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two 1–year Letters of Authorization 

(LOAs) to take marine mammals by 

harassment incidental to the U.S. Navy’s 

operation of Surveillance Towed Array 

Sensor System Low Frequency Active 

(SURTASS LFA) sonar operations to the 

Chief of Naval Operations, Department 

of the Navy, 2000 Navy Pentagon, 

Washington, DC, and persons operating 

under his authority. 

DATES: Effective from August 16, 2008, 

through August 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Navy’s April 

9, 2008, LOA application letter, the 

LOAs, the Navy’s 2007 annual report 

and the Navy’s 2007 5–Year 

Comprehensive Report are available by 

writing to Michael Payne, Chief, 

Permits, Conservation, and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3225, by telephoning the contact 

listed here (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm#applications. 

Documents cited in this notice may be 

viewed, by appointment, during regular 

business hours, at the aforementioned 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenneth Hollingshead, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS (301–713–

2289, ext 128). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the Secretary 

of Commerce to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional taking of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a military readiness activity if 

certain findings are made and 

regulations are issued. 

Authorization may be granted for 

periods of 5 years or less if NMFS finds 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s), and 

will not have an unmitigable adverse 

impact on the availability of the species 

or stock(s) for certain subsistence uses. 

In addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means 

effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact on the species and its habitat, 

and on the availability of the species for 

subsistence uses, paying particular 

attention to rookeries, mating grounds, 

and areas of similar significance. The 

regulations also must include 

requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring and reporting of such taking. 

Regulations governing the taking of 

marine mammals incidental to the U.S. 

Navy’s operation of SURTASS LFA 

sonar were published on August 21, 

2007 (72 FR 46846), and remain in effect 

through August 15, 2012. They are 

codified at 50 CFR part 216 subpart Q. 

These regulations include mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

for the incidental taking of marine 

mammals by the SURTASS LFA sonar 

system. For detailed information on this 

action, please refer to the August 21, 

2007 Federal Register Notice and 50 

CFR part 216 subpart Q. 

Summary of LOA Request 

NMFS received an application from 

the U.S. Navy for two LOAs, one 

covering the USNS ABLE (T-AGOS 20) 

and one covering the USNS 

IMPECCABLE (T-AGOS 23), under the 

regulations issued on August 21, 2007 

(72 FR 46846). (The R/V Cory Chouest 

has been retired and has been replaced 

by the USNS ABLE.) The Navy 

requested that these LOAs become 

effective on August 16, 2008. The 

application requested authorization, for 

a period not to exceed 1 year, to take, 

by harassment, marine mammals 

incidental to employment of the 

SURTASS LFA sonar system for 

training, testing and routine military 

operations on the aforementioned ships 

in areas of the North Pacific Ocean. 

Monitoring and Reporting 

In compliance with NMFS’ SURTASS 

LFA sonar regulations for the 2002–

2007 period, the Navy submitted an 

annual report for SURTASS LFA sonar 

operations during 2006–2007. The Navy 

also submitted a comprehensive report 

on SURTASS LFA sonar operations and 

the mitigation and monitoring activities 

conducted under the LOAs issued under 

its previous rule. A copy of these reports 

can be viewed and/or downloaded at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm#applications. In 

accordance with the current SURTASS 

LFA sonar regulations (50 CFR 216.186), 

the Navy’s has submitted classified 

quarterly mission reports, and its annual 

report for the 2007–2008 LOA is due on 

September 30, 2008. Upon receipt, 

NMFS will post this annual report on 

the same Internet address. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued two LOAs to the 

U.S. Navy, authorizing the incidental 

harassment of marine mammals 

incidental to operating the two 

SURTASS LFA sonar systems for 

training, testing and routine military 

operations. Issuance of these two LOAs 

is based on findings, described in the 

preamble to the final rule (August 21, 

2007, 72 FR 46846)) and supported by 

information contained in the Navy’s 

required reports on SURTASS LFA 

sonar, that the activities described 

under these two LOAs will have no 

more than a negligible impact on marine 

mammal stocks and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the affected marine 

mammal stocks for subsistence uses. 

These LOAs remain valid through 

August 15, 2009, provided the Navy 

remains in conformance with the 

conditions of the regulations and the 

LOAs, and the mitigation, monitoring, 

and reporting requirements described in 

50 CFR 216.184–216.186 (August 21, 

2007, 72 FR 46846) and in the LOAs are 

undertaken. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Patent and Trademark Financial 

Transactions 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 20, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0043 comment’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tamara McClure, 

Office of Finance, United States Patent 

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and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–6345; or by e-mail 

to Tamara.McClure@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 

1113, the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) charges fees 

for processing and other services related 

to patents, trademarks, and information 

products. Customers may submit 

payments to the USPTO by several 

methods, including credit card, deposit 

account, electronic funds transfer (EFT), 

and paper check transactions. The 

provisions of 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 

1113 are implemented in 37 CFR 1.16–

1.28, 2.6–2.7, and 2.206–2.209. 

This information collection includes 

the Credit Card Payment Form (PTO–

2038), which provides the public with 

a convenient way to submit a credit card 

payment for fees related to a patent, 

trademark, or information product. 

Customers may also submit credit card 

payments via the Electronic Credit Card 

Payment Form (PTO–2231) when using 

online systems through the USPTO Web 

site for paying fees related to patents, 

trademarks, or information products. 

The USPTO will not include credit 

card information submitted using the 

credit card payment forms among the 

patent or trademark records open to 

public inspection. 

Customers may establish a deposit 

account for making fee payments by 

completing a Deposit Account 

Application Form (PTO–2232) and 

sending the required information, initial 

deposit, and service fee to the USPTO. 

Deposit accounts eliminate the need to 

submit a check, credit card information, 

or other form of payment for each 

transaction with the USPTO. 

Additionally, in the event that a fee 

amount due is miscalculated, customers 

may authorize the USPTO to charge any 

remaining balance to the deposit 

account and therefore avoid the 

potential consequences of 

underpayment. As customers use their 

deposit accounts to make payments, 

they may deposit funds to replenish 

their accounts by mailing a check to the 

USPTO or making a deposit online via 

EFT using the Electronic Deposit 

Account Replenishment Form (PTO–

2233) available at the USPTO Web site. 

Replenishments may not be made by 

credit card. Customers may also close 

their deposit accounts by submitting a 

written request or by using the Deposit 

Account Closure Request Form (PTO–

2234). 

In addition to credit cards and deposit 

accounts, customers may also use EFT 

to make online fee payments to the 

USPTO. Customers must first establish 

a user profile with their banking 

information by submitting the EFT User 

Profile Form (PTO–2236) through the 

USPTO Web site. Once their profile is 

created, customers may use their User 

ID and password to perform EFT 

transactions. 

Under 37 CFR 1.26 and 2.209, the 

USPTO may refund fees paid by mistake 

or in excess of the required amount. For 

refund amounts of $25 or less, 

customers must submit a written request 

to the Refund Branch of the USPTO 

Office of Finance. 

In order to access and manage their 

financial activity records online, 

customers may create a Financial Profile 

through the USPTO web site. Customers 

create a profile by registering a 

username and password, providing 

contact information, and specifying the 

types of notifications and alerts they 

would like to receive. After establishing 

a Financial Profile, customers may then 

add the relevant account information to 

the profile in order to track their credit 

card, deposit account, and EFT 

transactions with the USPTO. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or 

electronically to the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0043. 

Form Number(s): PTO–2038, PTO–

2231, PTO–2232, PTO–2233, PTO–2234, 

PTO–2236. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,929,205 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately two to six minutes 

(0.03 to 0.10 hours) to gather the 

necessary information, prepare, and 

submit the items in this collection. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 58,166 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $2,617,470 per year. The 

USPTO expects that 75% of the 

submissions for this information 

collection will be prepared by fee 

administrators/coordinators and that 

25% of the submissions will be 

prepared by paraprofessionals. Using 

those proportions and the estimated 

rates of $30 per hour for fee 

administrators/coordinators and $90 per 

hour for paraprofessionals, the USPTO 

estimates that the average hourly rate for 

all respondents will be approximately 

$45 per hour. Using this estimated rate 

of $45 per hour, the USPTO estimates 

that the respondent cost burden for 

submitting the information in this 

collection will be approximately 

$2,617,470 per year. 

Item 

Estimated time 

for response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Credit Card Payment Form (PTO–2038) .................................................................................... 2 863,389 25,902 

Electronic Credit Card Payment Form (PTO–2231) ................................................................... 2 1,017,322 30,520 

Deposit Account Application Form (PTO–2232) ......................................................................... 2 298 9 

Deposit Account Replenishment ................................................................................................. 2 20,837 625 

Electronic Deposit Account Replenishment Form (PTO–2233) .................................................. 2 17,664 530 

Deposit Account Closure Request Form (PTO–2234) ................................................................ 4 132 9 

EFT User Profile Form (PTO–2236) ........................................................................................... 2 2,850 86 

Refund Request ........................................................................................................................... 4 6,213 435 

Financial Profiles ......................................................................................................................... 6 500 50 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ 1,929,205 58,166 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $248,603. 

There are no capital start-up costs or 

maintenance costs associated with this 

information collection. However, this 

collection does have associated service 

fees for deposit accounts and returned 

payments, postage costs for mailing 

submissions to the USPTO, and 

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recordkeeping costs related to electronic 

credit card payments and electronic 

deposit account replenishments. 

There are service fees for setting up a 

deposit account at the USPTO, for not 

maintaining the minimum balance 

required for the deposit account, and for 

returned payments. The service charge 

to establish a deposit account is $10, 

and the USPTO estimates that it 

processes 298 Deposit Account 

Application Forms annually, for a total 

of $2,980 per year. There is also a $25 

service charge for deposit accounts that 

are below the minimum balance ($1,000 

minimum balance for an unrestricted 

deposit account or $300 minimum 

balance for a restricted deposit account) 

at the end of the month. The USPTO 

estimates that it assesses 4,000 of these 

low balance charges annually, for a total 

of $100,000 per year. There is a $50 

service charge for processing a payment 

refused (including a check returned 

‘‘unpaid’’) or charged back by a 

financial institution. The USPTO 

estimates that it assesses 456 of these 

returned payment charges annually, for 

a total of $22,800 per year. The total 

estimated service fees for this collection 

are $125,780 per year. 

Customers may incur postage costs 

when submitting the Credit Card 

Payment Form and other paper forms or 

requests to the USPTO by mail. 

Customers generally send the Credit 

Card Payment Form to the USPTO along 

with other documents related to the fee 

or service being paid for by credit card, 

but some customers may submit just the 

Credit Card Payment Form without 

additional supporting documents. The 

USPTO estimates that roughly 5 percent 

of the 863,389 paper Credit Card 

Payment Forms submitted annually may 

be mailed in by themselves, 

approximately 43,169 per year. The 

USPTO estimates that it will receive an 

additional 27,480 submissions per year 

that may be mailed, including Deposit 

Account Application Forms, Deposit 

Account Replenishments, Deposit 

Account Closure Requests, and Refund 

Requests, for a total of 70,649 mailed 

submissions per year. The USPTO 

estimates that the first-class postage cost 

for a mailed submission will be 42 

cents, for a total postage cost of 

approximately $29,673 per year. 

Customers using the Electronic Credit 

Card Payment Form or the Electronic 

Deposit Account Replenishment Form 

may incur recordkeeping costs from 

printing a copy of the electronic receipt 

confirming their successful online 

transaction. The USPTO estimates that 

it will take 5 seconds (0.001 hours) to 

print a copy of the confirmation receipt 

and that approximately 1,034,986 

submissions per year will use the 

Electronic Credit Card Payment Form or 

the Electronic Deposit Account 

Replenishment Form, for a total 

recordkeeping burden of 1,035 hours 

per year. Using the paraprofessional rate 

of $90 per hour, the USPTO estimates 

that the recordkeeping cost associated 

with this collection will be 

approximately $93,150 per year. 

The total non-hour respondent cost 

burden for this collection in the form of 

service fees, postage costs, and 

recordkeeping costs is estimated to be 

$248,603 per year. 

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 also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

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COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 08–C0018] 

Cobmex, Inc., Provisional Acceptance 

of a Settlement Agreement and Order 

Correction 

In notice document Z8–18395 

beginning on page 46877 in the issue of 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, make the 

following correction: 

On page 46877, in the third column, 

under the DATES heading, in the fifth 

line, ‘‘(insert date that is 15 calendar 

days from publication date)’’ should 

read ‘‘August 27, 2008’’. 

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BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 08–C0017] 

Siegfried & Parzifal, Inc., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

Correction 

In notice document Z8–18399 

beginning on page 46885 in the issue of 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, make the 

following correction: 

On page 46885, in the first column, 

under the DATES heading, in the fifth 

line, ‘‘(insert date that is 15 calendar 

days from publication date)’’ should 

read ‘‘August 27, 2008’’. 

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BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Logistics Agency 

Membership of the Defense Logistics 

Agency (DLA) Senior Executive 

Service (SES) Performance Review 

Board (PRB) 

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of membership—2008 

DLA PRB. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

appointment of members to the Defense 

Logistics Agency Senior Executive 

Service (SES) Performance Review 

Board (PRB). The publication of PRB 

composition is required by 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(4). The PRB provides fair and 

impartial review of Senior Executive 

Service performance appraisals and 

makes recommendations to the Director, 

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), with 

respect to pay level adjustments and 

performance awards and other actions 

related to management of the SES cadre. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 26, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Defense Logistics Agency, 

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533, 

Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060–6221. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Julie Brown, SES Program Manager, 

Human Resources (J–1), Defense 

Logistics Agency, Department of 

Defense, (703) 767–5041. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the 

following are the names and titles of 

DLA career executives appointed to 

serve as members of the SES PRB. 

Members will serve a 12-month term, 

which begins on September 26, 2008. 

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