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OMB Control No:
0648-0330
ICR Reference No:
202010-0648-005
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
201909-0648-003
Agency/Subagency:
DOC/NOAA
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
NMFS Alaska Region Scale and Catch Weighing Requirements
Type of Information Collection:
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
03/09/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
11/06/2020
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
03/31/2024
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2021
Responses
46,037
0
48,154
Time Burden (Hours)
4,198
0
10,110
Cost Burden (Dollars)
694,088
0
812,371
Abstract:
The At-Sea Scales Program provides catch accounting methods that are more precise and verifiable at the level of the individual haul and less dependent on estimates generated by at-sea observers. This program is necessary due to the large-scale catch share programs that require NMFS to provide verifiable and defensible estimates of quota harvest. This program includes all trawl catcher/processors participating in the catch share programs in Alaska waters. This program also includes freezer longliners participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) Pacific cod fisheries. Shoreside processors participating in catch share programs have many of the same catch accounting and monitoring goals. However, differences require unique monitoring tools to obtain precise and verifiable catch amounts for quota management. Because of the wide variations in factory layout, a performance-based catch monitoring system is more appropriate for shoreside processors than a type approval process used for at-sea scales. Catch Monitoring and Control Plans (CMCPs) and Crab Monitoring Plans (CMPs) are submitted by the representative from the shoreside processor and approved by NMFS. CMCPs and CMPs detail a series of performance based standards set out in regulation that ensure that all delivered catch can be effectively monitored. These information collections provide the benefits of allowing vessels to fully harvest the total allowable catch in a catch share program while ensuring these fisheries can be adequately monitored.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq.
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 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:
85 FR 36566
06/17/2020
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
85 FR 71060
11/06/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
Yes
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
25
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
At- sea scales - maintenance
CMCP Observer notification of CDQ, pollock and rockfish delivery
CMCP printed record from scale
CMP printed record from scale
Catch monitor and control plan addendum
Catch monitoring and control plan
Catch monitoring plan
NA
Crab Catch Monitoring Plan template
Catch monitoring plan addendum
NA
Catch monitoring plan template
Daily records from hopper scale test
NA
Daily records from hopper scale test
Inspection requests (observer sampling station, video bin monitoring, and at-sea scales)
NA
Inspection Request
Notification of Pacific cod freezer longline monitoring option
NA
Notification of Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Monitoring Option
Notify observer of flow scale tests
Observer Deck Sampling Stations - Annual Maintenance
Observer Deck Sampling Stations - Initial
Printed output flow scale, audit trail
Printed output flow scale, calibration log
Printed output flow scale, fault log
Printed output hopper scale, audit trail
Printed output hopper scale, catch wt
Printed output of flow scale, catch weight
Records of daily flow scale tests
NA
Record of daily flow scale tests
Scale type evaluations
Video Monitoring System (maintenance)
Video Monitoring System: Halibut Deck Sorting - Initial Year
Video monitoring
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
46,037
48,154
0
0
-2,117
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
4,198
10,110
0
0
-5,912
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
694,088
812,371
0
0
-118,283
0
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:
Adjustments to the respondents and responses reflect the most current data and have resulted in changes to the total burden hours, labor costs, and miscellaneous costs. Additional reasons for adjustments are noted in the tables in the Supporting Statement. In the Supporting Statement for the previous renewal, the maintenance for Video Monitoring Systems (non-halibut deck sorting) and Video Monitoring Systems - Halibut were reported jointly, which resulted in some duplication. These items were split in this current renewal in order to increase clarity.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$187,867
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see
OMB Circular No. A-130
for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.
Yes
Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see
5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3)
)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.
Yes
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?
No
Agency Contact:
Gabrielle Aberle 907 586-7356
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:
11/06/2020
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