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OMB Control No: 0648-0330	ICR Reference No: 202401-0648-002
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202309-0648-002
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: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 04/08/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/05/2024
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2026
Responses	46,035	0	46,035
Time Burden (Hours)	4,190	0	4,190
Cost Burden (Dollars)	684,422	0	684,422

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, requests revision of this currently approved information collection. 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 collection provides 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. This collection is revised due to the proposed rule to implement electronic monitoring for pelagic trawl catcher vessels and tender vessels delivering pollock to shoreside processors or stationary floating processors in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska (RIN 0648-BM40). This action is intended to improve salmon accounting, reduce monitoring costs, and improve the quality of monitoring data. This collection is revised because this proposed rule would require shoreside and stationary floating processors to have an approved Catch Monitoring and Control Plan (CMCP) in place before receiving deliveries from catcher vessels and tender vessels participating in the trawl EM category. This would increase the number of respondents for the CMCP annual submission and printed report. There is no form for the CMCP, but with this revision NMFS is creating a template that could be used for developing a CMCP. This proposed rule would also affect information collection requirements approved under OMB Control Numbers -0213, -0318, -0515, and -0711. NMFS is submitting separate requests to revise these collections.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $373,819

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