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OMB Control No:
0648-0202
ICR Reference No:
201108-0648-005
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
201108-0648-003
Agency/Subagency:
DOC/NOAA
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
Northeast Region Permit Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection:
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
08/22/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
08/03/2011
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
04/30/2013
04/30/2013
04/30/2013
Responses
206,688
0
202,817
Time Burden (Hours)
29,059
0
28,737
Cost Burden (Dollars)
6,271,565
0
6,269,242
Abstract:
Participants in the marine fishing industry, including vessel owners, vessel operators, and fish dealers, who wish to participate in regulated Northeast Regional fisheries must apply for, and obtain, permits. Persons obtaining permits may also be subject to notification, tagging, and other requirements. To ensure timely catch data are available to better inform management decisions, NMFS proposes that owner/operators of vessels issued limited access herring permits (Categories A-C) be required to report herring catch, retained and discarded, daily via VMS. Note: through a related request for OMB Control No. 0648-0212, each entity will have 52 fewer 4-minute weekly catch report responses through interactive voice response system (IVR). Although VMS daily items per entity are only for days on which vessels are on a declared herring trip, the weekly IVR requirement applied whether or not fish were caught.
Authorizing Statute(s):
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
Final or interim final rulemaking
76 FR 30265
05/25/2011
Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
74 FR 31689
07/02/2009
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
74 FR 61656
11/25/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
36
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Area and DAS Declaration: Gulf of Maine Differential Days at Sea Area Heaving-To Declaration
Change in Multipspecies Permit Category, Transiting to Another Port and Transfer at Sea
Cultivator Shoals Whiting and Nantucket Shoals Dogfish Exemptions
DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale
Expedited submission of proposed SAPs
Foreign fishing vessel VMS purchase, installation/maintenance and position reporting costs and certification responses and costs
NA
VMS Certification of Installation
Foreign fishing vessels arrival/departure from EEZ notification
GOM/Nantucket Lightship Party/Charter Exemption
Gillnet Designations/Requests for Tags
NA, NA
Gillnet Tag Order Form
,
Gillnet Tag Replcement Form
Herring VMS catch report
Herring vessels - bycatch notification of landing to Office of Law Enforcement
LOA for WGOM and Cashes Ledge Closed Area Charter/Party Exemption Certificate
LOA for declaring that a vessel intends to fish south of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Regulated Mesh Area
Lobster Area 5 Waiver
Lobster Area Designation and Requests for Trap Tags
NA, NA
Lobster Trap Tag Request Form
,
Lobster trap tag replacement request form
Midwater Trawl Exemption Request
Monkfish Fishery Days at Sea VMS Declaration
Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size Exemption
Multispecies Area and DAS Declaration - Groundfish vessels fishhing under an NE Multispecies DAS
NAFO Regulatory Area Request (exemption)
NE Multispecies Days at Sea Transfer Program
NA
Application to Permanently Transfer NE Multispecies Days at Sea
NE Multispecies Proposed Sector Allocation
NE Multispecies VMS Power Down Exemption
NA
VMS Power Down Exemption Request Form
Northeast Region Dealer Permitting - Initial Permit and Renewal
NA, NA
Initial dealer permit application form
,
Dealer Permit Application Form - Renewal
Purse Seine Exemption
Raised Footrope Trawl Whitiing Fishery Exemption (Sept 1 - Dec 31)
Replacement/upgrade, permit history retention, vessel specificatiojn verification, unseaworthy vessel (proof of loss)
NA
Application for veesel replacement, upgrade and confirmation of permit history
SNE Little Tunny Gillnet and Winter Flounder State Waters Exemptions
State Quota Transfers
State Waters Sea Scallop Exemption
Summer Flounder Small-Mesh Exemption
VMS proof of installation and confirmation of VMS connectivity with OLE (for 550 vessels per year), plus costs of installation, maintenance and automated polling
NA
VMS Certification of Activation
VMS/Call-In Requirements - MS, Monkfish vesesels days out of fishery; departy/landing for monkfish and occasional sea scallop vessels
NA
VMS call-in addition of question about landing an extra monkfish
Vessel operator permit application - initial and renewal
NA, NA
Vessel Operator Application - Renewal
,
Vessel operator permit application - initial
Vessel permit application and renewal
NA, NA
Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Initial
,
Federal Fisheries Vessel Permit Application - Renewal
Vessels Standing by Entangled Whales - Notification
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
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
206,688
202,817
0
3,871
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
29,059
28,737
0
322
0
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
6,271,565
6,269,242
0
2,323
0
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:
To ensure timely catch data are available to better inform management decisions, NMFS proposes that owner/operators of vessels issued limited access herring permits (Categories A-C) be required to report herring catch, retained and discarded, daily via VMS. Note: through a related request for OMB Control No. 0648-0212, each entity will have 52 fewer 4-minute weekly catch report responses through interactive voice response system (IVR). Although VMS daily items per entity are only for days on which vessels are on a declared herring trip, the weekly IVR requirement applied whether or not fish were caught. In 0648-0202, 322 hours and $2,323 in reporting costs are added.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$1,150,250
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]?
No
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
No
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
No
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Lindsey Feldman 978 675-2179
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:
08/03/2011
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