Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 8, 2021 / Notices 30449 

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; Fastener Quality Act Insignia 

Recordal Process 

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 January 15, 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: Fastener Quality Act Insignia 

Recordal Process. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0028. 

Form Number: 

• PTO–1611 (Application for Recordal 

of Insignia or Renewal/Reactivation of 

Recordal Under the Fastener Quality 

Act) 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 96 

respondents per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 

hours) to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the form, and 

submit the request for recordal or 

renewal of a fastener insignia to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 48 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $2,136. 

Needs and Uses: Under Section 5 of 

the Fastener Quality Act (FQA) of 1999, 

(15 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), certain 

industrial fasteners must bear an 

insignia identifying the manufacturer. It 

is also mandatory for manufacturers of 

fasteners covered by the FQA to submit 

an application to the USPTO for 

recordal of the insignia on the Fastener 

Insignia Register. The purpose of 

requiring both the insignia and the 

recordation is to ensure that certain 

fasteners can be traced to their 

manufacturers and to protect against the 

sale of mismarked, misrepresented, or 

counterfeit fasteners. The procedures for 

the recordal of fastener insignia under 

the FQA are set forth in 15 CFR 280.300 

et seq. 

This information collection covers 

data gathered by the FQA applications 

for Recordal of Insignia and the 

applications for Renewal/Reactivation 

of Recordal. The USPTO uses the 

information in this information 

collection to record or renew insignias 

under the FQA and to maintain the 

Fastener Insignia Register, which is 

open to public inspection. The public 

may download the Fastener Insignia 

Register from the USPTO website at 

https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/lawsregulations/fastener-quality-act-fqa/ 

fastener-quality-act-fqa. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

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 0651–0028. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0028 

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. 2021–11933 Filed 6–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2021–OCR–0068] 

Request for Information Regarding the 

Nondiscriminatory Administration of 

School Discipline 

AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights (OCR), 

U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: This notice is a request for 

information in the form of written 

comments that include information, 

research, and suggestions regarding the 

administration of school discipline in 

schools serving students in pre-K 

through grade 12. OCR solicits these 

comments to inform determinations 

about what policy guidance, technical 

assistance, or other resources would 

assist schools that serve students in preK through grade 12 with improving 

school climate and safety, consistent 

with the civil rights laws that OCR 

enforces, to ensure equal access to 

education programs and activities. OCR 

has promulgated regulations to 

implement civil rights laws and 

periodically provides policy guidance 

and technical assistance to clarify these 

statutory and regulatory requirements. 

Information received through this 

request may be used to assist OCR in 

preparing further guidance, technical 

assistance, and other resources. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before July 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted as indicated below: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Using 

the Docket ID number above, please go 

to www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site. 

• Mail: If you do not have internet 

access or electronic submission is not 

possible, you may mail written 

comments to the Office for Civil Rights, 

U.S. Department of Education, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), 550 12th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20024. Mailed 

comments must be postmarked by July 

23, 2021, to be accepted. Comments 

submitted by email or fax will not be 

accepted. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all electronic 

comments received from members of the 

public available for public viewing in 

their entirety on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 


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