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OMB Control No:
0648-0330
ICR Reference No:
200705-0648-003
Status:
Historical Inactive
Previous ICR Reference No:
200605-0648-008
Agency/Subagency:
DOC/NOAA
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Preapproved
Conclusion Date:
08/17/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
05/30/2007
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
08/31/2010
02/28/2009
02/28/2009
Responses
9,305
0
24,202
Time Burden (Hours)
5,209
0
7,377
Cost Burden (Dollars)
628,504
0
604,000
Abstract:
This collection describes the steps involved and the procedure for: evaluating scales prior to NMFS approval for use, inspecting and testing approved scales onboard vessels, recordkeeping and audit trails, coordinating with onboard and onshore observers, and providing NMFS with a catch monitoring plan for crab, offshore groundfish, and inshore groundfish. This action adds the Amendment 80 Program to this collection. The Amendment 80 Program primarily would allocate several Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock trawl groundfish fisheries among fishing sectors, and facilitate the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector. The Program would establish a limited access privilege program for the non-AFA trawl catcher/processor sector.
Authorizing Statute(s):
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 479 104
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
0648-AU68
Proposed rulemaking
72 FR 30052
05/30/2007
Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
9
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Catcher/Processor Purchase and installation of at-sea flow scales (for 9 vessels) and annual scale inspection request
NA
At-sea scales inspection request
Catcher/processor at-sea scale approval report/sticker
Catcher/processor bin monitoring inspection request form
NA
Bin Monitoring Inspection Request Form
Catcher/processor observer notification of scale tests
Catcher/processor observer sampling station: purchase (2 vessels) and annual inspection request form
NA
Observer Sampling Station Inspection Request Form
Catcher/processor printed output of at-sea scales
Catcher/processor records of daily scale tests
Catcher/processor video monitoring purchase and installation (1 vessel) and maintenance
NMFS Alaska Region Scale & Catch Weighing Requirements for Scale Manufacturers, Inshore Processors and Registered Crab Receivers
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Request
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
9,305
24,202
0
259
-15,156
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
5,209
7,377
0
73
-2,241
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
628,504
604,000
0
102,052
-77,548
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Increase Due to:
Changing Regulations
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
(There are also decreases, as noted below, but ROCIS did not check the "decreases" checkbox): This action is a program change, adding burden and costs. Two catcher/processors are added to this collection, because of participation in the Amendment 80 Quota Shares Fisheries Program. The added 199 responses, 70 hours, and $4,241 in operation and maintenance costs reflect the addition of these two respondents under existing information collections. There are capital costs of $83,592 for additional at-sea scales, additional observer sampling station equipment, additional printers for at-sea scales, and for the video recording system. This action also contains program adjustments: The number of catcher/processors currently affected by this collections requirements is amended from 57 to 51, based on a list of actual participant names, rather than agency estimates. This reduces the current burden by 15,147 responses and 2,446 hours. Operations and maintenance costs are reduced by $5,399. Capital costs are reduced by $58,092. The observer sampling station inspection request form is changed to become two forms, the second one being the bin monitoring inspection request form, in total collecting essentially the same information as requested in one form. The time requirement for each form is 2 hours each, adding 4 hours (and 1 response) for each of the already participating 51 vessels: 51 responses and 2 x 2 x 51 = 208 hours (the burden for the two new vessels is included in the program change increases above). Net changes: reductions of 14,897 responses, 2,168 hours and $1,158 in operations and maintenance costs and an increase of $25,500 in capital costs.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$21,706
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
05/30/2007