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OMB Control No: 0648-0272	ICR Reference No: 202105-0648-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202007-0648-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the Alaska Fisheries
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/13/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/28/2021
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves this ICR revision recognizing that the specific emergency IC within this ICR can only be collected when NOAA does an emergency rule-making to allow the use of this form. Therefore, when the rule-making is occurring in a future emergency, the Agency can and should connect this emergency IC within this ICR for public notice and comment. The Agency must also not post the emergency IC on its website except when it is authorized to do so by an emergency rule-making.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2021
Responses	10,995	0	8,923
Time Burden (Hours)	11,236	0	4,588
Cost Burden (Dollars)	46,895	0	21,471

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office (AKRO), requests extension and revision of this currently approved information collection that contains the requirements for the Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ Program). This information collection contains the forms used by participants in the IFQ Program to apply for, renew, or replace permits; transfer or lease IFQ and quota share (QS); determine compliance with IFQ program requirements; and designate a beneficiary for a QS holder. Two of the permit applications are also used by participants in the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. This information collection also contains annual reports and other collections submitted by telephone or other methods and that do not have forms. This information collection is necessary to manage the IFQ Program and is required to manage commercial halibut and sablefish fishing under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Halibut Act, and under regulations at 50 CFR parts 300 and 679. This information is used to identify and authorize participants in the halibut and sablefish fisheries, to track and transfer quota share, to limit transfers to authorized participants, and to monitor quota share balances and harvest in these fisheries. Four revisions are made to this collection. The emergency version of the Application for Temporary Transfer of Halibut/Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ), which OMB approved under an emergency approval (OMB Control No. 0648-0795) on March 24, 2021, is added for use during emergency situations. The Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ by Self Sweep-up is revised to remove the notary certification. The Quota Share (QS) Holder: Identification of Ownership Interest and Application for Transfer of QS are revised to collect the NMFS ID number to improve identification. Minor editorial changes are made to the forms in this collection to improve clarity and consistency.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	10,995	8,923	2,072
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,236	4,588	6,648
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	46,895	21,471	25,424

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: The respondents and responses have been adjusted to reflect the most current data available. Additionally, many individual collections were updated to identify that multiple parties (e.g., transferor and transferee) are both respondents and have burden hours associated with their response. Also, a new form was added to this collection, which adds 650 responses and 2,600 burden hours. Costs were increased to account for cost of living increases.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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