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OMB Control No: 0648-0518	ICR Reference No: 201306-0648-006
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201301-0648-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Region Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Economic Data Reports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 06/13/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/11/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2016	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2014
Responses	217	0	176
Time Burden (Hours)	1,848	0	4,534
Cost Burden (Dollars)	101,746	0	454,367

Abstract: NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 42 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). If approved, Amendment 42 would revise the annual economic data reports (EDRs) currently required for each of the four categories of participants in the Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program) fisheries: catcher vessels, catcher/processors, shoreside processors, and stationary floating crab processors. The EDRs include cost, revenue, ownership, and employment data in order to study the economic impacts of the CR Program on harvesters, processors, and affected communities. This action is necessary to eliminate redundant reporting requirements, standardize reporting across respondents, and reduce costs associated with the data collection.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j) Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0648-BC25	Final or interim final rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	217	176	66	-25
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,848	4,534	-2,633	-53
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	101,746	454,367	-346,718	-5,903

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: This action is a revision with program changes and adjustments to the CR Program and CR Program EDRs. Through the reiterative process of working with the industry prior to finalization of the EDR forms, the time to complete each EDR was reduced to 10 hr. Total estimated changes are shown below: Program changes: Additional 66 responses (9 vessel EDR certifications, 57 data verifications), 2,633 fewer hours, $346,718 less in recordkeeping/reporting costs: Combined processor form (does not in itself affect burden). Changes to EDRs result in shorter response times and no need for additional accounting fees for the verification of data. Auditing of all reports, rather than a sample. Adjustments: Twenty-five fewer responses, 53 fewer hours, $5,903 less in recordkeeping/reporting costs: Fewer responses (other than verification of data) are due to re-estimation of respondents. Certification response time is adjusted from one hour to two, based on re-estimation.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $500,025

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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: Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008

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