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OMB Control No: 0648-0545	ICR Reference No: 200611-0648-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200610-0648-007
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Rockfish Pilot Program
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: 12/28/2006
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/15/2006
Terms of Clearance: The agency has not demonstrated practical utility of collecting SSN consistent with the cited statutory authority. Without a demonstration of such practical utility, the collection of SSN may not be mandatory on the forms in this collection, and the agency should cite separate statutory authority to collect the information on a voluntary basis. Therefore, this collection is approved without the question for SSN.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2009	07/31/2009	07/31/2009
Responses	1,408	0	1,369
Time Burden (Hours)	3,285	0	3,267
Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,954	0	6,000

Abstract: This action describes a pilot program for management of three rockfish fisheries in the Central Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) in the Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Alaska. The Program was developed to improve the economic efficiency of the CGOA rockfish fisheries by establishing cooperatives to provide exclusive harvesting and processing privileges for a specific set of rockfish species and associated species harvested incidentally to those CGOA rockfish. The Rockfish Pilot Program is scheduled to last for a two-year period, from January 2007 until December 31, 2008.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 108 - 199 802 Name of Law: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-AT71	Final or interim final rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Alaska Rockfish Pilot Program	NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,408	1,369	39
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,285	3,267	18
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,954	6,000	-46

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Due to comments received on the rockfish proposed rule, NMFS made the following changes to this collection. Removal of Application to transfer processor eligibility. Although processor eligibility transfers are likely to be necessary should Congress provide additional authority to NMFS to extend this Program, the Council did not specifically recommend provisions to allow processors to transfer their eligibility to another processor. NMFS has deleted the provision concerning the transfer of processor. This removes one response, two hours and $1 in miscellaneous costs. Addition of a rockfish cooperative vessel check-in/check-out reports for vessels authorized to fish under a CQ permit. This adds 40 responses, 20 hours and $112.00 in miscellaneous costs. In addition, recent policy has dictated that all Fisheries permit applications now require the collection of tax ID or social security number and date of birth; this information is added to the limited access application and opt out application and the policy change is noted in the final rule. Correction of the current miscellaneous cost of $5,829 to $5,841, and a further adjustment of $2 due to postage increase, added $14. These actions result in a net increase of 39 responses, 18 hours and $125 in miscellaneous costs.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $20,763

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]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008

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