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survey, and submit it to the USPTO. The 

USPTO believes that it will take the 

same amount of time to complete the 

surveys whether they are completed on 

paper and mailed to the USPTO or 

completed and submitted electronically. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 140 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $17,080 per year. The 

USPTO estimates that 31% of the 

respondents completing these surveys 

will be lawyers, about 9% will be legal 

assistants, and 60% will have diverse 

occupations. Using the professional 

hourly rate of $325 for intellectual 

property lawyers, a legal assistant 

specializing in intellectual property rate 

of $100, and a rate of $20 for the 

majority of the respondents, the USPTO 

believes that the average hourly rate for 

completing these surveys will be 

approximately $122 ($101 + $9 + $12). 

The professional rate used for the 

intellectual property lawyers is based on 

the median rate for attorneys in private 

firms as published in the 2009 report of 

the Committee on Economics of Legal 

Practice of the American Intellectual 

Property Law Association. This report 

summarized the results of a survey with 

data on hourly billing rates. The 

estimated hourly rate used for the legal 

assistants specializing in intellectual 

property is based on the rates for the 

2008 National Utilization and 

Compensation Survey, published in 

March 2008 by the National Association 

of Legal Assistants (NALA). Due to the 

many different occupations that can 

possibly be held by the majority of 

respondents, the USPTO is estimating 

$20 per hour as the hourly rate for those 

respondents. Therefore, the USPTO 

estimates that the salary costs for the 

respondents completing these surveys 

will be $17,080. 

Item 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Large Domestic Corporations ...................................................................................................... 30 27 14 

Large Domestic Corporations (electronic surveys) ..................................................................... 30 53 27 

Small and Medium-Size Businesses ........................................................................................... 30 18 9 

Small and Medium-Size Businesses (electronic surveys) .......................................................... 30 37 19 

Universities and Non-Profit Research Organizations .................................................................. 30 5 3 

Universities and Non-Profit Research Organizations (electronic surveys) ................................. 30 10 5 

Independent Inventors ................................................................................................................. 15 83 21 

Independent Inventors (electronic surveys) ................................................................................ 15 167 42 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ 400 140 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0 per year. 

There are no capital start-up, 

maintenance, or recordkeeping costs 

associated with this collection. 

Respondents do not submit filing or 

other fees with the surveys. The USPTO 

provides postage-paid, pre-addressed 

return envelopes for the completed mail 

surveys so there are no postage costs 

associated with this information 

collection. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 41–2010] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 46–Cincinnati, 

Ohio; Application for Reorganization/ 

Expansion Under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Greater Cincinnati 

Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 

46, requesting authority to reorganize 

and expand the zone under the 

alternative site framework (ASF) 

adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/ 

09; correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09). The 

ASF is an option for grantees for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

general-purpose zones and can permit 

significantly greater flexibility in the 

designation of new ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ 

sites for operators/users located within 

a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context 

of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre 

activation limit for a general-purpose 

zone project. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on May 21, 2010. 

FTZ 46 was approved by the Board on 

January 12, 1979 (Board Order 141, 44 

F.R. 4003, January 19, 1979). On 

December 19, 1994 the zone was 

relocated and expanded (Board Order 

720, 59 F.R. 66891, December 28, 1994). 

The zone was further expanded on 

December 15, 1997 (Board Order 943, 62 

FR 67044, December 23, 1997), 

December 15, 1999 (Board Order 1070, 

64 F.R. 72643, December 28, 1999) and 

December 29, 2000 (Board Order 1135, 

66 F.R. 3985, January 17, 2001). 

The general-purpose zone includes 

the following sites: Site 1 (35 acres)— 

Avon Products, Inc., 175 Progress Place, 

Springdale (Hamilton County); Site 2 

(122 acres)—Cincinnati Machine, 4701 

Marburg Avenue, Cincinnati (Hamilton 

County); Site 3 (833 acres)—Clermont 

County Industrial Park, 4165 Half Acre 

Road, Batavia (Clermont County); Site 4 

(490 acres)—Brown County Industrial 

Park, 418 W. Main Street, Mt. Orab 

(Brown County); and, Site 5 (160 

acres)—Harrison Commerce Park, 

Southwest Parkway, Harrison (Hamilton 

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The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Hamilton, 

Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont 

Counties, as described in the 

application. If approved, the grantee 

would be able to serve sites throughout 

the service area based on companies’ 

needs for FTZ designation. The 

proposed service area is within and 

adjacent to the Cincinnati Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its existing zone project as 

follows: remove Sites 1 and 2 due to 

changed circumstances and designate 

Sites 3, 4 and 5 as ‘‘magnet’’ sites. The 

ASF allows for the possible exemption 

of one magnet site from the ‘‘sunset’’ 

time limits that generally apply to sites 

under the ASF, and the applicant 

proposes that Site 4 be so exempted. 

The applicant is also requesting 

approval of a ‘‘usage-driven’’ site in 

Butler County: Proposed Site 6 (41 

acres)—Liz Claiborne, Inc., 8471 

Jaquemin Drive, West Chester. Since the 

ASF only pertains to establishing or 

reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the 

application would have no impact on 

FTZ 46’s authorized subzones. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Claudia Hausler of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is August 2, 2010. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to August 16, 2010. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via http:// 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Claudia Hausler at 

Claudia.Hausler@trade.gov or (202) 

482–1379. 

Dated: May 21, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Availability of Seats for the Monitor 

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service 

(NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The ONMS is seeking 

applicants for the following new seats 

on the Monitor National Marine 

Sanctuary advisory council (council): 

Recreational/Commercial Fishing seat, 

Recreational Dive seat, and an Economic 

Development seat. 

Applicants are also being sought to 

fill existing seats for the following 

vacant seats: Heritage Tourism seat, 

Citizen-at-Large seat, Recreational 

Diving seat, Education seat, 

Archaeological Research seat, Maritime 

Museum seat, Youth seat, and 

Conservation seat. 

Applicants are chosen based upon 

their particular expertise and experience 

in relation to the seat for which they are 

applying; community and professional 

affiliations; philosophy regarding the 

protection and management of marine 

resources; and possibly the length of 

residence in the area affected by the 

sanctuary. Applicants who are chosen 

as members should expect to serve 2- 

year terms, pursuant to the council’s 

Charter. 

DATES: Applications are due by July 15, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from Shannon Rides, 100 

Museum Drive, Newport News, VA 

23606. Completed applications should 

be sent to the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Ricles, 100 Museum Drive, 

Newport News, VA 23606, 757–591– 

7328, Shannon.ricles@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Established in 1975 as the Nation’s first 

marine sanctuary, the Monitor National 

Marine Sanctuary is managed by 

NOAA’s Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries. It is one of 13 sanctuaries 

and protects the wreck of the famed 

Civil War ironclad, USS Monitor, best 

known for its battle with the 

Confederate ironclad, CSS Virginia in 

Hampton Roads, Va., on March 9, 1862. 

The advisory council consists of 18 

members and five alternates: 12 nongovernmental voting members, one nongovernmental non-voting youth 

member, and five governmental voting 

members. The council seats represent a 

variety of regional interests and 

stakeholders, including: Citizen-atLarge, Conservation, Economic 

Development, Education, Heritage 

Tourism, Maritime Archaeological 

Research, Maritime Museums, The 

Mariners’ Museum, Recreational/ 

Commercial Fishing, Recreational 

Diving, the US Navy, Virginia and North 

Carolina Department of Historic 

Resources, the National Park Service, 

the US Coast Guard, and Youth. It is the 

combined expertise and experience of 

these individuals that creates an 

advisory council that is a valuable and 

effective resource for the sanctuary 

manager. 

The council’s objectives are to 

provide the sanctuary manager with 

advice on: (1) Protecting natural and 

cultural resources, and identifying and 

evaluating emergent or critical issues 

involving sanctuary use or resources; (2) 

identifying and realizing the sanctuary’s 

research objectives; (3) identifying and 

realizing educational opportunities to 

increase public knowledge and 

stewardship of the sanctuary 

environment; and 4) developing an 

informed constituency to increase 

awareness and understanding of the 

purpose and value of the sanctuary and 

the National Marine Sanctuary System. 

The council may serve as a forum for 

consultation and deliberation among its 

members and as a source of advice to 

the sanctuary manager regarding the 

management of the Monitor National 

Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary 

advisory council holds open meetings to 

ensure continued public input on 

management issues and to increase 

public awareness and knowledge of the 

sanctuary environment. Public 

participation at these meetings is 

welcomed and encouraged. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: April 23, 2010. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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