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Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service and should be
submitted via email to ITP.Tucker@
noaa.gov.
Dated: September 14, 2023.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD378]

Advisory Committee Open Session on
Management Strategy Evaluation for
North Atlantic Swordfish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

The Advisory Committee to
the U.S. Section to the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), supported by
NMFS, is holding a public meeting via
webinar session to receive an update
and provide input on the development
of a management strategy evaluation
(MSE) for North Atlantic swordfish. The
meeting is open to all interested
stakeholders.

SUMMARY:

A virtual meeting that is open to
the public will be held by webinar
session on October 5, 2023, from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the
meeting at: https://forms.gle/
2wkHbTstzFDkHpYu9. Registration will
close on October 3, 2023, at 5 p.m. EDT.
Instructions for accessing the webinar
session will be emailed to registered
participants.
DATES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bryan Keller, Office of International
Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, (301)
427–7725, Bryan.Keller@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSE is a
process that allows fishery managers
and stakeholders (e.g., industry,
scientists, and non-governmental
organizations) to assess how well
different strategies achieve specified
management objectives for a fishery.
ICCAT expects to finalize its North
Atlantic swordfish MSE in 2023 and
anticipates adopting a management
procedure in November 2023 to set the
total allowable catch (TAC) for 2024 and
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the U.S. Government more broadly, has
been fully engaged in the MSE
development process, an important part
of which involves considering
stakeholder input, including through
periodic consultations with the
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT. The United States is also
participating in the development of the
North Atlantic swordfish MSE through
the active involvement of U.S. scientists
in the work carried out by ICCAT’s
Standing Committee on Research and
Statistics (SCRS).
The October 5 meeting is primarily
informational in nature. It is intended to
update U.S. stakeholders on the
progress of the North Atlantic swordfish
MSE process and increase awareness
and understanding of that process.
NMFS will provide information on the
progress of the SCRS in developing
initial candidate management
procedures (CMPs) and testing them
based on the input provided to-date by
ICCAT’s Panel 4 on management
objectives and other relevant matters.
CMPs illustrate tradeoffs associated
with achieving identified management
objectives related to stock status, stock
safety, yield, and TAC stability over
time. CMP testing assists ICCAT in
refining management objectives and
narrowing the number of viable CMPs
for possible adoption by the
Commission.
There will also be an opportunity for
the Advisory Committee and other
stakeholders to provide input on the
North Atlantic swordfish MSE. Such
input helps inform U.S. scientists who
are participating in the MSE work of the
SCRS as well as U.S. managers
participating in North Atlantic
swordfish MSE meetings at the
Commission level later in 2023.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.)
Dated: September 14, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs,
Trade, and Commerce, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska Region Crab Permits
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before November 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0514 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Gabrielle
Aberle, 709 W 9th Street, Juneau, AK
9980, 907–586–7356, gabrielle.aberle@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is
requesting extension of a currently
approved information collection for the
Crab Rationalization Program (CR
Program).
This information collection is
necessary for NMFS to manage the CR
Program. The CR Program was
implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR
10174, March 2, 2005). The CR Program
is a limited access privilege program
that allocates the harvest of crab
fisheries managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs

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(FMP) among harvesters, processors,
and coastal communities. Regulations
implementing the FMP and the CR
Program are at 50 CFR part 680.
Information on the CR Program is
posted on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/
bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-crabrationalization-program.
This information collection includes
the forms used by participants in the CR
Program to apply for or renew permits;
transfer or lease individual fishing quota
(IFQ), individual processor quota (IPQ),
quota share (QS), or processor quota
share (PQS); and apply for exemption
from regional delivery requirements.
This information collection also
includes the following reports for which
no collection forms are used:
• The North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report is submitted by IFQ
holders who signed a preseason
application. This report provides NMFS
with the means to assess how the
industry is exercising the exemption
opportunity and whether implementing
regulations are sufficient to meet the
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council’s Statement of Intent for
Amendment 41 to the FMP.
• The Community Impact Report or
IPQ Holder Report is submitted by a
community entity or IPQ holder,
respectively, and provides
documentation needed by NMFS to
evaluate the efficacy of privately
administered contracts.
• The CDQ Group Notification of
Community Representative is submitted
by the Western Alaska Community
Development Quota (CDQ) groups
representing Saint Paul and Saint
George to designate to NMFS a single
entity as the regional representative for
these two communities.
• The Eligible Crab Community
Organization (ECCO) Annual Report is
submitted by the ECCO. It details the
use of the crab QS and IFQ and is
intended to ensure that the ECCO
maintains the QS and IFQ to benefit
residents of eligible communities.
II. Method of Collection
The information is collected primarily
by mail and fax. The following may be
submitted online through eFISH on the
NMFS Alaska Region website: The
Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab
IPQ, the Application for Transfer (Lease)
of Crab IFQ, the Application for
Transfer of IFQ between Crab
Harvesting Cooperatives, and renewals
of registered crab receiver permits and
Federal crab vessel permits.
Applications are available as fillable
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website at https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/permit/bering-sea-andaleutian-islands-crab-rationalizationapplications-and-reporting-forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0514.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
496.
Estimated Time per Response:
Application for Annual Crab IFQ
Permit: 2.5 hours; Application for
Annual Crab IPQ Permit: 2 hours;
Application for Annual Crab Harvesting
Cooperative IFQ Permit: 23 hours;
Application for Registered Crab
Receiver (RCR) Permit: 30 minutes;
Application for BSAI Crab Hired Master
(skipper) Permit: 1 hour; Application for
Federal Crab Vessel Permit (FCVP): 20
minutes; Application for Transfer of
Crab QS: 2 hours; Application for
Transfer of Crab PQS: 2.5 hours;
Application for Transfer (lease) of Crab
IFQ: 2.5 hours; Application for Transfer
of IFQ between Crab Harvesting
Cooperatives; 2 hours; Application for
Transfer (Lease) of Crab IPQ: 2.5 hours;
Application for Converted CPO QS and
CPO IFQ: 30 minutes; Application for
CR Program Eligibility to Receive QS/
PQS or IFQ/IPQ by Transfer: 2 hours;
Application for Annual Exemption from
Western Aleutian Islands Golden King
Crab West Region Delivery
Requirements: 2 hours; Application for
Exemption from CR Crab North or South
Region Delivery Requirements: 20
hours; North or South Region Delivery
Exemption Report: 20 hours; Voluntary
Community Impact Report or IPQ
Holder Report (N or S Response Report):
2 hours; CDQ Group Notification of
Community Representative: 5 hours;
Application to Become an ECCO: 2.5
hours; Application for Transfer of Crab
QS/IFQ to or from an ECCO: 2 hours;
ECCO Annual Report: 4 hours; BSAI
Crab Rationalization Program QS
Beneficiary Designation Form: 30
minutes; File an Appeal to NMFS
Decisions: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,597 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $11,430 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary;
Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits;
Mandatory.

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Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2023–0008]

Elimination of the Postal Postcard in
the Patent Center Electronic Office
Action Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO or Office)
transitioned to the Patent Center
Electronic Office (e-Office) Action
program in April 2023. The Patent
Center e-Office Action program is
designed to modernize the e-Office

SUMMARY:

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