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OMB Control No: 0648-0401	ICR Reference No: 202403-0648-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202101-0648-006
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act Reports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/11/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2024
Responses	13	21
Time Burden (Hours)	358	486
Cost Burden (Dollars)	565	605

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, requests revision and extension of this currently approved information collection. This information collection contains the annual and periodic reporting requirements for American Fisheries Act (AFA) cooperatives. These requirements include reports about on-going fishing operations of the cooperatives and reports focused on efforts to minimize salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. This information is used to manage the Bering Sea pollock fishery, to evaluate the salmon bycatch management measures, and to provide the public with information about how the program operates and information about bycatch reduction under this program. This information collection provides the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS with information about the organization and fishing operations of the AFA cooperatives, allocations to the AFA cooperatives, and the effectiveness of the Chinook salmon and chum salmon bycatch management measures. This information is necessary to ensure long-term conservation and abundance of salmon and pollock, maintain a healthy marine ecosystem, and provide maximum benefit to fishermen and communities that depend on salmon and pollock. Three changes were made to this collection. The AFA Annual Cooperative Report was removed from this collection because it was added to OMB Control Number 0648-0678 in 2019. The Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and the IPA Annual Report were renamed the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) and the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery IPA Annual Report, respectively, to clarify the fishery these are associated with.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act
US Code: 16 USC 1851 Name of Law: American Fisheries 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:
	88 FR 68111	10/03/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 17418	03/11/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	13	21	-8
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	358	486	-128
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	565	605	-40

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: This report has been removed from this collection because it was added to OMB Control # 0648-0678 during the 2019 revision/extension of that collection but was not removed from -0401.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $802

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. No

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. 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? No

Agency Contact: Gabrielle Aberle 907 586-7356

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