33726 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2022 / Notices 

June 16, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. Eastern time. The Board of 

Overseers, appointed by the Secretary of 

Commerce, reports the results of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award (Award) activities to the Director 

of the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST) each year, along 

with its recommendations for the 

improvement of the Award process. The 

Judges Panel, also appointed by the 

Secretary of Commerce, ensures the 

integrity of the Award selection process 

and recommends Award recipients to 

the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose 

of this meeting is to discuss and review 

information received from the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

and from the Chair of the Judges Panel. 

The agenda will include: Baldrige 

Program Update, Baldrige Foundation 

Update, Baldrige Judges Panel Update, 

Ethics Review, suspension of the 2022 

Baldrige Award Process, and New 

Business/Public Comment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, June 16, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. 

Eastern Time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Courtyard Gaithersburg Washingtonian 

Center, 204 Boardwalk Place, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20878 and there will 

be a virtual option. Please note 

admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 

Performance Excellence Program, 

phone: 301–975–2361, email 

robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1), 15 

U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 

U.S.C. app. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

app., notice is hereby given that the 

Board of Overseers and the Judges Panel 

will meet in open session on Thursday, 

June 16, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. Eastern Time. The Board of 

Overseers (Board), composed of 

approximately twelve members 

preeminent in the field of organizational 

performance excellence and appointed 

by the Secretary of Commerce, makes an 

annual report on the results of Award 

activities to the Director of the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST), along with its recommendations 

for improvement of the Award process. 

The Judges Panel consists of no less 

than nine, and not more than twelve, 

members with balanced representation 

from U.S. service, manufacturing, small 

business, nonprofit, education, and 

health care industries. The Panel 

includes members who are familiar with 

the quality improvement operations and 

competitiveness issues of manufacturing 

companies, service companies, small 

businesses, nonprofits, health care 

providers, and educational institutions. 

The Judges Panel recommends Malcolm 

Baldrige National Quality Award 

recipients to the Secretary of Commerce. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss and review information received 

from NIST and from the Chair of the 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award. The agenda 

will include: Baldrige Program Update, 

Baldrige Foundation Update, Baldrige 

Judges Panel Update, Ethics Review, 

suspension of the 2022 Baldrige Award 

Process, and New Business/Public 

Comment. The agenda may change to 

accommodate the Judges Panel and 

Board of Overseers business. The final 

agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Baldrige Performance Excellence 

website at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/ 

community/overseers.cfm. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Board’s affairs and/or the Panel of 

Judges’ general process are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. On June 

16, 2022, approximately one-half hour 

will be reserved in the afternoon for 

public comments, and speaking times 

will be assigned on a first-come, firstserved basis. The amount of time per 

speaker will be determined by the 

number of requests received, but is 

likely to be about 3 minutes each. The 

exact time for public comments will be 

included in the final agenda that will be 

posted on the Baldrige Performance 

Excellence Program website at http://

www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/ 

overseers.cfm. Questions from the 

public will not be considered during 

this period. Requests must be submitted 

by email to Robyn Verner at 

robyn.verner@nist.gov and must be 

received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

June 3, 2022 to be considered. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak, but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to attend in person are invited to 

submit written statements by email to 

robyn.verner@nist.gov. 

Admittance instructions: All 

participants will need to pre-register to 

be admitted. Please contact Ms. Verner 

by telephone at (301) 975–2361 or by 

email at robyn.verner@nist.gov and she 

will provide you with instructions for 

admittance. 

All requests must be received by 4:00 

p.m. Eastern Time, June 3, 2022. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11945 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Information Collection Activities; 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; iEdison System 

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 October 25, 

2021, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 

Commerce. 

Title: iEdison System. 

OMB Control Number: 0693–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular, new 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 3,063. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Invention Records: 1.25 

(approximately 5 times per year). 

Patent Records: .75 hours 

(approximately 5 times per year). 

Utilization Records: 15 minutes 

(approximately 22 times per year). 

Burden Hours: 

Invention Records: 19,144 hours. 

Patent Records: 11,486 hours. 

Utilization Records: 16,846 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The Bayh-Dole Act 

(35 U.S.C. 18) and its implementing 

regulations (37 CFR 401) allow for 

recipients of federal research funding 

(Contractors) to retain ownership of 

inventions developed under federal 

funding agreements. In exchange, the 

government retains certain rights to the 

invention, including a world-wide right 


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to use by or on behalf of the U.S. 

government. The law also requires the 

Contractor to obtain permission for 

certain actions and fulfill reporting 

requirements including: 

a. Initial reporting of invention; 

b. Decision to retain title to invention; 

c. Filing of patent protection; 

d. Evidence of government support clause 

within patents; 

e. Submission of a license confirming the 

government’s rights; 

f. Notice if the Contractor is going to 

discontinue the pursuit or continuance of 

patent protection; 

g. Information related to the development 

and utilization of invention; 

h. Permission to assign to a third party; and 

i. Permission to waive domestic 

manufacturing requirements. 

This information is used for a variety 

of reasons. It allows the government to 

identify technologies to which the 

government has rights to use without 

additional payment or licensing. This 

acts as a time and cost-saving 

mechanism to avoid unnecessary 

negotiating and payment. It also 

provides data for calculation of return 

on investment (ROI) from federal 

funding and identifies successful 

research programs. Thirdly, it allows the 

government the opportunity to timely 

protect inventions which the Contractor 

declines title or discontinues patent 

protection. Historically, the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) has collected 

this information via their on-line portal, 

iEdison; however, the responsibility for 

this data collection will be taken over by 

NIST. Agencies that do not register with 

iEdison are required to collect this 

information independently. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

Legal Authority: The Bayh-Dole Act 

(35 U.S.C. 18) and its implementing 

regulations (37 CFR 401); 35 U.S.C. 200– 

212. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

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 the title of the collection. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11960 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB968] 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Geophysical Surveys 

Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of letter of 

authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, its implementing 

regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA 

Regulations for Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Geophysical 

Surveys Related to Oil and Gas 

Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, 

notification is hereby given that a Letter 

of Authorization (LOA) has been issued 

to LLOG Exploration Offshore, L.L.C. 

(LLOG) for the take of marine mammals 

incidental to geophysical survey activity 

in the Gulf of Mexico. 

DATES: The LOA is effective from 

August 1, 2022, through August 31, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and 

supporting documentation are available 

online at: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

action/incidental-take-authorization-oiland-gas-industry-geophysical-surveyactivity-gulf-mexico. In case of problems 

accessing these documents, please call 

the contact listed below (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Laws, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce to allow, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed 

authorization is provided to the public 

for review. 

An authorization for incidental 

takings shall be granted if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) 

has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering (Level B 

harassment). 

On January 19, 2021, we issued a final 

rule with regulations to govern the 

unintentional taking of marine 

mammals incidental to geophysical 

survey activities conducted by oil and 

gas industry operators, and those 

persons authorized to conduct activities 

on their behalf (collectively ‘‘industry 

operators’’), in Federal waters of the 

U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) over the 

course of 5 years (86 FR 5322; January 

19, 2021). The rule was based on our 

findings that the total taking from the 

specified activities over the 5-year 

period will have a negligible impact on 

the affected species or stock(s) of marine 

mammals and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of those species or stocks for 

subsistence uses. The rule became 

effective on April 19, 2021. 

Our regulations at 50 CFR 217.180 et 

seq. allow for the issuance of LOAs to 

industry operators for the incidental 

take of marine mammals during 

geophysical survey activities and 

prescribe the permissible methods of 

taking and other means of effecting the 

least practicable adverse impact on 

marine mammal species or stocks and 


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