR 

1.290. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

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 0651–0062. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0062 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19798 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is announcing 

a public meeting to be held October 7, 

2021. 

DATES: Registration is due no later than: 

October 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact: Angela Phifer, 

Telephone: (703) 798–5873 or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to register to attend a 

public meeting. 

Summary: This notice is published 

pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 

CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose is to provide 

interested persons an opportunity to 

register to attend a public meeting. 

This notice provides information to 

access and participate in the October 7, 

2021 regular quarterly public meeting of 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, operating as the U.S. 

AbilityOne Commission (Commission), 

via webinar. The Commission oversees 

the AbilityOne Program, which provides 

employment opportunities through 

federal contracts for people who are 

blind or have significant disabilities in 

the manufacture and delivery of 

products and services to the Federal 

Government. The Javits-Wagner-O’Day 

Act (41 U.S.C. Chapter 85) authorizes 

the contracts and established 15 

Presidential appointees, including 

private citizens conversant with the 

employment interests and concerns of 

people who are blind or significantly 

disabled. Presidential appointees also 

include representatives of federal 

agencies. The public meetings include 

updates from the Commission and staff. 

Date and Time: October 7, 2021, from 

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., EDT. 

Place: This meeting will occur via 

Zoom webinar. 

Commission Statement: As the 

Commission implements new strategies 

and priorities, we are committed to 

public meetings that provide 

substantive information. These meetings 

also provide an opportunity for input 

from the disability community and 

other stakeholders. 

For the meeting on October 7, 2021, 

the Commission invites comments or 

suggestions regarding: 

1. Best practices by nonprofit agencies 

to modernize AbilityOne employment. 

2. Recommendations for pilot tests to 

increase integrated employment in the 

AbilityOne Program—please address 

how such tests should be designed and 

how they fit within the Commission’s 

statutory authority. 

Attendees who submit comments in 

advance may be invited to elaborate or 

answer questions during the meeting, 

time permitting. 

Registration: Attendees must register 

not later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on 

Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The 

registration link will be accessible on 

the Commission’s home page, 

www.abilityone.gov, not later than 

Wednesday, September 15, 2021. During 

registration, you may choose to submit 

comments or a statement. Comments 

submitted via the registration link will 

be shared with the Commission 

members prior to the meeting. 

Comments posted in the chat box during 

the meeting will be shared with the 

Commission members after the meeting. 

Personal Information: Do not include 

any personally identifiable information 

that you do not want publicly 

disclosed—e.g., address, phone number 

or other contact information, or 

confidential business information. 

The Commission is not subject to the 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b; however, 

the Commission published this notice to 

encourage the broadest possible 

participation in its April 8, 2021 public 

meeting. 

Michael R. Jurkowski, 

Acting Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19762 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 

Competition for Certain Eligible 

Applicants; National Comprehensive 

Center on Improving Literacy for 

Students With Disabilities 

AGENCY: Offices of Elementary and 

Secondary Education and Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On July 13, 2021, the 

Department of Education (Department) 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

the FY 2021 National Comprehensive 

Center on Improving Literacy for 

Students With Disabilities competition, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.283D. 

This notice reopens this competition to 

allow more time for the preparation and 

submission of applications by eligible 

applicants affected by the severe 

weather located in a federally declared 

disaster area as determined by the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA), which has been designated for 

Individual Assistance or Public 

Assistance under Presidential major 

disaster declarations DR–4611–LA and 

EM–3569–MS (‘‘affected applicants’’). 


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