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OMB Control No: 0648-0605	ICR Reference No: 201304-0648-009
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201302-0648-006
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Northeast Multispecies Amendment 16
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 04/25/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/25/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2016	04/30/2016	04/30/2016
Responses	1,681,678	0	1,681,678
Time Burden (Hours)	80,638	0	80,638
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,286,315	0	4,286,315

Abstract: Framework Adjustment 48 to the NE Multispecies FMP proposes to exempt sector vessels targeting monkfish from the additional at-sea monitoring coverage necessary to monitor groundfish catch. This measure is intended to allocate limited at-sea monitoring resources to monitor those trips that catch the most groundfish. To implement this measure, NMFS is requesting a change to the 0648-0605 information collection to add a question to the pre-trip notification and NEFOP notification to allow fishermen to indicate what fishery they intend to participate in. This change is necessary to identify trips that may qualify for this exemption, in order to deploy observers and at-sea monitors appropriately to achieve the coverage levels required by the FMP.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 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:
	Final or interim final rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 62493	10/15/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 15932	03/13/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	1,681,678	1,681,678
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	80,638	80,638
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,286,315	4,286,315

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: Program Changes The Gulf of Maine Sink Gillnet Pilot Program, originally included in Amendment 16, which would have necessitated a Letter of Authorization, was not approved as part of the final rule. Therefore, this requirement has been removed from the information collection, causing a decrease of 980 responses, 81 hours and $245. In addition, in an attempt to consolidate reporting requirements that are mandated by the NE multispecies regulation, some requirements were moved out of the OMB Control No. 0648-0202 collection, and into this collection: Days-at-Sea Transfer Program: 1,400 responses, 116 hours and $1,540 Expedited Submission of Proposed SAPs: 1 response, 20 hours and $2, and NAFO Reporting Requirements: 50 responses, 8 hours and $0. This added a total of $1,451 responses, 144 hours and $1,542. Monitoring system for discards: With a coverage rate of 20% of sector trips, and assuming that the estimated number of trips is taken by sector vessels (25,000 trips), sectors would have to process 5,000 dockside monitor reports. For the first year of the program, the percentage was 50, to be decreased thereafter, annualized to 30% over the first three years). This change in coverage rate results in a decrease of 2,500 reports to be processed and 125 hours. VMS Trip Catch Reports (Broad Stock Requirements) decreased from 134 vessels, 2,500 reports and 625 hours to 105 vessels, 1,100 reports and 275 hours and due to the change, costs decreased by $1,103. Dealer reporting: For the anticipated 25,000 NE multispecies trips, at most, 20% of trips will be monitored annually, for a total of 5,000 trips annually This same decrease in coverage rate as above resulted in an annual decrease of 7,500 reports at 3 minutes each, or 250 hours and $750.. Net total program changes: A decrease of 10,929 responses, 662 hours and $556. Net total adjustments: Increases of 1,309,159 responses, 2,691 hours (rounded up to 2,692 in ROCIS) and $801,983.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,763,826

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]? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Allison Murphy 9782819122

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