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OMB Control No: 0648-0040	ICR Reference No: 201608-0648-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201603-0648-016
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting 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: 08/10/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/10/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2018	07/31/2018	07/31/2018
Responses	169,196	0	169,196
Time Burden (Hours)	39,960	0	39,960
Cost Burden (Dollars)	12,433	0	12,433

Abstract: This information collection consists of a mandatory dealer reporting program for domestic landings and international trade of highly migratory species. Catch and trade monitoring is required under the provisions of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), Tunas Convention Act (TCA), and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Information collected through this program is essential for the United States (U.S.) to meet its reporting obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), and its management obligations under the MSA. NMFS has modernized its dealer reporting system for Atlantic bluefin tuna landings by replacing the facsimile (FAX)-based optical character recognition system with an online reporting application. The new online electronic system collects the same data fields, at the same interval, as those that were previously collected via FAX. Instead of hand-writing out a landing form and faxing it into an automated system, dealers now log into the Standard Atlantic Fisheries Information System (SAFIS) (https://safis.accsp.org:8443/safis_prod/f?p=SAFIS:101::::::) and key in the required data electronically over the internet (associated with a final rule, RIN 0648-BG16). Per Final Rule 0648-BF17, bluefin tuna catch documents (BCDs) will now be submitted electronically, at the same estimated burden as the paper documents. Users will be pre-registered in the new system. Paper forms will still be allowed if needed.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 971 Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Conservation Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 7418	02/10/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 32939	06/10/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	169,196	169,196
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	39,960	39,960
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	12,433	12,433

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Program Change: Submission of an email address for e-Dealer reporting responses decreased because it was a "one time" requirement for most HMS dealers. This removes 873 responses, 30 hours and $116. Adjustments: When available, actual 2014 data has been used to calculate the number of responses, number of respondents, and associated time and cost burden estimates. In many cases, the new estimates differ substantially from previous estimates. The primary reason for the difference is because previous estimates of the number of responses for HMS electronic landing reports (e-dealer), including negative reports and the voluntary vessel and catch form, utilized a method that multiplied the number of HMS dealers by the number of weekly annual reporting periods (48). In practice, all permitted swordfish, shark, and BAYS tunas dealers must submit an electronic HMS landing report for each trip that they purchase (including trips that did not land HMS). If HMS dealers did not purchase a trip during a weekly reporting period, a negative report must be filed. This change in methodology (i.e., use of 2014 data) resulted in an increase of over 108,000 responses (HMS Electronic Landing Reports, Negative Reports, and Voluntary Vessel and Catch Forms). Daily BFT Landing Reports and Tagging also showed a moderate increase. Conversely, the use of 2014 data substantially decreased the number of responses for Atlantic BFT Biweekly Reports (- 8,096 responses); HMS Trade Biweekly Reports (- 4,580 responses); and, CDs, SDs, and RXCs (- 7,621 responses). The number of respondents has increased primarily because of an increase in the number of permitted HMS dealers, and the number of actual trips landing HMS for which a Voluntary Vessel and Catch Form could be provided to a dealer. Total annual costs have decreased primarily because currently permitted HMS dealers already must have a computer and internet access as part of their regular business operations. Thus, only new HMS dealers that do not already possess a computer and/or internet access would be subject to these costs. Correction: The $10 cost for a validation stamp was overlooked in the last iteration of this ICR (included in cost description but not in total cost). This correction adds $100 in recordkeeping/reporting costs. Table 6. Program changes and adjustments Program change/Adjustment Category Previous New Estimates Program Adjustment Program Change Number of Respondents 7,061 9,585 + 2,524 0 Number of Responses 78,942 169,196 + 91,127 -873 Number of Burden Hours 18,700 39,960 + 21,290 -30 Total Annual Costs $154,155 $12,570 - $151,906 -116

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $683,931

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: Margo Schulz-Haugen 301 713-0234

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