Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 24, 2022 / Notices 31531 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael A. Sturtevant, (301) 427–8782. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Southeast Alaska Purse Seine 

Salmon Fishery is a commercial fishery 

in Alaska State waters and adjacent 

Federal waters. It encompasses the 

commercial taking of salmon with purse 

seine gear and participation is limited to 

fishermen designated by the Alaska 

Commercial Fisheries Entry 

Commission (CFEC). 

The Fishing Capacity Reduction 

Program was established under the 

Consolidations Act of 2005 (Section 209 

of Title II of Division B of Pub. L. 108– 

447). This Federal law was subsequently 

amended by Section 121 of Public Law 

109–479 (the Magnuson-Stevens 

Reauthorization Act of 2006) codified at 

16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The authority for 

the SRA to conduct this program under 

Alaska law is AS 16.40.250. 

Based on these Federal and state 

measures, the NMFS established 

regulations in the Federal Register, (76 

FR 61986; October 6, 2011), to 

administer and implement the program. 

The purpose of the program and this 

plan is to permanently reduce the 

number of limited entry fishing permits 

issued by the Alaska Commercial 

Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) for 

the Fishery thereby promoting economic 

efficiency and improving the 

conservation and management of the 

Fishery. 

Congress authorized a $23.5 million 

dollar loan to finance a fishing capacity 

reduction program in the Southeast 

Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery. 

NMFS published proposed program 

regulations on May 23, 2011 (76 FR 

29707) and final program regulations on 

October 6, 2011 (76 FR 61986) to 

implement the reduction program. 

In 2012, NMFS conducted a 

referendum to determine the remaining 

fishermen’s willingness to repay a $13.1 

million fishing capacity reduction loan 

to remove 64 permits. After a majority 

of permit holders approved the loan, 

NMFS disbursed payments to the 

successful bidders and began collecting 

fees to repay the loan. Since only $13.1 

million was expended from the total 

loan amount, $10.4 million in funds 

remained available. 

In 2018, the SRA informed NMFS that 

they wished to access the remaining 

loan amounts to undertake a second 

buyback. To implement this next 

buyback, the SRA, on behalf of the 

reduction fishery, was required to draft 

and submit a reduction plan to NMFS. 

On June 21, 2018, the SRA submitted a 

reduction plan to access $10.1 million 

of the remaining $10.4 million in funds 

to remove 36 permits. NMFS approved 

the proposed second fishing capacity 

reduction plan in November 2018. 

NMFS published a notice of eligible 

voters on December 3, 2018 (83 FR 

62302) informing the public of the 

permanent permit holders eligible to 

vote in the referendum and informing 

the eligible voters of the referendum 

voting period. 

Purpose 

The purpose of this notice is to 

announce the current fee rates for the 

reduction fishery in accordance with the 

framework rule at 50 CFR 600.1013(b). 

Section 600.1013(b) directs NMFS to 

recalculate the fee to a rate that will be 

reasonably necessary to ensure 

reduction loan repayment within the 

specified 40-year term. 

For the 2022 fishing season, the fee 

rate for both Loan A and Loan B was 

one percent of the landed value and any 

subsequent bonus payment. Loan A is 

currently 13 years ahead of the 

scheduled amortization and will remain 

well ahead so we are leaving the rate at 

1 percent of gross value of salmon sold. 

Loan B is 1.5 years behind the 

scheduled amortization and currently 

owes more than the original loan 

amount. Beginning June 1, 2022, the 

Loan B fee rate will be increased from 

1 percent to 2.5 percent of gross value 

of salmon sold and is projected to be 

current at the end of the 2022 season. 

Fish buyers may continue to use 

Pay.gov to disburse collected fee 

deposits at: http://www.pay.gov/ 

paygov/. Please visit the NOAA 

Fisheries website for additional 

information at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/fundingand-financial-services/southeast-alaskapurse-seine-salmon-fishery-buybackprogram. 

Notice 

The new fee rate for the Southeast 

Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery will 

begin on June 1, 2022. 

From and after this date, all subsector 

members paying fees on the Southeast 

Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery 

shall begin paying program fees at the 

revised rate. 

Fee collection and submission shall 

follow previously established methods 

in § 600.1013 of the framework rule and 

in the final fee rule published in the 

Federal Register on October 6, 2011 (76 

FR 61985). 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.; Pub. 

L. 108–447. 

Dated: May 9, 2022. 

Brian T. Pawlak, 

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative 

Officer, Director, Office of Management and 

Budget, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC053] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid meeting open 

to the public offering both in-person and 

virtual options for participation. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a four-day meeting to consider 

actions affecting the Gulf of Mexico 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

Tuesday, June 21 through Thursday, 

June 23, 2022 at 8 a.m.–5:15 p.m., EDT, 

and Friday, June 24, 2022 at 8 a.m.–4:30 

p.m., EDT. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will 

take place at the Crowne Plaza at Bell 

Tower Shops, located at 13051 Bell 

Tower Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33907. 

Please note, in-person meeting 

attendees will be expected to follow any 

current COVID–19 safety protocols as 

determined by the Council, hotel and 

the City of Ft. Myers, if any. Such 

precautions may include masks, room 

capacity restrictions, and/or social 

distancing. If you prefer to ‘‘listen in’’, 

you may access the log-on information 

by visiting our website at 

www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Carrie Simmons, Executive Director, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, June 21, 2022; 8 a.m.–5:15 

p.m., EDT 

The meeting will begin with the 

Habitat Protection and Restoration 

Committee reviewing and discussing the 


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Essential Fish Habitat Generic 

Amendment, results of the Aquaculture 

Opportunity Area Atlas of the Gulf of 

Mexico, and Notice of Intent to Prepare 

a Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Aquaculture Opportunity 

Areas in the Gulf of Mexico. The 

committee will receive updates on 

Ocean Era and Manna Fish Farms 

Projects in the Gulf of Mexico and 

American the Beautiful 30 x 30 Council 

Coordination Committee (CCC) Areabased Management Sub-committee 

update. 

The Coral Committee will review the 

results from the Coral RFP: Gulf of 

Mexico Mesophotic and Deepwater 

Coral Assessment; and, discuss the Joint 

Coral Advisory Panel (AP) and Coral 

Scientific and Statistical Committees 

(SSC) Recommendations and Proposed 

Next Steps. 

The Mackerel Committee will review 

and discuss Coastal Migratory Pelagics 

Landings, Final Action Item: Framework 

Amendment 11: Modifications to the 

Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group King 

Mackerel Catch Limits, Research Set 

Aside Presentations on Efforts from the 

Mid-Atlantic and New England 

Councils, and Draft Amendment 33: 

Modifications to the Gulf Migratory 

Group King Mackerel Sector Allocation. 

The Shrimp Committee will receive 

an update on National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) Pilot Testing of Cellular 

Electronic Logbook (ELB) Units on Gulf 

Shrimp Vessels, Shrimp Commercial 

Logbook Reporting Concepts and 

Improvements, updated Draft 

Framework Action: Modification of the 

Vessel Position Data Collection Program 

for the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery; 

and SSC Recommendations. 

At approximately 5 p.m. until 5:15 

p.m., the Council will convene the Full 

Council in a Closed Session to finalize 

the selection of Coral, Data Collection, 

and Spiny Lobster Advisory Panel 

Members. 

Wednesday, June 22, 2022; 8 a.m.–5:15 

p.m., EDT 

The Reef Fish Committee will 

convene to review Reef Fish Landings 

and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 

Landings and Status of Revised 

Recreational Red Snapper Calibration 

Ratios. The committee will review Draft 

Options Amendment 54: Modifications 

to the Greater Amberjack Catch Limits 

and Sector Allocations, and other 

Rebuilding Plan Modifications, Draft 

Emergency Rule to Modify Recreational 

and Commercial Greater Amberjack 

Fishing Seasons, and Draft Options: 

Modification of Catch Limits for Gulf of 

Mexico Red Snapper. Following lunch, 

the committee will receive a 

presentation and hold a discussion on 

the Gulf of Mexico Gag Grouper Interim 

Rule, receive an Update on Efforts of the 

IFQ Focus Group, review of Southeast 

Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) 

Analysis of Historical Red Grouper 

Stock Assessments using Alternative 

Marine Recreational Information 

Program Landings Data, discuss Goliath 

Grouper Closure and Federal Catch 

Limits, and receive a presentation on 

Return ’Em Right. 

The SEDAR Committee will receive a 

summary report from the May 9, 2022 

SEDAR Steering Committee Meeting. 

Thursday, June 23, 2022; 8 a.m.–5:15 

p.m., EDT 

The Data Collection Committee will 

review Draft Framework Action: 

Modification to Location Reporting 

Requirements for For-Hire Vessels, 

receive update on Southeast For-Hire 

Integrated Electronic Reporting 

(SEFHIER) Program, receive 

presentation on Framework Action to 

Modify For-Hire Trip Declaration 

Requirements, review Draft Options 

Joint Amendment to Require Electronic 

Reporting for Commercial Logbooks, 

and receive an overview and 

demonstration of new SERO-Permits 

system. 

Approximately 11:30 a.m., EDT, the 

Council will reconvene with a Call to 

Order, Announcements and 

Introductions, Presentation of the 2021 

Law Enforcement Team of the Year 

Award, and Adoption of Agenda and 

Approval of Minutes. The Council will 

receive presentations on NOAA 

Fisheries’ Equity and Environmental 

Justice Strategy; update on CCC 

informal-working group: Equity and 

Environmental Justice in Fisheries 

Management, Update from Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on 

Wind Energy Development in the Gulf 

of Mexico, and ICCAT Presentation. 

The Council will hold public 

testimony from 2:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., 

EDT on Final Action Items Framework 

Action: Modification to Location 

Reporting Requirements for For-Hire 

Vessels, Final Draft Framework 

Amendment 11: Modifications to the 

Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group King 

Mackerel Catch Limits; comments on 

the Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in 

the Gulf of Mexico Notice of Intent; and 

open testimony on other fishery issues 

or concerns. Public comment may begin 

earlier than 2:45 p.m. EDT, but will not 

conclude before that time. Persons 

wishing to give public testimony inperson must register at the registration 

kiosk in the meeting room. Persons 

wishing to give public testimony 

virtually must sign up via the link on 

the Council website. Registration for 

virtual testimony is open at the start of 

the meeting, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 

8 a.m., EDT and closes one hour before 

public testimony begins on Thursday, 

June 23, 2022 (1:45 p.m., EDT). 

Friday, June 24, 2022; 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 

EDT 

The Council will receive Committee 

reports from Coral, Habitat Protection 

and Restoration, Mackerel, Shrimp, Reef 

Fish, Data Collection, Gulf SEDAR 

Management Committees; and, a Closed 

Session report. The Council will receive 

updates from the following supporting 

agencies: South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; Florida Law 

Enforcement Efforts; NOAA Office of 

Law Enforcement (OLE); Gulf States 

Marine Fisheries Commission; U.S. 

Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; and Department of State. 

The Council will discuss any Other 

Business items. 

—Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be a hybrid meeting; 

both in-person and virtual participation 

available. You may register for the 

webinar to listen-in only by visiting 

www.gulfcouncil.org and click on the 

Council meeting on the calendar. 

The timing and order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change as 

required to effectively address the issue, 

and the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

website as they become available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meeting. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid or 

accommodations should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least 

15 days prior to the meeting date. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 


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Dated: May 18, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11071 Filed 5–23–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–T–2022–0017] 

USPTO To Accelerate Transition To 

Issuance of Electronic Trademark 

Registration Certificates; Issuing Next 

Certificates on May 24, 2022 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

accelerating the transition date for 

issuance of electronic trademark 

registration certificates to May 24, 2022. 

On and after that date, the electronic 

registration certificate will be the 

official registration certificate. Because 

of a nationwide shortage of the 

specialized paper, and a recent vendor 

disruption, the USPTO will not issue 

registration certificates between May 10 

and May 23, 2022, while the USPTO 

transitions to this new program. The 

new program will make the issuance of 

registration certificates more resilient. 

After the USPTO begins issuing 

electronic registration certificates, 

trademark owners will have the option 

to order paper ‘‘presentation’’ copies. 

Registrants will also continue to be able 

to order certified copies of their 

trademark registrations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Cain, Office of the Deputy 

Commissioner for Trademark 

Examination Policy, USPTO, at 571– 

272–8946 or TMFRNotices@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO published a notice in the 

Federal Register on May 2, 2022 (87 FR 

25623), notifying the public that it 

would begin issuing trademark 

registration certificates electronically 

via the Trademark Status and Document 

Retrieval (TSDR) system on June 7, 

2022. The USPTO is accelerating the 

transition date for issuance of electronic 

trademark registration certificates to 

May 24, 2022. The new date accelerates 

the benefits of the electronic certificates, 

quickly adjusts for a paper vendor 

disruption that recently presented, and 

improves the resiliency of the USPTO to 

issue trademark registrations going 

forward. 

The USPTO will not issue registration 

certificates between May 10 and May 

23, 2022, while it transitions to the new, 

electronic process. In the course of 

addressing the issue caused by the 

paper shortage, the status of some 

applications was inadvertently changed 

to registered on May 10. The USPTO 

corrected the status of those 

applications to pending on May 11. 

As stated in the May 2, 2022 notice, 

upon implementation of electronic 

trademark registration certificates, all 

registration certificates issued by the 

USPTO will be made under the 

electronic signature of the Director and 

with a digital seal, which will 

authenticate the registration. The 

USPTO will upload the official 

registration certificate to the TSDR 

database, and an electronic notice will 

be emailed to the trademark owner and 

all email addresses of record with a link 

to access the certificate upon issuance. 

Trademark owners will be able to use 

the emailed link to view, download, and 

print a complete copy of the registration 

certificate at no charge at any time. 

Trademark owners who file an initial 

application on or after the 

implementation date will be able to 

order presentation copies for $25 per 

copy through the Trademark Electronic 

Application System (TEAS). Trademark 

owners who filed an initial application 

before the implementation date will be 

able to order one presentation copy for 

free. Trademark owners will continue to 

be able to order certified copies of their 

trademark registration for a fee. The 

certified copy certifies the status and 

title of the registration and includes the 

signature of an authorized certifying 

officer. 

Katherine K. Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11196 Filed 5–23–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[OMB Control No. 0651–NEW; Docket No. 

PTO–C–2022–0018] 

Information Collection; Improving 

Customer Experience (OMB Circular 

A–11, Section 280 Implementation) 

AGENCY: Department of Commerce, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO or Agency) as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, is 

announcing an opportunity for public 

comment on a new proposed collection 

of information by the Agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice solicits comments on 

new collection proposed by the Agency. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

July 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

0651–NEW, Improving Customer 

Experience (OMB Circular A–11, 

Section 280 Implementation), by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments submitted electronically, 

including attachments to https:// 

www.regulations.gov, will be posted to 

the docket unchanged. 

Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 0651–NEW, Improving Customer 

Experience (OMB Circular A–11, 

Section 280 Implementation). 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

0651–NEW, Improving Customer 

Experience (OMB Circular A–11, 

Section 280 Implementation), in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. To confirm receipt of your 

comment(s), please check 

regulations.gov, approximately 2–3 

business days after submission to verify 

posting (except allow 30 days for 

posting of comments submitted by 

mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Charles Thomas, 

Customer Experience Administrator for 

Trademarks, and/or Toni Krasnic, 

Customer Experience Administrator for 

Patents, via email to Charles.Thomas1@

uspto.gov and/or Toni.Krasnic@

uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Under the PRA, (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520) Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests 


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