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Note: We have completed the for-hire
operations survey and one season of the
Passenger Survey. We need to complete
the second season of the Passenger
Survey.
II. Method of Collection
For the for hire operations, a team of
students will go to the operations offices
and collect the information. For the
passengers, surveys will be conducted at
the docks after the completion of their
whale watching trip. The on-site survey
will obtain information on demographic
profiles, annual number of whale
watching trips in the Channel Islands
region, and their non-market economic
use value for reductions in the risk of
whale strikes. Self-addressed, postage
paid mail back questionnaires will be
used for importance-satisfaction ratings
and whale watching trip expenditures.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0729.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Business operations
and Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25
for hire operations and 500 individuals
on-site, 250 for importance-satisfaction
mail back and 200 for the expenditure
mailback.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
per for hire operation, 20 minutes per
on-site interview of passengers, 20
minutes per importance-satisfaction
mail back and 20 minutes for the
expenditure mail back.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 367 total: 50 hours for ‘‘for hire’’
operations, 167 hours for the on-site
survey of passengers, 83 hours for the
importance-satisfaction mail back and
67 hours for the expenditure mail back.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.

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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, including through the
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or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Economic Value of
Non-Consumptive Recreation Use
From Those Accessing the Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary via For
Hire Operation Boats
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, 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
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before December 28,
2018.
SUMMARY:

Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Dr. Vernon R. (Bob)
Leeworthy, 240–533–0647 or
Bob.Leeworthy@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection. The collection was approved
three years ago but had not begun.
NOAA is mentoring student interns
from the Monterey Institute for
International Studies to estimate the
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associated with non-consumptive
recreation uses (e.g. whale watching,
other wildlife observation, SCUBA
diving, snorkeling, beach activities,
surfing, wind-surfing, kite boarding,
paddle boarding, etc.) in the Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary
(MBNMS) for those accessing the
MBNMS via ‘‘for hire’’ operation boats.
The required information is to
conduct surveys of the for hire
operations that take people out for nonconsumptive recreation to obtain total
use by type of activity and the spatial
use by type of activity. Information will
also be obtained on costs-and-earnings
of the operations, knowledge, attitudes
& perceptions of sanctuary management
strategies and regulations, and
demographic information on owner/
captains and crews. Surveys will also be
conducted of the passengers aboard the
for hire operation boats to obtain their
market and non-market economic use
values for non-consumptive recreation
use and how those value change with
changes in natural resource attribute
conditions and user characteristics.
Additional information will be obtained
on importance-satisfaction ratings of key
natural resource attributes, facilities and
services, knowledge, attitudes and
perceptions of management strategies
and regulations, and demographic
profiles of passengers. This survey was
not started during the 2015–2018 OMB
approval period.
II. Method of Collection
For the for hire operations, a team of
students will go to the operations offices
and collect the information. For the
passengers, surveys will be conducted at
the docks after the completion of their
trips. The on-site survey will obtain
information on demographic profiles,
annual number of trips in the MBNMS
for non-consumptive recreation, and
their non-market economic use value.
Self-addressed, postage paid mail back
questionnaires will be used for
importance-satisfaction ratings,
knowledge, attitudes and perceptions,
and trip expenditures.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0726.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension).
Affected Public: Business operations
and Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50
for hire operations and 1,000
individuals on-site, 500 for importancesatisfaction/knowledge, attitudes and
perceptions mail back and 400 for the
expenditure mailback.

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Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours
per for hire operation, 20 minutes per
on-site interview of passengers, 20
minutes per importance-satisfaction/
knowledge, attitudes & perceptions mail
back, and 20 minutes for the
expenditure mail back.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 733 total: 100 hours for ‘‘for
hire’’ operations, 333 hours for the onsite survey of passengers, 167 hours for
the importance-satisfaction/knowledge,
attitudes & perceptions mail back and
133 hours for the expenditure mail back.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce 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: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: U.S. Fishermen Fishing in
Russian Waters.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0228.

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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Burden Hours: 1 hour.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Regulations at 50 CFR part 300,
subpart J, govern U.S. fishing in the
Economic Zone of the Russian
Federation. Russian authorities may
permit U.S. fishermen to fish for
allocations of surplus stocks in the
Russian Economic Zone. Permit
application information is sent to the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) for transmission to Russia. If
Russian authorities issue a permit, the
vessel owner or operator must submit a
permit abstract report to NMFS, and
also report 24 hours before leaving the
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for
the Russian Economic Zone and 24
hours before re-entering the U.S. EEZ
after being in the Russian Economic
Zone.
The permit application information is
used by Russian authorities to
determine whether to issue a permit.
NMFS uses the other information to
help ensure compliance with Russian
and U.S. fishery management
regulations.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–C–2018–0058]

National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Meeting
United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
AGENCY:

The National Medal of
Technology and Innovation (NMTI)
Nomination Evaluation Committee will
meet in closed session on November 9,
2018. The primary purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the relative merits
of persons, teams, and companies
nominated for the NMTI.
DATES: The meeting will convene
November 9, 2018, at approximately 9
a.m., and adjourn at approximately 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Northwestern University in Evanston,
Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Palafoutas, Program Manager, National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Program, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box, Alexandria,
VA 22313; telephone (571) 272–9821; or
by electronic mail: nmti@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is
hereby given that the NMTI Nomination
Evaluation Committee, chartered to the
United States Department of Commerce,
will meet at the United States Patent
and Trademark Office campus in
Alexandria, Virginia.
The Secretary of Commerce is
responsible for recommending to the
President prospective NMTI recipients.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee evaluates the nominations
received pursuant to public solicitation
and makes its recommendations for the
Medal to the Secretary. Committee
members are distinguished experts in
the fields of science, technology,
business, and patent law drawn from
both the public and private sectors and
are appointed by the Secretary for threeyear terms.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee was established in
accordance with the FACA. The
Committee meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the FACA
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B),
because the discussion of the relative
merit of the Medal nominations is likely
to disclose information of a personal
nature that would constitute a clearly
SUMMARY:

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