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and manage fisheries within an 

ecosystem approach. 

2. Conduct education and outreach to 

foster good stewardship principles and 

broad and direct public participation in 

the Council’s decision-making process. 

3. Promote regional cooperation to 

manage domestic and international 

fisheries. 

4. Encourage development of 

technologies and methods to achieve the 

most effective level of monitoring, 

control, and surveillance, and to ensure 

safety at sea. 

5. Support Western Pacific 

community demonstration projects and 

Western Pacific Community 

Development Program to promote 

participation and access to fisheries for 

eligible communities. 

In addition, the PRIA MCP contains 

seven conservation and management 

objectives, consistent with the Hawaii 

FEP: 

1. Support quality research and 

monitoring to obtain the most complete 

scientific information available to assess 

and manage fisheries within an 

ecosystem approach. 

2. Promote an ecosystem approach to 

fisheries management including 

reducing bycatch in fisheries, 

minimizing impacts on marine habitats 

and protected species, and addressing 

climate change adaptation and 

mitigation. 

3. Conduct education and outreach to 

foster good stewardship principles and 

broad and direct public participation in 

the Council’s decision-making process. 

4. Recognize the importance of island 

cultures and traditional fishing practices 

in managing fishery resources and foster 

opportunities for participation. 

5. Promote responsible domestic 

fisheries development to provided longterm economic growth and stability by 

reducing foreign imports and increasing 

local seafood production. 

6. Promote regional cooperation and 

capacity-building to manage domestic 

and international fisheries. 

7. Encourage development of 

technologies and methods to achieve the 

most effective level of monitoring, 

control, and surveillance, and to ensure 

safety at sea. 

Please refer to the MCP for planned 

projects and activities designed to meet 

each conservation and management 

objective, for the evaluative criteria, and 

for the priority rankings. 

This notice announces that NMFS has 

reviewed the MCP for the PRIA, and has 

determined that it satisfies the 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. Accordingly, NMFS has approved 

the MCP for the 3-year period from 

August 4, 2017, through August 3, 2020. 

This MCP supersedes the MCP 

previously approved for the period 

August 4, 2014, through August 3, 2017 

(79 FR 44753, August 1, 2014). 

Dated: August 8, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–16988 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Patent Examiner Employment 

Application 

ACTION: Proposed extension of an 

existing information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on a proposed 

extension of an existing information 

collection: 0651–0042 (Patent Examiner 

Employment Application). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 10, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0042 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and 

Information Governance Division 

Director, Office of the Chief Technology 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to LaRita Jones, Chief 

of the Workforce Employment Division, 

Office of Human Resources, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

145; by telephone at 571–272–6196; or 

by email to larita.jones@upsto.gov with 

‘‘0651–0042 comment’’ in the subject 

line. Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In the current employment 

environment, information technology 

professionals and engineering graduates 

are in great demand. The USPTO is in 

direct competition with private industry 

for the same caliber of candidates with 

the requisite knowledge and skills to 

perform patent examination work. The 

use of automated online systems during 

recruitment allows the USPTO to 

remain competitive, meet hiring goals, 

and fulfill the agency’s Congressional 

commitment to reduce the pendency 

rate for the examination of patent 

applications. 

The USPTO uses the Monster Hiring 

Management (MHM) system to rapidly 

review applications for employment of 

entry-level patent examiners. Using 

MHM saves time by eliminating paper 

applications; reducing by several weeks 

the time Office of Human Resources 

staff need to spend processing and 

reviewing applications. Given the time 

sensitive hiring needs of the Patent 

Examining Corps, the MHM system 

provides increased speed and accuracy 

during the employment process. 

The MHM online application collects 

supplemental information to an 

candidate’s USAjobs application. This 

information assists the Human Resource 

Specialists and hiring managers in 

determining whether an applicant 

possesses the basic qualification 

requirements for the patent examiner 

position. From the information 

collected, the MHM system creates an 

electronic real-time candidate inventory 

on applicants’ expertise and technical 

knowledge, which allows the USPTO to 

instantaneously review applications 

from multiple potential applicants. 

The use of the MHM online 

application fully complies with 5 U.S.C. 

2301, which requires adequate public 

notice to assure open competition by 

guaranteeing that necessary 

employment information will be 

accessible and available to the public on 

inquiry. It is also fully compliant with 

Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794(d)), which 

requires agencies to provide disabled 

employees and members of the public 

access to information that is comparable 

to the access available to others. 

II. Method of Collection 

With the use of MHM, the applicant’s 

information is collected electronically 

from the application. The USAJobs.gov 

Web site provides the online job 

announcement that links the applicant 

to the application and the MHM system. 

The application is completed online and 

then transmitted to the USPTO via the 

Internet. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0042. 

IC Instruments and Forms: There are 

no forms associated with this collection. 


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Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,660 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the employment 

application takes approximately 30 

minutes (0.50 hours) to complete (See 

Table 1 below). This includes the time 

to gather the necessary information, 

respond to the MHM prompts, and 

submit the completed request to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 5,330 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

(Hourly) Cost Burden: $239,690. The 

USPTO expects that engineers and 

scientists will complete these 

applications. The professional hourly 

rate for these respondents is estimated 

at an hourly rate of $44.97. This rate is 

the median hourly wage in May 2016 

according to the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics Occupational Employment 

Statistics (OES) program estimates for 

engineers ($43.75; OES 17–2000) and 

scientists ($46.19; OES 19–2099). Using 

this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates 

that the total respondent cost burden for 

this collection is $239,690.00 per year. 

TABLE 1—ANNUAL HOURLY COST BURDEN

IC # Item 

Estimated time for 

response 

(hr) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

Estimated 

hourly 

rate 

Estimated 

annual 

hourly cost 

(a) (b) (c) 

(a) × (b) 

(d) (e) 

(c) × (d) 

1 ................... Patent Examiner Employee Application.0.50 (30 minutes) 10,660 5,330 $44.97 $239,690.00 

Total ...... ............................................................. .............................. 10,660 5,330 ........................ $239,690.00 

Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0.00. There 

are no filing fees or start-up, 

maintenance, record keeping, or postage 

costs associated with this information 

collection. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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. 

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 the practical 

utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (including hours 

and costs) 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. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records and Information Governance 

Division Director, Office of the Chief 

Technology Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2017–16940 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List: Proposed Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed deletions from the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to delete products and a service from 

the Procurement List that were 

previously furnished by nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 10, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

715, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact: Amy B. Jensen, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Deletions 

The following products and service 

are proposed for deletion from the 

Procurement List: 

Products 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 4820–00–052– 

4653—Valve, Ball 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: The 

Opportunity Center Easter Seal 

Facility—The Ala ES Soc, Inc., Anniston, 

AL 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Land and Maritime 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

7045–01–599–5296—Privacy Filter, iPad 

7530–01–515–7902—Paper, Printer, Ink Jet, 

Photo Quality, Double Side, 26 lb., 

Letter, 94 Bright White 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Wiscraft, 

Inc., Milwaukee, WI 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

7520–01–648–3552—Pen, Biobased, Gel 

Stick, Cushion Grip, Medium Point, Blue 

7520–01–648–3553—Pen, Biobased, Gel 

Stick, Cushion Grip, Medium Point, 

Black 

7520–01–648–3554—Pen, Biobased, Gel 

Stick, Cushion Grip, Medium Point, Red 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Alphapointe, 

Kansas City, MO 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY 

Service 

Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial Service 

Mandatory for: Pennington Memorial U.S. 

Army Reserve Center: 2164 Harding 

Highway East, Marion, OH 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: MARCA 

Industries, Inc., Marion, OH 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

W6QM MICC FT MCCOY (RC) 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2017–17000 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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