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floating line not to exceed one-third the 

overall length of the buoy line; 

3. Fishermen are allowed to use two 

buoy lines per trawl; and 

4. A weak link with a maximum 

breaking strength of 600 lb (272.4 kg) 

must be placed at all buoys. 

Fishermen utilizing lobster trap/pot 

gear within the portion of the Offshore 

Lobster Waters Area that overlap with 

the DAM zone may be required to 

utilize all of the following gear 

modifications when a DAM zone is in 

effect: 

1. Groundlines must be made of 

sinking line. Floating groundlines are 

prohibited; 

2. All buoy lines must be made of 

sinking line, except the bottom portion 

of the line, which may be a section of 

floating line not to exceed one-third the 

overall length of the buoy line; 

3. Fishermen are allowed to use two 

buoy lines per trawl; and 

4. A weak link with a maximum 

breaking strength of 1,500 lb (680.4 kg) 

must be placed at all buoys. 

Anchored Gillnet Gear 

Fishermen utilizing anchored gillnet 

gear within the portions of the Other 

Northeast Gillnet Waters and Stellwagen 

Bank/Jeffreys Ledge Restricted Area that 

overlap with the DAM zone may be 

required to utilize all the following gear 

modifications when a DAM zone is in 

effect: 

1. Groundlines must be made of 

sinking line. Floating groundlines are 

prohibited; 

2. All buoy lines must be made of 

sinking line, except the bottom portion 

of the line, which may be a section of 

floating line not to exceed one-third the 

overall length of the buoy line; 

3. Fishermen are allowed to use two 

buoy lines per string; 

4. The breaking strength of each net 

panel weak link must not exceed 1,100 

lb (498.8 kg). The weak link 

requirements apply to all variations in 

net panel size. One weak link must be 

placed in the center of the floatline and 

one weak link must be placed in the 

center of each of the up and down lines 

at both ends of the net panel. 

Additionally, one weak link must be 

placed as close as possible to each end 

of the net panels on the floatline; or, one 

weak link must be placed between 

floatline tie-loops between net panels 

and one weak link must be placed 

where the floatline tie-loops attach to 

the bridle, buoy line, or groundline at 

each end of a net string; 

5. A weak link with a maximum 

breaking strength of 1,100 lb (498.8 kg) 

must be placed at all buoys; and 

6. All anchored gillnets, regardless of 

the number of net panels, must be 

securely anchored with the holding 

power of at least a 22 lb (10.0 kg) 

Danforth-style anchor at each end of the 

net string. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

John Oliver 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Operations, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Board of Patent Appeals and 

Interferences (BPAI) Actions. 

Form Number(s): No forms. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

00xx. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Burden: 773,895 hours annually. In 

the future, once this proposed collection 

and 0651–0031 are approved by the 

OMB, the USPTO expects to move the 

notices of appeal and requests for oral 

hearing before the BPAI into this 

collection. The USPTO estimates that 

this will add a minimum of 5,719 hours 

per year to this collection. 

Number of Respondents: 31,828 

responses per year. The USPTO 

estimates that once the notices of appeal 

and requests for oral hearing before the 

BPAI are moved into this collection, a 

minimum of 28,595 responses will be 

added to this collection. 

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it takes the public 

approximately 5 to 30 hours to complete 

this information, depending on the 

brief, petition, or request. This includes 

the time to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the briefs, 

petitions, and requests, and submit 

them to the USPTO. The USPTO 

estimates that it takes the public 

approximately 12 minutes (0.20 hours) 

to complete the notices of appeal and 

requests for oral hearing before the 

BPAI. Needs and Uses: This collection 

of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 

134, 135, 306, and 315 and is 

implemented through the appeal rules 

found in Part 41. The Board of Patent 

Appeals and Interferences was 

established under 35 U.S.C. 6(b). This 

collection permits applicants and 

registrants to prepare appeal and reply 

briefs which set forth the claims, issues, 

and arguments on appeal to the BPAI 

and permits the filing of petitions 

requesting extensions of time to respond 

to the agency, petitions requesting an 

increase in the page limit of a brief, and 

requests for rehearing before the BPAI. 

The BPAI uses the information to aid in 

rendering a decision on the claims, 

issues, and arguments outlined in the 

appeal and reply briefs and to determine 

whether the petitions for extensions of 

time, the petitions to increase the page 

limit of a brief, and requests for 

rehearings before the BPAI should be 

granted. There are no forms associated 

with the items in this collection, but 

they are governed by the rules in Part 

41. The Board publishes its opinions 

and decisions for publicly available files 

on the USPTO Web site. 

Affected Public: Primarily businesses 

or other for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

e-mail: 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

any of the following: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–00xx Board of Patent 

Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) 

Actions copy request’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before November 7, 

2008 to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk 

Officer, via e-mail at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov or by 

fax (202) 395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 


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Dated: October 2, 2008. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, 

[FR Doc. E8–23810 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m. Thursday, 

October 9, 2008. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: DCIO Rule 

Enforcement Review Meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Staff Assistant. 

[FR Doc. E8–23957 Filed 10–6–08; 11:30 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Extension of Public Comment Period 

for the Proposed White Elk Military 

Operations Area Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement 

ACTION: Extension of Public Comment 

Period for the Proposed White Elk 

Military Operations Area Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 

seq.), the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 

1500–1508), and Air Force’s 

Environmental Impact Analysis Process 

as implemented by 32 CFR Part 989, the 

United States Air Force (Air Force) is 

issuing this notice to advise the public 

of our intent to provide an extension of 

the public comment period for the 

Proposed White Elk Military Operations 

Area (MOA) Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). 

The original comment period was 

scheduled to close on 29 September 

2008 (Federal Register: August 15, 

(Volume 73, Number 159) [Notices] 

[Page 47948–47949]. The comment 

period now ends on 13 November 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please submit written comments to Ms. 

Sheryl Parker, White Elk MOA EIS 

Project Manager, HQ ACC/A7PP, 129 

Andrews St., Ste. 122, Langley AFB, VA 

23665–5399. For additional information, 

please contact Ms. Barbara Fisher at 75 

ABW Public Affairs Office, Hill AFB, 

Utah, at (801) 775–3652. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–23859 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Case Service Report. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary). 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 80. 

Burden Hours: 3,600. 

Abstract: As required by Sections 13, 

101(a)(10), 106 and 626 of the 

Rehabilitation Act, the data are 

submitted annually by State Vocational 

Rehabilitation agencies. The data 

contain personal and program-related 

characteristics, including economic 

outcomes of persons with disabilities 

whose service records are closed. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3647. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments ‘‘ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E8–23818 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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